Fadi Tofeili is an author, poet and Lebanese translator. He is the co-founder and chief editor of Portal 9: Histories and Critics of the city (portal9journal.org). He studied interior design in the Lebanese University and got a master in American Studies from Amsterdam University. His writings were published in Lebanon since the 90s in different publications. He is the writer of three poetry books and of many translations into Arabic. His latest book, Iqtifa’ Athar, was published by Ashkal Alwan in 2014.