The Jinn of Oman

The fort at Bahla, Oman. (Photo: Gaar Adams) Muhammed al-Hinai points to the spot behind his modest cement house where the inferno appeared eight months ago.Even today, as though the blaze might re-kindle any moment, al-Hinai stops short of his yard, halting at the edge to trace the shape of the green flames that hovered ominously for several minutes above the sand, neither growing nor relenting.