Australian memoir · Pakistani-Australian author
Every passenger
leaves a story.
Life Through Rear View Mirror is a collection of true encounters from a former Australian taxi driver’s journey—stories about fear, dignity, prejudice, kindness, and the private lives we rarely see.
Stories observed on the roads of Melbourne
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We live surrounded by people, yet we rarely understand what they are carrying.
— From the book
A view from the driver’s seat
Human stories, seen without judgement.
A taxi is a small, temporary room where strangers often say what they cannot say anywhere else. Across countless journeys, Junaid Ahmad listened as people revealed their regrets, fears, hopes, and contradictions.
Meet the author