Break with the novel .. "Women of the Moon" transformations past and present in the Omani society

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During the holy month of Ramadan, we offer you a series of "Aftar with a novel", and we present through the presentation of one of the major Arab novels, and today we present the novel "Women of the Moon" by Omani novelist Jouka Al-Harithi.

The story takes place in the village of Awafi in Oman, where she faces three sisters: Maya, who married Abdullah after many problems, Asma, who was married only as a social duty, and Khawla, who is waiting for her boyfriend who immigrated to Canada.

The stories of the three sisters reflect the development of Oman from a traditional society that has slaves to a complex modernity, deals with past and present transformations, and combines, in graceful language, between human tragedies that lack nothing and the tragedies of others who lack everything.

Although the writer did not live the time of the novel, which mostly revolves around a local community, it relied on sources from the British archives, and from the Omani heritage and folklore, to embody the features of the three sisters and their emotional and social relationships. Popular.

The women of the moon live in their own world, full of customs, tragedies and magical legends. The storylines follow a generation of women who are different from their mothers, but despite the transformations of past and present, they live in tradition, marriage and motherhood.

The Guardian described the novel as "a glimpse of a culture relatively unknown in the West," while the National newspaper said it referred to "the emergence of a great literary talent." She described the novel as "a strong achievement and woven with professionalism and a deep imagination."

Goucheh Al Harthy is an Omani writer and academic. Al Harthy has published three sets of short stories and three novels (Menamat – Moon Ladies – Naringa) and has written academic works. Her work was translated into Serbian, Korean, Italian, English and German, and was published in Panipal magazine. She was one of eight participants in 2011 at the IPAF Nadwa Workshop. Goukhha Al Harthy was awarded the Sultan Qaboos Prize for Culture, Bitter orange "in 2016, the first Arab figure to win the Man Booker International Prize for her novel Moon Ladies.

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