Andrea C. Hoffmann

Andrea C. Hoffmann (* 1973 in Marburg ) is a book author and journalist. Since 2004, Hoffmann has been a Middle East expert in the foreign affairs department of the news magazine Focus.

Life

Andrea C. Hoffmann studied psychology and journalism in Leipzig and Florence and did her doctorate in media studies at the University of Leipzig. She volunteered at the Frankfurter Rundschau and worked freelance for various German and Swiss newspapers and magazines such as Geo, Merian, Facts, Zeit, Berliner Zeitung, Allegra, and marieclaire. Hoffmann has been a Middle East expert in the foreign affairs section of the news magazine Focus since 2004. She has published numerous reports from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt as well as African and Latin American countries. Her books focus on the fate of women in Muslim countries. Andrea C. Hoffmann has lived in the USA, France, Spain, Italy, Nicaragua and Iran; she is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Dari and Farsi and has a basic knowledge of Arabic. Hoffmann taught at various universities, including the University of Mannheim, the Swiss-German University in Jakarta, the Technical University of Ilmenau and the Macromedia University in Munich.

Books

In her books, Andrea C. Hoffmann reports on the life of Muslim and Yazidi women in the world's current trouble spots. Her titles have been published worldwide in 17 languages.

Works

• "Public as Therapy" (Kopäd, 1998; ISBN 3-929061-50-3 ; ISBN 978-3-929061-50-5 )
• "Mind cinema: How media fulfill our wishes" (UVK, 2008; ISBN 3-86764-058-0 ; ISBN 978-3-86764-058-9 )
• "War and Crisis Reporting" ed. with Martin Löffelholz and Christian F. Trippe (UVK, 2008; ISBN 978-3-89669-570-3 )
• "Iran - the veiled high culture" (Diederichs, 2009 / Randomhouse 2014, 2015; ISBN 3-424-35001-X ; ISBN 978-3-424-35001-2 )
• "Reach for the stars, sister!", With Latifa Nabizada (Droemer, 2014; ISBN 3-426-65546-2 ; ISBN 978-3-426-65546-7 )
• "Freedom for Raif Badawi, the love of my life", with Ensaf Haider (Bastei Lübbe, 2015; ISBN 3-431-03943-X ; ISBN 978-3-431-03943-6 )
• "The girl who defeated IS", Farida's story, with Farida Khalaf (Bastei Lübbe, 2016; ISBN 3-431-03945-6 ; ISBN 978-3-431-03945-0 )
• "Hell from within: In the clutches of Boko Haram", with Patience Ibrahim (dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, 2016; ISBN 3423261390 ; ISBN 978-3423261395 )

Awards

• "For the local press" of the Association of Hessian Newspaper Publishers (2000)
• "Journalist Prize" from Emma magazine (2002)
• Young Talent Award “Other Words - New Tones”, Journalistenbund (2002); http://www.mediummagazin.de/magazin-plus/endung-durch-andere-worte-neue-tone/

Web links

• Website by Andrea C. Hoffmann

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.zalp.ch/aktuell/suppen/suppe_2008_06/kaesekugeln.php
2. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: Iran: A Citadel in Reserve . In: The time . No. 33/2004 ( online ).
3. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/statt-in-den-knast- Werden-jugendliche-delinquenten-aus-deutschland-nach-nicaragua-geschickt--ihre-therapie--schwere-koerperliche- arbeit --the-adventure-prison, 10810590,10090110.html
4. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/eine--deutsche--ist-der-publikumsliebling-im-indonesischen-fernsehen-der-blasse-star,10810590,9895642.html
5. ↑ Authors - Imprint. In: Focus Online . February 16, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Authors - Imprint. In: Focus Online . September 27, 2008, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
7. ↑ http://www.bpb.de/internationales/asien/iran/40157/kinder-der-revolution
8. ↑ http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/den-schwarzen-schleier-gelueftet.950.de.html?dram:article_id=137266
9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: Abroad: In the secret capital of the Taliban. In: Focus Online . February 22, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: REPORT: Sultan Tayyip Erdogan. In: Focus Online . May 30, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: POLITICS: The war jumps over. In: Focus Online . May 27, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: POLICY: Diana the East of Syria. In: Focus Online . April 24, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Andrea Claudia Hoffmann: GAZA: Hell on the Mediterranean. In: Focus Online . January 5, 2009, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
16. ↑ http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDG78642-6013,00-POR+DENTRO+DO+IRA+NUCLEAR.html
17. ↑ ANDREA C. HOFFMANN [D - ON FEMALE EMANCIPATION IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES]
18. ↑ https://www.alumniclass.com/northgatehspa
19. ↑ https://portal.uni-mannheim.de/qisserver/rds?state=verpublish&status=init&vmfile=no&moduleCall=webInfo&publishConfFile=webInfo&publishSubDir=veranstaltung&publishid=60492&language=en
20. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/index.php?id=43344&L=1
22. ↑ NEW AREAS OF TENSION BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND PR ( Memento from July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )