Basheer is a Syrian Kurdish scriptwriter, director and a journalist based in Montreal, Canada. He is currently a member of the writer’s room on the award-winning Canadian drama show TRANSPLANT. He also writes fiction and non-fiction for a number of magazines. His first collection of short stories, titled “Seventeen Minutes on The Automotrice”, is coming in 2024. He has worked on a number of short films, both fiction and documentaries. Basheer holds a degree in history from the University of British Columbia (UBC).