{"id":41928,"date":"2025-11-20T23:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=41928"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:21:21","slug":"cairo-illuminated-omans-55th-day-of-radiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=41928","title":{"rendered":"CAIRO Illuminated&#8230; OMAN\u2019s 55th Day of RADIANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ashraf AboArafe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sultanate of Oman\u2019s Ambassador to Cairo, <strong>H.E. Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rahbi<\/strong>, hosted a grand reception in celebration of Oman\u2019s National Day, an evening marked by distinguished presence and warm Arab camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event drew an impressive array of high-level attendees, led by <strong>H.E. Dr. Ashraf Sobhy<\/strong>, Egypt\u2019s Minister of Youth and Sports, representing the Egyptian government; <strong>H.E. Dr. Ahmed Fouad Henou<\/strong>, Minister of Culture; the <strong>Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority<\/strong>; and <strong>Ambassador Ihab Fahmy<\/strong>, Egypt\u2019s Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were joined by prominent Egyptian business leaders, dozens of journalists, writers, cultural figures and artists, as well as a number of Arab and foreign ambassadors, members of the Omani diplomatic mission in Cairo, and Omani students studying in Egypt\u2014reflecting the depth and vitality of the bonds between the two nations.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41929 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0010-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The celebration unfolded in an atmosphere infused with the fragrance of Omani incense and frankincense, accompanied by a remarkable turnout. In his address, Ambassador Al-Rahbi noted that the National Day on November 20 stands as a testament to Oman\u2019s proud history since the establishment of the Al Bu Sa\u2018id state in 1744. He praised the renewed renaissance under the leadership of <strong>His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq<\/strong>\u2014may God protect him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also highlighted the significant milestones in <strong>Oman\u2013Egypt relations<\/strong> during 2025, including the participation of <strong>H.H. Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said<\/strong> at the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Oman\u2019s presence as <strong>Guest of Honor<\/strong> at the Cairo International Book Fair, and the fruitful Arab coordination that contributed to the election of <strong>Dr. Khaled El-Anany<\/strong> as Director-General of UNESCO.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41931 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251122-WA0005-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Al-Rahbi underscored the steady growth of economic cooperation between the two countries, noting that the number of companies with Egyptian capital operating in Oman reached <strong>4,763<\/strong> by September of this year. He also referred to the \u201c<strong>Oman\u2013Egypt: Land of Opportunities<\/strong>\u201d forum, organized in collaboration with official entities and the private sector in Egypt, which explored promising avenues for investment and economic integration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashraf AboArafe The Sultanate of Oman\u2019s Ambassador to Cairo, H.E. Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Rahbi, hosted a grand reception in celebration of Oman\u2019s National Day, an evening marked by distinguished presence and warm Arab camaraderie. The event drew an impressive array of high-level attendees, led by H.E. Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Egypt\u2019s Minister of Youth and Sports, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,388],"tags":[1540,22339,22341,22340],"class_list":["post-41928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-slide","tag-cairo","tag-illuminated","tag-of-radiance","tag-omans-55th-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41928"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41934,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41928\/revisions\/41934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}