Because behind every resident is a story worth telling. A series of personal journeys from the people who chose to make Oman home.
Oman has a way of turning visitors into residents and residents into believers. My Oman Story shares the real, human side of building a life and a future here — one journey at a time.
“I came for a training assignment. I stayed for a life I never expected.” Fourteen years after first landing in Muscat, Ashwini received her Permanent Residency — and today proudly calls Oman home. This is the story of a circle that finally closed.
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“𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞.” 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞.
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I took my very first breath here. The same country where I was once a child is now the country where I'm raising my own son. Oman isn't the place where my story began - it IS my story.
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. For ABDUL SAMAD SURVE, a routine sales visit to Oman became the beginning of something far greater - a career, a community and eventually, a place to call home.
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.
Read the storyHave a journey worth telling? We'd love to feature it in the series and share the real, human side of building a life in the Sultanate.