title: Saeed Teebi
text: # Saeed Teebi
  
  Saeed Teebi is a Palestinian Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Her First Palestinian was published in 2022.
  
  Born to Palestinian expatriate parents in Kuwait, Teebi emigrated with his family to Canada in 1993. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a lawyer.
  
  Her First Palestinian was shortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was a runner-up the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
  
  