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Mohamed Hassan is an award-winning journalist and author from Auckland and Cairo whose poetry is taught in schools internationally. He was the 2015 New Zealand National Poetry Slam Champion and placed second at the 2021 UK National Slam. His essay collection How To Be A Bad Muslim (Penguin, 2022) was nominated for a National Heritage Award, and his Sky TV comedy series Miles From Nowhere was released in 2024 to critical acclaim. He dreams about the Nile.
At once visceral and precise, it propels you forward, forward, like a great story teller in a hushed room. - John Campbell Mohamed Hassan writes from a space that nobody else stands in; a space borne of deep understanding and lived experience. - Tusiata Avia Mohamed's writing has opened my eyes to the extraordinary power of slam poetry. - Lynda Chanwai-Earle
