Muscat opens Urban October Housing and community theme

Oct 5

Host Abdullah Al-Ghafri welcomes guests to Urban October 2026 and its World Habitat Day observance under the theme Adequate Housing for All, addressing State Council chairman Abdulmalik Abdullah Al Khalili as patron. The national opening includes a dramatized film about connected neighbourhoods, followed by a poetic and musical presentation linking Oman's heritage, urban planning, community life and openness to ideas and investment. Al-Ghafri praises the young creators, says the exhibition runs for four days and quotes Sultan Haitham on shared responsibility for nation-building. In his closing return, he again invites guests to the exhibition. The dramatic journeys and future-city scenes are performances, and the host's praise and scale claims are his assessments.

On October 5, 2026, Muscat's Urban October and World Habitat Day opening took place under the Adequate Housing for All theme and State Council chairman Abdulmalik Abdullah Al Khalili's patronage. The ceremony broadcast presents neighbourhood-planning films and performances, host Abdullah Al-Ghafri's welcome and UN housing presentations; Al-Ghafri describes a four-day exhibition. Oman TV's complete on-scene package reports 20 partnership, development and tender agreements worth over OMR1 billion and describes exhibition and conference activity. Nasser Al Siyabi reports eight neighbourhood agreements worth OMR186 million, about 1,850 housing units and roughly 600 plots. These are source descriptions of commitments and projected development, not completed housing. The opening is distinct from the September 29 preparatory announcement; its particular housing-policy statements, Scroll of Honour presentation and project decisions are indexed separately.