# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saleem-haddad
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:47:41.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saleem-haddad"
name: "Saleem Haddad"
slug: "saleem-haddad"
description: "Saleem Yacoub Saleem Haddad is a queer Arab author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, His debut novel Guapa (2016), which explores the life of a gay man in an unnamed Arab country, received critical acclaim. Haddad has also written on LGBTQ+ issues in the Middle East and contributed to the anthology This Arab is Queer (2022)."
tagline: "Kuwaiti writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saleem_Haddad_selfie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.490786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sysh"
    handle:    "sysh"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/salhad/"
    handle:    "salhad"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/haddad.saleem"
    handle:    "haddad.saleem"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9783711/"
    handle:    "nm9783711"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.saleemhaddad.com"
sources:
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    title: "Селим Хадад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سليم حداد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6"
    title: "সালিম হাদ্দাদ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Haddad"
    title: "Saleem Haddad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Haddad"
    title: "Saleem Haddad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Haddad"
    title: "Saleem Haddad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Haddad"
    title: "Saleem Haddad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6"
    title: "ਸਲੀਮ ਹੱਦਾਦ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24287409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2274956"
    title: "Saleem Haddad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump