Background
He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor"s degree in 2002.
He was born in Riyadh and studied Computer Information Systems at King Saud University, obtaining a bachelor"s degree in 2002.
He also obtained an Master of Business Administration from the University of Portland, Oregon in 2008.
Alwan has published five novels to date: Saqf Elkefaya (2002), Sophia (2004), Touq Altahara (2007), "First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Qundus" (2011), and "Mouton Sageer" (2016). His work has appeared in translation in Banipal magazine ("Blonde Grass" and "Statistics", translated by Ali Azeriah). In The Guardian ("Oil Field", translated by Peter Clark).
And in Words Without Borders ("Mukhtar", translated by William M Hutchins).
In 2009-2010, 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 was 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).