Nizwa Magazine Organizes Workshop Titled "Project Sustainability & Vision Modernization"
Muscat, 21 Jan 2026 (ONA) --- The workshop organized by Nizwa Magazine today under the title "Project Sustainability and Vision Modernization" recommended the formation of an advisory committee for the magazine, the establishment of a cultural observatory, the development of clear policies for selecting writers and visual identity, reviewing the magazine's size to align with the new reader and distribution opportunities, and enhancing integration with cultural projects in other institutions.
The workshop, held in the presence of Dr. Abdullah Nasser Al Harassi, Minister of Information, aimed to prepare an executive program based on the workshop's outcomes in editorial, artistic, and technical aspects. It also sought to raise awareness of the magazine as a living and renewing cultural project, involve diverse segments of readers, writers, researchers, artists, and technicians in its development path, and anticipate trends in cultural writing and publishing both regionally and globally.
Dr. Aisha Al Darmaki, Editor-in-Chief of Nizwa Magazine, highlighted the importance of this cultural gathering in discussing the editorial policy. She presented proposals, including allocating a fixed writer, while emphasizing that the magazine's current policy is based on diversity and not publishing the same writer in two consecutive issues. Regarding artificial intelligence, she affirmed the magazine's commitment to transparency, obligating the writer to disclose the extent of AI involvement, while maintaining the quality standard.
For her part, Huda Al Jahwari, Managing Editor of Nizwa Magazine, delivered the magazine's address. She discussed the challenges facing cultural magazines in an era of technical transformations, balancing the preservation of knowledge value with the fear of slipping into transient trends.
She explained that since its launch in the mid-1990s, Nizwa Magazine has undertaken a role in linking local geography with its Gulf, Arab, and global context. It has absorbed local, Arab, and international voices through translation, without being bound to a fixed form or content, she added.
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