Blogs about some citise created by some students.
الأربعاء، 7 أكتوبر 2009
الثلاثاء، 6 أكتوبر 2009
Salalah
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SALALAH The shining city
Many words have been used to describe the beautiful capital of Dhofar, Oman's oasis, nestled amidst the coconut trees, the orange, lemon and papaya groves, between the mountains and the ocean. According to the season it dons either the ochre colours of its rocks or the green poured on the mountains by the monsoon for several months. The ocean hems the beaches with blue and turquoise and lines the shores and cliffs with silver.Salalah is a heaven of peace where time lazes around the coconut trees, playing with the palms while wandering along the sea. At monsoon time, the clouds hang on to the mountains like a cocoon and the mist etches the landscape shrouding Salalah with mystery. A town of the South, it has kept deep down, the nostalgia of the Arabia of Antiquity when marble walls surrounded the cities with their golden roofs and pomegranate gardens exactly like in the tales of A Thousand and One Nights. It still bears the marks of its African past, of Zanzibar and the trading posts, of a time when they were all part of the same empire. Nowadays, Salalah plays a crucial role. It is the capital of Dhofar, of an Omani governorate representing a third of the country's area. It is also a wilayat and the site of one of the greatest achievements in Oman in recent years: the new container port. Although Salalah has a glorious past, it now faces a challenge which will probably put it amongst the top ten transhipment ports in the world.However, Salalah does not seem to be affected by the challenge and remains serene, the same serenity it has kept over the last 30 Renaissance years. It is true that the city is very attached to its past and its roots, to a traditional way of life where family and religion occupy an important place. Life is lived at the rhythm of the muezzin and the prayers. Although Salalah is a busy city, there is a latent soothing force. Look at its leaders and its businessmen, they work hard but still show great hospitality when welcoming their visitors, offering them the traditional cardamom flavoured tea and halwa, a delicious cake made of honey and dates which recipe is often kept secret and can vary greatly in price, according to its origin. That form of welcome is a surviving Bedouin tradition. However the trading tradition has not disappeared either. The Dhofaris are true businessmen, just as the Muscatis and the Omanis are in general, having inherited the trading experience of their forefathers who had gone to India and Asia to sell frankincense and horses and buy spices and herbs and porcelain. In the Nejd, caravans from Asia Minor met those from Arabia and traded with the whole of the Mediterranean, Egypt, Greece, Rome.... With that experience behind them, the large Dhofari and Omani groups have today a very diversified activity: industry, engineering, construction, transport, representation, tourism...They are often led by a powerful personality, the head of a well-established family, a sheikh. They are all aware of the challenge Salalah must win under the watchful eye of the Gulf and of the world. It must show its assets and the greater efficiency of its harbour compared with the neigbouring ones in the Gulf and in the Indian Ocean. It must also make the most of the opportunity offered by Oman when Salalah was chosen as the site for the port and the many potential jobs on offer to its 135000 inhabitants but also to the whole of Dhofar with its 220000 inhabitants representing 1/lOth of the Omani population. Most of the commercial and industrial activities of Salalah are centred at Raysut, around the port and the industrial zone, transforming the desert shores into a hive of activity. However it takes great care of its appearance and its environment. Sultan Qaboos is adamant that the traditions and the aesthetic qualities of architecture should be respected both in towns and in the industrial zones. Salalah, like many other Arab cities, has very few high buildings. It shows a preference for sprawling horizontally amongst the gardens into an elegant crescent facing the ocean.
