Samah (pronounced like "summer" with a Boston accent) is a Muslim comedy writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. 

 

Samah's original screenplay QURAN CAMP is a 1497 Feature Lab Finalist, is on Wscripted's Second Annual Cannes Screenplay List,, and a top 3% script on Coverfly. Her play LETTERS FROM LONDON had a staged reading in the New Play Festival in June 2022. In 2019 Samah's short film, THERAPIST SPEED DATING, had a limited premiere on Amazon Prime Video. Her children's one act, THE MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY OF THE LOST LETTERS, co-authored by her identical twin, was published by Brooklyn Publishers and has been performed at high schools all across the USA.

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Samah graduated with and MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University in 2022. She earned a BA in English & Creative Writing and Media Studies from Emory University. She graduated summa cum laude. She cannot believe she just wrote the word "cum" on her very professional website.

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If you would like to read any of Samah's writing or get access to her famous chai recipe, shoot her an email to samah@pyarproductions.com, or access her works on The Black List. Seriously, it's a really good chai recipe.

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In Samah's free time, she loves thrifting vintage pants, taking photos of her cats on film, and cooking for her loved ones.

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For other uses, see Salwa (disambiguation).

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