OMAN — broadcast 20260920 190000 UTC 511 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:01] strongest performance during the summer period, with a growth rate of [00:00:05] 24% compared to the same period last [00:00:09] year. Oman Air also operated up to [00:00:12] 15 flights daily to [00:00:16] Salalah [00:00:16] city in August. [00:00:20] The Muscat Securities Market index closed at 7,580 [00:00:24] hope and salvation. we don't know. points compared to the last [00:00:27] trading session. The trading [00:00:32] of the modern texts, Tahiyya Al-Rawahi value exceeded 31 million and 800 thousand Omani riyals. [00:00:36] where human value The report issued by the Muscat Securities Market indicated that the market value decreased [00:00:40] by 19% [00:00:43] from the last trading day [00:00:45] this world, Bartleby [00:00:46] a word, and when and reached approximately 39 billion and 350 million Omani [00:00:52] the series "36 riyals. Dear viewers, the economic bulletin has ended, and now we return to [00:00:56] my colleagues. [00:00:58] for Writers and Authors Sohar Port and Free Zone: We develop trade [00:01:02] and create opportunities. [00:01:08] it remained present More than 189 million Omani [00:01:11] riyals were spent on experimental research and development [00:01:14] in the Sultanate of Oman during [00:01:17] 2025. Data issued [00:01:21] closer to humanity by the National Center for Statistics and Information indicated [00:01:24] that the number of [00:01:27] It is an Omani workers involved in experimental research and development in [00:01:40] Omani Riyal, the total expenditure on experimental [00:01:43] Takumi Hojo won the research and development activities in the Sultanate of Oman in [00:01:46] 2025 [00:01:49] lines, in a mysterious compared to 98 million and 260 [00:01:52] thousand Omani riyals in 2021, [00:01:56] reflecting a significant increase in interest in strengthening [00:02:01] Zhang Chiyuan, who won the knowledge-based economy. The results of [00:02:03] the survey conducted by the National Center for Statistics [00:02:09] becoming one of arrived. Letters and Information revealed that the total number of workers participating in experimental research and development [00:02:13] approached [00:02:13] 3540 [00:02:18] was as if workers last year. The data also showed that the private [00:02:21] was a letter sector accounted for the largest percentage of the total [00:02:25] number of workers, at 42%, [00:02:28] followed by the government sector at 32%, [00:02:32] then the higher education sector at [00:02:34] 26%. [00:02:36] Regarding the distribution of workers by occupation, the [00:02:40] results showed that researchers represent the largest category of [00:02:43] total workers at 51%, [00:02:47] reflecting a significant growth in the number [00:02:50] of research personnel, followed by technicians and [00:02:53] their equivalents, then support staff. At [00:02:57] the sector expenditure level, the private sector accounted for the highest [00:03:01] percentage of total expenditure on experimental research [00:03:05] But behind the end and his governorates of the Sultanate of Oman and development at 46%, [00:03:07] followed by the government sector at 31%, [00:03:11] then the higher [00:03:13] but to question education sector at 23%. [00:03:16] The national survey of experimental research and development aims [00:03:20] to provide accurate statistical indicators on human [00:03:23] resources and expenditure allocated to these activities and their [00:03:27] funding sources, contributing to supporting the decision-making [00:03:30] process and policy-making aimed at promoting scientific [00:03:34] research and innovation and achieving the [00:03:37] goals of Oman Vision [00:03:40] 2040. [00:03:43] Dear viewers, we now move to sports news with our colleague Abdul Aziz [00:03:46] bin Mansour Al-Wahaibi. Abdul Aziz, the microphone is yours. Thank [00:03:50] you, Hanifa. Welcome, viewers, [00:03:53] landmark in Japanese and let's start our sports 22, he [00:03:54] tour. Our [00:04:00] national team qualified for the World Cup for tent pegging, which is scheduled [00:04:04] be solved? Khayyam to be held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan next November. Our