Tariq Mehmood
Writer

Tariq Mehmood

Show BioHide BioTariq Mehmood is a novelist and documentary film-maker, who lives and works between Manchester and Beirut. An award-winning writer, his first novel, Hand On the Sun, was published in 1983 by Penguin (London). His latest, You're Not Proper, a story of two girls struggling in a town seething with Islamophobia, was published in March 2015 by Hope Road (London). He is the co-director of the multiple award-winning documentary Injustice, a story about people who have died in British police custody. He teaches at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.

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Incarnations

Published 3y ago -

Incarnations by Tariq Mehmood Three thieves came to town Two bankrupt, one *bankdit The bankdit had some cash Two **Hollars, one **Lollar The Lollar bought three generations Two barren, one broken The broken one made three promises Two untruthful, one unkept T... More »

Any Job for Bob

Published 9y ago -

There were days in London when drinkers lived in dread of the hated bell and those spine chilling words, ‘Last Orders at the Bar.’ This was that time, when drunks forgot their battles, left their tables and without stumbling, ran for another one. I... More »

You Stink!

Published 9y ago -

Tariq Mehmood I never thought a rubbish dump would ever talk to me, but one day a dump in Ain Al Mresseih, Beirut did just that. But then I have never named a trash heap before. It happened a few days after garbage stopped being collected and began piling up o... More »

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