Zeshan Syed
Writer · Teacher · Editor
I write about attention, rhythm, memory, education, and the strange overlap between spiritual life and modern creative work.
Books
Ibn Hattuta and the Seven Worlds
A middle-grade adventure novel exploring courage,
companionship, and sacred imagination.
Play, Refine, Befriend
Notes on learning, creativity, discipline,
and sustainable mastery.
About
Zeshan Syed holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has taught writing, literature, rhetoric, and creative composition for over six years.
His work moves between fiction, pedagogy, philosophy, and artistic systems-building.
Current Projects
• Ibn Hattuta series
• Workbook curriculum development
• Podcast conversations on art, discipline, and modern life
• Independent publishing experiments