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Dr Lucas Proctor collecting snail samples from the wadi in Al Khashbah in Oman. Photo: UmWeltWandel Project

How snail shells are shedding light on the Gulf's nomadic traditions

Specimens collected in Oman are connecting archaeologists to human life 5,000 years ago

Pilgrims 'stone the devil' to mark end of Hajj

Gulf students look to Canada and Australia as Trump wages war on liberal unis

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US President Donald Trump speaks to Elon Musk on March 14. AFP

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