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11 Facts About Shanon Shah

1.

Shanon Shah released two albums Dilanda Cinta and Suara Yang Ku Dengar on the InterGlobal Music Malaysia independent label.

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Shanon Shah is noted for his emotive voice and cabaret-style piano playing.

3.

In 2003, Shanon Shah won the Mandarin Oriental Fan of the Arts Most Promising Artist Award at the 2nd Annual Boh Cameronian Arts Awards.

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Shanon Shah has performed as a duo with fellow singer-songwriter Azmyl Yunor and with his backing band the Cintas.

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Shanon Shah has said he is greatly influenced by award-winning Malaysian actor and playwright Jit Murad.

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Shanon Shah co-wrote the screenplay and four original songs for Chris Chong Chan Fui's first full-length feature film Karaoke, which in 2009 was selected for the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Shanon Shah was the former full-time Columns and Comments Editor at The Nut Graph, a bilingual, independent, Malaysian online news site aiming "to provide space for columnists and reader comments from as broad a political spectrum, and from as many sectors of interest, as possible".

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8.

Shanon Shah contributed several English-language features, commentaries and interviews on the politics of Islam in Malaysia.

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In 2010, Shanon Shah was awarded the Chevening Scholarship to pursue his Master of Arts in Religion in Contemporary Society at King's College London.

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Shanon Shah completed his MA in 2011 and won the Shelford MA Prize from King's School of Arts and Humanities.

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Shanon Shah is currently a doctoral candidate at King's College London.