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One of the first, timely accounts of both the modern Omani rebirth and its legacy over the entire reign of Sultan Qaboos (1970-2020). The book provides unique, wide-ranging interdisciplinary and international perspectives on modern Oman by specialists in a variety of fields from Oman, Europe and North America. Utilising a range of perspectives, all chapters connect to the theme of rebirth, of the connections between the past and the future pursued by Sultan Qaboos and his government in fields as diverse as health, religion, law, economy, heritage and diplomacy. Not overlooking the many challenges faced during Sultan Qaboos' reign and still faced by Oman, the book engages various theories and perspectives about Oman's economic, religious, educational and cultural transformations under Qaboos (d. 2020 CE).

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Author:   Allen James Fromherz (Associate Professor of History, Georgia State University) ,  Abdulrahman al-Salimi (Governor, German University of Technology, Sultanate of Oman)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.857kg
ISBN:  

9781474493468

ISBN 10:   1474493467
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   10 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Sultan Qaboos, Omani Society and the ""Blessed Renaissance"" – Allen James Fromherz The Legacy of Sultan Qaboos: A Historiographical Note – Uzi Rabi Prehistoric Interactions between Oman and the Indus Civilization: Projecting the Past in the Present –Jonathan Mark Kenoyer The Modern Land of Frankincense – Krista Lewis The Multiple Legacies of Sultan Qaboos: Heritage and Omani Nation Building – Victoria Penziner Hightower and James Worrall Stamps as Messengers of the Renaissance: The Postal Issues of Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos –Calvin H. Allen Jr. From the First Renaissance to the Second: The Historical and Legal Basis for the Sultanate – Abdulrahman al Salimi The Interpretation of Islam under Sultan Qaboos – Valerie J. Hoffman In the Middle of a Reign – Mandana Limbert Constitutional Reforms During the Reign of Sultan Qaboos – Salim al-Kharusi Nation and State in Oman: The Initial Impact of 1970 – J.E. Peterson Literature and Poetry in Oman during the reign of Sultan Qaboos – Barbara Michalak-Pikulska Public Health and the Omani Renaissance – Sean Foley Beyond the Horizon and Back: The Sultan Qaboos Scholarship – Jody Pritt Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman – Javier Guirado Alonso Duqm and Salalah: Oman’s Ports and Special Economic Zones – Jeffrey R Kinnier Greening Oman: Islamic Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Post Oil Futures – Maria F. Curtis Omani Peace-Making and Middle East Crises in the 2010’s: Sultan Qaboos’s last Decade – Juan Cole ‘Friend to All, Enemy to None’: Oman’s Quiet Diplomacy since 1970 – Francis Owtram

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Allen Fromherz is Professor of History at Georgia State University and director of the Middle East Studies Center. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College in 2002 and received his PhD from St. Andrews University in Scotland in Medieval Islamic History in 2006. Dr. Fromherz has held several international fellowships including Fulbright, Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. He was a senior fellow in the humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi (2016). He has lived in various parts of the Gulf, including Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. He is President of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). His publications include: Ibn Khaldun (Edinburgh University Press, 2010); The Almohads (IB Tauris, 2012); Qatar (Georgetown Univeristy Press, 2016) and The Near West (Edinburgh University Press, 2016). Abdulrahman al-Salimi is a Governor at the German University of Technology, Sultanate of Oman. He has written and published various books and articles on classical Islamic history.

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