Anwar Hamed

Anwar Hamed is a Palestinian-Hungarian novelist, poet and author. He was born in Anabta, Palestine, and went to Hungary for college. His first short stories were published in Arabic when he was still a teenager in the West Bank, but after his move to Hungary, he started writing in Hungarian. His first novels were written in this language. Since 2004, he has been living in London, where he works for BBC Arabic His short story entitled “The Key”, published in English, was longlisted to British Science Fiction Association Award 2019. His most recent novel is Shijan, which was published in Arabic in March 2019.