Elias Jahshan (he/him) is a Palestinian Lebanese journalist and writer. He is the editor of the anthologies THIS ARAB IS QUEER (Saqi, 2022) and THIS QUEER ARAB FAMILY (Saqi, 2025).

THIS ARAB IS QUEER was nominated for a 2023 Lambda Literary Award (LGBTQ Anthology category) in the US, shortlisted in the 2023 Bread & Roses Award in the UK, and described as "ground breaking" by TIME Magazine.

Elias's writing has been published in anthologies including Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity (ed. Randa Abdel-Fattah & Sara Saleh; Picador, 2019) and Ask the Night for a Dream: Palestinian Writing From the Diaspora (ed. Susan Muaddi Darraj; Palestine Writes Press, 2024).

Elias is also a former editor of Star Observer, Australia’s longest-running queer media outlet. He has written for The Guardian, Gay Times, Attitude, Shodo Mag, Raseef22, The New Arab and My Kali, among others. Born and raised in Sydney, he lives in London.

Follow him on Instagram: @elias_jahshan