2__ TIMES OF OMAN Saturday, December 6, 2008 OMAN Late Omani pioneer to be honoured in Syria for research and academics ‘Times News Service MUSCAT — Syria will organise a Literary Festival and a Forum of Arb Pioneers and Inventors. in Damascus fiom December 20-22 under the auspices of Dr Bashar Al Assad, presi- dent of Syria, which will honour the late Omani pio- neet, Professor Fatma Al ‘Moa'mary, in the field of invention, research and aca- demics. ‘The function is being held under the auspices of the Arab League and the Ministry of Culture in Syria ‘The honour is being bestowed on the late Fatma based on her biography doc- tumented by Dr Asyah bint Nasser bin Saif Al Bualy in a book titled The Pioneer Professor Fatma bint Salem bin Saif Al Maa'mary (1911- VERSATILE: Professor Fatma 2002) — A Historical, Documentary and Academic ‘Study — issued in February 2008, by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in ‘Muscat (On ‘this occasion, the organisers of the festival have invited Dr Asyah Al Bualy, adviser for culture and ‘humanities at the Research Council, to attond the funetion and receive the merit certificate and honour ‘on behalf of her grandmath- fr, the late Professor Fatma ‘Al Maa’ mary. The Omani pioneer obtained her PD in Latin from London University in 1955, She is considered the second woman in the whole Of the Middle Bast and the first person in the whole of the Gulf region to obtain such a certificate. She was presented with many awards during her lifetime for being one of the pioneers ofthe 20th contury, including a gold medal in 1978 from Mohammed Anwar AL Sadat, former president of Egypt Moreover, the book on Fatma is currently in the process of being translated into English—. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008 TRIBUNE KCTS Ions} ey | Syrian president to honour |Omani scholar posthumously & 8A st Reporter MUSCAT Oman schler ier Feet Maa wil eh vihamed erate eet ied ee nena Wonkin te fa omen oe ee wiltakeplaceatae sae | Sinorapecemin idan | Boeeeenl eee ee fab Dene on ee 20 to 22 under the auspices of Syrian President Dr Bashar Al Asad Fatma obtained her Ph.D in Latin from London University in 1955, And she Js considered thé second ‘woman in the Middle East and the first in the Gulf to Bet such a certificate. She received several awards during her lifetime for being one of the pioneers of the 20th century including 2 gold medal in 1978 teow resident of Eaypt, Anwar Risadan, | An fa imitation has beenextenledto Dr AsyahAl BualyadviserforCulkae ana Humanities atthe Rese CCounal 9 recive the mess. cerifcatsand the awan of honour en behalf other grant mother, the late Fatma st the forum Tutma’s wok has been brought out ina Book, Tie Pe: Pro ana Bit Sal AU Mans (191-200), documentary and acadenie study published “by the Minitey of Heritage and Cuaare’ fn“ Museat inTUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010 Women in Oman exhorted to be — proud of their progress, heritage Speaker dispels perception that women in the Gulf region are stuck at home Richard Thomas Museat “The key message passed on by the speakers on the final day of ‘the Wormer in Business Confer- ence 2010 on Monday was that women in Oman should be proud of their heritage and seciety According to Dr Asyah al Bualy, the advisor for culture ‘and humanities at the Research Council the members of the audience were reminded that the nature of thelr society was worthy of being embraced and applauded. ‘The speakers at the conter~ fence presented personal and impersonal cases of success and failure inspiring allthose present “The Omani woman has ‘come a long way and had many successes. I'm proud that I'm ‘Omani, and our African heritage has played a role in shaping cur people. We have mary examples ‘Br Acyah al Bualy addressing the Women in Business conference ‘of role models of Omani wornen atwork Wehavea lat of pridein ‘them andit reflects our rich his- tory and culture,’ said Dr Asya Despite the progress made by the region in various spheres in the last fewdecades, the popular ‘perception is thatthe women in the Gulf are stuck at home unable and unwilling to even attempt to change themselves or strive for anything. This myth was dispelled with some statis- tics, which said that the level of iliteracy among women aged between 15 and 45 in the suk tanate has dropped from 346 per cent in 2002 to 9. per cent by 2008. "We werethe fist Arab coun- try torecrut womeninthepeolice in 1972, The fist fernale owned ‘company followed in 1974 But people stil think that Arab ‘women are only cooking or their families home.” The playing field isnt stil 3 | level ane despite all the efforts, and Dr Asyah said that the women's rights movement and their elevation in society would continue to move ahead. She cautioned people against resting (on their laurels. "There itil some legislation | that favours men. The Omani woman stil doesn'thave the ight te recruit foreign workers, and there are many areas that wecan work on inthe futureOMAN/ASIA © OMAN DATA INESDAY, APRIL 14, 201 Health Ministry to pay tribute to late pioneer of mass immunisation By Conrad Prabhu MUSCal — The late Prof em el Bualy. who is widely credited with having pioneered mass immunisa- tion in the Sultanate. will be honoured by the Ministry of Health at a ceremony marking Vaccination Week next week Regarded as a_ stalwart among the Sultanate’s early crop of public healthcare pro- fessionals, Prof El Bualy was the Head of Child Healthcare Services in 198] when he set out to make immunisation a commonplace offering of ‘Oman’s healthcare services. The initiative rapidly evolved into the Expanded Programme for Immunisa- tion (EPI), which has since become the cornerstone of the Health Ministry's ongoing drive to keep at bay a raft of deadly childhood diseases that once wrought havoc among Oman’s population Former colleague Dr Saieh al Khusaibi, who is currently the Dean of Oman Medical College, will lead the tribute to Prof El Bualy at the launch of Vaccination Week on April 24. Senior Health — Mini try officials. as well as rep- resentatives of the World Health Organization (WHO. and Unicef. are due to at the launch ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Muscat ‘Oman is celebrating Vacci- nation Week for the first time this year, alongside member states of the WHO's East- em Mediterranean Region (EMRO). Health Ministry officials describe Prof El Bualy as a vi- sionary figure who developed and entrenched child health- care as a fundamental facet of Oman’s national healthcare services Prior to his arrival on the health scene in Oman, deadly diseases like measles. diphthe- ria and tetanus. among others were rife. requiring special wards to be establis! Royal Hospital to deal with the large numt f doctors recall,