SAMAH (pronounced like "summer" with a Boston accent) is a Muslim writer and director. Her work is interested in the currency of secrets: we keep them, we trade them, we hold them over each other, we cling to our own with desperation, and sometimes, a collective “we” keeps them in tandem, even though the secret is already known by all. As the storyteller, she loves the tightrope of being the keeper and withholder of the truth.

Samah’s television credits include A24/Apple TV+’s SUNNY and 20th Century/Hulu’s GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY. Her feature QURAN CAMP is in development with Full Spectrum Features. QURAN CAMP has been recognized and awarded by The Black List, GLAAD, the Queer Muslim Project, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, 1497, Austin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, WScripted, MUBI, and more.

Samah is a member of the 2025-2026 IAMA Emerging Playwright's Lab where she is writing a new play blood party. She was a member of the2024-2025 Geffen Writers’ Room where she wrote a new musical The Deep End.

Her play Maybe You Could Love Me had its World Premiere at Theater Mu in Minneapolis in September. It is published and available for licensing by Theatrical Rights Worldwide. MYCLM was selected for the Road Theater's Summer Playwrights Festival and it was a semifinalist for the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The play is an Honorable Mention for The Leah and on the Black List x Georgia List. 

Samah's short film, THERAPIST SPEED DATING, had a limited premiere on Amazon Prime Video. Her short film BAD MUSLIMS was a recipient of the Goldwasser Fund. Her children's one acts, THE MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY OF THE LOST LETTERS and THE BETTER BANANA, co-authored by her identical twin, are available through Brooklyn Publishers and have been performed at high schools all across the USA.

Samah graduated with an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. She earned a BA in English & Creative Writing and Media Studies from Emory University.