Rosa Yaseen Hasan

Rosa Yaseen Hassan (Arabic: روزا ياسين حسن) is a Syrian novelist and writer.

Upon graduation in 1998, she worked as a journalist, writing for various Syrian and Arabic periodicals.

She has also written a number of novels, starting with Ebony (2004) which won the Hanna Mina Prize.

Her third novel Hurras al-Hawa (Guardians of the Air, 2009) was longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize.

In 2009, Hassan was chosen as one of the Beirut39, a group of 39 Arab writers under the age of 40 chosen through a contest organised by Banipal magazine and the Hay Festival.