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In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over Horizon

For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes. For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar dua…

In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over Horizon

For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes. For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.

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  • For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.
  • For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most
  • important trade routes. For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to
  • one of the world’s most important trade routes.

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  • ed by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.
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Why it matters

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  • For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.
  • For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most
  • important trade routes. For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to