Sami Shah

Journalist and comedian Sami Shah is an ex-Muslim from Pakistan living in Australia. Since moving here in 2012, he has been profiled in the New York Times and on Australian Story , and is a regular guest and presenter on radio and TV, including ABC News Breakfast , The Project , RN's Sunday Extra and Melbourne 774. Previously he wrote and presented A Beginners Guide to Pakistan on BBC Radio 4 and has appeared on Stephen Fry's QI . Sami's autobiography, I, Migrant, was shortlisted in 2015 in...See more

Journalist and comedian Sami Shah is an ex-Muslim from Pakistan living in Australia. Since moving here in 2012, he has been profiled in the New York Times and on Australian Story , and is a regular guest and presenter on radio and TV, including ABC News Breakfast , The Project , RN's Sunday Extra and Melbourne 774. Previously he wrote and presented A Beginners Guide to Pakistan on BBC Radio 4 and has appeared on Stephen Fry's QI . Sami's autobiography, I, Migrant, was shortlisted in 2015 in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. In 2016 he wrote and presented a 5-part documentary on Islam in Australia for Radio National. He lives in Melbourne. See less