We live in the most interrupted era in human history. A writer sits down to work with a device in their pocket engineered by thousands of people to capture their attention. Notifications arrive mid-sentence. Research dissolves into forty open tabs. The blank page competes with an infinite feed, and the feed usually wins. Against this
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Some writers could set their stories anywhere. Mohsen Fallahian is not one of them. The award-winning Emirati novelist writes fiction so bound to place that the landscapes function almost as characters — shaping the mood, driving the themes, and carrying meaning far beyond mere scenery. Across his novels, three landscapes recur again and again: the
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Every writer who lives between languages carries a kind of double vision. They see the world twice — once in the tongue of their heritage, once in the tongue of the wider world — and the most interesting writing often emerges from the space between. Mohsen Fallahian, the award-winning Emirati novelist and essayist, occupies exactly
Behind every accomplished author lies a set of working principles — habits and beliefs that shaped the path from first sentence to published book. For Mohsen Fallahian, the award-winning Emirati novelist whose works include Mirage of the Sandstorm, The Silent Minaret, and Whispers Beneath the Palm Trees, those principles are unusually clear and unusually teachable.
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When Mohsen Fallahian launched his podcast Tales from the Gulf in 2020, the move surprised some who knew him primarily as a novelist of lyrical, carefully crafted books — a writer famous for drafting by hand and championing slowness in an age of speed. A podcast seemed, on the surface, a departure. In reality, it
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In a region transforming faster than almost anywhere on earth, the question of how to carry the past into the future is more than academic — it is personal. Few voices in the Gulf’s literary scene engage with that question as deliberately as Mohsen Fallahian, the Dubai-born novelist, essayist, and literary mentor whose work has
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In the evolving landscape of Middle Eastern literature, few voices have captured the delicate balance between heritage and modernity as effectively as Mohsen Fallahian. A novelist, essayist, and cultural commentator, Fallahian has emerged as a defining figure in contemporary Emirati storytelling—one who bridges the past and present with lyrical precision and intellectual depth. A Voice
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From the sweeping highways of Abu Dhabi to the glittering towers of Dubai, the Gulf’s story has long been paved with oil. It’s an extraordinary narrative—one of transformation, prosperity, and ambition. But beneath the surface of this success story lies a subtle, often overlooked paradox: the illusion of “cheap oil.” We see it every day—fuel
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In a region defined by transformation, where glittering skyscrapers meet ancient desert winds, few writers have captured the soul of the United Arab Emirates quite like Mohsen Fallahian. Born in 1985 in Dubai to an Arab-Persian family, Mohsen embodies the dualities that define modern Emirati identity—heritage and modernity, tradition and innovation, storytelling and scholarship. Through
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Beneath the shade of a swaying palm, where the scent of gahwa lingers and stories ripple like desert mirages, sits a man who has quietly become one of the UAE’s literary torchbearers—Mohsen Fallahian. He’s not just a writer; he’s a weaver of time, memory, and meaning. His journey through words isn’t merely a personal one—it’s
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