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A visit to Al Hafa Suq

On 21 of December I went with some students from my school to Al Hafa Suq , a wonderful traditional place in Salalah, where you can find different traditional things and traditional Omani crafts that Omani people used in the past. That includes frankincense such as 'Lopan', a famous kind of frankincense that is only found in Dhofar from a very special tree. One of the shopkeepers told us about the types of 'Lopan' and from where they get it and its different usages. Lopan is a rare tree that is used like a medicine, and in the past people from Egypt came to Dhofar just to get Lopan and use it to mummify the dead. Also, Lopan is used to kill the germs and can produce a nice smell.

And in Al Hafa Suq, a tourist can find many Omani traditional cloths like dishdasha, coffia and khenger that Oman is famous of. Also, you can find Dhofari women dresses that are unique by their long tails.

Moreover, Al Hafa Suq contains other traditional items like Majemer, which is a tool Omani use for frankincense. Also, there are different cooking tools that are made from the leaves of Palms trees. That is besides the special Omani pottery.

In a short, if you are visiting Salalah Al Hafa Suq is the best place to smell the beauty of ancient Oman.

Written by: Solaf Al Yafei

Class:11/3

Theater Activity

On Saturday  morning  10-12-2011, the committe of theater activities ( from the Ministry ) visited the school since it is participating in the third theater festival in Muscat next March . Since the school is representing the governorate , it hosted the committe of theater activities from  the Ministry. Luckily thank god ,the committe has accepted our school.

Name:Hakeema AL-Mashni

12/1

 

Black Berry

I will talk about ( black berry ) the smart phone,  specifically, the positives and negatives of it .

First  ( the positives ) :

We can use it to call and texting others as usual but

We can communication with others in black berry  by anew service of  chating. They call it ( black berry messenger ) and it dos'nt cost a lot .Also, we can use a lot of social web sites such as ( facebook – twitter – ebuddy – whatsapp _  messenger ) and of course you can use enternet .

Second ( the negatives ):

It's depend to how the person use it . Maybe he uses it very well so it's good, but the problem when the person uses it by the wrong way. It can waste time and damage the eyes .

 In some countries , this service is the main reason of the road accident . For example, in Dubai they cut the service of black berry for two days  then the road accident reduced by 50% from usual .

In my school, 80% of girls have black berry .

When I ask miss A'maal( a teacher in my school ) about her opinion of black berry she said " it's very good smart phone but if you want to have it you must know how to use it in the right way  " .

In my opinion, I agree with miss A'maal  and as advice from me " there is two sides of every thing . The good side and the bad one. It you who choose which one of them to do in your life "

 Journalist:

Ola Al-Gharebi ..

Class : 11 / 8 ..