Tanveer Ahmed (comedian)

Tanveer Ahmed
Occupation	psychiatrist
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Tanveer Ahmed (born 1975) is a Bangladeshi born Australian doctor working as a psychiatrist. He has worked previously as a journalist and television presenter.

Ahmed was born in Bangladesh in 1975. He and his parents moved to Australia in 1981, and settled in Toongabbie, in the western suburbs of Sydney. He won a scholarship to Sydney Grammar School and went on to the University of Sydney, where he studied medicine, graduating in 2000. He also had a stint writing for the university's Honi Soit magazine. He represented the Australian Medical Association as the national representative for training doctors in 2006–07.

Besides being a doctor, Ahmed has also been a journalist for SBS TV and appeared regularly on radio and television discussing issues pertaining to multiculturalism and mental health issues. He was a regular contributor to major newspapers, most commonly the Sydney Morning Herald.

In 2007, Ahmed appeared as the Bingo Commissioner in Seven Network's game show, National Bingo Night.

In 2011 his memoir, entitled The Exotic Rissole, was published by NewSouth Publishing. Josh Radnor wrote in The Canberra Times that "one thing is clear from reading The Exotic Rissole: Ahmed is a skilled storyteller who offers many valuable insights into the human experience."The Sydney Morning Herald's Michael Wilding calls it "a gentle and genial memoir of the migrant experience." Tory Shepherd gave it a 2 1/2 star review in The Advertiser. Graham Clark of The Courier Mail describes it as a "rich mix of a multicultural world".

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