Oman3D Features

Interview with Omani Photographer Tayseerah Al Baram | March 15th, 2008

Oman3D interviewed Tayseerah Al Baram, a Omani photographer and a board member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts to learn more about her experience as a female photographer and as an active member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts and the Omani Photography Club.

Interview with Ronald Hollet of TBWA\Zeenah | February 14th, 2008

Oman3D interviewed Ronald Hollett, the Creative Director of Business Development at TBWA\ZEENAH, Oman's leading advertising agency. TBWA\ZEENAH counts several leading organisations among its clients, for whom it undertakes branding and advertising campaigns. These include the Zubair Automotive Group, BankMuscat and Muriya Tourism Development, among others. TBWA\ZEENAH‘s work is regularly seen in newspapers and on billboards all over town.

Interview with Photographer Anna Mair | January 28th, 2008

Oman3D interviewed Anna Mair, an American freelance photographer living in Oman. Anna’s photographic work has been on NationalGeographic.com and she won first place in the Apex Oman Today Photography Competition. Anna’s first solo exhibition, “I:Woman:Flower”, will be held on the 7th to 21st of February 2008 at Bait Al Baranda museum in Muscat. We interviewed Anna to learn more about her experience living as a mother and photographer in Oman.

Oman3D @ SQU Design Forum 2008 | January 16th, 2008

The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) held the Design Forum 08 yesterday, an exhibition for students to network with graphic design companies in Oman. The event was inaugurated by the Undersecretary of Education and was carried throughout the whole day. TBWA\Zeenah, Landor, the Scientific College of Design, Alzahra College, and other design related companies and institutions and Oman3D participated in the exhibited.

Interview with Omani Photographer Hani Macki | November 7th, 2007

Oman3D interviewed Hani bin Habib bin Abdul Nabi Macki, an Omani working in financial services in the UAE with a passion for photography. His photoblog was selected by Gulf News as one of the best in the region and his work has been used in promotional campaigns, regional letters, and the Global Calendar of the HSBC bank.

Interview with Latifah Al Said | April 30th, 2007

Oman3D had the honour of interviewing the young Omani artist Her Highness Sayyidah Latifa Al Said of the Omani Royal Family. Latifah held her first exhibition for her painting artwork in December last year and had appeared in various Omani publications. We interviewed her to learn more about her artwork and her experience as an Omani artist.

eGames 2006 Conference Report | December 14th, 2006

Knowledge Oasis Muscat held its annual gaming conference eGames on the 10th and 11th of December with a focus this year on mobile gaming and serious gaming (gaming for training and educational purposes). The sessions of the conference were delivered by expert speakers from Sun Microsystems, Ericsson, Yahoo!, and various international game development firms, British educational institutes and Omani mobile operators.

Interview with Majid Almadi | November 29th, 2006

Majid Almadi is a university lecturer and a product design hobbyist. We interviewed Majid to learn more about his hobby of product design and how he manages to carry out this hobby along with his constant life career obligations.

Interview with Nabhan Abdullatif | August 6th, 2006

Nabhan Abdullatif is an Omani graphic design student in the Applied Science University in Jordan with a passion for arts, comics and graphic design. We have interviewed Nabhan to tell us about his experience as a graphic design student and to learn more about the nature of his course. We hope that individuals who are considering the study of graphic design find this interview helpful.

Freej - The First 3D Animation Series in the Gulf | April 15th, 2006

Freej is the title of the upcoming Arabic 3D animated series to be aired on Dubai TV starting Ramadhan 2006. Freej means 'Neighbourhood' in the Khaleeji dialect and would tell the comic story of four old ladies living in a small traditional neighbourhood in the outskirts of the city of Dubai.

Interview with Alia Al-Shamsi | December 29th, 2005

Alia Al-Shamsi is the first professional female photographer from the United Arab Emirates. She is currently working as a full time photojournalist for two of Dubai's newspapers as the only female photographer. The following interview will explore Alia's journey to prove women's capability of excellence in a world dominated by men.

Jasim Al-Zadjali Graphic Art Exhibition | July 29th, 2005

Oman's first graphic art exhibition was held on the 29th of July 2005 in Muscat City Centre and we were there to see it with our own eyes.

Interview with Afkar Media | May 2005

Under The Ash, Under Siege, and Quraish are a few of the existing and coming games created by the first Arab game developer; Afkar Media. Afkar Media has successfully managed to create intriguing quality PC games to prove that the Arab world is capable of innovation as well due to the unique nature of their games that are inspiration by the suffering and real survival stories of the Middle East, the Arab world, and the Islamic culture as a whole.

Interview with Khalid Al-Muharraqi | December 2004

Khalid Al-Muharraqi the professional artist, animator, designer, visualizer and developer who is currently the only Arab artist listed on Lightwave 3D developer NewTek's website. Maxon has used some of his work in the marketing campaign for their various products including Bodypaint 3D. Khalid inherited art from his highly acclaimed father; Abdulla Al-Muharraqi, and is involved with various genres of arts and media.