AWW22 Son of Sin - Omar Sakr

Published: March 8, 2022, 12:30 a.m.

Chaired by Geordie Williamson.

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Omar Sakr is an acclaimed Arab-Australian poet and author. His most recent collection, The Lost Arabs, won the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. His debut novel is Son of Sin (2022), a searing look at the impact of violence and repressed desires on a queer Arab Muslim man's life in Western Sydney.