Saeed Teebi

Saeed Teebi is a Palestinian Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Her First Palestinian was published in 2022.[1]

Born to Palestinian expatriate parents in Kuwait, Teebi emigrated with his family, first to the United States, then to Canada[2], where he has lived since 1993.[1] He resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a lawyer.[1]

Her First Palestinian was shortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,[3] and was a runner-up the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[4]

In September 2025[2] Teebi published his second book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times.[5]

Teebi’s nonfiction has also appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly.[2] He served as the 2024/2025 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eva Zhu, "Saeed Teebi celebrates Palestinian identity and community in new story collection". CBC Books, October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: Book by Saeed Teebi". Simon & Schuster. 2025-09-30. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
  3. ^ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Kim Fu wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Quill & Quire, May 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Shazia Hafiz Ramji (October 2025). "'Storytelling tells us who we are'". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
  6. ^ Paniz Vedavarz (2024-10-22). "Lawyer by day, writer by passion, Western's writer-in-residence Saeed Teebi". Western University Gazette. Retrieved 2026-02-02.


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