On Translating the Omani Natural Landscape
Marilyn Booth reflects on her experience translating Zahran Alqasmi’s work and provides insight on greater questions of translation.
Zahran Alqasmi
Marilyn Booth Wins 2025 Banipal Prize
Although Kay Heikkenen has previously won the Banipal (for her translation of Huzama Habayeb’s Velvet) this was, surprisingly, the first time Marilyn Booth has won the prize.
From Zahran Alqasmi’s ‘Honey Hunger’
Editor’s note: There are two redemptive keystones in the life of our protagonist, Azzan, during the course of Honey Hunger, a novel published today by AUC Press’s Hoopoe Fiction imprint. […]
Zahran Alqasmi Wins 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for ‘The Water Diviner’
“‘The Water Diviner’ by Zahran Alqasmi explores a new subject in modern fiction: water and its impact on the natural environment and the lives of human beings in hostile regions.”