Jokha Alharthi on Tuesday became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel "Celestial Bodies" which reveals her Omani homeland's post-colonial evolution. Ms ...

In an interview published on the Man Booker International Prize website, shortly after she was longlisted for the prestigious award this year, Omani writer Jokha Alharthi beautifully dodged a question ...

Jokha Alharthi on May 21 became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel “Celestial Bodies” which reveals her Omani homeland's post-colonial transformation. “I ...

Omani writer Jokha Alharthi is the first writer from the Arabian Gulf to receive the Man Booker International Prize. She won the £50,000 ($87,180 Cdn) award alongside American translator Marilyn Booth ...

Omani author Jokha Alharthi won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize on Tuesday for Celestial Bodies, the story of three sisters in a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and a ...

Jokha Alharthi from Oman became the first Arabic-language writer to win the Man Booker International Prize this year for her novel "Celestial Bodies", translated by Marilyn Booth.