Saira Shah Explained

Saira Shah
Birth Date:1964 10, df=yes
Birth Place:London, UK
Occupation:Author, reporter and documentary filmmaker
Notable Works:Death in Gaza (2004 documentary film)
Awards:BAFTA Award (2005), Emmy Award (2005)
Partner:Scott Goodfellow[1]
Children:3[2]
Parents:Idries Shah, Cynthia (Kashfi) Kabraji
Relations:Shah family

Saira Shah (born 5 October 1964) is a British author, reporter and documentary filmmaker. She produces, writes and narrates current affairs films.

Life

Shah was born in London and raised in Kent, England. She was educated at Bryanston School and read Arabic and Persian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, graduating in 1986. Her father was Idries Shah, an Indian-Afghan and half-Scottish writer of books on Sufism. Part of his family was originally from Paghman, Afghanistan. Her mother is half-Indian Parsi and half-English.[1] The author Tahir Shah is her brother[3] and she also has a sister, Tahir's twin, Safia Shah.

Shah currently lives between London and rural France with her partner, journalist and photographer Scott Goodfellow, and their son and daughter Hamish and Rosie Goodfellow. Ailsa Goodfellow, their first daughter, died, suddenly, of a pulmonary embolism early in 2017.[4] Shah said: "Ailsa inspired me to write a novel, The Mouse-Proof Kitchen, based on her life, which was published in 2013. By then Ailsa had become our teacher, demonstrating how to live with courage, patience and joy – and proving that the essence of humanity lies far deeper than mere development."[4] The novel gives a vivid account of how the fictional characters Anna and her husband Tobias deal with their daughter Freya's birth and the experiences which they must undergo before fully appreciating the miracle of her life.

News reporter and documentary maker

Shah's first trip to Afghanistan was when she was 21 years old. She worked for 3 years in Peshawar as a reporter covering the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. She has also worked as a journalist for Channel 4 News, which she left in 2001. She married and divorced (after 5 years) a Swiss reporter, whom she met in Peshawar.

Shah worked with James Miller on several projects including the films Beneath the Veil (2001), Unholy War (2001), both Channel 4 Dispatches films for the UK documentary company Hardcash productions, and Death in Gaza (2004), for their own TV company Frostbite Films. Miller was killed in 2003.[5] In 2004, Shah won a Current Affairs BAFTA Award for Death in Gaza[6] and in 2005 the film won three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera), Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming and Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking (Shah sharing one award as a producer and being a nominee for another as a writer).[7] Shah also appeared on the television programme Breakfast with Frost on 10 August 2003.[8]

Films

Film companies

Books

Newspaper and magazine articles

Interviews

Reviews

Awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calkin . Jessamy . Difficult truths: Saira Shah interview . The Daily Telegraph. London . 1 April 2013 . 2013-04-01.
  2. Web site: Shah . Saira . 'She began to smile at us' – living with my profoundly disabled child . . 30 March 2013 . 2013-04-01.
  3. News: Shah . Tahir . Letters: Conditions in Pakistan's military jails . . 12 August 2005 . 2012-09-08.
  4. News: Ailsa Goodfellow obituary. Shah. Saira. 2017-02-01. The Guardian. 2017-11-17. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  5. News: Miller's family push for prosecution . Chris Tryhorn . Times . 6 April 2006 . 2007-08-22 . London.
  6. Web site: Staff . BAFTA Awards, Television – Current Affairs – 2004, Winner . . 2004 . 2012-09-08.
  7. Web site: Staff . Death in Gaza: Emmys.com: 2005 . . 2005 . 2012-09-08.
  8. News: Staff . Breakfast with Frost: Culture of duplicity and deceit . . 10 August 2003 . 2012-09-08.
  9. Williams . Charlotte . Harvill Secker acquires The Mouse-Proof Kitchen . . 3 April 2012 . 2012-09-08.
  10. Web site: Wells . Matt . Afghan woman named TV journalist of the year . . 2 March 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140613073134/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/mar/02/afghanistan.britishresponsetoseptember11 . 13 June 2014 . live . 30 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Staff . Beneath the Veil (2001 TV Movie): Awards . . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130164105/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294350/awards . 30 January 2020 . live . 30 January 2020.
  12. Web site: Byrne . Ciar . Shah scoops human rights award . . 14 June 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140909151417/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jun/14/broadcasting3 . 9 September 2014 . live . 30 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Staff . SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Awards Program Announces Year 2001 Winners Pre-09/11 Afghanistan is Topic of Top Journalists . Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) . 25 March 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190919192634/https://sais.jhu.edu/content/sais-novartis-international-journalism-awards-program-announces-year-2001-winners-pre-0911 . 19 September 2019 . live . 30 January 2020.
  14. Web site: Staff . Afghanistan: What Makes a Nation? . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130170720/https://www.esiweb.org/pdf/news_id_411_Afghanistan%20BM%20debate%20programme%2012.4.11.pdf . 30 January 2020 . live . 30 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Staff . CNN Presents: "Beneath the Veil" and "Unholy War" . Peabody Awards . 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170826205932/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/cnn-presents-beneath-the-veil-and-unholy-war . 26 August 2017 . live . 30 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Staff . News & Documentary Emmy Awards: 2002 Awards . . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191128023352/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000493/2002/1?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk . 28 November 2019 . live . 30 January 2020.
  17. Web site: Staff . CNN wins 2 Golden Nymph Awards at Monte Carlo Television Festival . IndianTelevision.com . 12 July 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050414153447/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/july/july66.htm . 14 April 2005 . live . 30 January 2020.
  18. Web site: Staff . Death in Gaza (2004): Awards . . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130174306/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412631/awards . 30 January 2020 . live . 30 January 2020.
  19. Web site: Staff . Festival honour for shot director . . 5 May 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130175654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4515881.stm . 30 January 2020 . live . 30 January 2020.

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