A day to celebrate

My country's national day has always been special to me, maybe a little bit more than anybody else. The reason to that is that my birthday happens to be at the very same day. This is good because, even if people forget that it's my birthday, I could always turn on the TV and tune in Oman Channel and find that the whole country is celebrating. I know that it's not for me but that's what our imaginations are for.

So anyways, The day is the 23rd of July, a very special day to the hearts of the omanis. Its a day when oman saw hope, when oman saw light in the end of the tunnel.

Before July 23rd, 1970, Oman lived a very backward life. There were only three schools in the whole country and a couple of hospitals. The life expectancy was very low due to the lack of healthcare. People hardly knew how to write and read. Only the lucky ones got a chance to learn and educate them selves. And due to all of these reasons, the Omanis decided to move to a place where they thought could give them a brighter future, Africa. They have never been more wrong!

Any ways, during all this, nobody knew that the Sultane had a son at that time. The Sultan's son was in Britain getting a proper education.
So one day out the blues, in 23rd of July that is, he just popped out of no where and declared him self the Sultane of Oman. And this is when the new era begun, the era of His Majisty The Sultane Qaboos bin Said.

The Sultane gave out a speech of promises and asking all the Omanis to come back from Tanzania and Kenya. He gave the Omanis a plan and a time line. He Showed what could be done in the coming years and what we, as Omanis, can do.

The Omanis heard him and believed him and most of them came back to their country. They have never been more right!

Oman was a diffrent place after that. Schools and hospitals were built and lives were fixed. The Omanis saw hope in His Majisty and so did His Majisty in the Omanis.

We built our nation with our own hands and we should be proud of it. We are proud of our Sultane and I am sure he is proud of us. I am an Omani and I wouldn't change that for the world. And I am glad that god brought me in this world in this glories day. May god keep the Sultane.