ABOUT
Writer and director Shamim Sarif is a multi-award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV with a focus on stories aligned with feminism, social impact and humanism. She has long been an advocate for the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community.
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Shamim’s Books
The Shadow Mission
The gripping sequel to The Athena Protocol, a feminist Bourne Identity that New York Times bestselling author… READ MORE
The Athena Protocol
Jessie is a young, ambitious and hot-headed agent at Athena – a top secret, socially conscious, all-female organization… READ MORE
Despite the Falling Snow
In present-day Boston, seventy-year-old Alexander Ivanov has built a successful business empire… READ MORE
The World Unseen
In 1950’s South Africa, free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and… READ MORE
I Can’t Think Straight
From the award winning writer of The World Unseen and Despite the Falling Snow comes a spirited tale about culture… READ MORE
The Shadow Mission
The gripping sequel to The Athena Protocol, a feminist Bourne Identity that New York Times bestselling author… READ MORE
The Athena Protocol
Jessie is a young, ambitious and hot-headed agent at Athena – a top secret, socially conscious, all-female organization… READ MORE
Despite the Falling Snow
In present-day Boston, seventy-year-old Alexander Ivanov has built a successful business empire… READ MORE
The World Unseen
In 1950’s South Africa, free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and… READ MORE
I Can’t Think Straight
From the award winning writer of The World Unseen and Despite the Falling Snow comes a spirited tale about culture… READ MORE
Films
Polarized
from Enlightenment Productions
Despite the Falling Snow
from Enlightenment Productions
I Can’t Think Straight
from Enlightenment Productions
The World Unseen
from Enlightenment Productions
The House of Tomorrow
from Enlightenment Productions
Speaking Engagements
TEDxHolyLand
Award winning writer and director Shamim Sarif talks about the creative power of imagination at TEDxHolyLand in Jerusalem
Why Art Matters
Shamim Sarif at the INK Conference
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Shamim Sarif at the INK Conference
In Conversation with Shamim Sarif
Interview | Another Gaze Journal
Articles
Author Shamim Sarif on Why Writing Diversity is Here to Stay
Shondaland
Confronted with the idea that diversity is only a cultural trend, the author of “The Athena Protocol” argues that portraying “otherness” actually includes us all… READ ARTICLE
From Fiction to Real-Life Change
Ms. Magazine
I didn’t want to document her life. I wanted to re-tell the story and ask: What does it take to make someone feel that she could actually have a choice in a world where that feels impossible? What traditions would she have to challenge?… READ ARTICLE
Making Waves in the YA Thriller and Screenwriting Worlds
GLAAD.org
Award-winning Canadian / British novelist / screenwriter / director Shamim Sarif embraces all the hyphenates. A brown / feminist / lesbian of South African / Indian / Muslim heritage, her books and films have always been about inclusion, support, and creating non-stereotypical and authentic representation for underserved voices… READ ARTICLE
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