{"product_id":"the-raven-of-ruwi-and-other-stories-from-oman-paperback","title":"The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHamoud Saud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZia Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJokha Alharthi\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical collection, author Hamoud Saud invites readers into the soul of Oman, a country famed for its long coastline, rugged mountains, and stark desert landscapes. This geography provides the backdrop for stories that reveal both the beauty and hardship of a country and people on the margins. Focused on the capital city, Saud's Muscat is not a postcard-perfect city but a living, breathing place of cement forests, forgotten roundabouts, and ravens perched on flagpoles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach story is fabulist in spirit but grounded in the textures of everyday life: the scent of karak tea, the chatter of schoolgirls, the heat rising from asphalt. In \"The Raven of Ruwi,\" a narrator wanders the city's commercial district where Indian music drifts from balconies and the streets are filled with weary bank workers. In \"The Sad Donkey of Muscat,\" a blind man recounts the city's history as told to him by a donkey. And in \"Post Office of the Dead,\" a forgotten postmaster receives letters from Dostoevsky and Kafka, triggering a surreal unraveling of time and self. At once intimate and expansive, \u003ci\u003eThe Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful meditation on place, identity, and the stories that cities tell\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamoud Saud\u003c\/b\u003e is an Omani writer of short stories and literary nonfiction. His work frequently appears in Arabic newspapers and culture magazines, and some of it has been translated into Azerbaijani, English, Japanese, and Spanish. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZia Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e's translations of Arabic fiction and literary nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Markaz Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Virginia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.02 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338832019545,"sku":"9780815612018","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/XvGtq_PIMA9780815612018.webp?v=1779430482","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/the-raven-of-ruwi-and-other-stories-from-oman-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}