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.
[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.
[7] Ahmad was nominated for NSW Young Person of the Year in 2022, recognising both his writing and literacy work.