After the sultan
Can a peaceful and prosperous nation stay that way?
ON AN average day a resident of Muscat, Oman’s seafront capital, is likely to drive down Sultan Qaboos road, pass Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and perhaps Sultan Qaboos port, too. He or she may be a graduate of Sultan Qaboos University and watch a football match at the Sultan Qaboos sports complex before heading home to a house in Medinat Sultan Qaboos, a neighbourhood of the city.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “After the sultan”
From the December 6th 2014 edition
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