Saleem Haddad‘s writing spans novels, short stories, essays, film, and television. His critically acclaimed first novel, Guapa (2016), was awarded both a Stonewall Honour and the Polari Prize. His writing has been supported by institutions such as Yaddo and the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. His second novel, Floodlines, was published in February 2026.
Joseph Devine studied Arabic and Persian at SOAS, University of London, with year abroad placements at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine, and Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran. His Arabic dissertation on Israeli pink washing and the LGBTQ community in Palestine was published by SOAS in 2016. He studied a Masters in Comparative Literature at Doha Institute, Qatar, and has worked as a freelance Arabic translator and a bookseller at Saqi Books in London.
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