narrator: the future is very much in the hands of sultan qaboos, his leadership and ideas.hough great efforts have been made and good results have been achieved in oman, nobody knows if the preparations will be enough to meet a future without the oil. the only thing the omanis can be sure of is that this situation will come sooner or later. oman's government sees economic diversification as the key to their future. although it will continue to be dependent on expatriate guest workers, the policy of omanization will play an important role in moving omanis into the private sector. and, distinctive from other countries in the region, oman has encouraged the education and employment of women as being vital to its future. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org