Oman
Caught in the Net
A New Lines investigation has found that, in 2023, over 70 fishers from Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India, were lured to Oman with promises of higher pay. They were then trafficked into illegal fishing on Belize-flagged vessels using Palau-issued seafarer documents, revealing gaps in maritime governance.
Women at the Forge
While silversmithing has traditionally been the purview of men smithing and selling their wares in the souks, more and more of these traditional shops are shuttering their doors as men pursue salaried government jobs, and women step in to keep silversmithing traditions alive.
How Wahhabism Led the Fight Against the British in the Gulf
The British presence was not an extension of its colonialism in Iraq and the Levant north of the Arabian Peninsula. In fact, it preceded it, and came through the Indian Ocean from the south.