جوخة الحارثي

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جوخة الحارثي


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Jokha Alharthi (Arabic: جوخة الحارثي), also spelt al-Harthi, is an Omani writer and academic, known for winning the Man Booker International Prize in 2019 for her novel Sayyidat al-Qamar (Arabic: سيدات القمر), published in English under the title Celestial Bodies. Alharthi is the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International Prize. She has written four novels in Arabic, three of which have been translated into English.

Born in 1978,Alharthi was educated in Oman and in the United Kingdom. She obtained her PhD in classical Arabic literature from the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2011. In 2010, Alharthi was offered a professorship in classical Arabic literature at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. As of 2021, she is an
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“عرفت أنها لن تعود أبدًا تلك الشخصية التي كانتها، وأن ما يسميه الناس "تجربة" هو في الحقيقة داء مزمن، لا يميتنا ولا نشفى منه، لا نحتمله ولا نتخلص منه، يرافقنا أينما ذهبنا ويثور في أي لحظة ليذكرنا أن له مضاعفات غفلنا عنها أو تغافلنا، وما ينصحونها به من "فتح صفحة جديدة" مجرد مزحة سمجة.”
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