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The Sultanate of Oman won first place in the secondary stage category in the Shikha Fadia Al-Saad Al-Subah Competition in Kuwait, which its 23rd round for the academic year 2022/2023 was held in Jaber Cultural Center in Kuwait City. The winning project was “Studying the Effectiveness of Using Rice Water as Liquid Fertilizer on the Growth of Omani Lemons” carried out by the two students Maria Al Jabri and Qabas Al Ghafri from Sawda Um Al Mumineen School for Basic Education in Al Dhahira Governorate, supervised by Fakhriya Al Belushi.

The Sultanate also won first place in the middle stage category for the project “Strengthening the Greenhouse System” carried out by the two students Amna Al Jahafi and Shahad Al Jahafi from the AlJaza’ School for Basic Education in the Al Sharqiya North Governorate, supervised by Maheera Al Jahafi.

Expressing her joy of winning first place, Qabas Al-Ghafri, said: “It is a great honor for me to represent the Sultanate of Oman in this competition and in which I won first place in the Arab world. Through my participation in this competition, I increased my self-confidence, created beautiful and unforgettable memories, learned how to write scientific research accurately, and gained many useful information”. Maria Al-Jabri said: “I feel joy and pride that we were able to achieve this great well-deserved accomplishment, especially with the increase in competition this year due to the accession of Arab countries in this edition. Through this experience, I became acquainted with the methodology of scientific research and how to conduct scientific experiments.”

Shahd Al-Jahafi said: “I feel proud of this achievement, which we have achieved in the name of the beloved Oman in these precious November days for every Omani. Participation in the competition added a lot to me and gained many experiences, especially since we were ambassadors of our country among the great competitions from the Arab countries. Amna Al-Jahafi said: “This competition gave me a lot of experience and information about how to work with the Steam method,

in addition to how to search for problems and find several solutions to them and work within a team.”