Books & Ideas: January–June
2026 Festival: Oct 19–25

Ziyad Saadi

British Columbia/Palestine

ZIYAD SAADI is a Palestinian Canadian writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver. He is a Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist and winner of the MPAC Hollywood Bureau pilot writing competition. His short story "The Third or Fourth Casualty" is featured in the Palestinian speculative fiction anthology Thyme Travellers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Concordia University.

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