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This piece is published in collaboration with Chatham House. It is part of a series which addresses the future of governance and security in the Middle East and North Africa, and their impact on the role of the state in the region. The Sultanate of Oman is often portrayed as an âoasis of peaceâ where the regime is immune to dissidence, 1Mirren Gidda, How Much Longer Can Oman Be an Oasis of Peace in The Middle East? Oman Reborn (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). does not face direct criticism, 2James Worrall, Oman: The âForgottenâ Corner of The Arab Spring, Middle East Policy Council, accessed 14 June 2018, https://www.mepc.org/oman-forgotten-corner-arab-spring. ....