Sham Jaff is a freelance journalist based in Berlin. and founder of Gishty, a multi-newsletter platform on perspectives and news from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Her flagship newsletter, What Happened Last Week, has reached a loyal readership of more than 38,000 readers worldwide since 2014. Jaff regularly publishes articles and hosts podcasts on global topics, specifically relating to migration and racism.

For her podcast on the 2020 racist attack in Hanau, Jaff has been awarded the Grimme Online Award, Germany's most prestigious journalism award. Her newsletter What Happened Last Week has also been awarded the highly competitive "Kultur- und Kreativpiloten" award for entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries.