Ameer Idreis

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, as well as academic articles on the role and impact of the Canadian Constitution on Indigenous and minority rights.

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

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

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.

Plays

 * Idreis, Ameer (2023). Ships in the Night.

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.
 * 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/.