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Alwan, Mohammed Hasan

Mohammed Hasan Alwan is a Saudi Arabian novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. Alwan has published four novels to date: Saqf Elkefaya (2002), Sophia (2004), Touq Altahara (2007), Al-Qundus (2011). His work has appeared in the New York Times ("Saudi Arabia, Declassified"); in the Guardian ("Oil Field", translated by Peter Clark): in Words Without Borders ("Mukhtar", translated by William M. Hutchins); and in Banipal magazine ("Blonde Grass" and "Statistics", translated by Ali Azeriah).   In 2009-10, Alwan was chosen as one of the 39 best Arab authors under the age of 40 by the Beirut39 project. He was also a participant in the first IPAF Nadwa in 2009. His work is published in the Beirut39 anthology (Beirut39: New Writing from the Arab World, edited by Samuel Shimon) and in the IPAF Nadwa anthology (Emerging Arab Voices, edited by Peter Clark).   Visit his website here.

Alwan, Mohammed Hasan
Mohammed Hasan Alwan
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