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Date(s) - 04/27/2026
12:00 pm
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Join us for a conversation on the art and challenge of carrying literature from the edge of the Arab world across linguistic and geographical boundaries. Two acclaimed translators of Omani fiction and one of Oman’s leading novelists discuss the delicate balance between fidelity and creativity in translation.
Zia Ahmed, tranlator of The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman
Bushra Khalfan, author of Dilshad, shortlisted for the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Marilyn Booth, translator of Honey Hunger, winner of the 2025 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Moderated by Marcia Lynx Qualey, author, translator and editor of Arablit
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