Diplomatic Doings, Page 66

(L-r) Hundreds of guests, including Omani students and diplomats who had served in Muscat, celebrated the Sultanate of Oman’s 39th National Day on Nov. 18 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. Guests were greeted by the Sultanate’s diplomats (l-r) Cultural Attaché Dr. Talib Al-Salmi, U.N. Ambassador Fuad bin Mubarak al-Hinai, and Ambassador Hunaina bint Sultan bin Ahmad Al-Mughairy. (Staff photo D. Hanley)

Ambassador Maen Areikat, chief of the PLO Mission to the United States, and his wife, Jumana, hosted a reception to celebrate the Palestinian International Day of Solidarity on Nov. 19 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Pentagon City, Arlington, VA. Palestinian Americans, diplomats, heads of NGOs, members of Congress, activists, Palestinian- and other Arab-Americans braved a furious rainstorm to get together and savor delicious food from the Jerusalem Restaurant in Falls Church, VA. (Staff photo D. Hanley)