{"id":2814,"date":"2013-02-25T21:59:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2013-02-26T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T16:16:02","slug":"omani-women-sailors-making-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814","title":{"rendered":"Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Excellent video:<\/strong><\/span> Al Jazeera\u2019s Jo Gasiorowska speaks to <strong>Rising Tide Leadership Institute<\/strong> Ambassador Dee Caffari, and Oman&#8217;s women&#8217;s team &#8211; some of whom had never set foot on a sail boat until two years ago &#8211; about making waves in the professional sailing world.\u00a0Despite a history of maritime trade and pearling, Omani sailors have been largely under-represented on the international sailing circuit.\u00a0Now the country is trying to build on it&#8217;s maritime heritage, and train a new generation of young Omani sailors to compete at the top level of the sport\u2026 these Omani women are making history!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZ_UT1yLpJk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span class='st_twitter_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_linkedin_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='linkedin'><\/span><span class='st_email_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><span class='st_fblike_buttons' st_title='Omani women sailors making waves&#8230;' st_url='http:\/\/www.4risingtide.org\/?p=2814' displayText='fblike'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excellent video: Al Jazeera\u2019s Jo Gasiorowska speaks to Rising Tide Leadership Institute Ambassador Dee Caffari, and Oman&#8217;s women&#8217;s team &#8211; 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