Novel About Medieval Sufi Mystic Wins International Prize For Arabic Fiction
(ArtsJournal Dance)

Mohammed Hasan Alwan`s A Small Death retells the life of Muhyiddin Ibn `Arabi (1165-1240), considered by some the greatest of Sufis and by others (conservative Muslims) an apostate, and his journeys across the breadth of the Islamic world. The award includes $50,000 for the author and another $50,000 toward the costs of translation into English.