Saeed Teebi is a Palestinian Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Her First Palestinian was published in 2022.Eva Zhu, "Saeed Teebi celebrates Palestinian identity and community in new story collection". CBC Books, October 5, 2022.
Born to Palestinian expatriate parents in Kuwait, Teebi emigrated with his family, first to the United States, then to Canada, where he has lived since 1993. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a lawyer.
Her First Palestinian was shortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,"Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022. and was a runner-up the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.Cassandra Drudi, "Kim Fu wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award". Quill & Quire, May 25, 2023.
In September 2025 Teebi published his second book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times. It was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for English Prose in 2026.Cassandra Drudi, "Nina Dunic, Rick Westhead, Canisia Lubrin among 2026 Trillium Book Award finalists". Quill & Quire, May 5, 2026.
Teebi’s nonfiction has also appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly. He served as the 2024/2025 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario.
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