Ameer Idreis (Arabic: أمير إدريس; born 22 December 1999) is a Palestinian-Canadian writer and researcher.

Ameer's work includes research on urbanism, politics, and planning at the University of Toronto and the School of Cities,^[1] as well as academic articles on the role and impact of the Canadian Constitution on Indigenous and minority rights.^[2][3]

His play Ships in the Night won the 2023 Hart House Theatre Playwriting Competition,^[4] receiving a staged public reading.^[5][6]

As a young novelist, Ameer published two books in his debut series The Ewald Series,^[7] with awards and recognition from the Hamilton Spectator,^[8] the Canada-Arab Business Council, the Council of the Arab League,^[9] Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board^[10] and the Women's Press.^[11] He has also done work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in association with the Telling Tales Festival, hosting interviews with authors Kenneth Oppel^[12] and Kevin Sylvester.^[13] Ameer also participated in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation event the Human Library^[14] and guest-hosted on the podcast "Alohomora!"^[15]

Works and Publications

Books

• Idreis, Ameer (October 2011). Ewald and the Gems of Time. ISBN 978-1-300-14049-8.
• Idreis, Ameer (October 2012). Ewald and the Land of Unknown. ISBN 9781304164261, 978-1-300-14049-8.

Plays

• Idreis, Ameer (2023). Ships in the Night.

Journal Articles

• Idreis, Ameer. “Section 35 and the Settler Constitutional Order’s Impediment to the Decolonization of Indigenous Rights.” Politicus 7, no. Special Issue II (2020): 53–61. https://www.queenspoliticus.com/s/Special-Issue-December-Final.pdf#page=53. ^[2]
• Idreis, Ameer. “The Charter’s Revolutionary Impact on Gay Rights in Canada.” Gettysburg Social Sciences Review 6, no. 1 (2022): 4. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gssr/vol6/iss1/4/.^[3]