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A young Omani woman fighter with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman during the Dhofar Rebellion, 1970s
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A young Omani woman fighter with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman during the Dhofar Rebellion, 1970s
On June 9, 1965, the people of Oman’s Dhofar province ignited their armed struggle. Motivated by Arab nationalist sentiment, the struggle aimed to overthrow the feudal Sultan Said bin Taimur, who had treated Dhofar as his personal domain.
In 1968, taking inspiration from the previous year’s success of the Yemeni National Liberation Front, the Dhofar Liberation Front changed its name to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) and officially embraced Marxism-Leninism as its fundamental ideology.
The PFLOAG drew considerable inspiration from Maoist theory and the People’s Republic of China, endeavoring to position the Omani people’s struggle within the broader context of the decolonization movement that swept across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Leila Khaled in 2009, with a sketch Ghassan Kanafani made for her at an "excessively long" PFLP meeting in Beirut. (Happy 80th birthday to Leila Khaled. And happy 88th birthday to Ghassan Kanafani.)
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Popular Front For The Liberation Of Oman (PFLO)
A Marxist, Arab nationalist organization that fought in the Dhofar rebellion (1965-1976) aiming to establish an independent state in Dhofar, free from Omani sultan Said bin Taimur, who was a puppet of the British and controlled Oman as a de facto colony.
Popular Front For The Liberation Of Oman (PFLO)
A Marxist Arab nationalist organization that fought in the Dhofar rebellion (1965-1976) aiming to establish an independent state in Dhofar, free from Omani sultan Said bin Taimur, who was a puppet of the British and controlled Oman as a de facto colony.
Popular Front For The Liberation Of Oman (PFLO)
A Marxist Arab nationalist organization that fought in the Dhofar rebellion (1965-1976) aiming to establish an independent state in Dhofar, free from Omani sultan Said bin Taimur, who was a puppet of the British and controlled Oman as a de facto colony.
Popular Front For The Liberation Of Oman (PFLO)
A Marxist Arab nationalist organization that fought in the Dhofar rebellion (1965-1976) aiming to establish an independent state in Dhofar, free from Omani sultan Said bin Taimur, who was a puppet of the British and controlled Oman as a de facto colony.