Cover of Fanatic by Sami Shah: cream and black lettering above blue patterned fabric and overlapping black and red portraits

The new novel from Penguin ·

FANATIC

Every hero is someone else’s suspect.

The Forgotten Soldiers: cream lettering, shadowed soldiers and a red memorial, with the SBS logo

New from SBS Audio Four-part miniseries

The Forgotten
Soldiers

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A family photograph.
A century-old murder.

Sami searches for the truth about his great-grand uncle Rifatullah Shah—and the forgotten Indian soldiers of the First World War.

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The news, punched
in the headlines.

Politics, global affairs and media absurdity. Written, hosted and produced by Sami.

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