MUSCAT: Omani philosopher, author and diplomat Sadiq Jawad Suleiman has died aged 90.
Suleiman who is one of the founders of Omani Society for Writers and Literates died in India on Tuesday. He served as as Oman’s ambassador to Iran and the United States.
Social media users in Oman paid homage to veteran thinker. “Oman has lost a great mind, Rest In Peace,” said Bader Qaiton on Twitter.
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Suleiman worked in the Kuwaiti press before returning to Oman in the early 1970s to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “We lost today a wing of thought and wisdom,” said Omani citizen Moosa Al Amir.
“The Omani cultural scene has lost one of its pioneers, diplomats, thinker and writer Sadiq Jawad, who is considered an intellectual and cultural stature that has its place in the Omani cultural circles and the Arab community,” another tweet read.
