Michael Mohammed Ahmad came of age as a young Muslim man in Western Sydney in the notoriously violent world of Punchbowl Boys High. This became the setting for his award-winning book a work of autobiographical fiction called The Lebs. He is also the founder and director of Sweatshop, a literacy movement in Western Sydney devoted to empowering culturally and linguistically diverse communities through literacy and creative expression. | Producers: Bre Jones and Nicole De Palo