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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On Tuesday 11 June, SQCC hosted 20 teachers from Close Up Washington D.C. Every year, Close Up welcomes nearly 2,000 educators from across the country to Washington, D.C. where they explore the city through tours, workshops, and seminars. The insights provided throughout the week aim to enhance teachers’ instructional strategies. The afternoon event led teachers on a guided tour through the Omani cultural exhibition… |
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On Friday, 21 June, SQCC participated for the third time in Golden Triangle BID's Farragut Fridays, a free afternoon summer event featuring local organizations and businesses in Washington, D.C. Welcomed by the scent of heated frankincense, dozens of visitors stopped by SQCC’s popular tent to learn about Omani culture and paint ornamental majmars (frankincense burners).SQCC… |
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On Saturday 22 June, teachers from across the DMV participated in a teacher workshop titled "Sailing an Ocean of Paper: Teaching Indian Ocean Economic and Social History." Dr. Susan Douglass, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, started the workshop with her presentation "Trading, Merchants, Goods, and Means of Travel over Time in the Indian… |
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On the evening of 27 June, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center hosted a private opening of its summer exhibition titled "Tolerance, Understanding, Coexistence: Oman's Message of Islam." The world-renowned exhibition aims to increase intercultural dialogue through art while promoting mutual respect and understanding among nations and cultures. First launched in 2010, over 125 international cities… |
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On Friday, 28 June, SQCC hosted an Abstract Calligraphy Workshop with Omani calligrapher Saleh Al Shukairi. The all-day event begin with a lecture by Mr. Al Shukairi on the history of Arabic calligraphy (khatt). The lecture explored the development of Arabic calligraphy in the Middle East from the seventh century to the modern era, including… |
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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.