Nicholas Roberts is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is writing his dissertation on Omani and East African history, focusing on Sa‘id bin Sultan, the nephew of this poem’s author, and his role in fomenting global capitalism in the Indian Ocean in the nineteenth century. Before Notre Dame, he earned his M.A. in History from Georgetown University. Nicholas is also at work on a compilation of Omani poetry, to be published with translations and historical context, tentatively titled Breathing Long in Oman: Love Poems of the Sultanate.
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