Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, Beverley, Yorkshire)[1][2] is a physician,[3] author and dramatist based in Glasgow, Scotland.
[13] Suhayl Saadi has written about subjects as diverse as psychedelic music, Sufism, the British pantomime, the future of creativity, and the relationship of literature to global politics, for many periodicals, including The Independent, The Times, The Herald, The Sunday Herald, The Scotsman, and Spike Magazine,[14] and for the British Council.
Saadi has written stage and radio plays including The Dark Island, The White Cliffs and Saame Sita.
Suhayl Saadi has also written song lyrics for classical and folk-rock musical ensembles, including the Edinburgh-based Dunedin Consort,[17] and for the Africa-centred World AIDS Day Project Paradisum.
During the month of October 2008, Saadi was the British Council Writer-in-Residence at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.[24] A novel, Joseph's Box, inspired by the Biblical/Quranic account of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, was published by Two Ravens Press in August 2009 and was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2011.