# Sami Shah

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Malala, Gaza, Conspiracies & the Collapse of Trust

NEWS WEAKLY 232 – Malala, Gaza, Conspiracies & the Collapse of Trust Why do people with perfectly good reasons to distrust governments sometimes end up distrusting the victim instead? This week on News Weakly, Sami Shah starts with the strange hostility towards Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan, then f…

Oil, Alliances, and a Multipolar Future: What the Iran–Israel–US War Reveals

The war that erupted on February 28, 2026 between the United States, Israel, and Iran has triggered one of the most significant geopolitical and economic shocks in recent history. Yet the conflict has not gone to plan for the US-Israel side, with Iran reconsolidating under the Islamic Revolutionary…

Israel Election 2026: Why Netanyahu Might Be The Best Politician Alive

Israel has voted, Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his parliamentary majority — and he may still remain prime minister. This week on News Weakly, Sami Shah looks back at Netanyahu’s thirty-year career: Yitzhak Rabin and the 1996 election, coalition deals, corruption charges, far-right allies, the Octobe…

Same waters, different truths: inside the media battle over the South China Sea

overlapping claims and ambitions fought out not just by coast guard vessels, but in newsrooms. A single encounter with China’s Coast Guard can be cast as defence of sovereign waters or as a manufactured crisis, depending on the outlet. Even naming conventions — South China Sea, West Sea, North Natu…

Coming Soon: The Forgotten Soldiers

We all have a family history. But how true is it? Journalist Sami Shah sees a photo of a uniformed soldier in his family’s history, having no idea that South Asians fought in World War I. What starts as an ancestry rabbit hole soon becomes a murder investigation amidst the chaos of The Great War an…

US Midterms 2026: Democrats Win Congress and Hope Returns

The Democrats have won the House and Senate, taken Republican seats in places like Texas, Kansas and Ohio, and forced Sami Shah to experience an unfamiliar political emotion: hope. This week on News Weakly: what the US midterm results actually mean, why elections can still surprise billionaires, al…

The Soldier in the Background

A family photo sends journalist Sami Shah on a quest to uncover the fate of his great-granduncle, revealing the forgotten story of more than one million Indian soldiers who fought in World War I.Looking through a family history, a single photo of a smiling ancestor in uniform catches Sami’s eye. Th…

The War That Forgot Them

As the mystery of Rifatullah Shah is finally solved, Sami Shah considers the legacy of the more than one million Indian soldiers who served in World War I.Sami has the details and reveals the truth about the last hours of Rifatullah Shah’s life. War is not just battles, but boredom, ill health and …

The Horsemen and the Missing Man

Armed with WhatsApp voice notes and century-old military records, Sami Shah tracks his missing ancestor across the battlefields of World War I in search of the truth about his death.Sami uncovers a few details to start his search for Rifatullah Shah from that sacred diaspora communication – the Wha…

Lest We Forget: 'The Forgotten Soldiers' Sami Shah Is Remembering

When journalist and comedian Sami Shah discovered a photo of a sharply dressed ancestor with a cheeky smile, he felt a connection that transcended time. However, it was the caption paired with the photo that catalysed a journey of discovery across five countries and history. Sami shares with Suhayl…