--- title: Hala Alyan | TIME description: Alyan is the author of the novel Salt Houses, the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, The Arsonists’ City, was a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Her work has been published by The New Yorker, The Academy of American Poets, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She works as a clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. Her newest collection,The Moon That Turns You Back, is forthcoming by Ecco canonical: https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hala Alyan ## Hala Alyan Alyan is the author of the novel [_Salt Houses_,](https://www.halaalyan.com/salt-houses/) the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, [_The Arsonists’ City_](https://www.halaalyan.com/the-arsonists-city-2/), was a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Her work has been published by _The New Yorker_, _The Academy of American Poets_, _The New York Times_, and elsewhere. She works as a clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. Her newest collection,[_The Moon That Turns You Back_](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-moon-that-turns-you-back-hala-alyan?variant=41072655138850), is forthcoming by Ecco ## Hala Alyan *  Jan 17, 2024 ### [The Power of Changing Your Mind](https://time.com/6556113/curiosity-propaganda-hala-alyan-essay/) Propaganda works best when it creates apathy. But we must remember to never look away, writes Hala A... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/","name":"Hala Alyan"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/"},"name":"Hala Alyan","jobTitle":null,"description":"Alyan is the author of the novel Salt Houses, the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her latest novel, The Arsonists’ City, was a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Her work has been published by The New Yorker, The Academy of American Poets, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She works as a clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. Her newest collection,The Moon That Turns You Back, is forthcoming by Ecco","url":"https://time.com/author/hala-alyan/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```