Saeed Teebi

Diaspora Citizenship: Palestinian Journeys

By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of displacement.  Saeed Teebi is a Canadian writer who was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi recently engaged students and faculty at SFU for a conversation about the themes of citizenship-as-belonging and identity within diaspora communities. The event, titled “Diaspora Citizenship: Palestinian Journeys,” was co-sponsored by SFU international studies and featured an exploration of Teebi’s celebrated collection of stories, Her First Palestinian. Teebi’s work has garnered attention for its exploration of Palestinian identity and the experiences of Palestinian diaspora…

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