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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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  • Research Fellowship Application Deadline Extended

    SQCC Research Fellowship Program Application Due Date has been extended to 9 October 2022. For more information please visit https://www.sqcc.org/scholarships/research-fellowship-program/ All Research Fellowship applications must be completed by 11:59 on…

  • Oman Exhibition at Smithsonian Craft2Wear

    The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center partnered with the Smithsonian Women's Committee for the 2022 Craft2Wear Show. SQCC exhibited wearable art such as jewelry and perfume from renowned Omani fashion designers…

  • Oman Exhibit at Craft2Wear Show

    National Building Museum 401 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC

    Oman Exhibit at Craft2Wear 20-22 October 2022 National Building Museum The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) at the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman will partner with the Smithsonian Women's…

  • SQCC’s 2022 Annual Conference

    The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center held its 10th annual conference in association with the Asian Cultural History Program, at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution on 25 October…

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    SQCC Annual Conference 2022

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

    REGISTER using this link: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ejfpo3jq106830b3 SCHEDULE here: SQCC Conference Schedule 2022  

  • SQCC hosts Harvard Club

    On 27 October, SQCC welcomed 50 members and friends of the Harvard Club-DC Chapter. H.E Moosa Hamdan Al Tai, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the United States welcomed…

  • 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…

  • 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…

Events

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.