Saeed Teebi

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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 to Canada in 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, [2] and the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. [3]

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