THE NEW YORK TIMES
Comic Finds New Life, and Punch Lines, in Australia
It’s Friday night, and Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den in this West Australian city is packed. Among the lineup of performers is Sami Shah...
CHORTLE
Sami Shah: I, Migrant
It’s a shame that the state of the world means that Pakistani-born comic Sami Shah has to contest, at some length, the idea that all Muslims are potential terrorists. Especially since he’s been an atheist since...
THE AUSTRALIAN
Comedian Sami Shah leaves Northam for Melbourne
Sami Shah’s exile in the wilderness is over — the Pakistan-born comedian is heading for the bright lights of Melbourne’s comedy circuit after an enforced two-year stay in rural Australia...
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Shah’s comedy trumps dogma
The thing about Shah is that he’s funny. Genuinely, laugh-out-loud funny. That’s far from a universal commodity among “ethnic” comedians. It makes him worth watching for his talent and craft alone...
THE GUARDIAN
Slick standup is ‘an atheist defending Islam from racists’
The developed world’s dangers – shark attacks, casual racism, a weeklong run at Soho theatre – hold little fear for him, he says.