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Jokha Alharthi

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in Muscat, Oman

July 01, 1978

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Fiction, Contemporary, Children's

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Jokha al-Harthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي‎; born July 1978) is an Omani writer and academic. She was educated in Oman and in the United Kingdom. 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, Sayyidat el-Qamar and Narinjah). She has also authored academic works. Her work has been translated into English, Serbian, Korean, Italian, and German and published in Banipal magazine. She was also one of eight participants in the 2011 IPAF Nadwa (writers' workshop). al-Harthi won the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her no Jokha al-Harthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي‎; born July 1978) is an Omani writer and academic. She was educated in Oman and in the United Kingdom. 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, Sayyidat el-Qamar and Narinjah). She has also authored academic works. Her work has been translated into English, Serbian, Korean, Italian, and German and published in Banipal magazine. She was also one of eight participants in the 2011 IPAF Nadwa (writers' workshop). al-Harthi won the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature, for her novel Narinjah (Bitter Orange) in 2016.

Sayyidat el-Qamar was shortlisted for Zayed Award 2011 and has been translated into English by Marilyn Booth. It was published in the UK by Sandstone Press in June 2018 under the title Celestial Bodies, and won the Man Booker International Prize 2019.

جوخة الحارثي كاتبة عمانية، تعمل أستاذة للأدب العربي في جامعة السلطان قابوس، حائزة على الدكتوراه في الأدب من جامعة أدنبرة باسكتلندا، أصدرت ثلاث روايات ومجموعتين قصصيتين وكتاب نصوص مفتوحة وقصتين للأطفال، بالإضافة لكتب ومقالات أكاديمية، ترجمت بعض نصوصها إلى الإنجليزية ونشرت في مجلة بانيبال، وإلى الألمانية ونشرت في مجلة لسان، وإلى الكورية والصربية والإيطالية ونشرت في مجلات متخصصة. ستصدر روايتها "سيدات القمر" (2010) قريبا بالإنجليزية في اسكتلندا، كما فازت روايتها "نارنجة" (2016) بجائزة السلطان قابوس للثقافة والفنون والآداب عام 2016.
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	Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 17,105 ratings — published 2010 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth (Translator) 3.43 avg rating — 2,301 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silken Gazelles by Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth (translator) 3.28 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كم رئة للساحل: كتابات جديدة من العالم العربي by قاسم حداد (تصدير), Jokha Alharthi (تقديم), أحمد الحقيل (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ليل ينسى ودائعه 3.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	صبي على السطح 3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	منامات 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	في مديح الحب 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in Arabic Love Poetry: The ‘Udhri Tradition 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The feet walk fast for the loving heart’s sake, but when you feel no longing, your feet drag and ache”
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“about spirits or souls that were perfectly round once upon a time but had been split apart. For as long as they were separated they would search out their other half until they found it. That is how she imagined love:”
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“Aah, the books! The thought of the enormous pleasure of books quickened Asma’s pace. It was a good moment to lose herself in their joys.”
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