Oman novelist win International Prize

Oman novelist become first Arabic book to win Man Booker International Prize https://t.co/QwMitWnF1I pic.twitter.com/s1tRAaYZUA

— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) May 22, 2019

Author Jokha Alharthi won the award for her novel Celestial Bodies and shared the $63,000 prize with the translator Marilyn Booth, an American academic.