Ziyad Saadi is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, originally from Montreal, Quebec, and currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] His debut novel, Three Parties, centred on a young Palestinian Canadian man whose plan to come out as gay on his 23rd birthday goes awry. [2]
The book was shortlisted for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers. [3]
Prior to publishing Three Parties, Saadi wrote and directed a number of short films, [4] including Hello, My Name Is Death and Don't Open Me, [5] and was a producer of the horror film Bag Boy Lover Boy . [6]