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​​UCLA History 111C Group 7

​​Conclusion

In terms of White’s definition of a “minority”, coupled with our group's findings on the history of Zanzibar-Oman relations and the present day struggles of Zanzibaris in Oman, our group has concluded that the Zanzibari group in Oman is considered a minority. This is due to the fact that despite the intermixing of cultures and the side-by-side living of the two communities, Zanzibari Arabs are separate from the greater Omani nationalism and experience political and social disadvantages because of their separate nationalism. After the 1964 revolution that pushed Zanzibar-Arabs out of Zanzibar and into Oman, Zanzibaris began to search and hold onto their identity in various ways. Our group's research discussed this phenomenon through Zanzibari marriage practices related to their religion, expressing their identity through visual art and maintaining and teaching their own history and language in Oman. Zanzibari-Omanis are still discriminated against in the public sphere and have difficulty expressing their identity outside the private sphere. While there has been significant development in Zanzibar and Omani relations within the past decades, there is still more to be done for the Zanzibari-Arab minority in Oman. 

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