Sonja Zekri (born 1967) is a German journalist and author. Her topics are Near East, Eastern Europe, culture and religion, among others.
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 Zekri in 2019 | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Education | Ruhr University Bochum |
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| Organizations | Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Career
editBorn in Dortmund, Zekri studied history and Slavic languages at the Ruhr University Bochum. From 2001 she worked for the Feuilleton of the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). She participated in publishing a series in 17 entries Deutschland extrem, which appeared first in the SZ and then as a book in 2004. From 2008 to 2011 she was the correspondent of the SZ in Moscow. From April 2011 she was the correspondent in Cairo for both the SZ and the Tages-Anzeigers, reporting from the Arabian region.[1]
From 2015 she has been the director, together with Andrian Kreye, the Feuilleton of the SZ.[2][3]
Selected publications
edit- Sonja Zekri, Alex Rühle (ed.): Deutschland extrem - Reisen in eine unbekannte Republik. C. H. Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-406-50976-6.
References
edit- ^ Sonja Zekri: Ägypten – Zwischen Aufbruch und Abbruch lecture at the Schweizerisches Institut für Auslandforschung 13 March 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Wechsel im SZ-Feuilleton., in: Focus, No. 6, 3 February 2014, retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Impressum Süddeutsche Zeitung, retrieved 25 March 2015.
External links
edit- Sonja Zekri: Deutschland extrem (in German) single-generation.de
- Rühle, Alex / Zekri, Sonja (ed): / Deutschland extrem - Reisen in eine unbekannte Republik (in German) review of the book on buchinformationen.de
- Sonja Zekri: "Wikipedia erfindet sich neu" (in German) Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11 May 2010