Saman Shad

Saman Shad
Saman Shad Saman Shad
Born	Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Writer, playwright. novellist

Saman Shad was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She has lived in the Middle East, Australia and London and currently resides in Sydney. Saman is a freelance writer, blogger, playwright and novelist, whose selection of articles and past works are listed below.

Articles

• Ageing Australia turns its back on the answer to its problems, published on Guardian.co.uk
• Australia's Unhealthy Fear of Boat People, published on Guardian.co.uk
• How to get men watching women's football? Have them play in lingerie, published on Guardian.co.uk
• Do you have the ew factor?, published on Essential Baby
• Period Drama, published on Daily Life
• True Bollywood Stories, published on Daily Life
• Remember when you weren't a mum?, published on Essential Baby
• Say G'Day To Australia's Other Muslims, published on The Independent
• Putting an End to Child Abuse, published on Essential Kids
• Facebook, can I share something with you? It's about our relationship, published on Guardian.co.uk
• It makes perfect Qantas sense to ban pork on its Middle East flights, published on Guardian.co.uk
• SBS Film: Pozible gives birth to Gayby Baby, published on Special Broadcasting Service
• SBS News: Why are we debating 'blackface' in 2013? published on Special Broadcasting Service
• SBS News: Vaccination is a decision worth making published on Special Broadcasting Service
• Moaning on $150k? You need a reality check published on Guardian.co.uk
• Where's the outrage for Kiesha and other abused children? published on Guardian.co.uk
• Intersectionality and why we need it published at the Sydney Opera House Ideas at the House initiative.
• New Year Resolutions Series published on Guardian.com

Food Articles

• SBS Food Occasions: Hanukkah, published on Special Broadcasting Service
• SBS Food: The next Indigenous food heroes, published on Special Broadcasting Service
• Clean eating sucks the joy out of food. Where is the fun in that? published on Guardian.com
• Ultra-cheap eats: dinner out for under $5 published on Guardian.com
• Forget the Thermomix - your kitchen appliances have secret powers published on Guardian.com
• Christmas Leftovers: there's more than one way to eat a turkey published on Guardian.com

Television & Radio Appearances

• Are We Scared of Boat People, aired on Sunrise
• Could we Stop Child Abuse, aired on ABC Radio

Short Stories

• Normal Life, published in Noise – An Anthology of works by Young Australian authors (2001)
• Sucking on Tamarind, published in Tell Tales: v. 2: The Anthology of Short Stories (2005)
• The Last Mouthful, published in Penguin Decibel Anthology – Vol 1. New Voices from Diverse Culture (2006)

Plays

• The Call of the Wind, performed at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London (2004)
• Lingering Voices, performed at Nehru Centre, London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh (2004)
• The Beauty of Things, performed at Hampstead Theatre, London (2004)
• The Chess Club, performed at Hampstead Theatre, London (2005)
• Careless, performed at Theatre 503, London (2006)
• Forever, Your Valentine, performed at Soho Theatre, London (2006)
• The Age of Entitlement, performed at Merchants House, Sydney (2014)

Radio Drama

• "What's in a name?", ABC Radio National (2015),
• Cooking By Heart, BBC Asian Network (2010)
• Member of the regular writing team for Silver Street, BBC Asian Network (2005–2009)
• Keeping up Traditions, broadcast on BBC London 94.9 (2004)
• The Beauty of Things, broadcast on BBC London 94.9 (2005)

Novels

• The View From Above, completed with support from the Arts Council England and shortlisted for the 2009 Muslim Writers Awards.

Saman was also the selected playwright to participate in the inaugural STARTS writer's residency scheme at Soho Theatre, and has also taken part in a number of writer's festivals and readings including DNAsia at Waterman's Theatre and Sunay'ha Theatre Festival, both in London, the Australian Asian Alliance Multicultural Forum in Sydney and as an invited guest at the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad.

External links

• SamanShad.com
• Guardian Profile Page
• SBS Profile Page
• Ideas at the House Profile Page
• Asian Network Presents: Cooking By Heart
• Silver Street
• Muslim Writers' Awards