Many words have been used to describe the beautiful capital of Dhofar, Oman's oasis, nestled amidst the coconut trees, the orange, lemon and papaya groves, between the mountains and the ocean. According to the season it dons either the ochre colours of its rocks or the green poured on the mountains by the monsoon for several months. The ocean hems the beaches with blue and turquoise and lines the shores and cliffs with silver.Salalah is a heaven of peace where time lazes around the coconut trees, playing with the palms while wandering along the sea. At monsoon time, the clouds hang on to the mountains like a cocoon and the mist etches the landscape shrouding Salalah with mystery. A town of the South, it has kept deep down, the nostalgia of the Arabia of Antiquity when marble walls surrounded the cities with their golden roofs and pomegranate gardens exactly like in the tales of A Thousand and One Nights. It still bears the marks of its African past, of Zanzibar and the trading posts, of a time when they were all part of the same empire. Nowadays, Salalah plays a crucial role. It is the capital of Dhofar, of an Omani governorate representing a third of the country's area. It is also a wilayat and the site of one of the greatest achievements in Oman in recent years: the new container port. Although Salalah has a glorious past, it now faces a challenge which will probably put it amongst the top ten transhipment ports in the world.However, Salalah does not seem to be affected by the challenge and remains serene, the same serenity it has kept over the last 30 Renaissance years. It is true that the city is very attached to its past and its roots, to a traditional way of life where family and religion occupy an important place. Life is lived at the rhythm of the muezzin and the prayers. Although Salalah is a busy city, there is a latent soothing force. Look at its leaders and its businessmen, they work hard but still show great hospitality when welcoming their visitors, offering them the traditional cardamom flavoured tea and halwa, a delicious cake made of honey and dates which recipe is often kept secret and can vary greatly in price, according to its origin. That form of welcome is a surviving Bedouin tradition. However the trading tradition has not disappeared either. The Dhofaris are true businessmen, just as the Muscatis and the Omanis are in general, having inherited the trading experience of their forefathers who had gone to India and Asia to sell frankincense and horses and buy spices and herbs and porcelain. In the Nejd, caravans from Asia Minor met those from Arabia and traded with the whole of the Mediterranean, Egypt, Greece, Rome.... With that experience behind them, the large Dhofari and Omani groups have today a very diversified activity: industry, engineering, construction, transport, representation, tourism...They are often led by a powerful personality, the head of a well-established family, a sheikh. They are all aware of the challenge Salalah must win under the watchful eye of the Gulf and of the world. It must show its assets and the greater efficiency of its harbour compared with the neigbouring ones in the Gulf and in the Indian Ocean. It must also make the most of the opportunity offered by Oman when Salalah was chosen as the site for the port and the many potential jobs on offer to its 135000 inhabitants but also to the whole of Dhofar with its 220000 inhabitants representing 1/lOth of the Omani population. Most of the commercial and industrial activities of Salalah are centred at Raysut, around the port and the industrial zone, transforming the desert shores into a hive of activity. However it takes great care of its appearance and its environment. Sultan Qaboos is adamant that the traditions and the aesthetic qualities of architecture should be respected both in towns and in the industrial zones. Salalah, like many other Arab cities, has very few high buildings. It shows a preference for sprawling horizontally amongst the gardens into an elegant crescent facing the ocean.
student's blog web address
Tafool Alghassani
http://my-city90.blogspot.com/
majed alrawahi
http://majed-alrawahi66.blogspot.com/
Abdulaziz Albrashdi
http://sinaw22.blogspot.com/
salim Alhilali
SALALAH-TOWN.BLOGSPOT.COM
Ahmed Albusaidi
http://madridi023.blogspot.com/
Mohammed Hamood Salim Al Nadhiri
http://mhas0087.blogspot.com/
Abdussalam Alshahri
http://tqah2009.blogspot.com/
mohammed Almahroqi
http://mssn1988.blogspot.com/
Mohammed Abdullah Almahroqi
http://adam-21.blogspot.com/
Ibrahim Al Busaidi
http://adam1188.blogspot.com/
Hamad Almamri
http://hamooodi9090b.blogspot.com/
Ahmed Bader Hilal Al-Rajhi
http://zizo2020.blogspot.com/
Ali Kashoob
http://salalah09.blogspot.com/
Mazen Albusaidi
http://nizwacity77.blogspot.com/
amer said tabook
http://ast2008.blogspot.com/
Salim Mohammed Alshanfari
http://www.thepariscity.blogspot.com/
Nasser Almawali
http://wadialmaawil.blogspot.com/
Khlood AL-Rawas
.http://dofarmoon.blogspot.com/
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