Sayed Kashua

Sayed Kashua is a screenwriter, novelist, and essayist. He is the author of four novels and one collection of essays, all translated into multiple languages: Dancing Arabs (Grove Atlantic, 2004), Let It Be Morning (Grove Atlantic, 2006), Second Person Singular (Grove Atlantic, 2013), Native (essays, Grove Atlantic, 2017), and Track Changes (Grove Atlantic, 2021). He is the creator and writer of the TV shows Arab Labor (Keshet TV, 2007–2013), The Writer (KAN and Keshet TV, 2015), and Madrasa (KAN, 2023). He wrote the script for the film A Borrowed Identity (Dir. Eran Riklis, 2014) and served as script consultant and story editor for the second and third seasons of the TV drama Shtisel (Netflix/YES, 2015 and 2020). Prior to joining BU, Kashua taught classes at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Washington University in St. Louis, Dartmouth College, and was an Assistant Professor in the School of Film, Television and Media Art at Emerson College.