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Badriya Albadri
Omani poet and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Badriya al-Badri is an Omani author. She was born in Muscat in 1975.
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She writes in a variety of genres: classical and contemporary Arabic poetry, fiction for adults and children, writings for magazines and TV. Her work has appeared in many Arabic-language outlets. She is a long-time contributor to the children's magazine Murshid, and she is also a scriptwriter for children's TV.
Al-Badri took part in the IPAF Nadwa literary workshop in 2017. In 2024, her novel Foumbi was nomimated for the Arabic Booker Prize.[1][2] She has also won a number of literary prizes for her work.
In translation, her writing has appeared in Arablit Quarterly and Writers Without Borders.[3][4] Her novel The Last Crossing was translated into English by Katherine Van De Vate and came out in 2024.[5]