Ziyad Saadi
Ziyad Saadi is a Palestinian Canadian writer, actor and filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] 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.[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]
References
[edit]- ↑ Thalia Stopa, "From Real Life Party Woes to Film Adaptations, with Local Author Ziyad Saadi". Scout, August 26, 2025.
- ↑ Brett Josef Grubisic, "Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi, and Property by Kate Cayley". Quill & Quire, September 2025.
- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Tea Gerbeza, Roza Nozari, Ziyad Saadi shortlisted for 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire, September 3, 2025.
- ↑ Paul Gallant, "Ziyad Saadi’s Debut Novel Is Definitely Not An Instruction Manual For Coming Out". In Magazine, September 15, 2025.
- ↑ Sristi Gayen, "Ziyad Saadi’s ‘Don’t Open Me’: Perfectly Balanced Menagerie Of Wild Intrigues" Archived 2023-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Indie Shorts, August 5, 2019.
- ↑ Daniel Gawthrop, "‘Gays like you…’". The British Columbia Review, August 17, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ziyad Saadi at IMDb
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