Oman's new sultan quietly makes his mark as challenges loom

Oman's new sultan quietly makes his mark as challenges loomWhen Oman's ruler of a half century died without an heir apparent, brief fears of turmoil ended with the quick announcement of a new sultan in this nation on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. “Haitham has a golden chance to become Oman’s second renaissance figure," said Bader al-Saif, an assistant professor of history at Kuwait University who studies Oman.




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