Noor Majan students explored @palmera_botanic_garden in Muscat 🌴
Oman is one of the top 10 date producers in the world, producing .38 million tonnes of dates a year and is home to over 250 indigenous varieties of dates. Beyond date production, palm trees are vital to Omani agriculture providing shade and material for traditional crafts.
In addition to learning about Omani palm trees, students got to meet and pet native animals including birds, snakes, gazelles, and cats 🐱
Another day, another “wilaya” with Noor Majan students!
Did you know that Oman is composed of 61 wilayat (provinces), the equivalent of counties in the U.S. or municipalities/districts in many other countries? Our students get to visit a fair share of them!
Samail (سمائل) is a perfect day trip from Muscat. It’s situated in a valley surrounded by the Hajar Mountains, making it a picturesque area with a nice blend of rugged mountains and green oases.
🚨U.S. students! Applications for the Critical Language Scholarship program (CLS) are now open through November 19. This prestigious scholarship allows about 25 students to study at our Daaris Institute in Nizwa each summer. For over 10 years, CLS and American Councils have entrusted Noor Majan as a host institute for Arabic students. We are honored to be one of three institutes in the Arab world currently hosting CLS students.
If you are a U.S. citizen with a vision for how Arabic proficiency will help your career in the non-profit, private, or public sectors, consider applying today!
Thanks to Nizreen, one of our summer 2024 CLS students, for the video.
🐪As summer comes to a close, we want to thank our students for another busy, exhilarating, and immersive summer in Oman.
Tag your Noor Majan summer study besties in the comments with your favorite memory!
Some of our summer students in Nizwa and their language partners came together to stage an authentic Omani male wedding ceremony “malka” (ملْكة) with Hayden as the groom! This ceremony involves signing a marriage contract and is separate from the wedding celebration, which may occur later. If you’ve ever seen an Omani wedding, I think you would agree they nailed their roles. 🔥💯
In Oman, as with the rest of the Gulf region, the bride and groom’s wedding parties are separate. Our female students participated in a mock malka as well at the same time as the men, only at a different venue. The bride’s wedding celebration in Oman is viewed as a much more intimate event without the public fanfare and choreographed videography that often accompanies the groom’s wedding celebration.
📹Thank you Amjad al-Kindi for this content!
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Shoot us a message to dive into Arabic immersion now! 2025–2026 program dates:
Muscat (main campus):
❄️Winter 2025: Jan 5 – Jan 30
🌷Spring 2025: Jan 5 – Mar 27
☀️Summer I 2025: Jun 15 – Aug 7
☀️Summer II 2025: Aug 10 – Sep 4
🍂Fall 2025: Sep 7 – Dec 18
❄️Winter 2026: Jan 4 – Jan 29
🌷Spring 2026: Jan 4 – Apr 30
☀️Summer I 2026: May 31 – Jul 23
Daaris Institute (Nizwa):
❄️Winter 2025: Jan 5 – Jan 30
☀️Summer 2025: Jun 2 – Aug 1
🍂Fall 2025: Sep 3 – Dec 19
❄️Winter 2026: Jan 4 – Jan 29
🌷Spring 2026: Feb 1 – May 21
☀️Summer 2026: May 31 – Jul 9
🌴🌿💧Ned Keyse, one of our summer Arabic immersion students students, appeared on the national broadcaster Oman TV for a segment on khareef season!
Don’t be fooled—Oman is not all desert and shades of brown! During the late summer and early autumn, the southern Dhofar region blooms in luscious greens as seasonal rains fill wadis and watering holes. It’s certainly a romantic time of the year, and Omanis make a big deal of it with camping trips, photo shoots, picnics, and more!
🥮Nisreen, a summer 2024 student at our Daaris Institute in Nizwa and a @clscholarship digital ambassador takes us along for an outing to buy halwa! Halwa is Oman’s national dessert. Its subtle nut and spice flavors come in a dizzying array of varieties and is often offered alongside a cup of coffee. All Noor Majan alumni have halwa stories!
🇴🇲🕌We opened our institute in Nizwa, Oman’s cultural capital, in 2022 to offer students an immersive Arabic experience in the Gulf heartland. Nizwa’s strong cultural identity and welcoming population make it a great destination for intrepid students who want to get to know the country outside of its capital city.
Enrolling now for the following dates:
🍂 FALL: Sep 3 – Dec 19, 2024
❄️ J-TERM: Jan 5 – Jan 30, 2025
🌺 SPRING: Feb 4 – May 28, 2025
✍🏼 A sneak peak inside a calligraphy class at our Muscat institute with @moosa_alsumri!
Hey shabāb! Here’s a peak inside our modern institute site in Muscat. It might have changed a bit from when some of our alumni studied here!😉
Did you know…?
📌Some 200 students study at Noor Majan each year from countries as diverse as Australia and Georgia.
📌We offer classes all 12 months of the year.
📌Students currently enrolled a university institution receive special discounted rates for our Daaris Institute in Nizwa.
