Sayed Kashua was born in 1975 and is the author of the novels Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning, which was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and Second Person Singular, winner of the prestigious Bemstein Prize. Kashua writes a weekly column for Haaretz and is the creator of the prize-winning sitcom, Arab Labor. Now living in Champaign, Illinois with his family, he teaches at the University of Illinois.
