Events at SQCC
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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FeaturedSQCC Annual Conference 2022
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St. NW., Washington, DCREGISTER using this link: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ejfpo3jq106830b3 SCHEDULE here: SQCC Conference Schedule 2022
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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…
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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, DCRSVP 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…
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Arabic Debate Competition for Non-Native Speakers
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St. NW., Washington, DCRSVP 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.
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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World Arabic Language Day: The Intersection between Language, Culture, and Identity CAPACITY REACHED
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 1100 16th St. NW., Washington, DCJoin SQCC in celebrating World Arabic Language Day. This year will focus on in the Intersection between Language, Culture, and Identity. Reception to follow. RSVP HERE: Capacity Reached
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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…
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.