Also, there are clearly defined roles for both sexes. Even the children are given gender-specific duties. The men work outside in the fields while women work in the homes. Men and women often eat separately and never pray together. While men worship at mosques, women attend ceremonies conducted at home by female religious leaders.
Marriages are generally pre-arranged by the parents.
Children are a considered the family's greatest asset because they provide the parents with additional laborers and social security. The values of the Omani Arabs in the city are not as strong as the values held by the nomads. The city-dwellers are concerned less with hospitality and more with property, wealth, and education. Most of the Omani wear traditional Arab clothes. Men wear white robes, turbans, and knives in brightly colored sashes.