Ameer Idreis
Born22 December 1999
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Novelist
Nationality
  • Palestinian
  • Canadian
Period2011-present
Genre
  • Young Adult
  • Fantasy
Subject
Notable works
  • The Ewald Series
  • Ships in the Night
Website
www.ameeridreis.com

Ameer Idreis (Arabic: أمير إدريس; born 22 December 1999) is a Palestinian-Canadian writer and researcher.

Ameer's work includes research on urbanism, politics, and planning at the University of Toronto and the School of Cities,[1] as well as academic articles on the role and impact of the Canadian Constitution on Indigenous and minority rights.[2][3]

His play Ships in the Night won the 2023 Hart House Theatre Playwriting Competition,[4] receiving a staged public reading.[5][6]

As a young novelist, Ameer published two books in his debut series The Ewald Series,[7] with awards and recognition from the Hamilton Spectator,[8] the Canada-Arab Business Council, the Council of the Arab League,[9] Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board[10] and the Women's Press.[11] He has also done work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in association with the Telling Tales Festival, hosting interviews with authors Kenneth Oppel[12] and Kevin Sylvester.[13] Ameer also participated in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation event the Human Library[14] and guest-hosted on the podcast "Alohomora!"[15]

Works and Publications

Books

  • Idreis, Ameer (October 2011). Ewald and the Gems of Time. ISBN 978-1-300-14049-8.
  • Idreis, Ameer (October 2012). Ewald and the Land of Unknown. ISBN 9781304164261, 978-1-300-14049-8.

Plays

Journal Articles

  • Idreis, Ameer. “Section 35 and the Settler Constitutional Order’s Impediment to the Decolonization of Indigenous Rights.” Politicus 7, no. Special Issue II (2020): 53–61. https://www.queenspoliticus.com/s/Special-Issue-December-Final.pdf#page=53. [2]
  • Idreis, Ameer. “The Charter’s Revolutionary Impact on Gay Rights in Canada.” Gettysburg Social Sciences Review 6, no. 1 (2022): 4. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gssr/vol6/iss1/4/.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ameer Idreis | Department of Geography & Planning". www.geography.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  2. 1 2 Idreis, Ameer (2020-12-01). "Section 35 and the Settler Constitutional Order's Impediment to the Decolonization of Indigenous Rights". Politicus. 7 (2): 53–61.
  3. 1 2 Idreis, Ameer (2022-05-05). "The Charter's Revolutionary Impact on Gay Rights in Canada". Gettysburg Social Sciences Review. 6 (1). ISSN 2577-8463.
  4. ↑ "Playwriting Competition | Theatre | Hart House". harthouse.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Ships in the Night | Theatre | Hart House". harthouse.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ↑ "Ameer Idreis | Theatre | Hart House". harthouse.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. ↑ Pearson, Mike (November 22, 2012). "Twelve-year-old novelist launches series". Ancaster News, p. 1, 31
  8. ↑ Natalie Paddon, "Ancaster teen pens second book", The Hamilton Spectator, 6 September 2013
  9. ↑ Idreis, Ameer (October 2012). Ewald and the Land of Unknown. ISBN 9781304164261.
  10. ↑ "Ancaster Meadow Student, 13, Writing Second Novel" Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, HWDSB, 12 April 2013
  11. ↑ "BOOK: Ewald and the Gems of Time". (January/February 2013). The Women's Press, pp. 10
  12. ↑ "Interview with Kenneth Oppel", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10 September 2013
  13. ↑ "Interview with Kevin Sylvester", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 11 September 2013
  14. ↑ "Human Library Project", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  15. ↑ Scull, Eric (22 March 2014). "Alohomora! Episode 75: 'Yay, Death' - now available!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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