Ziyad Saadi

{{Short description|Canadian writer and filmmaker}} '''Ziyad Saadi''' is a Palestinian Canadian writer, actor and filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.<ref>Thalia Stopa, [https://scoutmagazine.ca/from-real-life-party-woes-to-film-adaptations-with-local-author-ziyad-saadi/ "From Real Life Party Woes to Film Adaptations, with Local Author Ziyad Saadi"]. ''Scout'', August 26, 2025.</ref> His debut novel, ''Three Parties'', centred on a young Palestinian American man whose plan to come out as gay on his 23rd birthday goes awry.<ref>Brett Josef Grubisic, [https://quillandquire.com/review/three-parties/ "Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi, and Property by Kate Cayley"]. ''Quill & Quire'', September 2025.</ref>

The book was shortlisted for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers.<ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/tea-gerbeza-roza-nozari-ziyad-saadi-shortlisted-for-2025-dayne-ogilvie-prize/ "Tea Gerbeza, Roza Nozari, Ziyad Saadi shortlisted for 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize"]. ''Quill & Quire'', September 3, 2025.</ref>

Prior to publishing ''Three Parties'', Saadi wrote and directed a number of short films,<ref>Paul Gallant, [https://inmagazine.ca/2025/09/ziyad-saadis-debut-novel-is-definitely-not-an-instruction-manual-for-coming-out/ "Ziyad Saadi’s Debut Novel Is Definitely Not An Instruction Manual For Coming Out"]. ''In Magazine'', September 15, 2025.</ref> including ''Hello, My Name Is Death'' and ''Don't Open Me'',<ref>Sristi Gayen, [https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2019/08/ziyad-saadis-dont-open-me-perfectly-balanced-menagerie-of-wild-intrigues/ "Ziyad Saadi’s ‘Don’t Open Me’: Perfectly Balanced Menagerie Of Wild Intrigues"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208064441/https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2019/08/ziyad-saadis-dont-open-me-perfectly-balanced-menagerie-of-wild-intrigues/ |date=2023-02-08 }}. ''Indie Shorts'', August 5, 2019.</ref> and was a producer of the horror film ''Bag Boy Lover Boy''.<ref>Daniel Gawthrop, [https://thebcreview.ca/2025/08/17/2633-gawthrop-saadi/ "‘Gays like you…’"]. ''The British Columbia Review'', August 17, 2025.</ref>

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