Omar Sakr is a contemporary Arab Australian poet, novelist and essayist.
Career
Sakr has been a published poet since 2014, with over 80 poems appearing in literary journals including Meanjin, Overland and other publications. His first book of poetry These Wild Houses was published in 2017 by Cordite Books.
In 2020, he was the first Arab-Australian Muslim to be shortlisted for and then win the prestigious Prime Minister's Literary Award for poetry for his book The Lost Arabs. The judging pane...