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Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Australian novelist and teacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker.[1]

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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]

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