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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*Business Attire or National Dress* Click here to RSVP for the Opening Reception- 8 March Click here to RSVP for the Press Forum- 9 March Click here to RSVP for An evening of Poetry, Literature, and Music -10 March Omani-American Press Forum Events 8-10 March 2022 8 March Opening Reception 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Welcoming… |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library is pleased to invite you to participate in the SQCC Online Book Club! RSVP Using this link: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ej1l82yee9dbc21d&oseq=&c=&ch= SQCC will host a discussion of selected poems from the book 'Contemporary Omani Poetry in English' Written by Khalid Al Balushi. The book club is an excellent opportunity to explore Omani poetry; it… |
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1 event,SQCC hosted a gathering on 18 March for the spouses of the International Cultural Exchange group whose husbands studying at the National Defense University in Washington. The group toured SQCC’s permanent exhibition where they learned about the aflaj irrigation system, Oman's maritime history, and the role of frankincense in Omani hospitality. The group was presented with an introduction to Oman… |
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RSVP HERE: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jjfaurzab&oeidk=a07ej20vs265d16cf0e In this talk, Dr. Majd Al-Mallah will examine the poetry of the Andalusī woman poet Ḥafṣah bint al-Ḥājj (d. 589/1191) in the context of a rich body of anecdotes surrounding that poetry as preserved in Nafḥ al-ṭīb, which al-Maqqarī (d. 1041/1632) wrote to document the cultural memory of al-Andalus. Although literature surrounding Ḥafṣah… |
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2 events,On 20 March, SQCC visited the fifth graders of Seaton Elementary School for fifth session of the Embassy Adoption Program (EAP), a partnership program between DC Public Schools and Washington Performing Arts. SQCC staff spoke to the students about the global issue of climate change, with respect to the world in general and Oman in… A group of students of Arabic Department at James Madison University visited SQCC on 25 April. Students toured the permanent exhibition, where they learned about traditional Omani dresses, handicrafts such as pottery, basketry, silver artwork and woodworking, as well as the aflaj irrigation system. Students also learned about Omani forts, ships, and trade. Students also asked about SQCC's programs, scholarships… |
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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.