r/geography • u/Necessary_Wing799 Geography Enthusiast • 14d ago

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

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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....

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u/ScalsThePenguin 14d ago edited 13d ago

White American guy here. Dude I left there yesterday. Spent 2 weeks driving all through that country. You don't have any idea of what you're talking about.

Hung out with locals, migrants, and expats. Male and female. Otw to the airport the driver was literally talking shit about the sultan.

I don't understand why people think reading a couple selected web articles, or YouTube videos is adequate enough to make an opinion. It's embarrassing.

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u/supapoopascoopa 14d ago

Hmmm some white american dudes two week vacation or wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Oman

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u/Xplay3r_ 14d ago

hmmm some white american dude's article without having lived or seen it.

I can pull up an article about human right violations for every country in this world, doesnt mean thats the norm there or that its happening 24/7.

I've traveled to Oman and lived there for several months. Nice place with even nicer people. Go off the screen and go there on a trip (or live there for a few months, its not expensive) before typing up a storm in bad faith.

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u/supapoopascoopa 14d ago

Have you ever been gay in Oman? Or a migrant worker? Or a journalist trying to expose corruption? Even you and I as white middle class men in America don't have a lot of personal insight into what happens in our own country when you aren't part of the club.

I got nothing against the Omani people or Oman, but a religious monarchy without any avenue for redress of grievances is just a lottery. If you aren't a member of the preferred class or the new sultan is an asshole you are immediately out of options.

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u/abuayanna 13d ago

You don’t know what you’re talking about, just stop.

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u/foggygoggleman 13d ago edited 13d ago

Dude, my parents are terrified to go to Mexico. That’s literally our southern border. Beautiful country and I’ll keep going back. You can find anything you want online about bad shit in a country but GOOD people are there too and often times in abundance. Do you really think all Russians are bad people? If you do you’re fucking hopeless m8

That being said I do think religion in general has caused a fuck ton of bloodshed but idk where humans would be without if you study theology. I also think present day Islam is the slice of monotheism that needs to catch up and is barbaric in many places.

Islam in particular makes it hard to believe there’s an Arab country that’s pretty chill. Again, understandable tbh

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u/supapoopascoopa 13d ago

I'm not afraid to go to Mexico or Oman, or think in any way the Omanis are bad people. We are all just humans who live different places.

These are completely different issues to whether it's a "chill place". Religious monarchies are a form of dictatorship that's been road tested extensively throughout history and in the end exist mostly to serve the ruler

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u/foggygoggleman 13d ago

What do you mean that’s a different issue? When a govt is ruling based on religion it seems like pretty integral issue whether it’s chill or not