Michael Mohammed Ahmad Explained

Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Language:	English
Nationality:	Australian
Notableworks:	The Tribe (2014)The Lebs (2018)
Awards:	2019 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Multiculturalism

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

Biography

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]

Bibliography

• The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014)
• The Lebs (Hachette Australia, 2018)
• After Australia (editor) (Affirm Press, 2020)
• The Other Half of You (Hachette Australia, 2021)^[9]

Awards

• Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists Award (2015) – winner^[10]
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award (2019) – winner^[11]
• Aurealis Award for best anthology (2020) – shortlisted for After Australia^[12]
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award (2021) – shortlisted for After Australia^[13]
• Miles Franklin Award (2022) – shortlisted for The Other Half of You^[14]
• Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award (2022) – winner for The Other Half of You^[15]
• Voss Literary Prize (2022) – shortlisted for The Other Half of You^[16]

External links

• Michael Mohammed Ahmad: His new novel is likely to provoke plenty of discussion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Mohammed Ahmad. 20 December 2018. Q&A. en-AU. 2019-03-10.
2. Web site: Michael Mohammed Ahmad: His new novel is likely to provoke plenty of discussion. Dow. Steve. 22 February 2018. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2019-03-10.
3. Web site: Ahmad . Michael Mohammed . Let Us Speak for Ourselves: An Interview with Michael Mohammed Ahmad . BLARB . LA Review of Books . 13 January 2020.
4. Web site: The Tribe Giramondo Publishing. en-US. 2019-03-10.
5. Web site: Author Note - The Tribe. Ahmad. Michael Mohammed. 2014. Giramondo Publishing. 13 Mar 2019.
6. Web site: The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad - Books. www.hachette.com.au. 2019-03-10.
7. Web site: 'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin. Boland. Michaela. 2019-07-02. ABC News. en-AU. 2019-07-02.
8. Web site: Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516144722/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/dr-michael-mohammed-ahmad . dead . 16 May 2022 . 2023-01-23 . Australian of the Year . en.
9. Book: Ahmad, Michael Mohammed. The Other Half of You. Hachette Australia. 2021. 9780733639036. Australia.
10. Web site: Michael Mohammed Ahmad Books. www.hachette.com.au. 2019-03-10.
11. Web site: Michael Mohammed Ahmad Wins Premiers Literary Award with The Lebs . www.sbs.edu.au. 2019-04-30.
12. Web site: 2021-04-06. Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced. 2021-04-07. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
13. Web site: 2021-03-24. NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced. 2021-03-25. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
14. Web site: Harmon . Steph . 2022-06-23 . Miles Franklin 2022: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize . 2022-06-23 . The Guardian . en.
15. Web site: Burke . Kelly . 2022-09-08 . Queensland Literary awards: winners list reflects 'a moment of change for the nation' . 2022-09-08 . The Guardian . en.
16. Web site: 2022-11-04 . Short List 2022 . 2022-11-04 . The Voss Literary Prize . en.