Saleem Albeik is a Palestinian film critic, novelist, and cultural editor based in Paris. He has published six literary works, including his latest novel The Cock’s Eye (Hachette-Antoine-Nofel, 2022) and the novels Scenario (Al Ahlia, 2019), and Two Tickets to Saffuriyah (Al Saqi, 2017). His first book on cinema, Reflections on Palestinian Cinema, was published in 2023 by the Arab Institute for Research and Publishing. He oversaw and edited the new edition of Palestine in Cinema and wrote its introduction.
Albeik writes weekly film critiques for Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, edits Romman cultural magazine, and produces and presents the cultural news on Monte Carlo Doualiya radio. He is part of the programming teams for both the Palestine Cinema Days and Amman International Film Festival.