national [00:04:09] opens multiple team qualified after finishing [00:04:10] Governorate, to first in Group C of the qualifying tournament for [00:04:15] Bartleby begins to the World Championship, which was hosted by the Omani [00:04:17] Equestrian Federation, with the participation of teams from America, [00:04:21] Qatar, Iran, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. The Pakistani [00:04:25] team also qualified for the World [00:04:26] ten more artworks Championship, finishing second. In [00:04:30] the individual competitions of the tournament, [00:04:33] paintings. It is the Pakistani team dominated the [00:04:34] believed that this podium with a victory for the trio of Tasawwar Abbas, Muhammad [00:04:37] Sagheer, and Muhammad Nasser [00:04:39] Abbas. [00:04:44] Our national football team continues its preparations in [00:04:48] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the Gulf Cup tournament, [00:04:51] which starts on the 23rd of this month. [00:04:54] The Reds, led by Moroccan coach Tariq [00:04:57] Sektioui, are preparing for their first match against [00:05:01] the Iraqi national team at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, within [00:05:04] the first group competitions, [00:05:07] sharp lines and which also includes the Saudi and [00:05:09] Kuwaiti national teams, the record holders with 10 [00:05:12] titles. [00:05:13] القاب. [00:05:17] Our national U-17 football team began an internal [00:05:20] camp in Muscat, which will last until September 24th, [00:05:24] led by national coach Ahmed bin Salem Bait [00:05:27] Saeed, in preparation for their participation in the West Asian Football [00:05:31] Federation U-17 Championship in Aqaba, Jordan, from [00:05:35] September 16th to October [00:05:38] 5th. The young Reds [00:05:41] are in Group B, alongside hosts Jordan [00:05:45] and the UAE, while Group A includes [00:05:48] Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, [00:05:51] and Palestine. [00:05:55] Globally, in the fifth round of the English [00:05:58] Premier League, Liverpool defeated Bournemouth by one [00:06:02] goal to nil, and Manchester City thrashed Sunderland [00:06:05] five goals to three, while the match [00:06:08] between Leeds United and Crystal Palace ended goalless. In other [00:06:12] matches, Manchester United drew with Fulham [00:06:15] one-all. [00:06:19] In the seventh round of the Spanish Football League, [00:06:23] Real Madrid lost their match against Atletico Madrid [00:06:26] by two goals to one, and Getafe beat [00:06:29] Malaga by one goal to nil. Deportivo [00:06:32] La Coruna drew with Real Betis by one goal, and [00:06:35] Villarreal defeated Levante by three goals to one. [00:06:39] Valencia is currently playing Real Sociedad. [00:06:47] Japan, the host nation, won its first [00:06:50] gold medal at the Asian Games in Ichinomiya after [00:06:56] men's individual triathlon race. Hojo emerged [00:07:00] from the warm Mikawa Bay waters in fourth place and [00:07:03] from the cycling stage in fifth place before accelerating [00:07:07] in the running race and snatching first place by [00:07:10] nine seconds from China's [00:07:13] the silver medal, and Kazakhstan's Ayan [00:07:17] Zhynbay, who won the [00:07:19] bronze medal. [00:07:23] That's the most important thing we have, and [00:07:27] all that remains is [00:07:28] goodbye. [00:07:33] The Environment Authority organized the first environmental camp at Al Hajar [00:07:37] Al Gharbi Reserve for Stargazing, with the participation of environmental observers [00:07:41] from Al Dakhiliyah, Al Dhahirah, and South Al Batinah [00:07:44] Governorates. The camp aims to develop [00:07:47] environmental monitoring and inspection skills and exchange field [00:07:51] experiences to protect the reserve and conserve [00:07:53] its natural resources. [00:07:56] The mountains of Al Hajar Al Gharbi Reserve for Stargazing [00:07:59] extend over a land where wildlife thrives, [00:08:03] and above it, a sky [00:08:06] maintains its purity away from light [00:08:09] pollution. Protecting this environment finds [00:08:12] its way with environmental observers from various [00:08:17] in the first environmental camp organized [00:08:20] by the Environment Authority, where participants