How is masculinity shaped by class, race and sexuality? Michael Mohammed Ahmad's latest novel The Lebs is a frank exploration of these issues, at times excoriating and trenchant, at other times, tender, joyful and funny. This portrait of young, male muslims in the western suburbs tells us about many aspects of Australia - about young white women, about the multifaceted muslim community, about migration and belonging. Ahmed is interviewed by queer Arab poet and editor Omar Sakr as both talk about what their writing brings to the field of Australian literature and how it renovates the category of the white nation.

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