''The Tribe'' is a 2014 novel by Australian author

Michael Mohammed Ahmad Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker. Biography Ahmad was born in Inner Sydney and attended Punchbowl Boys High School. In 2012, Ahmad founded SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement, an arts ...

, published by

Giramondo Giramondo Publishing (Giramondo Publishing Company) is an independent Australian literary small press founded in 1995. It is a publisher of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by Australian and overseas writers, and works in translation from Chinese, ...

Plot

The novel focuses on the world of three generations of

Lebanese Australians , langs = Australian English, Lebanese Arabic, Standard Arabic, French, Armenian , rels = Majority: Christian: Maronite Catholic, Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Protestant (55%), Minority: Islam: Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Alawite (37%), Jewish a ...

, as observed by young protagonist Bani.

Awards

The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Best Young Australian Novelists award was created in 1997 by the newspaper's literary editor, Susan Wyndham and is made annually. The awards recognise emerging writing talent, and are made to writers who are aged 35 ...

- 2015 - won

References

2014 Australian novels Novels set in Sydney Lebanese Australian Asian-Australian culture Arab-Australian culture Giramondo Publishing books {{2010s-hist-novel-stub