Lina Hawyani al-Hasan

{{short description|Syrian novelist, journalist and writer (born 1975)}}

Lina Hawyani al-Hasan ({{langx|ar|لينا هوياني الحسن}}) (born 1975) is a Syrian novelist, journalist and writer.[http://www.arabicfiction.org/nadwa/2010/authors.html Profile in IPAF website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010012619/http://www.arabicfiction.org/nadwa/2010/authors.html |date=2013-10-10 }} She studied philosophy at the University of Damascus. She runs the literary supplement of the Damascus newspaper al-Thawra. As a writer, al-Hasan has published more than half a dozen books, including novels and non-fiction. In 2010, she was selected to take part in the second IPAF Nadwa, a workshop for young writers held under the aegis of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and Sheikh Hamdan of the UAE.