Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Sitting under a tent, poet Khalid Ahmed al-Kathiri recites the verses, while men clad in robes and ...

Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting to keep alive a spoken tradition used by just 2% of the ...

Sitting under a tent, poet Khalid Ahmed al-Kathiri recites the verses, while men clad in robes and headdresses echo back his words in the vast expanse. "Jibbali poetry is a means for us to preserve ...

There have been recent efforts towards studying Jibbali, with Oman's Vision 2040 economic plan prioritising heritage preservation — - Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in ...

Almost all Omanis speak Arabic, but in the mountainous coastal region of Dhofar bordering Yemen, people speak Jibbali, also known as Shehri. (AFP pic) Against the backdrop of southern Oman’s lush ...