Stefan Simanowitz



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Area of interest: Politics (UK & International), Africa, Middle East, US, Arts & Culture

Journals/Organisation: Freelance or unaffiliated journalists

Email: [mailto:stefanowitz2@hotmail.com stefanowitz2@hotmail.com]

Personal website: http://www.stefansimanowitz.com

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Biography:
About: Stefan Simanowitz is a journalist, broadcaster and comms/campaigns specialist. He writes for writes regularly for numerous British and international newspapers, magazines, websites and journals. He writes on politics (UK & International), Arts & Culture, Travel, International Development and all aspects of popular culture.

Current position/role: Freelance journalist, broadcaster, commentator and columnist.


 * He has written for publications including: Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, New Internationalist, New Statesman, Lancet, Economist (Prospero), Metro, Global Post, Tribune, Publico, Pagina 12, Korea Times, Africa Report, Ceasefire Magazine, AnOther Magazine, Mix Mag, Huffington Post, Vice.com, Salon.com, Afrik.com, Politics.co.uk, Zmag, Think Africa Press.

2012:


 * FiSahara film festival: Like a mirage - The Economist (Prospero) (9/5/12)
 * Iran? Yes you can! (Letter from Bush to Obama) - The Huffington Post, 12/4/12
 * Africa's hidden hunger - New Internationalist (17/2/12)
 * Why Egypt's most wanted man is at large in London - The Independent (12/1/12)
 * Furore as Egyptian minister turns up at LSE - The Independent (10/1/12)
 * Reflections from Tahrir - Resurgence magazine (January 2012)

2011:


 * Bardem tells UN to act on Western Sahara - The Times (5/10/11) (SA)
 * We have a weapon whose name is Tahrir Sq - The Huffington Post (12/12/11)
 * England's rosy-cheeked rioters - The Huffington Post (8/12/11)
 * Iran's spring on hold - New Internationalist (17/6/11)
 * Story-telling under the desert sky - New Internationalist (12/5/11)
 * Chomsky speaks: Middle East and beyond - New Internationalist (11/3/11)
 * The Royal wedding: the world is watching - The Guardian (19/4/11)
 * http://www.readperiodicals.com/201112/2576052861.html The phone-hacking scandal: politics transformed] - Contemporary Review, Dec. 2011

2010:


 * Suharto's bloodiest secrets - New Internationalist, 15/12/10
 * Interview with El Baradei on Iran enrichment - Afrik.comt, 18/5/10
 * Health care in the Algerian Desert - The Lancet, 25/6/10
 * Glastonbury: the gathering of the tribes - Popped Culture 1/8/11
 * Ghosts of the Sahara - Financial Times, (winner - World Press Photographer 2011)
 * Obituary: Rani Dube, co-producer of Gandhi - The Independent, 29/05/10
 * The Cannes of the Desert - The Guardian, 13/05/10
 * Cameroon: where the press is free to die - In These Times, July 2010
 * The enduring power of the hunger strike - Contemporary Review, Autumn 2010

2009:


 * A tragedy for Western Sahara - The Guardian, 14/12/09
 * The riddle of the sands: How a refugee camp hosts a film festival - The Independent, 15/5/09

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Articles: 2012

 * From Palestine to Pussy Riot: The Hunger Strike in the Digital Age - Whilst the hunger strike may have made its greatest political gains in the twentieth century helping to expose injustice, overturn prejudice and even overthrow empires, the release of Palestinian footballer, Mahmoud Sarsak, last week after a 95 day hunger strike demonstrates this ancient form of protest has lost none of its power - The Huffington Post - 17th July 2012
 * Soweto String Ensemble: Something to astonish - Tribune Magazine, 25th March 2012
 * Defusing the Iran time bomb - Occupied Times, 21st January 2012
 * Danger UXB: How the Iran timebomb can be defused - Stefan Simanowitz assesses ways in which the latest tensions with the Iranians might be resolved - Tribune Magazine, 28th January 2012
 * Iran: Es momento de mejorar la diplomacia - Pagina 12, 14th January 2012
 * Why Egypt's most wanted man is at large in London - The Independent, 12th January 2012
 * Furore as Egyptian minister turns up at LSE - The Independent, 10th January 2012
 * Report from Tahrir Square - Occupied Times, 14th December 2011



Articles: 2011

 * Iran: Diplomatic shutdown at a time of crisis - The New York Times, 3rd December 2011
 * The Wall Street shuffle - Tribune Magazine, 23rd October 2011
 * Bardem tells UN to act on Western Sahara - Times Live, 5th October 2011
 * Glastonbury review: The politics of festivals - Tribune Magazine, 8th August 2011
 * The Royal wedding: the world is watching - The Guardian, 19th April 2011
 * Lifting the veil on the burqa ban - The Christian Science Monitor, 14th April 2011
 * Southern Sudan: A new nation arrives - The Washington Times, 22nd January 2011



Articles: 2010

 * Boiling tensions in Western Sahara endgame - The Washington Times, 26th November 2010
 * La retórica y los hechos - El Publico (Spain) - 10th November 2010
 * Western Sahara and the tide of history - The Malta Independent on Sunday, 30th October 2010
 * Voting in a country that does not exist - Mail and Guardian, 11th July 2010
 * Ghosts of the Sahara - Financial Times (winner - World Press Photographer 2011)
 * Al Qaeda Activities in Africa - The Monitor (Uganda), 14th July 2010
 * Uganda bombings and Al Qaeda - Korea Times, 14th July 2010
 * Sahara international film festival - The Malta Independent on Sunday, 18th May 2010
 * Iran sanctions take us closer to conflict - The Guardian, 10th June 2010
 * Obituary: Rani Dube, co-producer of Gandhi - The Independent, 29th May 2010
 * Lights, camel, action! - Metro, 19th May 2010
 * The Cannes of the Desert - The Guardian, 13th May 2010
 * Review: Ta Mere - The Independent, 21st April 2010
 * O Irã e o instinto de Obama - Estadao (Brazil), 17th April 2010
 * Obama must follow his conscience on Iran - The Guardian, 14th April 2010
 * Review: Vieux Farka Toure - The Independent, 14th April 2010
 * Mandela's short walk to freedom remembered - The Malta Independent, 22nd February 2010
 * South Africa's bittersweet anniversary - Metro, 17th February 2010
 * Life on the terror frontline - Metro, 20th January 2010
 * The George Bush Diaries - The Malta Independent on Sunday, 17th January 2010



Articles: 2009

 * A tragedy for Western Sahara - The Guardian - 14th December 2009
 * Riddle of the sands: Sahara Film Festival - The Independent - 15th May 2009



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