{"id":24150,"date":"2025-07-17T00:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dararab.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=24150"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:13:34","slug":"translated-arabic-novel-sailors-secret","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dararab.co.uk\/en\/product\/translated-arabic-novel-sailors-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sailor&#8217;s Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_24368\"  _slug=\"sailors-secret\" data-title=\"sailors-secret\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_24368 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dararab.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Pages-for-website-from-Sailor-V6.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"1001\"><em data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1001\">A lyrical novel of omens, shipwrecks, and the stories that carry us home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1354\">A violent storm crashes through the Arabian Sea and leaves a boy shipwrecked on the remote shores of <strong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1120\">Ras Madrakah<\/strong>, a village on Oman\u2019s eastren coast. The villagers believe he is a sign from God. In the same storm, a British woman named Sophia\u2014haunted by a vision\u2014sends her husband from a chapel in Leeds into the desert, chasing a sacred mystery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1656\"><strong data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1381\"><em data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1379\">The Sailor\u2019s Secret<\/em><\/strong> is a richly atmospheric <strong data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1433\">translated Arabic novel<\/strong> blending myth, mysticism, and ecological awareness. Written by Omani author <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1530\">Younis AlAkhzami<\/strong>, the story echoes ancient maritime tales and spiritual lore, from the rhythms of the Qur\u2019an to the magic of <em data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1655\">Arabian Nights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1899\">Through Sheikh Shaleh, the boy pulled from the sea, and Sophia\u2019s husband, exiled by grief and belief, the novel explores how storm and spirit, place and prophecy, reshape lives. It\u2019s a story about the messages we hear\u2014and those we refuse to.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"2090\">Translated into English by <strong data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"1944\">Mbarek Sryfi<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"1967\">The Sailor\u2019s Secret<\/em> is a visionary <strong data-start=\"1983\" data-end=\"2010\">translated Arabic novel<\/strong>, weaving a mystic path between Oman and England, sea and sand, prayer and fate.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2199\">\n<p data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2199\">\u201cA haunting tale where desert myths, colonial legacies, and ecological anxieties collide.\u201d \u2014 <em data-start=\"2187\" data-end=\"2199\">Oman Daily<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[321],"product_tag":[],"cb_translators":[310],"cb_authors":[273],"class_list":{"0":"post-24150","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-novel","7":"cb_translators-mbarek-sryfi","8":"cb_authors-younis-alakhzami","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-external"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Translated Arabic Novel | The Sailor\u2019s Secret by Younis AlAkhzami<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A powerful translated Arabic novel of shipwrecks, signs, and memory. 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