where exactly

currently:

‍Creative Copywriter @ Serviceplan Middle East - Dubai, UAE
Founding EIC @ BAHR // بحر
Poet @ wherever coffee is sold

previously:

‍English Language Instructor @ AlHussein Technical University - Amman, Jordan
Creative Writing: Poetry Instructor @ University of St. Andrews - St. Andrews, UK
Poetry Editor @ The Scores Magazine - St. Andrews, UK

outside ad-land:

Staircase (2021) - collection of poems published by ignitionpress

'from a distance you can make of the water what you will' (2021)

'staircase - إشارة النسر' in harana poetry (2021)

'staircase from which you can see amman burning' in harana poetry (2021)

'staircase - البحر الميت' in harana poetry (2021)

'staircase - جبل القلعة' in Shuruq 4.5 Showcase (2020)

'before i let you in on frank o'hara' in Zarf Poetry (2020)

'the sea is the most flexible of things' in Third Coast Magazine (2020)
Awarded 1st place in its annual poetry prize

'fairouz is searching for a pair of eyes' in Cordite Poetry Review (2019)

'tonight al qamar writes a sonnet' in Muzzle Magazine (2019)

'double date with fairouz and a special guest in amman, jordan' in Winter Tangerine (2019)

'when fairouz asks me what language' in Winter Tangerine (2019)

selected features & interviews:

'Creative Faces to Watch 2023' in Campaign Middle East

'Uprising: Zein Sa'dedin's Affection for the Oxford Comma' in LBB

'Joy, and Other Things BAHR Celebrates: In Conversation with Zein Sa’dedin' in Unootha

'THE BABY RE-IMAGINED (POETS EDITION)'

'What Does a Country Mean?: A Conversation with Zein Sa'dedin' in Sumou

where exactly

currently:

previously:

outside ad-land:

selected features & interviews:

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