Sarah Malik
Sarah Malik is a Walkley Award-winning Australian investigative journalist, author, and TV broadcaster. Her work explores asylum, surveillance, technology, and their intersection with gender and race, with a focus on domestic violence, gender inequality, and migration. Sarah graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney, with degrees in Law and Journalism, and has taught journalism at Monash University.
She published her debut memoir, Desi Girl: On Feminism, Race, Faith and Belonging in 2022, and her second book, Safar: Muslim Women's Stories of Travel and Transformation, in 2024. Sarah co-hosted and co-produced award-winning SBS podcasts, including Let Me Tell You (Gold Best Arts/Culture podcast at the 2022 Australian Podcast Awards).
Her writing has appeared in outlets like The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, and The Saturday Paper. Sarah has also contributed investigative stories for The Guardian and The New York Times, including the long-running case of Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdellatif, which led to his release after nearly 12 years in detention. She’s worked on high-impact investigations such as the use of spyware in domestic violence and the challenges faced by Muslim women in accessing religious divorce in Australia.
In 2019, Sarah co-executive produced In My Shoes for ABC Radio National, examining racism and the challenges of representation, and also worked on the Majnoon and Kismet podcast series. She has presented documentaries exploring white supremacy and hate in Canada and was awarded three Walkley awards in 2018 for a series on domestic violence and faith communities.