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Saeed Teebi: Sharing the Diaspora Palestinian Experience through Fiction
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In this episode, we are joined by Saeed Teebi, a writer and lawyer based in Toronto who has recently released a highly celebrated book of short stories entitled, “Her First Palestinian.” Teebi’s book is a collection of stories about diaspora Palestinians struggling to find their place as immigrants to Canada. It is also one of five books shortlisted for the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize for Fiction this year. The title story in the book, "Her First Palestinian," was also shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi was born to Palestinian parents in Kuwait and has lived in Canada since 1993.
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Manage episode 386536393 series 3005314
In this episode, we are joined by Saeed Teebi, a writer and lawyer based in Toronto who has recently released a highly celebrated book of short stories entitled, “Her First Palestinian.” Teebi’s book is a collection of stories about diaspora Palestinians struggling to find their place as immigrants to Canada. It is also one of five books shortlisted for the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize for Fiction this year. The title story in the book, "Her First Palestinian," was also shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi was born to Palestinian parents in Kuwait and has lived in Canada since 1993.
- Purchase Her First Palestinian
Subscribe to this podcast, and donate to CJPME to support the work that we do.
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