reside among [00:08:23] its mountains and learn firsthand about [00:08:27] the life it contains and the care it [00:08:30] requires. The ultimate goal of this camp [00:08:33] or environmental camp is the intellectual development [00:08:37] of environmental observers from [00:08:41] the legal and supervisory [00:08:44] aspects, including technical workshops [00:08:47] and legal workshops, as well [00:08:51] as monitoring patrols. Through field tours, [00:08:54] observers move between the reserve's [00:08:57] locations, using GPS devices [00:09:01] and camera traps to monitor [00:09:04] wildlife and document observations [00:09:07] in reports that specify their locations, nature, and the [00:09:11] necessary actions for their [00:09:14] protection. This is the first camp to be held in the Al Hajar [00:09:18] Al Gharbi Reserve for Stargazing, Al Dakhiliyah [00:09:23] learn about the reserve and gain [00:09:26] experience. The practical program involves conducting [00:09:30] foot patrols and installing camera traps [00:09:33] to observe the wildlife present within [00:09:37] the reserve, such as birds, [00:09:40] Arabian Tahr, and the existing plant [00:09:44] life, such as Al-Alan trees, [00:09:47] Al-Atom trees, Al-Bot trees, Al-Shahsa trees, and [00:09:51] some small wild plants such as Al-Qa'dah [00:09:54] and many others. The camp [00:09:57] brings together observers from diverse environments in terms of [00:10:00] their nature and work requirements, which allows [00:10:04] for the exchange of experiences and [00:10:07] the discussion of practices that have proven effective [00:10:10] in performing their duties, expanding the [00:10:13] benefit of what each participant [00:10:15] offers in knowledge [00:10:18] and experience. The protection of rare [00:10:21] environmental sites remains dependent on the awareness of [00:10:25] those who frequent them and their [00:10:27] commitment to preserving them as they were found. From [00:10:30] the Al Hajar Al Gharbi Reserve for Stargazing, Ali [00:10:34] Dear viewers, at the end of our bulletin, here's a reminder of [00:10:37] its main [00:10:40] headlines. His Majesty the Sultan, may God protect [00:10:43] him, congratulates the Armenian President and the Maltese President [00:10:47] on the occasion of [00:10:47] their countries' independence. [00:10:52] The US President says he [00:10:55] has made a decision on Iran, and Tehran warns Washington against [00:10:59] launching new attacks and promises a greater [00:11:02] response. [00:11:06] Ukrainian attack on Russia with more than 1600 [00:11:10] drones, and Moscow announces a meeting with [00:11:13] Washington to discuss the end [00:11:15] of the war. [00:11:18] The bulletin has ended. We send you our [00:11:21] regards from the news center team. Thank you very [00:11:25] much for following us. Goodbye. [00:12:41] Culture is not just what we know, but [00:12:45] what makes us see the world differently. [00:12:48] Here our story begins, from the word [00:12:51] when it transforms into an idea, and from the idea when [00:12:55] it becomes knowledge, and from knowledge when it [00:12:58] leaves an impact on people. Here, we don't [00:13:02] just read what is written, but we try [00:13:05] to read what is behind it. We approach literature [00:13:08] and listen to poetry, and search through the pages [00:13:11] of history, and stop at art [00:13:14] and heritage, and meet names that made their presence felt with [00:13:18] words, ideas, and entertainment. Al-Jahiz [00:13:21] says: Meanings are scattered along the [00:13:25] way. Arabs, non-Arabs, villagers, and Bedouins [00:13:28] all know them. But the point is in establishing [00:13:31] the weight and choosing the word. Perhaps [00:13:35] this is also the story of culture. Ideas [00:13:38] are abundant around us, but their value [00:13:42] lies in the way we see them and [00:13:45] the story we create from them. In [00:13:49] every episode, we open a new door and [00:13:52] let wonder lead us to a [00:13:55] book worth reading, a poet worth listening [00:13:57] to, a place that preserves the memory [00:14:01] of a nation, and a character behind [00:14:03] whom lies a story [00:14:11] we don't know. Welcome to Matoun. This [00:14:15] time, Matoun from Oman