Ahmed was born in 1975 in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Lebanese/Egyptian/Irish/Polish descent. His father, formerly in the merchant marine, worked both in a factory and as a community organizer. His mother was a political activist.
After graduating high school Ahmed attended Henry Ford Community College before transferring to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After receiving his B.A. in American Studies, Ahmed earned an MFA at Brooklyn College and an MA in English from Rutgers University.
In 2007 Ahmed married songwriter/research psychologist Hayley Thompson. They have twins, and live in a suburb of Detroit.
Ahmed's science fiction and fantasy stories have been published in a number of magazines and book anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Clockwork Phoenix 2, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. In 2010, he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Ahmed's story "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela," originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, was a finalist for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. His story "Where Virtue Lives," originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, was a finalist for the 2009 Harper’s Pen Award.
His novel trilogy The Crescent Moon Kingdoms is currently being published by DAW Books.The novels are fantasies inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. The first book in the series, Throne of the Crescent Moon, was published by DAW Books in February 2012.
Ahmed's poetry has been published in various literary journals and books and has been awarded fellowships from the University of Michigan, Brooklyn College, and the Bronx Council on the Arts.
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