Name Jokha al-Harthi | ||
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Education University of Edinburgh | ||
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Jokha al-Harthi is an Omani writer and academic. She was educated in Oman and the UK. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from Edinburgh University. She is currently an associate professor in the Arabic department at Sultan Qaboos University.
al-Harthi has published three collections of short stories and three novels (Manamat and Sayyidat el-Qamar), "Narinjah". She has also authored academic works. Her work has been translated in , Serbian, Korean, Italian English and German and published in Banipal magazine. She was also one of eight participants in the 2011 IPAF Nadwa (writers' workshop).Jokha Alharthi won the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her novel Narinjah "Bitter Orange" in 2016.Her novel "sayyidat al-qamar" was shortlisted for Zayed Award 2011.