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        <title><![CDATA[Sally Rooney Books Pulled from UK Market]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the United Kingdom because of her support for the activist group Palestine Action, her publisher Faber announced on Wednes...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:22:54 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Camera: Poetry through lenses]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In his poetry collection Camera, published by Masaa Publishing in 2015, Omani poet Zahran al Qasmi draws on the techniques of photography and cinema to create a distinctive poetic...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:09:28 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Al Tahtawi to Oman: What cultural role can Oman build?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 1826, Egyptian scholar Rifa‘a Rafi‘ al Tahtawi travelled to France as part of an educational mission sent to Paris by Muhammad Ali Pasha. He went as the mission’s religious guid...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:52:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two rifles, one question]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bushra Khalfan’s novel Al Bagh (The Rifle) builds its narrative around two main voices, each following a separate journey until the two finally meet in conflict.The first belongs t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:17:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A continuing exploration of the self]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Poetry remains one of the arts most capable of approaching the unknown without ever fully surrendering it to explanation. A poet may come close to what he seeks, yet refuses the ea...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The cover of The Enchanting Flutter of the Star</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:27:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Narrative meets the visual in Zayana’s Windows]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jassim al TarshiA close reading of Zayana’s Windows, a collection of very short stories by Omani writer Bashayer Hibras, reveals a striking feature running through much of the book...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:58:38 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suspended between two places]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Reem al Kamali’s 2021 novel Rose’s Diaries, published by Dar Al Adab in Beirut, the story is dominated by a single wounded and suppressed voice: Rose, who narrates in the first...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:55:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, who fled Nazis, honoured in London]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With its grand facade, the 1930s London mansion block looks like countless others. But flat 71 at 49 Hallam Street once housed one of the most celebrated writers of 20th-century Eu...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:57:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Al Qaffar: From page to screen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Zahran al Qasmi's novel Taghreebat Al Qaffar (The Water Diviner's Exile) and its screen version Al Qaffar can be viewed as two distinct artistic interpretations of the same story....]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:02:24 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japanese mystery author Keigo Higashino dies aged 68]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Japanese mystery fiction author Keigo Higashino has died aged 68, his publisher said on Monday, triggering an outpouring of grief among fans across Asia.Since his 1985 debut, Higas...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:11:42 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Science, humanity and the search for life&#039;s origins]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The origin of life has fascinated humanity throughout history. Myths, religions and philosophies have all sought to explain how living beings came into existence, often blending fa...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:17:21 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Quiet Cost of Forgetting]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What happens to a family and a society that forgets its own past? Thanks to the Arabic translation by Dr Muhammad Al Hajj Khalil, who previously worked as an educational expert in...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:21:41 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Place and the anxious self]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Omani writer Asma al Shamsi's debut short-story collection, 'The Man Sleeping Beside You', explores the anxieties, disappointments and emotional struggles of contemporary life. Pub...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:48:52 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When longing leads the reader through Omani history]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Mataya Al Shawq, Omani novelist Tariq al Mandhari invites readers on a journey shaped by yearning, memory and the enduring human search for belonging. The title itself serves as...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:47:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poet who chose silence]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In an age when writers compete for instant recognition through traditional and social media, it seems almost impossible to imagine a gifted poet whose work remained completely unkn...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:17:29 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Recovering voices from a forgotten past]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oman has long been an integral part of the Arabian Peninsula, contributing to Arab culture through its scholarship, literature and intellectual traditions. Poetry has always been o...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:57:09 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Books on the move]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Books have long stood at the heart of every civilisation’s intellectual life. More than containers of knowledge, they preserve memory, transmit ideas and connect generations. Omani...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:33:19 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Home Before Dark: A Modern Gothic Masterpiece]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It can be argued that the appeal of the gothic genre has faded in the twenty-first century, with some even claiming it has expired. However, in 2020, Riley Sager’s thriller Home Be...