In Alharthis world, its not only the future that holds promise; the past has possibility and opportunities for revision, too. The New York Times Book ReviewFrom Man Booker International Prize-winning author of Celestial Bodi...Lasīt vairāk
Years after her friend Asiya is forced to their small mountainside village, Ghazaala, never giving up on finding a love that might replace the bond they shared, recounts the story of her deepening, transformative friendship with Harir, a fellow colle...Lasīt vairāk
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardA TIME Best Book of the YearA New Yorker Best Book of the YearAn extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman...Lasīt vairāk
An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain... (James Wood, The New Yorker)....Lasīt vairāk
Jokha Alharthi re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries. She avoids clich s about the purity of love in Udhri poetry, instead questioning the traditional emphasis on chastity and the assumptio...Lasīt vairāk
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Translated by Marilyn Booth Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain...Lasīt vairāk
Zuhour, young Omani woman attempting to assimilate in Britain, reflects on the relationships that have been central to her life, including her bond with Bint Amir, a woman she thought of as her grandmother, who passed away after Zuhour left the Arabi...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
(Izdošanas datums: 31-May-2021, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781474486330)
Jokha Alharthi re-appraises the relationship between love, poetry and Arab society in the 8th to 11th centuries. She avoids familiar clichés about the purity of love in ‘Udhri poetry – broadly speaking, an Arabic counterpart to the western me...Lasīt vairāk
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In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool beautifully against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning socie...Lasīt vairāk
In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated...Lasīt vairāk
