'''Saeed Teebi''' is a Palestinian Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection ''Her First Palestinian'' was published in 2022.<ref name=zhu>Eva Zhu, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/saeed-teebi-celebrates-palestinian-identity-and-community-in-new-story-collection-1.6562902 "Saeed Teebi celebrates Palestinian identity and community in new story collection"]. CBC Books, October 5, 2022.</ref>
Born to Palestinian expatriate parents in Kuwait, Teebi emigrated with his family, first to the United States, then to Canada<ref name=SS>{{cite web |title=You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: Book by Saeed Teebi |url=https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/You-Will-Not-Kill-Our-Imagination/Saeed-Teebi/9781668084663 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |access-date=2026-02-02 |date=2025-09-30}}</ref>, where he has lived since 1993.<ref name=zhu/> He resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a lawyer.<ref name=zhu/>
''Her First Palestinian'' was shortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize,<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-two-translated-titles-among-finalists-for-60000-atwood-gibson-writers/ "Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', September 14, 2022.</ref> and was a runner-up the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.<ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/kim-fu-wins-10k-danuta-gleed-literary-award/ "Kim Fu wins $10K Danuta Gleed Literary Award"]. ''Quill & Quire'', May 25, 2023.</ref>
In September 2025 Teebi published his second book, ''You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times''.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Shazia Hafiz Ramji |title=‘Storytelling tells us who we are’ |url=https://quillandquire.com/authors/storytelling-tells-us-who-we-are/ |publisher=Quill and Quire |access-date=2026-02-02 |date=October 2025}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for English Prose in 2026.<ref name=dunic>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/nina-dunic-rick-westhead-canisia-lubrin-among-2026-trillium-book-award-finalists/ "Nina Dunic, Rick Westhead, Canisia Lubrin among 2026 Trillium Book Award finalists"]. ''Quill & Quire'', May 5, 2026.</ref>
Teebi’s nonfiction has also appeared in ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''The New Quarterly''.<ref name=SS></ref> He served as the 2024/2025 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Paniz Vedavarz |title=Lawyer by day, writer by passion, Western’s writer-in-residence Saeed Teebi |url=https://westerngazette.ca/culture/lawyer-by-day-writer-by-passion-western-s-writer-in-residence-saeed-teebi/article_17a69fe0-90ae-11ef-be6f-9b3696f5367e.html |publisher=Western University Gazette |access-date=2026-02-02 |date=2024-10-22}}</ref>
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