Arabian Oryx
This striking white antelope with long straight horns was once extinct in the wild but was brought back through breeding programs and now roams Oman's desert reserves.
Flag of Oman
Field Report
Oman is a country on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the warm waters of the Arabian Sea and surrounded by sandy deserts and rugged mountains. It is an old and proud nation with a long history of seafaring, spice trading, and generous hospitality. Most of the roughly 4.5 million people living there follow Islam, which means very few have ever had the chance to hear about Jesus.
From the Field Notebook
Arabian Oryx
This striking white antelope with long straight horns was once extinct in the wild but was brought back through breeding programs and now roams Oman's desert reserves.
Arabian Leopard
One of the smallest and rarest leopards in the world, this elusive cat quietly hunts in the rocky mountains of Dhofar in southern Oman.
Green Sea Turtle
Oman's beaches at Ras al-Jinz are among the most important nesting sites in the world for green sea turtles, where hundreds haul ashore each night to lay their eggs.
Shuwa
Marinated lamb or goat wrapped in banana leaves and slow-cooked underground in a sealed pit for up to two days, shuwa is Oman's most celebrated feast dish.
Harees
A thick, creamy porridge of slow-cooked wheat and meat, harees has a mild, comforting taste and is especially common during Ramadan and family gatherings.
Omani Halwa
This dense, sticky sweet is made from sugar, rosewater, saffron, and ghee, and is always offered to guests alongside coffee as a sign of welcome and hospitality.
Oman is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on earth, with trading settlements dating back more than 5,000 years along its coastline.
Frankincense trees grow almost nowhere else on earth as abundantly as they do in Oman's Dhofar region, and Omani frankincense was traded to ancient Egypt, Rome, and Israel for thousands of years.
Oman has more than 1,700 kilometers of coastline and sits at the corner where the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz all meet.
The ancient Omani irrigation system called the aflaj channels water through underground tunnels from mountain springs to farms and villages — some of these channels are over 3,000 years old and still in use today.
Oman is the only country ruled by a Sultan in the modern Arab world, and its capital Muscat is built between dramatic rocky mountains and a blue harbor.
Daily Life
80
Years life expectancy
97%
Can read and write
86%
Kids go to school
Missions Field Report
Oman is home to 35 distinct people groups — 27 of them haven’t yet heard about Jesus.
Most Oman's people follow Islam (90.9%). Less than 1% of people in Oman are Evangelical Christians.
What People Believe
Unreached People Groups
These are communities of people who haven’t had the chance to hear about Jesus yet. They need missionaries — and they need kids like you to pray for them.
Arab, Omani
2,221,000 people
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken
881,000 people
Baloch, Southern
645,000 people
South Asian, Bengali-speaking
224,000 people
Arab, Dhofari
140,000 people
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