Tuesday 22 / September / 2026
Muscat: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth on Tuesday launched the “Siraj Oman”, a knowledge and cultural initiative introduced by the Ministry with the aim of activating Oman Encyclopaedia and Oman Encyclopaedia for Young People across all schools in the Sultanate of Oman, in coordination with the Ministry of Education.
The launch ceremony was held under the patronage of Sayyid Said Sultan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth for Culture.
During the ceremony marking the launch of the “Siraj Oman” initiative’s identity, the programme “Our Culture is the Source of Our Identity” was unveiled — a visual presentation featuring a series of episodes to be broadcast across media platforms in cooperation with the Ministry of Information. The Siraj digital game was also announced.
Additionally, the “Printed Omani Heritage Lexicon” was launched, a bibliographic documentation project aimed at surveying and introducing printed Omani heritage by documenting its intellectual output and presenting its data in a scientific and methodical manner.
The lexicon constitutes a contribution to highlighting Oman’s efforts in serving Arab heritage and to introducing the scientific and intellectual output produced by Omanis over the centuries, thereby facilitating access for researchers and those interested to this knowledge corpus and supporting efforts to preserve, study, and revive it.
The initiative targets all segments of society, beginning with the school community, which forms the foundational building block of society — this group constitutes approximately 50 percent of the population — and extending to the rest of society’s segments, as well as tourists and residents in the Sultanate of Oman.
