The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ 2006 Malone Oman delegation spent time aboard a traditional Arab sailing dhow, fashioned from wood and crafted by hand in the manner of Omani shipwrights and mariners of yesteryear.

In 2006, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Malone Fellow and Model Arab League advisor Professor Linda Pappas Funsch contributed a series of stories to the Frederick News-Post drawn from her experiences participating in the National Council Malone Fellowship Oman Cultural Immersion Program. Her seven-part series, “Oman Rediscovered,” explored various dynamics of the Sultanate’s culture, economy, international relations, and modernization since her first visit in 1974.

• “Oman Rediscovered” Home

• “The stage is set,” September 17, 2006
• “U.S.-Omani Relations,” September 18, 2006
• “The people of Oman,” September 19, 2006
• “Governing a Sultanate,” September 20, 2006
• “Economy,” September 21, 2006
• “Women in the new Oman,” September 22, 2006
• “Oman Rediscovered,” September 24, 2006