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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Latest Past Events
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…
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,…
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…
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.