Writer: Sheikh: Hamood bin Hamad bin Mohammed bin Jawid Al Ghailani

Profile

Born in the Omani city of Sur.

Publications

Book: "A Glossary of Omani Maritime Terms and Names" 2020.
Book: "The Shipbuilders of the Sultanate of Oman — the Wasatid (master builders)".
Book: "Masters of the Seas" (English version) 2019.
Book: "Masters of the Seas — Chinese version" 2018.
Book: "The Tradition of the Nakhodas" — the maritime systems and rules of the Omani ship captains, 2016.
Book: "Masters of the Seas" 2015.
Book: "The Oral Maritime History of the City of Sur", in collaboration with Dr Mohammed bin Hamad Al Oraimi (a field-research project for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture) 2012.
Book: "Wilayat Sur" — a study of the lives of a number of the sons of the Wilaya of Sur in administration, economy, literature, education, music and traditional medicine, 2010.
Novel: "Sultan" 2009.
Novel: "Al Makri" 2009.
Book: "Maritime History and Shipbuilding in the Omani City of Sur" 2006.
Novel: "Jewel of Sur" 2008.
The short-story collection from Omani folk heritage "Yallal Bu Kabeesh" 2008.

Conferences, symposia and lectures

A paper titled "The Routes of Omani Sea Voyages to China", the National Records and Archives Authority, 2019.
A paper titled "Oman and Maritime History", the Sultan Qaboos Complex for Culture and Entertainment, Dhofar Governorate, 2019.
A paper titled "The History of the Omani Navy", the Sultan Qaboos Naval Academy, Wudam Al Sahil, 28 October 2019.
A paper titled "The History of Ships and Maritime Navigation in Oman", Kingdom of Bahrain, 2019.
A paper titled "Omani Sea Voyages to China", the Omani Journalists' Association, 2019.
A paper titled "Khor Al Batah... the Memory of Sur", Al Ayjah Basic Education School (5-12), 18 March 2019, Wilaya of Sur.
A paper titled "The Omani Art of Sawt", the Cultural Club, 15 January 2019, Muscat.
A paper titled "Maritime Sciences among the Omanis", the symposium on Nakhoda Nasser bin Ali Al Khaduri, the Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Science and Culture, 25 December 2018, Muscat.
A paper titled "The Scholar-Jurist Saeed bin Mubarak — a Journey of Knowledge", the symposium on the scholar-jurist Saeed bin Mubarak bin Juwaid Al Ghailani, the Cultural Club, Wilaya of Sur, 18 December 2018.
A paper titled "Maritime Commercial Activity in Musandam Governorate — Inter-trade", the Musandam Conference, the National Records and Archives Authority, 12-14 December 2018.
A paper titled "The Development of Maritime Sciences among the Omanis", the Omani Maritime Heritage Conference, the Centre for Omani Studies — Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 23-25 October 2018.
A paper titled "The British Role in Destroying the Omani Merchant Fleet and its Impact", the Omani-British Relations Conference, the National Records and Archives Authority, Muscat, 8-10 October 2018.
A paper titled "The Publications of the Scholar-Jurist Saeed bin Mubarak bin Juwaid Al Ghailani", the symposium on printing among the Omanis, the Omani Memory Centre, Malaysia, 2-3 October 2018.
A paper titled "Legendary Folk Tales in Oman", the Sharjah International Storyteller Forum, 24-27 September 2018, Sharjah.
A paper titled "A Reading of Ahmed bin Majid's urjuza 'Hawiyat Al Ikhtisar fi Usul Ilm Al Bihar'", the events of the Salalah Cultural Autumn Festival, August 2018.
A lecture at the Heritage Festival in the Wilaya of Sur, 2018, a paper titled "The Cultural History of the Wilaya of Sur".
The General Union of Arab Writers and Authors, the Chinese-Arab Literature Conference, Cairo 2018, a paper titled "The Relationship of Omani Folk Arts to the Daily Life of the Omani Person (the Sea Arts)".
The symposium on the copying movement in Oman, the Cultural Club, a paper titled "The Copying Movement in the Wilaya of Sur", Sohar, 25 April 2018.
A lecture on maritime sciences, the Oman International Maritime College, Sohar, 23 April 2018.
