Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري

A local girl's take on culture, society, & politics in Salalah (Southern Oman)

Friday, May 9, 2014

Update

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I just realized I have not updated this blog for four months and I will not allow myself to feel guilty because my time has been occupied ...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Coming Home

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Something a little different - Reflections from my journal  December 29, 2013 I am on a bus between two cities in North America. It’s ...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

A Different Kind of Discrimination

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Published September 10, 2013 - Muscat Daily   As Salalah waved off most of the monsoon tourists last week, I flew back home after havi...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Changing Eid Traditions

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Published August 13, 2013 - Muscat Daily As I flew across three continents on the last day of Ramadan for a much needed month-long holid...
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Future Leaders

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Published July 30, 2013 - Muscat Daily A few weeks ago I was invited to give a workshop on the importance of writing to a group of 30 h...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Rainy Ramadan

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Six days down and approximately 23 more to go if the moon cooperates! Once again Dhofar has been blessed with cool temperatures and a heav...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Extraordinary Women

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Published July 2, 2013 - Muscat Daily A few months ago I received a Google alert on Oman’s 1st Extraordinary Women Conference. I was int...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Things are OK

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Published June 18, 2013 - Muscat Daily. Click here to view the column on their website. The title of this column may sound a little s...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Public Transport

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Published June 4, 2013 - Muscat Daily. Click here to view the article on their website. Rest assured that this is probably the last ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Bahraini Experience

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Published May 21, 2013 - Muscat Daily. Click here to view the column on the newspaper's website.   Last week I had the privilege...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Salalah Musings

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Published May 7, 2013 - Muscat Daily . Click here to view the column on the newspaper's website. As we struggle to recover from nat...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The Cousin Debate

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Published April 23, 2013 - Muscat Daily newspaper. Click here to view the article . Earlier this week during a brief jaunt to Muscat, I...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Not Eating Out in Salalah

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Published April 9, 2013 - Muscat Daily. Click here to view the column on their website . Most of March for me was spent at a snowy human...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

The ROHM Incident

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This was not published in the newspaper. A personal blog post: Why yes, I'm referring to the Royal Opera House Muscat fiasco that e...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Two Years Later

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Published February 26, 2013 - Muscat Daily February 25 marked the second anniversary of the eruption of Arab Spring protests in Dhofa...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Language Crisis

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Published February 12, 2013 - Muscat Daily Recently I was privileged to meet a foreign researcher who was in Salalah to learn the Dhofar...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Changing perceptions towards higher education in Oman

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Published January 29, 2013 - Muscat Daily. While many of you spent the long weekend gallivanting in Dubai or just chilling on the beac...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Issue of FGM in Oman

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Published January 1, 2013 - Muscat Daily A year and a half ago I wrote a column titled ‘Woman with an incense burner’ where I tried as ...
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Susan
Salalah, Dhofar, Oman
I am a blogger and newspaper columnist (Muscat Daily) from Dhofar, the southern region of Oman. Recently, I became a McGill Echenberg Human Rights Fellow. Most of my work has revolved around women's issues, human rights, and the south of Oman. I am currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in leadership studies from the University of Glasgow. I'm also a HR professional in the private sector. I enjoy reading, photography, travel, baking, cats, and coffee. You may contact me at susan.alshahri(at)gmail.com
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