Reem Al-Muqbali
Sector Correspondent
Private-sector growth and entrepreneurship correspondent
Reem Al-Muqbali follows entrepreneurship, enterprise growth, and commercial traction. She writes with an eye on whether Oman’s private-sector engine is genuinely getting stronger or just sounding louder.
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8 Oman Tourism Projects Under Active Construction Right Now — And What Each One Is Actually Building
Oman has 26 licensed integrated tourism complexes and at least 8 under active construction. Here is what they mean for jobs, communities, and your next holiday in the Sultanate.
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Dubai Built on Its Coast. Oman Is Protecting Its Own. Here Are 4 Environmental Mistakes Oman Is Trying Not to Repeat.
Dubai turned its shoreline into a construction site and paid an environmental price. Oman has the same coastline temptation and is making different choices. Here is the evidence.
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Hotels, Ports, and Hospitals: The Gulf Jobs That Only Omanis Seem to Actually Want
In tourism, logistics, and allied healthcare, Omani nationals are taking hands-on private-sector roles at a scale no other GCC country has matched. Here is what that looks like on the ground, and why it matters.
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Dubai Did Expat Property First. Here Is How Oman Built the Same Idea Differently.
Dubai opened Gulf real estate to foreign ownership in 2002 and built one of the world's busiest property markets. Oman created its own framework, the Integrated Tourism Complex, with different rules, different prices, and a very different idea about who should benefit.
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Oman Just Created Its Own Financial Centre to Rival DIFC. Here Is What Makes It Different.
Royal Decree 8/2026 launched IFC Oman in January 2026, copying the DIFC blueprint almost exactly. Here is what is genuinely the same, what is genuinely different, and what the centre still needs to prove.
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91% in Oil. 69% in Tech. Why Oman's Citizens Are Winning at Private-Sector Jobs.
While the UAE pushes to reach 8% Emiratisation in skilled private roles, Oman's citizens already hold roughly 92% of oil operating company jobs and 69% of private IT technical positions. The gap is wider than most people realize.
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Dubai Is 52% More Expensive Than Muscat. Here Are the 4 Decisions Behind That Gap.
Dubai's rapid growth came with four structural costs that Gulf families now live with daily. Oman's Vision 2040 is making different choices, and the evidence is starting to show.
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Muscat Airport Brings in Changi to Fix Its Revenue Mix. What the Partnership Actually Commits To.
Oman Airports signed a formal commercial partnership with Changi Airports International on 24 May 2026, moving from last year's initial agreement into a concrete engagement on retail, land leasing, and non-aeronautical revenue at Muscat International.