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Saleem Haddad

is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist currently based in Lisbon, with roots in Amman, Beirut, and London. His award-winning debut novel, Guapa, was published in 2016, and his second novel Floodlines, was published in 2026. He is the Fiction Editor at The Markaz Review.

The Many Mediterraneans

The Many Mediterraneans

The Mediterranean, generative yet unstable, is a site of passage and border, a space of paradise and ruin.

1 MAY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love

Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love

"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Saleem Haddad
My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

Saleem Haddad reviews the Sawalha family story that offers hope in resilience, resistance, and survival against all odds.

3 MAY 2024 • By Saleem Haddad
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