Nizwa magazine Arab cultural beacon

Nizwa magazine Arab cultural beacon

By Amer al Ansari and Bashair al SulaimiyahMuscat: Nizwa magazine played an important role in fostering culture of Oman, said Dr Abdullah bin Nasser al Harrasi, Minister of Information, at an event in the 28th Muscat International Book Fair marking the 30th anniversary of the magazine on Thursday. The minister said Nizwa magazine is an Arab cultural beacon which helped to introduce writers from other parts of the world to the people of Oman. He also highlighted the magazine's foray into visual storytelling through its documentary 'A House of Wonders'. He congratulated the employees of Nizwa magazine for its stellar contributions since its beginning in 1994. In his speech, Dr Al Harrasi pointed to the challenges facing cultural magazines in particular, and literature translations in the light of artificial intelligence and its impact on many branches of literature.Saif bin Nasser al Rahbi, editor-in-chief of Nizwa magazine, reviewed milestones of the magazine and its role in spreading Oman's culture abroad and its influence on the world’s writers and intellectuals. “Thirty years have passed, and we are now with a group of the vanguards of culture and thought, with friends who honoured us from different parts of the world and from