An Omani shipbuilding workshop, the Directorate of Education in the South Al Sharqiyah Governorate, the training centre, for 3 days, 13-15 February 2018.
A lecture at the Cultural Club titled "The Development of Shipbuilding in Oman through History", 2017.
The conference "Oman and the Countries of South-East Asia and China — Cultural, Historical, Political and Civilisational Horizons", Malaysia, ("Commercial Ports in Oman and the Countries of South-East Asia and China"), the Omani Memory Centre, 5-6 October 2016.
The conference of the History and Archaeology Society of the GCC States ("The Rules, Systems and Mechanisms of the Omani Ship Captains"), Kingdom of Bahrain, 27-29 April 2016.
A lecture titled "Masters of the Seas", the Al Qurain Cultural Festival (22) — Kuwait, on 30 January 2016.
The symposium on the contribution of Omanis to the applied sciences through history, organised by Nizwa Club on the occasion of the celebration of Nizwa as Capital of Islamic Culture 2015, with a paper titled "Maritime Sciences and Shipbuilding in the Sultanate of Oman", 7 December 2015, Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University.
A paper titled "Maritime Sciences and Shipbuilding among the Omanis", the symposium on the scientific movement in the Yaariba era, 2015, organised by the main committee for celebrating Nizwa as Capital of Islamic Culture 2015, with a paper titled "Naval Power in the Yaariba Era and its Civilisational Role".
The symposium "Oman in the French Documents", Paris 2015, organised by the National Records and Archives Authority.
The symposium on human rapprochement and harmony, Muscat, 2015, organised by the Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Islamic Culture.
The symposium on Omani-French relations, Paris, 2014, organised by the Omani Writers and Authors Society in cooperation with the Omani Embassy in Paris.
The Ministry of Heritage and Culture symposium "The Maritime History of the City of Sur", 2014.
The conference on the history of Islamic civilisation in East Africa, with a paper titled "The Omani Navy and its Impact on Omani-African Relations", organised by the National Records and Archives Authority, September 2013.
Took part in the events of the symposium on the features of Omani culture, with a paper titled "The Culture of the Sea and the History of Maritime Navigation in the Sultanate of Oman", organised by the Omani Writers and Authors Society, November 2013.
The symposium on the civilisational dimension of Omani-Yemeni relations, titled "Commercial Exchange between the Omani and Yemeni Ports and its Impact on World Navigation", organised by the Centre for Omani Studies — Sultan Qaboos University, February 2010.
A lecture at the Heritage Festival of the Wilaya of Sur.
A lecture at the Sur Heritage Exhibition titled "The Cultural History of the Wilaya of Sur", Wilaya of Sur 2018.
Lectures at a number of schools: Ahmed bin Majid post-basic education school, Al Khansa post-basic education school, Banat Abu Hassan basic education (cycle two), and Lubaba bint Al Harith basic education (cycle 2), Sur.
A lecture at the Al Uruba Sports Club in the Wilaya of Sur.

Radio programmes

The "Al Sawari" programme, 4 episodes.
The "From Omani History" programme, 3 episodes.
The "From Oman" programme.
The "Bin Juwaid Says" programme, Hala FM radio, 2019.

Works being completed

The illustrated book of Omani sailing ships.
A book: the biography of the scholar-jurist Saeed bin Mubarak bin Mohammed bin Juwaid Al Ghailani.
A novel: "The End of a Dream".
A short-story collection from Omani folk heritage: "The Carpenter" and other stories.
A novel: "The Nakhoda's Daughter".

Forthcoming works

The cultural and behavioural impact of the sung Omani arts on Omani society.
The Suri dialect.
The editing and presentation of the almanac (raznama) of Nakhoda Saeed bin Mohammed Rashid Al Fanna Al Oraimi.
The editing and presentation of the almanac of Nakhoda Sheikh Ali bin Muslim bin Juma Al Alawi.
Wilayat Sur: towns, villages and minarets.

Links:
https://binjwaid.com/