![]() ![]() "Over the past 20 years, representations of Arab Australian Muslims have been coloured by stories of drug dealing, drive by shootings, sexual assault and terrorist conspiracies," he said. The event marked the 40th anniversary of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.Īhmad said the award represented a win for telling complex stories of the Arab Australian Muslim experience. "This award has brought me the peace of knowing that people are listening," he told SBS Life.Īhmad took away the coveted award for The Lebs, a coming-of-age novel about a young Lebanese man growing up in Sydney's western suburbs in a racialised political climate post 9/11,Īhmad accepted the Multicultural NSW Award, worth $20 000, at a ceremony held at the State Library in Sydney on Monday night. ![]() Author Michael Mohammed Ahmad who has taken away a NSW Premier's literary award for his novel The Lebs, says his win brought him "peace" and reassurance that diverse stories were being heard. ![]()
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