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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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.
Past Events
American University Arabic Department Visits SQCC
On Tuesday 12 February, SQCC received students from the Arabic Department at American University in Washington, D.C. Students toured SQCC’s permanent exhibition learning about traditional Omani attire and handicrafts such as pottery, basketry, and silverwork. On the tour, students also learned about the historical importance of the aflaj irrigation system, forts, and maritime trade. After…
Close-Up Students Visit SQCC
On 21 January, a student group from Close Up Washington, a local educational non-profit organization, came to SQCC for a tour of the permanent exhibition space and a lecture about Omani customs, history, and traditions. Students learned about frankincense and the majmar, Omani cuisine and sweets, such as halwa, and many other aspects of Omani culture and society.
2020 EAP – LaSalle Education Campus visits SQCC
On Friday, 24 January, LaSalle Education Campus visited SQCC as part of the 2019-2020 Embassy Adoption Program. Students learned about various aspects of Omani culture. They learned about frankincense and the historical importance of the tree to Omani culture. The presentation focused on the historical and contemporary importance its dried resin, planting of the tree today, and…
SQCC Revisits LaSalle-Backus Education Campus for 3rd Session of EAP
On Thursday 19 December, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) visited the fifth graders of LaSalle-Backus Education Campus for the third session of the Embassy Adoption Program (EAP). EAP is a partnership program between DC Public Schools and Washington Performing Arts. This time, students learned Omani traditional dance and performed it many time with their classmates…
Embassy Adoption Program, Second Visit
On Tuesday 17 December, SQCC visited 5th graders of LaSalle-Backus Education Campus School for the Embassy Adoption Program, a unique education and partnership program of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and Washington Performing Arts. Students narrated what they learned in their first visit to SQCC on Oman’s culture, people, geographic location, and food. Students were also…
2019 World Arabic Language Day at SQCC
Guests gathered at SQCC on Tuesday, 10 December for an early celebration of World Arabic Language Day. This year’s theme was “The Arabic Language Through Music” which featured a public lecture with live demonstrations, musical performances, and a reception. Dr. Rasmussen, Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology at William & Mary, led a discussion about the…
SQCC Visits Sitar Arts Center
On Monday 16 December, SQCC visited Sitar Arts Center, a multidisciplinary arts education center for children and youth in Washington D.C. Students learned about Oman’s rich cultural heritage, handcrafts, history, geography, and beautiful scenery. Students were asked to find and mark Oman on a world map. Later on students learned how to write their names in Arabic and asked…
2019 8th Annual Winternational Celebration in Washington, D.C.
On Thursday, 5 December, SQCC represented Oman at the 8th annual Winternational Celebration at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. SQCC represented the Omani Embassy by showcasing a variety of cultural traditions from the Sultanate to entertain and teach throngs of curious visitors about Oman’s rich history. SQCC’s booth featured majmars, dates, frankincense, kumas, textiles, and…
Frederick Community College Student Group Visits SQCC
On Wednesday, 4 December, SQCC welcomed adult continuing learning students from Frederick Community College. The students, joined by their professor and current SQCC fellow, Mrs. Linda Pappas Funsch, enjoyed a tour of the SQCC permanent exhibition which explored Oman’s fascinating history. After the tour students listened to a cultural lecture about Omani culture and social norms…
SQCC Launches Book Club
The Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library hosted its inaugural session of the SQCC Book Club on 4 December, 2019. The club’s mission is to promote reading and discussion of literature from or about the Sultanate of Oman. The first meeting included a group discussion of selected stories from My Grandmother’s Stories: Folk Tales from Dhofar…