doesn't come from the pages [00:14:18] of a novel or a collection of poetry, but [00:14:22] from the stage, where human issues are transformed [00:14:25] into characters, and society's questions into dialogue, [00:14:29] and sometimes silence into a scream. Omani [00:14:31] writer Tahiyya Al-Rawahi windows on [00:14:35] humanity in her plays. She writes about [00:14:39] corruption and mismanagement, about migrants driven [00:14:42] by wars into the unknown, and about [00:14:46] fear standing in the way of duty, and [00:14:49] about loss and wars, and even about the [00:14:53] values of justice, love, and independence that [00:14:56] she addresses to children in one of her [00:15:00] plays. A city submerged in waste becomes a [00:15:03] metaphor for mismanagement and officials' evasion of [00:15:07] their responsibilities. In another, we hear a mother's [00:15:10] cry searching for her child amidst destruction and [00:15:13] migration, while another text reveals how [00:15:16] fear can make a person abandon their [00:15:19] duty. As for children's plays, the [00:15:22] story is more innocent, instilling more humane [00:15:26] values in the world of children. What [00:15:29] distinguishes this experience is that some of these [00:15:33] texts did not remain confined to paper. They [00:15:37] won competitions at the Literary Forum in the [00:15:41] Sultanate of Oman and were transferred to the [00:15:44] stage, winning awards at theatrical festivals during the period between [00:15:48] 2004 and 2012. [00:15:52] Five stories and five faces of humanity, from [00:15:55] the landfill and the shackles to the task [00:15:59] and the crystal ball and royal coffins, [00:16:02] all the way to children's plays. In these [00:16:06] does not merely present the problem, but [00:16:09] leaves her questions suspended before the [00:16:12] recipient: What happens when fear [00:16:16] becomes stronger than truth, and when [00:16:20] duty becomes merely [00:16:23] a person becomes a victim of decisions [00:16:26] they cannot change? All of this was [00:16:30] collected by the writer in one book, published [00:16:33] by the Omani Society [00:16:36] in cooperation with Al-Ain Publishers [00:16:39] and Distributors in Jordan, in 110 [00:16:42] pages. It is [00:16:43] the text of Royal [00:16:51] Coffins: Five plays, but at their core, [00:16:55] five attempts to get [00:16:58] when it is surrounded by fear, loss, [00:17:01] power, and reality. [00:17:04] text worth reading. What if the copyist [00:17:07] who used to transcribe the words of others [00:17:11] hid within himself a story that no one [00:17:14] could read? In the world of novels, [00:17:17] stories are not [00:17:20] always found in the written words. Sometimes, [00:17:22] they lie between the [00:17:26] character, an old secret, or a [00:17:30] question that haunts the reader until the [00:17:33] last page. A novel published in [00:17:37] 1853. Its pages contain [00:17:41] a story that takes us into the world [00:17:45] of scribes and books, where knowledge intersects [00:17:48] with power, and writing becomes more than [00:17:51] just a profession. It becomes a means [00:17:54] of preserving memory and perhaps a [00:17:58] means of confronting oblivion. We get [00:18:01] closer to a character who stands between [00:18:04] two worlds: the world of paper and ink, [00:18:08] and the world of life with its secrets, [00:18:11] conflicts, [00:18:14] and questions. As the story progresses, [00:18:18] it seems that what the copyist writes [00:18:21] is not just a text he transcribes, [00:18:24] but an effect that leads him [00:18:27] to a greater story. So, who [00:18:31] is this copyist, and what do the [00:18:34] papers in his hands hide? And [00:18:37] where does the task of transcribing words [00:18:42] story begin? [00:18:44] Bartleby, the Scrivener. In [00:18:48] 1853, American writer Herman [00:18:50] Melville published his famous story, "Bartleby, [00:18:54] the Scrivener." It is a short story [00:18:57] that would become one of the most [00:19:00] mysterious and influential literary texts in [00:19:04] American literature. In [00:19:07] a law office on Wall Street, [00:19:11] Bartleby appears, a quiet, pale, [00:19:14] and taciturn man. He comes to work [00:19:18] as a copyist of documents. He sits [00:19:22] behind a screen in the office [00:19:25] and spends long hours copying papers [00:19:28] without drawing attention until one [00:19:31] day the office owner asks him [00:19:34] to help review a document. Bartleby [00:19:38] raises his eyes and calmly replies, [00:19:42] "I would prefer not to." A [00:19:45] simple sentence, but it would transform [00:19:48] his entire world. Gradually, [00:19:53] refuse everything he is asked to [00:19:56] do. He stops [00:19:57] copying, then [00:20:00] refuses to leave the office, then [00:20:03] refuses to return to his previous [00:20:06] life, without raising his voice, explaining [00:20:10] his reasons, or declaring his rebellion. [00:20:13] And here, the story transforms from [00:20:16] a tale of a strange employee [00:20:18] into a question about humanity itself. [00:20:21] What makes a person withdraw from the [00:20:25] world in this way? Is it [00:20:29] laziness, despair, or illness? Or [00:20:33] has Bartleby reached a point where [00:20:36] he can no longer live according [00:20:39] to the rules imposed by the [00:20:42] world? The most painful thing is [00:20:46] that Melville doesn't give us a [00:20:49] clear answer. He doesn't tell us [00:20:52] about Bartleby's past, nor does [00:20:55] he reveal the secret behind his [00:20:59] silence. He leaves him [00:21:02] before us as he is, a [00:21:06] mysterious human being, as if a part [00:21:09] of him died in a place [00:21:14] And the law office itself seems [00:21:17] like a microcosm [00:21:22] world: a world [00:21:26] is measured by one's work, [00:21:29] productivity, and speed. And in [00:21:32] the midst of [00:21:35] comes to say in his quiet [00:21:38] voice, "I prefer not to participate." [00:21:41] But what's interesting is that Bartleby, [00:21:45] who refuses everything, manages to change [00:21:48] others. The office owner moves from [00:21:52] anger to pity, then to an [00:21:55] attempt to understand. It's as if [00:21:58] Bartleby's silence forces those around [00:22:01] him to see the human being [00:22:05] hidden behind the job. At the [00:22:21] end of the story, his withdrawal from [00:22:25] the world reaches its extreme, to [00:22:29] prison, after he refused to leave [00:22:32] the office. And there, he dies alone. Then the [00:22:36] narrator reveals a small detail, but one that [00:22:40] is highly significant: [00:22:43] Bartleby had previously worked in a [00:22:46] dead letter office. Letters that never [00:22:50] reached their recipients. Letters whose recipients [00:22:54] died before they [00:22:56] written with love or anticipation [00:23:00] or hope, but lost along the [00:23:04] way. And it [00:23:08] Bartleby himself [00:23:11] that never arrived, that he could [00:23:14] have had a place in the [00:23:17] world, but he couldn't find his [00:23:20] way there. And so, Bartleby, the [00:23:24] Scrivener, doesn't seem like a [00:23:28] story about an employee who refuses [00:23:31] to work, but rather an elegy [00:23:35] for a human being who can no longer connect [00:23:38] with life. Perhaps Bartleby was ill, [00:23:41] and perhaps he was rebellious, and [00:23:45] perhaps he was a victim of [00:23:48] a world that didn't know how [00:23:51] to hear his silence. And therein [00:23:54] lies Melville's power. He doesn't [00:23:58] ask us to judge Bartleby, [00:24:03] him. How many people have passed [00:24:06] through our lives and we thought [00:24:10] them cold, lazy, or strange, [00:24:13] when they were carrying something within [00:24:17] them that we couldn't see? And [00:24:21] how many times have we heard [00:24:24] someone say, "I prefer not to," [00:24:28] and we didn't ask the most [00:24:31] important question: Why? [00:24:35] In our segment today, we talk [00:24:38] about a painting described as a [00:24:43] art: The Great [00:24:52] Wave off Kanagawa by the Japanese [00:24:55] painter and artist Katsushika [00:24:59] Hokusai, created between [00:25:03] 1829 and [00:25:06] 1833. He was over [00:25:10] seventy years old at the time. [00:25:13] Hokusai added [00:25:16] to this series, bringing the total to 46 [00:25:24] painting is the most famous and [00:25:28] reproduced artwork in the world and is [00:25:31] considered a landmark and inspiring work [00:25:35] in Japanese art. The painting depicts [00:25:38] towering waves threatening fishing boats off [00:25:42] the coast of Kanagawa, in a [00:25:45] scene that pits humans against the [00:25:48] power of nature. The wave dominates [00:25:52] the center of the painting with its [00:25:57] flowing movement, giving the viewer a [00:26:00] sense of danger and helplessness, while [00:26:04] the fishing boats appear small and [00:26:08] fragile before them. Hokusai used [00:26:11] cool and muted colors, most notably [00:26:14] dark blue and white, which evoke [00:26:18] coldness and fear, while white can [00:26:22] be interpreted as a symbol of [00:26:27] The painting was created using the [00:26:30] Japanese woodblock printing technique, which involves [00:26:34] carving the design onto a wooden [00:26:38] block and then printing it onto [00:26:41] paper. In the background, Mount Fuji [00:26:44] appears, stable and calm amidst the [00:26:47] turmoil of the sea, a recurring [00:26:50] presence in Hokusai's works, especially [00:26:55] Views of Mount Fuji." The mountain [00:26:58] was not merely an element, but [00:27:01] a symbol of stability and strength and a deep [00:27:05] spiritual place in Japanese culture. Therefore, [00:27:10] in his works from various angles, [00:27:14] seasons, and weather conditions. Thus, the [00:27:17] painting combines the turbulence of the [00:27:21] wave with the stability of the [00:27:23] mountain, the fragility of humanity before [00:27:27] nature and the strength of the [00:27:30] symbol that remained steadfast in the [00:27:34] background. A writer, but [00:27:37] not like all writers. Ghazi [00:27:41] Al-Gosaibi was a man who combined [00:27:45] in his personality the subtlety of [00:27:48] a poet and the wisdom of [00:27:52] an administrator, and the pen of [00:27:55] a writer and the responsibility of [00:27:58] a minister, and thought and action. [00:28:02] He was present in literature as [00:28:05] he was present in state fields, [00:28:11] the most prominent Saudi and Arab [00:28:15] names in the twentieth century. [00:28:18] Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al-Gosaibi was born [00:28:22] in 1940 [00:28:25] in Al-Ahsa and grew up [00:28:28] in Bahrain, where the features [00:28:39] a writer, nor about a minister [00:28:43] or an ambassador, but about a [00:28:46] human being who lived more than [00:28:49] one life in a single life, [00:28:52] and left something worth telling in [00:28:56] each one. When we mention [00:28:59] Omar Khayyam, the poet, the author [00:29:03] of the Rubaiyat, comes to mind. [00:29:07] poet was an extraordinary scholar in [00:29:11] mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, a man who spent [00:29:15] his life pursuing great questions about [00:29:19] the universe, time, and humanity. Khayyam's [00:29:22] journey began early when he left [00:29:25] Nishapur for Samarkand, which was then [00:29:29] an important center of science and [00:29:32] knowledge. There, his extraordinary talent [00:29:36] in mathematics emerged, and he began [00:29:38] a scientific journey that would make [00:29:42] him one of the most prominent [00:29:46] scholars of his era. At the [00:29:48] age of approximately [00:29:52] authored one of his most important [00:29:55] works on algebra and addressed a [00:29:58] mathematical question that had occupied scholars [00:30:02] for centuries: How can cubic equations [00:30:07] realized that the tools of traditional [00:30:10] Greek geometry, such as the [00:30:14] ruler and compass, were not sufficient [00:30:18] on their own. He developed a [00:30:21] method based on geometric sections, such [00:30:24] as circles and parabolas, to find [00:30:28] solutions to these equations. Nevertheless, [00:30:31] he continued to look forward to [00:30:35] the day when they could be [00:30:39] solved using algebra alone, without the [00:30:42] need for geometry. and whoever saw in it a pessimistic [00:30:45] or nihilistic tendency, [00:30:48] and perhaps Omar Khayyam did not leave a final [00:30:52] written message before his departure, as mentioned on the [00:30:55] Arageek website, but he left his message to existence in [00:30:59] his books.