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Omran Al Owais pictured in a supplied portrait
Omran Al Owais pictured in a supplied portrait
Tributes paid to renowned Emirati historian Omran Salem Al Owais
An expert in Gulf history and family trees, Al Owais was fluent in Hindi and English and had a remarkable private library