Saad Al-Bazei is a Saudi literary critic, intellectual, and translator. He holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Purdue University and taught Comparative English Literature at King Saud University. He has served on the Saudi Shura Council, chaired the Riyadh Literary Club, and led the judging panel of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014. Since 2024, he has served on the Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission’s Board.
From the idea of a house that opens its door to the cultures and sciences of the peoples, to the house whose owner used to write and gather what happens in the place and outside it … the house of Abdullah Al Zayed was the first to found journalism in Bahrain with a modern press and library. He was also the first to open a cinema. He was the only editor who worked passionately to publish the weekly Bahrain Newspaper, and even encouraged aspirants to write about literature and culture.
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