Mohammed Hassan Alwan
2009 Participant
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Mohammed Hassan Alwan was born in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia in 1979. He has two novels (see Banipal 26 for a review of Sophia) and a collection of short stories. In October 2009 he was selected as one of the 39 most talented Arab writers under 39.