She is also deputy editor of the New Humanist magazine. She writes on politics and social affairs in the UK and overseas, with a particular focus on the Indian subcontinent. She has reported extensively on Pakistan, and has also worked in India, Bangladesh and Kenya. Samira was a winner of the Times’s Richard Beeston Bursary in 2015, and in 2016 was shortlisted for a One World Media Award and Words by Women Award. In 2014, MHP Communications selected her as one of the UK’s top 30 journalists under 30, and in 2011 she was a finalist in the Guardian’s International Development Journalism Competition.