Zahir Al Ghafri
Zahir al-Ghafri (Arabic: (b. 1956) is a poet from the Sultanate of Oman. Born in Zanzibar, al-Ghafri is affiliated with the University of Mohammed V, Rabat, department of philosophy and has published 12 collections of poetry. Some of his work has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and other languages. In 2008, he was awarded the Kika Poetry Prize for his poem "Stranger Between Two Rivers". Career. Al-Ghafri is a national poet, Omani Al-Manbit. Some of his work has been translated into Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Persian, Hindi, and Chinese. Some of his works  include "Ignorant Poetry", "Pleasure and Benefit", and "Classical Poetry". He first traveled to Baghdad in 1968. In his travels, Al-Ghafri developed a worldly poetic style anchored by a consistent nostalgia for Oman. Al-Ghafri is the head of the Omani magazine "Al-Burwaz", which is concerned with the visual arts. He is also reported to have interests in vanguard cinema and the plastic arts. Awards. He won the Kika Poetry Prize for his poem "Stranger Between Two Rivers" in 2008.