The Saudi news channel "Al-Ikhbariya" announced today, Thursday, that writer Mohammed Ali Alwan passed away at the age of 73 after a prolific career in the cultural and media fields. Culture Minister Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud and several writers and authors in Saudi Arabia, including Mohammed bin Nagy Al Saad, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Hafezi, Hamad Al-Qadi, and Zakiya bint Mohammed Al-Otaibi, mourned his loss.
Salah Ziyad, a professor of literary criticism at the College of Arts at King Saud University, stated on the social media platform X that the deceased "enriched the Saudi and Arab literary scene with a unique style of narrative that delves deeply into the search for the essential meanings of life and human relationships, revealing the struggle and passion for beauty and warmth, and creating worlds where dreams and obstacles intertwine endlessly."
Alwan was born in Abha in 1950 and worked in the Ministry of Information after obtaining a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature from King Saud University in 1974. He rose through the ranks to hold the position of Deputy for Internal Media Affairs at the ministry in 2005 and oversaw several literary pages and magazines. He published six short story collections, including "Bread and Silence," "Phone," and "The Twilight Bird," and he also wrote articles for various publications.
