Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there?

[u/Necessary_Wing799]

Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

[u/TundraForager]

From what my Omani friends have shown me, a more chill UAE/Saudi, pretty rich people, though they don’t really think it, less garish large developments like the Royal Opera house, beautiful place, lots of Subcontinental “migrant workers”. Omanis are pretty chill with life, pretty content with living in a non-representative monarchy 

[u/supapoopascoopa → u/TundraForager]

Absolute monarchy, sharia law, no free press or ability to criticize the government, torture, no due process rights

I give them credit for being peaceful but it only seems chill with respect to it’s neighbors.

[u/sitbar → u/supapoopascoopa]

If you’ve lived there or spent any time there you would know that it is actually really chill there.

[u/supapoopascoopa → u/sitbar]

If you are a native middle or upper class male it is probably pretty good as long as you don’t complain and adhere to the religion.

[u/sitbar → u/supapoopascoopa]

This is false. People do complain and there’s a TON of “expats” who live like they would back in the west. Drinking alcohol, eating pork, clubbing, drugs, etc. you’ll see women in shorts and exposing their arms often as well and guess what, literally no one cares lol

[u/Subject-Effect4537 → u/[deleted]]

Where are you from/where do you live?

[u/NoiceAndToitt → u/supapoopascoopa]

I grew up there, and it really is chill. There is no gender based discrimination, it’s extremely safe, no one cares about your religion - you’ll find churches, mosque, temples and gurudwaras.

Sometimes, not assuming the worst in everything is a good life choice :)