Mohammad Awad

Mohammad Awad is a Queer/Arab/Muslim, Writer/Director/Poet/Playwright and Mental Health Advocate who’s running out of ways to express himself. He has written and directed short films such as The Flower, The Messenger and Beauty Marks. Published in an anthology series Arab, Australian, Other as well as The University of Sydney student anthology Diversity, he is also one of the proud editors and authors of the new Mental Health collection Admissions. He is a well-known spoken word poet, being featured in the Daily Telegraph, ABC and SBS, as a NSW State finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam and honoured as Australia's National Youth Poetry Champion. He has featured in the Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Mardi Gras and World Pride, and in the Art Gallery of NSW, to name just a few of his many events.