Sami Maalik

Sami Maalik is the son of Kashif Maalik and Sheebah Desai, the stepson of Misbah Maalik and the half-brother of Azim Desai, Farrah Maalik, Yasmine Cunningham and Imran Maalik.
== Biography ==
=== 2017-2018: Arrival and Revenge ===
Sami arrived in the village in September 2017. Breaking into Weirside View, Sami was nearly caught by Ellie Nightingale - the sister of the flat's owner James Nightingale - and Holly Cunningham. Afterwards, he turned up on the doorstep of 67 Christleton Terrace, to the excitement of his step-siblings but annoyance of his step-mother Misbah. After Sami's half-brother Imran Maalik discovered that their father Kashif died by suicide rather than from a stroke, Sami revealed that he knew the truth. Sami began targeting James Nightingale, causing hell for the Nightingale family. He also began a relationship with Ellie, despite his half-sister, Ellie's psychologist Farrah Maalik, warning him to stay away from her.
After obtaining Farrah's recording of Ellie confessing to pushing her father Mac Nightingale through a window, Sami prepared to tell the police so James would lose his sister. Unable to bring himself to ruin Ellie's life, Sami discovered that James's lover Harry Thompson was killer of Amy Barnes and reported him. He then befriended Harry's father Tony Hutchinson and convinced him to replace James with him as Harry's lawyer, later attacking James as he drunkenly staggered home. The Maaliks discovered his plan but Sami revealed that James was the reason Kashif was imprisoned and lured Kyle Kelly into his plan.
As part of the plan, Sami made Kyle make James fall in love with him, so he could fake his death and get James imprisoned. As Sami prepared to carry out his plan, Kyle collapsed and was left temporarily paralysed from the waist down (owing to multiple sclerosis), forcing Sami to abort the plan. As James comforted Kyle in hospital, Kyle told Sami that he was backing out. However, after an argument over Harry, James fell through a glass table and Kyle agreed to go through with Sami's plan. James was arrested and charged, but whilst out on bail, he remembered Kashif and confronted Sami, beating him up and knocking over a pregnant Ellie. After an argument with James, Ellie reported his attack on Sami, landing him back inside.
Kyle demanded £10,000 to keep up the plan, with Sami borrowing from half-sister Yasmine Maalik's inheritance. However, the plot was exposed when Harry spotted Kyle and lured him to the village, resulting in James's release. After being exposed, Sami was arrested but returned a month later in September.
=== 2018-2019: Relationships with Liberty and Sinead ===
In October 2018, Sami met Sinead Shelby, who was returning to Hollyoaks to stop Harry's wedding to Ste Hay. Whilst driving, the pair were caught in a tornado and ended up sleeping together. Sami helped Sinead retrieve her daughter Hannah Hay-O'Connor, and attacked Sinead's husband Laurie Shelby when he caught the pair having sex again. Attempting to put things right with Laurie, Laurie convinced Sami to convince a woman, Georgia, to sign an NDA. Sami did, and was left horrified when he later discovered that Laurie had been accused of rape. Meanwhile, Sami and James's feud reached an end when Sami helped James's son Romeo Quinn sort his life out.
Moving on from Sinead in light of her affair, Sami met shopkeeper Liberty Savage whilst selling some of Kashif's belongings to Savage's Emporium. Sami panicked when a misunderstanding resulted in the pair getting engaged and ended up turning to Sinead for comfort. After learning that Sami had kissed Sinead, Liberty was devastated but forgiving. After Sinead was raped twice by Laurie, Sami supported her when she reported him to the police. However, as Sinead lied about the day of one of the attacks, she was arrested for perverting the course of justice. With Sami as her lawyer, she was convinced to plead guilty and was released on bail pending sentencing, but turned on him after his dealings with Georgia were revealed.
Having doubts about her relationship with Sami, especially as he was left distracted by Sinead, Liberty tired of being second best and broke off their engagement. Sami went to Sinead and asked her to be with him but Sinead furiously rejected. The pair remained friends, but Sami rejected a kiss from Sinead when they attended Beatfields Festival together. Sinead ended up being kidnapped by Laurie, who escaped when his prison van crashed. After Sinead fled from his clutches, Sami prepared to fight Laurie until he suddenly dropped dead. In the aftermath, the pair decided to begin a relationship.
In amidst attacks from Ste (Sinead's ex/Hannah's father), who was part of the far right extremist organisation living next door, Sami and Sinead's relationship progressed very quickly. The pair got engaged merely a month after Laurie's death, with a wedding planned for November. During the engagement party at The Loft, Ste's terrorist friend Jonny Baxter attempted to bomb the venue, but accidentally detonated it in their back garden which left Yazz deafened. On the wedding day itself, Sami was left devastated as Sinead proved to be a no-show, opting to stay in Spain.
=== 2020-2021: Family Revelations and Departure ===
In January 2020, Sami had a one-night-stand with Tony's sister Verity Hutchinson. When she settled in the village in April 2020, she partnered with James and Sami to open Dee Valley Law. However, Verity played hard-to-get and ended up in a relationship with Tony's childhood best friend Kurt Benson. After his con was exposed, Verity broke up with Kurt and got with Sami. Sami was led to believe that Verity was pregnant after Tony's wife Diane Hutchinson made her claim that a positive pregnancy test was hers. However, Misbah's newly arrived nephew Shaq Qureshi discovered the truth and told Sami, with Sami breaking up with her. After Verity made plans to move to New York, Sami convinced her not to go and they reconciled.
After Shaq discovered that his father was not his biological father, he and Sami were led to believe that Kashif may be his father. After a DNA test between Sami and Shaq proved negative, Misbah convinced Sami to keep quiet to Shaq. Meanwhile, Sami struggled as Verity and Shaq found plenty of common ground and developed a strong bond. Sami drunkenly revealed to Shaq that Kashif wasn't his biological father, causing a strain between the pair. Afterwards, a conversation with Shaq's ex-girlfriend Theresa McQueen altered Sami to Verity and Shaq's affair. Initially planning to sort things out with Shaq, Sami saw the pair hugging and changed his mind. He turned on Shaq and told Verity that they would never have anything more than a professional relationship.
When Misbah revealed that Shaq was conceived through rape, Sami became hellbent on getting her attacker Ali Shahzad imprisoned. After his plans failed, Sami hired a thug to throw a rock through Ali's window. He then told Ali to make a confession, or he would hire a hitman to kill him and get a coroner to rule his death a suicide. Ali abided by Sami's threat and after telling his family what he did, Sami left the village to accept a job in London.
== Appendices ==
=== Residences ===
Address 	Duration
67 Christleton Terrace	27th September 2017 to 21st December 2021
London 	Since 21st December 2021
=== Employment history ===
Job 	Duration
Lawyer	Since prior to September 2017
== Background Information ==
*In August 2017, it was announced that Rishi Nair had been cast as Yasmine and Farrah Maalik's brother Sami.
== Introduction Sequence ==
* 2017-2019: Sami gets out of a car and throws his keys in the air.
* 2019-: Sami watches Yasmine throw some leaves into the air, behind The Love Boat.
== Quotes ==
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== See Also ==
* List of appearances
* Maalik family
== Gallery ==
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