Hussein al-Abri (

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: حسين العبرى), an Omani writer of short stories and novels, born in 1972. He is a

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and works at the General psychiatric Hospital in

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. Abri has published 5 novels, short stories and numerous articles. He won the " Beirut 39" festival of

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Foundation in cooperation with the Lebanese

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2009.

Education and career

Hussein al-Abri was born in the state of Hamra in

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. He began writing stories while he was at the university and publishing some articles and short stories in local and daily newspapers. In 2000, he published his first novel ''Diazepam''. In his writings, Abri discusses social and political issues. In 2005, his second novel ''Tingling'' was banned for a while since he touched upon the Omani security services. Whereas, his third novel ''Ship of Fools'' which was published in 2015, tells about mentally ill patients and the obstacles the doctor faces in a hospital that does not care about public health. Al Abri also translated into

a philosophy book entitled ''What Does It All Mean?'' by Thomas Nigel. Later, he translated another book, with the contribution of Hamad Sinan Al-Ghaithi, entitled ''Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes'' by Svante Paabo. In 2009, al Abri won the

Beirut 39.

Awards

* He was awarded the

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Medal for Literature and Arts in 2007 * He won the " Beirut 39" festival in 2009.

References

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