Michael Mohammed Ahmad | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Notable works | The Tribe (2014) The Lebs (2018) |
Notable awards | 2019 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Multiculturalism |
Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker. [1]
Ahmad was born in Inner Sydney and attended Punchbowl Boys High School. [2]
In 2012, Ahmad founded SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement, an arts organisation that promotes literacy in Western Sydney. [3]
In 2014 he published his debut novel The Tribe with Giramondo. [4] Ahmad has stated he was motivated to write The Tribe in order to counteract negative stereotypes about Arab Australians that flourished in Australia following the September 11 attacks. [5]
In 2017 Ahmad received his Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University. [1]
In 2018 he published The Lebs with Hachette, [6] which was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. [7]
Ahmad was nominated for NSW Young Person of the Year in 2022, recognising both his writing and literacy work. [8]