Kamal Al-Solaylee (born 1964) is a Canadian journalist, who published his debut book, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes, in 2012.

He is currently director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at Canada's University of British Columbia.

Born in Aden, his family went into exile in Beirut and Cairo following the British decolonization of Yemen in 1967.

[5] He served on the jury of the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting Amber Dawn as that year's winner.

[6] Intolerable was selected for the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by actress Kristin Kreuk.