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Unrest resurfaced in the Sultanate of Oman towards the end of 2018. In december, thousands of protesters rallied against economic hardship and once again requested more job opportunities. Protests reached the cities of Muscat, Sohar, Sur and Salalah and were composed mostly of recent graduates and unemployed youth. [9]
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The protesters demanded salary increases, lower living costs, the creation of more jobs and a reduction in corruption. [1] Protests in Sohar, Oman's fifth-largest city, centered on the Globe Roundabout. [4] The at the time Sultan Qaboos bin Said's responses included the dismissal of a third of the governing cabinet. [5]
The Tomb of Ayyub is one of the alleged burial sites of Job. It is located in the hills overlooking the city of Salalah in Oman's Dhofar region. [1] For other such places in Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey, see Local traditions regarding Job.
Salalah was the traditional capital of Dhofar, which reached the peak of prosperity in the 13th century thanks to the incense trade. Later it decayed, and in the 19th century it was absorbed by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Between 1932 and 1970, Salalah was the residence of Sultan Said bin Taimur.
Although protests also occurred in Muscat and Salalah, the Sohar protests were the biggest in the country, attracting an estimated 2,000 people at times. [14] The protesters' initial demands were for more job opportunities and greater political participation; later demonstrations also called for the release of detained protesters and an inquiry ...
In response, the Omani government announced that it would create 25 thousand public service jobs to accommodate protesters’ demands. [83] At the end of 2018 and into January 2019, mass protests resurfaced in Oman. Thousands of protesters rallied against economic hardship and once again requested more job opportunities.
Oman, [b] officially the Sultanate of Oman, [c] is a country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The capital and largest city is Muscat. Oman has a population of about 5.28 million as of 2024, which is a 4.60% population increase from 2023.