British Omani Society

Oliver Allan is a British born, well known social media influencer in the Sultanate. He moved to Oman when he was young and loved the country so much, he immersed himself in the culture and made all his friends talk to him in Arabic. When he was in the UK for University, he was frequently asked about Islam, and although he wasn’t religious at the time, it inspired him to look at religion more deeply, eventually becoming a Muslim.  

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Dr Nigel Winser is a United Kingdom-based conservation advocate who has devoted much of his career to the conservation and environmental issues that face Oman, since his first venture here in 1985/86, for the highly acclaimed Wahiba Sands Sea Project. He has worked at the Royal Geographical Society on field science related activities for 29 years, joining as a volunteer studying the forests of Sarawak and going on to become its Deputy Director.
Nigel, along with Dr Dutton, has also arranged and hosted the Oman Natural Heritage Lectures at the Royal Geographical Society in London over the last two years to universal acclaim.
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Mohammed Al Wahaibi is the Co-Founder and Partner of the Oman-based Venture Capital Firm, Phaze Ventures. Phaze Ventures is on a mission to transform the region by unlocking the untapped potential of youth, start-ups and corporates by enabling innovation through early stage investments and strategic partnerships. Their focus is on early stage technology investments from pre-seed to series-A.
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Amal Al Raisi is one of Oman’s best known fashion designers. Her designs beautifully encapture traditon and modernity, fusing Arab traditions with a touch of couture. Amal was born and raised in Muscat and studied Business Management at Sultan Qaboos University before launching her womenswear brand in 2006. In 2010, she opened her boutique ‘Dar Al Aseel’ in Muscat.
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Charlie Sammut is a Political Counsellor at the British Embassy in Muscat. During his time in Oman, he developed a fascination with the life and times of Dr Atmaram Sadashiva Grandin Jayakar, the longest-serving Agency Surgeon in Muscat from 1873-1900. Dr Jayakar is a remarkable character in the annals of the Omani-British friendship. He was an accomplished zoologist, naturalist and linguist and stood in as the Political Agent numerous times during this period. His story deserves the world’s attention.
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Mark Evans is the Executive Director of Outward Bound Oman. In 2016, starting from Salalah, Mark and two Omani companions set out on a 49 day expedition to cross Arabia’s Empty Quarter, in the footsteps of explorer Bertram Thomas. Mark had led numerous expeditions to the high Arctic, including a year-long project that included four months of total darkness on the Norwegian Archipelago, Svalbard. In this Podcast, Mark explores what lessons can be learnt from his experiences and how they can be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Her Highness Sayyida Basma Al Said is a pioneering mental health advocate in the Sultanate of Oman with over 17 years of experience. She founded the ‘Whispers of Serenity’ Clinic in 2011 after working at Sultan Qaboos University for 11 years. She is passionate about raising awareness of mental health, breaking down barriers and challenging stereotypes and taboos. Her expertise covers group counselling, couples counselling, relaxation and meditation, art and drama therapy, counselling for abuse and maltreatment survivors, family counselling, sexology, and hypnosis. Al Said's long and successful career is recognized across Oman and the Middle East, and she has received several awards honouring her contributions to the mental health sector. 
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Violet Astor is a UK based conservation artist who produces large and detailed charcoal drawings combined with natural materials found in the environment of her subjects. Her special interest is travelling to the wild corners of the planet to collaborate with wildlife conservation projects. Her aim is to draw endangered species to raise awareness and funding to support their survival. Violet is a self-taught artist who discovered drawing during the years she was chronically ill with Lyme Disease, which in turn became an integral part of her healing.

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Born and raised in the UK to Omani parents, Dina Macki has explored the best of both worlds especially when it comes down to the amazing cuisine Oman has to offer. She now takes London and the world by storm with her social media presence as she tries to make Omani food the next big thing. 

Through this podcast Dina explores the history of where it all began for Omani Gastronomy. From: the Silk Road to the important maritime relationship with Zanzibar. 

If you would like to learn more about Dina’s cooking adventures head to dinewithdina.co.uk or find her on Instagram @dinewithdina

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Helen Lackner has worked as a consultant in social aspects of rural development in over thirty countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. She has spent the past four decades researching Yemen, working in the country for fifteen years. Lackner is currently Associate Researcher at the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and was the 2016 Sir William Luce Fellow at Durham University. The editor of Journal of the British-Yemeni Society, she is also a regular contributor to Oxford Analytica’s briefs and openDemocracy. Her publications include Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State and Why Yemen Matters: A Society in Transition (editor). 

The podcasts outline the transformations in relations between the Sultanate of Oman and the different Yemeni states from 1960, focusing on the internal and international reasons for the changes on both sides. 
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