Abbas El-Zein

Abbas El-Zein's essays, articles and stories have appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times and The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as literary magazines Heat, Meanjin and Overland. He has published a novel, Tell the Running Water, an award-winning memoir, Leave to Remain, as well as a collection of short stories, The Secret Maker of the World. His latest book – Bullet, Paper, Rock: A Memoir of Words and Wars – won the 2024 University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award.