Ameer Idreis

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

Ameer Idreis
Born	22 December 1999 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Occupation	Writer Playwright Urbanist
Citizenship	Palestinian Canadian
Education	Master of Science in Planning, Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies
Period	2011–present
Genre	Drama Young Adult Fantasy
Subject	Urbanism Politics of Canada
Notable works	Ships in the Night The Ewald Series
Website
www.ameeridreis.com

Idreis's debut play Ships in the Night won the 2023 Hart House Theatre Playwriting Competition,^[1][2] 2024 Playwrights Guild of Canada Robert Beardsley Award,^[3] and is in development at Theatre Passe Muraille. Idreis previously participated in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Playwrights Retreat^[4] and Paprika Festival,^[5] where he developed his second play The Walls Enclosing.^[6][7]

Idreis's contributions as an urbanist include his research on the Ontario Greenbelt, which informed both his Master’s thesis and a play, Lines in the Land.^[8] His academic work includes research on urbanism, politics, and planning at the University of Toronto and the School of Cities,^[8] as well as academic articles on the role and impact of the Canadian Constitution on Indigenous and minority rights.^[9][10]

As a young novelist, Idreis published two books in his debut series The Ewald Series,^[11][12] with awards and recognition from the Canada-Arab Business Council, the Council of the Arab League, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,^[13] and the Women's Press.^[14]

Works and Publications

Plays

• Idreis, Ameer (2023). Ships in the Night.
• Idreis, Ameer (2024). The Walls Enclosing.

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. Lulu Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-304-16426-1.

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. ^[9]
• 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/.^[10]