Oman (Arab. عُمَان ʿUmān), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arab. سلْطنةُ عُمان Salṭanat (u) ʻUmān ) is a country in the southwestern part of Asia, in the Middle East. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, Yemen to the southwest, as well as…