About Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Michael Mohammed Ahmad was an Australian novelist.
Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker.
Biography Ahmad was born in Inner Sydney and attended Punchbowl Boys High School.
In 2012, Ahmad founded SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement, an arts organisation that promotes literacy in Western Sydney.
In 2014 he published his debut novel The Tribe with Giramondo. 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.
In 2017 Ahmad received his Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University. which was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.
Ahmad was nominated for NSW Young Person of the Year in 2022, recognising both his writing and literacy work.
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