Magbool Al-Alawi Arabic: مقبول موسى العلوي | |
Birth Place: | Saudi Arabia |
Nationality: | Saudi |
Education: | Artistic Education Bachelor of Arts |
Alma Mater: | Umm al-Qura University |
Occupation: | Teacher, Novelist |
Maqbul Moussa al-Alawi (Arabic: مقبول موسى العلوي) (born 1968), or Magbool Al-Alawi, is a Saudi Arabian novelist.[1] [2] He graduated from the University College of Mecca (affiliated with Umm al-Qura University) with a BA in Artistic Education and has worked as a teacher.
His first novel Turmoil in Jeddah (2010), a work of historical fiction, was longlisted for the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[3] His second novel Love and Transgression (2011) was shortlisted for the Saudi Arabia Novel Award in 2012. His 2019 Seferberlik was longlisted for the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[4]