Lina Hawyani al-Hasan (Arabic: لينا هوياني الحسن) (born 1975) is a Syrian novelist, journalist and writer.
[1] 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.