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:17:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Al Sarkar: Bringing Omani History to Life]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Historical fiction occupies a unique space in literature, allowing readers to revisit the past through the lens of human experience rather than historical record alone. In Al Sarka...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:56:28 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A night of the self, a night of storytelling]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jokha al Harthy’s short-story collection 'Night Forgets Its Deposits' begins with a title that is deceptively simple yet rich in meaning. The title does not refer to a particular n...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:56:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Exalting the patron, honouring the poem]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Panegyric poetry constitutes the largest single body of work within the Omani poetic tradition. This is evident in many surviving diwans, from those of Ibn Duraid, al Sattali, Al K...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:56:24 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anxiety and fragmentation in &#039;In the Dark Corner&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Contemporary fiction, shaped by the accelerating rhythm of modern life, constantly attempts to capture moments of profound human truth — moments of rejection, alienation, transform...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:09:52 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When a mother faced death through writing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sulaiman al MaamariThe writer is an Omani writer, poet and filmmakerOn August 9, 2024, social media circulated news of a tragic road accident involving an Omani family returning fr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:17:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&#039;Bookless bookstore&#039; shop opens in New York]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Love and writing intersect in ways that reveal their shared nature: both arise from struggle, restlessness and a desire for renewal. Authentic expressions of love rarely settle int...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[A novel following an Iranian family’s journey from the 1979 revolution to life in exile, a tale set in a harsh penal colony, and the story of a woman in the Albanian mountains who...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oman provides rich pickings for the imagination of poets and authors. Quite a few literary publications in recent years have been set in Muscat, elsewhere in Oman or colonial Zanzi...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the landscape of contemporary Omani fiction, Mahmoud al Rahbi stands out as one of the writers who has shaped the short story with a refined artistic awareness. His collection S...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[On a cobbled street in Cukurcuma, a district known for its antiques shops on Istanbul's European side, the story penned by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk in his bestselling novel "The...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The English translation of Omani poet and novelist Zahran al Qasimi’s work, 'Honey Hunger', by British translator Marilyn Booth, has won the Banipal Prize for Literary Translation....]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[TIANJIN: Towering accordion steps and a fantastical spiral staircase greet visitors to a massive bookstore in northern China's Tianjin, where its striking interior is a bigger draw...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:48:14 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Diwan of Royal Court has announced the publication of the Field Guide to the Mammals of Oman, a landmark scientific reference that, for the first time, brings together detailed...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gust of Wind chronicles hope, loyalty and disillusionment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Al-Bayraq or Gust of Wind, the latest novel by Omani author Sharifa al Toobi, concludes her acclaimed Al Bayraq trilogy with a compelling exploration of Oman’s social and historica...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:16:08 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Maskad, Tariq al Mandhari offers readers a journey across time, where Oman’s rich history intersects with human emotion. Far from a conventional historical novel, it immerses re...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:43:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[We all know that we should spend less time staring at our phones. Too much screen time has been linked to depression, anxiety and poor sleep quality. But many of our favourite apps...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:54:49 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In an era where education extends far beyond teachers and textbooks, a powerful idea is reshaping classrooms worldwide: teaching must evolve. As educators embrace new methods and t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:17:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Taste of Memory: Reading Jokha al Harthi’s Narinjah]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The bitter orange — narinjah in Arabic — is a fruit that is not easy to define. It greets you with its delicate sweet scent and lingers on your tongue with a sharp sting that remai...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:57:09 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Szalay wins Booker Prize for tortured tale of masculinity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON: British-Hungarian writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel "Flesh", a tortured story of a Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune.Szalay beat...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:48:20 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Booker Prize has announced its 'most ambitious endeavour' in 20 years with the launch of its first prize for children's fiction.The foundation will launch the literary award in...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:02:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The official Iranian newspaper, Iran, has devoted a full page to Omani literature, highlighting the Persian translation of Omani novelist Jokha al Harthy’s 'Gazelle’s Silk'.In her...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:24:56 +0400</pubDate>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:41:37 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[She won the Booker Prize. Then she disappeared for 20 years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: On a sweltering summer evening in Jackson Heights, a neighbourhood in Queens, novelist Kiran Desai was approached on a busy corner by someone promising a glimpse of the f...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:46:20 +0400</pubDate>
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