Jokha Alharthi

Jokha Alharthi (), 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, two of which have been translated into English. Provided by Wikipedia