![]() ![]() Most people assume that the term “Leb” is shorthand for “Lebanese” – in such a way, we often construct the “Leb” in Australia as a foreign presence (and menace!) from Lebanon. The book’s title means so much more than simply people of Lebanese background: even Palestinian and Indonesian boys are referred to as “Lebs” and there’s a tribal element to the label. ![]() I don’t care what readers take away from this book, so long as they know that I was honest with them. What are you hoping readers will take away from the book? On the surface, The Lebs is a coming of age story about a Lebanese-Australian teenage boy trying to find his place in a post-9/11 world, yet you explore other issues – disaffection, anger, marginalisation among them. ![]() Michael Mohammed Ahmad talks to The Big Smoke about his book, The Lebs, racism, Islamophobia, misinformation, paranoia and the power of art. ![]()
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