Sunday, May 09, 2010

saladin ahmed

Continuing my Detroit/Michigan state of mind I just thought to look up Saladin Ahmed, I didn't really know him but when I lived in Michigan I'd seen him perform his poetry at an event or two and we had some friends in common. Apparently since the last time I'd seen him he's gotten married, has two kids, and has been nominated for a Nebula Award. From his blog you can find links to his biography and bibliography. I honestly don't know if he identifies as Muslim per se but some of his fantasy stories deal with Muslim identity in interesting ways. Its worth checking out.

2 comments:

Saladin Ahmed said...

Thanks so much for the shout out, [brother? sister?] this is a brilliant blog, BTW. I think we share a lot of sensibilities. Did we ever meet back in MI/the D?

FWIW, I absolutely am a Muslim -- but what that means to me is heterodox enough that a good 90% of other Muslims might disagree...

Abdul-Halim V. said...

If you want to talk more you can email me. abdul [dot] halim2005 [at] gmail [dot] com

I think we may have been introduced in passing... by Neela? I just remember seeing you at one or two poetry /culture events on the 1st floor of the Michigan Union and at random spots around campus.