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Young Oman
Copyright Vanessa Vettorello 2024
Updated Nov 2024
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On 10 January 2020, Qaboos bin Said Al Said died in Oman. Qaboos is recognized as the enlightened Sultan who, exactly fifty years ago, began the country’s journey towards modernization, rapidly transforming it into a developed, geopolitically neutral nation that is open to the West. And this year, in 2020, the country will commemorate this fiftieth anniversary.

In 1970, Qaboos bin Said Al Said overthrew his father and began a process of reforming Oman through substantial investments in healthcare and education. One of the key results of this development can be seen today in the demographic data: 65% of Omanis are younger than 25 years of age. But what are their lives like? What do they think? What are their dreams?

This portrait of the nation is the work of four young photographers who explored the country, following different itineraries to tell the story of a nation balanced between the past and the future. They did so through the stories and experiences of the new generation, the engine of this change: from the creative and digitalised youth of Muscat to the youngsters of the rural areas involved in family businesses, from successful athletes to professionals in the tourism sector. All of them have a forward-looking outlook, as well as great respect for the traditions of their country.

A project in collaboration with Parallezero, AIGO and the Oman Ministry of Tourism.

https://parallelozero.com/young-loman-di-domani
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