Saleem Haddad

Saleem Haddad
سليم حداد
Born
Saleem Yacoub Saleem Haddad

1983 (age 42–43)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Notable workGuapa
Websitesaleemhaddad.com

Saleem Yacoub Saleem Haddad (Arabic: سليم حداد; born 1983) is a queer Arab author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, His debut novel Guapa (2016), which explores the life of a gay man in an unnamed Arab country, received critical acclaim. Haddad has also written on LGBTQ+ issues in the Middle East and contributed to the anthology This Arab is Queer (2022).