The Tribe

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

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Giramondo Publishing Co
01 May 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A path-breaking prize-winning novel, published to acclaim ten years ago, now presented in a new edition with an introduction by Dr Jumana Bayeh.

For the last three decades the representation of Arab-Australian Muslims has been coloured by media reports of sexual assault, drug-dealing, drive-by shootings and terrorist conspiracy. This has made it difficult to understand a community which plays an important role in contemporary Australian society. Here, in his first work of fiction, Michael Mohammed Ahmad offers a privileged introduction to the life and customs of 'The Tribe', members of a small Muslim sect who fled to Australia just before the civil war in Lebanon. His stories focus on the relationships between three generations of an extended family, the House of Adam, as seen by one of its youngest offspring, a child called Bani, at key moments in its development. Ahmad's writing is aware of tradition, but its real power is in its simplicity and honesty, and the directness with which he conveys the emotional responses of his young narrator.

'Ahmad tackles [his] difficult subject matter with breathtaking honesty, gesturing towards a larger social canvas beyond the mind of a child that includes the struggle of migration, economic disadvantage, the difficulties of reconciling elements of the old and the new culture. Ahmad's language is replete with lyricism, and a sense of wonder suffuses every page.' - Best Young Novelists Award citation

By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Imprint: Giramondo Publishing Co
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9781923106024
ISBN 10: 1923106023
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the author of three critically acclaimed works of fiction, the first of which, The Tribe, won the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists Award, and was shortlisted for the Readings Prize, the Voss Literary Prize and the UTS Glenda Adams Award. His two later novels, The Lebs and The Other Half of You , were shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. He is the founding director of the Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the editor of several anthologies, including After Australia (Affirm Press, 2020). The Tribe has been adapted for the stage, and studied widely in high schools and universities.

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The Tribe

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

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