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The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) regularly cosponsors events with other institutions around Washington, D.C. and across the U.S. SQCC participates in festivals and workshops with other organizations in order to fulfill its mission of educating Americans about Omani culture and supporting cross cultural exchange between the US and Oman.

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  • Poetry and Prose: Verbal Battles: The Naqāʾiḍ of Jarīr and al-Farazdaq

    Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St. NW., Washington, DC

    RSVP HERE: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ejg67qb8a5cc2cd0 This presentation will focus on Cory Jorgensen's forthcoming monograph, Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet: The Arabic Invective of Jarīr and al-Farazdaq. The book studies the flytings poetry (naqā’iḍ) of Umayyad-era poets Jarīr and al-Farazdaq. These poets catered their performances to an audience in verbal battles that are among the first instances of…

  • Arabic Debate Competition for Non-Native Speakers

    Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St. NW., Washington, DC

    RSVP here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ejg8ckd2a857a9f1 Join us on Saturday, 5 November at 1:30 pm for our Second Arabic Debate Competition for Non-Native speakers. Reception to follow.

  • A Photographic Journey of Oman’s People, Culture, Nature and Wildlife

    RSVP HERE: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ejgacd3e3f1ddb9b Join us as Dr. Adel Korkor shares his photographs and experiences journeying through the Sultanate of Oman. Adel B Korkor MD is a physician, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health. A foundation focusing on emphasizing the role of physical activities in mental health. Travel photography is his…

  • SQCC Participated at the 102nd Annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) 2022

    On 1-4 December, SQCC participated in the 102nd annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SQCC’s staff promoted the Indian Ocean in World History (IOWH) website, an educational resource that explores 94,000 years of human history through seven interactive maps. The website is an excellent resource for history and geography…

  • SQCC Launches 2022-2023 Embassy Adoption Program (EAP) with Bancroft Elementary School

    The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center hosted 43 fifth grade students from Bancroft Elementary School as part of the Embassy Adoption Program (EAP) on 14 December. EAP is a special collaboration between Washington Performing Arts and D.C. Public Schools. Students toured SQCC’s permanent exhibition space and were introduced to traditional Omani dresses, handicrafts such as pottery,…

  • World Arabic Language Day (WALD) 2022

    The United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 18 December as World Arabic Language Day. The day commemorates the recognition of Arabic as an official and working language of the UN. SQCC celebrated WALD on 15 December under the theme, The Intersection between Language, Culture, and Identity. The event began with a…

  • Embassy Adoption Program with Bancroft Elementary School Second Visit

    The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center visited a fifth-grade class from Bancroft Elementary School as part of the Embassy Adoption Program (EAP) on 5 January. EAP is a special collaboration between Washington Performing Arts, D.C. Public Schools, and embassies to promote cross-cultural learning. SQCC staff began the visit with a “Map of Oman” activity. On a…

  • SQCC visited Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia

    The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center visited fifth and fourth graders from Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Fairfax, VA on 9 January and spent a half day with them. SQCC staff began the visit with a quick PowerPoint presentation on Oman's culture, people, and history. Students also watched two short videos on Oman entitled Oman in…

  • SQCC Hosts a group from Frederick (MD) Community College

    On 10 January SQCC hosted a group from Frederick (MD) Community College for a pre-departure briefing to Oman led by Linda Pappas Funsch, Professor of Middle East & Islamic Studies/ILR. The group is set to visit Oman at the end of this month. The group is comprised of thirteen senior citizens from the Frederick County,…

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These events range from our SQCC annual conference, held in partnership with a different university each year, to multicultural festivals and events hosted by organizations like the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries (Washington, D.C.), Arab Festival Orlando (Orlando, FL) and the Children's Museum of Manhattan (New York City, NY). SQCC also annually holds a booth at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) annual conference, where SQCC promotes its Indian Ocean in World History website, a free classroom resource, to K-12 educators.