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Biography
Abdullah Nasser bin Khalifa al-Harrasi is the Omani Minister of Information. He was appointed as minister on 18 August 2020.
Education
Al Harrasi holds a Bachelor in English language and literature, a Master in language studies and translation from the College of Arts, Sultan Qaboos University and a PhD in translation studies from Aston University.
Career
He held the position of Chairman of the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART), with the rank of minister between 2011 and 2020, Chairman of the Board and Chief Editor of the Omani Encyclopedia Project, Assistant Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, and was an associate member of Oxford University between 2011-2012. He laterbecame the Minister of Information for Sultanate of Oman on 18th August, 2020. When asked by Atheer,(an Omani media outlet) about his continuation in translation despite his many preoccupations, His Excellency replied: “I am continuing to translate on a personal level and I am translating various texts, and God willing, I will publish during the next stage my translations of travel literature in Oman.”