An Excerpt from Jokha Alharthi’s Latest, ‘Silken Gazelles’
Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies (tr. Marilyn Booth) was an instant sensation when it became is the first book translated from Arabic — and still the only book translated from Arabic […]
Jokha Alharthi
Jokha Alharthi on Her Latest Novel: ‘Humans Connect through Stories’
Last month, Jokha Alharthi’s latest novel — her third in English translation — appeared in Marilyn Booth’s translation. In Silken Gazelles, an excerpt of which appears today on ArabLit, the […]
Adabiyat Book Club: ‘Bitter Orange Tree,’ by Jokha Alharthi, tr. Marilyn Booth
Adabiyat Book Club will meet on Sunday, November 20 at 12 pm EST via Zoom to discuss Jokha Alharthi’s novel Bitter Orange Tree. To participate, message the organizers on Twitter […]
The Arabic Novel in the Gulf: Between Documentation and Fiction
A lecture by Jokha Alharthi, Omani author and recipient of the 2019 International Booker Prize.
Summer Re-runs: On Turning ‘Sayyidat al-Qamr’ into ‘Celestial Bodies’ and the Tyranny of the New
“Oh!! Titles… sometimes I think I stress over titles – and opening sentences – for more hours than I spend on the rest of the translation.”