Leila Eid is a Lebanese poet, writer and journalist living in Beirut. She has published articles and poems for the Lebanese press and in cultural magazines online. Famous for her intimate poetic voice, she is the author of two poetry collections: From Who Knows Where* (Dar Al Saqi, 2005) and Sometimes I Dance… If You Could See Me* (Dar Nelson, 2012), as well as a novel (Bar Number 2*) published by Dar Al Adab in 2012. In 2014, she contributed to the short story collection Beirut Noir (Akashic Books, USA, edited by Iman Humaydan) with the short story “Beirut Apples”. The collection also exists in a French translation (Asphalte éditions, 2017). More recently, her work was featured in the trilingual (Arabic-English-French) anthology Dusk – Contemporary Lebanese Women Poets, edited by Nada Ghosn and Paulina Spiechowicz (Kaph Books, 2024).
Her writing is characterised by a free and intimate voice, between tale and confession, which allows her to explore different themes like desire, sexuality and memory, from a unique point of view, filled with symbolism and metaphors.
