Faisal Al-Asaad is an Iraq-born writer, researcher, and educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau. His research interests are in critical theories of race, settler colonialism, and racial capitalism. His work can be found in both scholarly as well as literary and popular publications, including Counterfutures: Left Thought and Practice Aotearoa, Overland Literary Journal, and The Pantograph Punch.

Verb Festival 2022 Appearances:
Naming the Beast: Towards a Grammar of Race, Sat 5 Nov, 8:30pm (LitCrawl).