Roy "Chicky" Arad (Hebrew: רועי "צ'יקי" ארד, born 5 January 1977) is an Israeli poet, singer, script-writer, artist, and political activist.

As an author, Arad published the book "The Israeli Dream" (Xargol-Am Oved) in 2010, "The Pelican" (Xargol-Modan) in 2013, and many short stories.

Along with Mati Shemoelof, Aharon Shabtai, and Almog Behar, Arad is a key member of Guerrilla Tarbut, a group of Israeli poets and artists striving to promote social and political causes through poetry and music.

At the end of July 2009, Arad participated in the San Francisco International Poetry Festival and had a show with the influential musician Jonathan Richman.

[5] As a poet and author, his texts were translated into several languages and were published in several magazines, from English and Spanish Granta to French REVU and Plaine Page.

Roy Chicky Arad participated in literary and poetry festivals in San Francisco, Sete (France), Rosario (argentine), Toledo (Spain), Berlin and had a residency in the International Writing Program in Iowa City.

On January 7, 2005, he released two different albums in the same day: "Monster" (Comfortstand) with French musician Chenard Walcker, and "Sputnik in Love" under the Dutch label WM Recordings.

In September 2020, Due to allegations of sexual misconduct with women, one of them under the age of consent,[11] Arad has resigned from his positions in Haaretz and Maayan magazine.