Hiba Sleiman

Bio

Hiba Sleiman is an actor, playwright, and scriptwriter. She’s played, written, and translated with companies from Beirut to New York, Calgary, Ontario, and Montreal. Her love for Arabic finds its way, playfully and intentionally, into the multilingual worlds she builds. Her translation and dramaturgical work extend across film, theatre and music, including a poetic narrative for the Canadian Arabic Orchestra. On screen, she’s written and directed shorts like Between Here and There and Dounia, and is now developing her first full-length play with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Montreal audiences may have caught her in Keffiyeh/Made in China, right after she starred in her first feature film in March ’25.