Minka Nijhuis
Minka Nijhuis (* 1958 in Rijssen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch war reporter and author. As a freelancer, she works for Trouw , Vrij Nederland and various radio stations.
Among other things, Nijhuis studied psychology and communication science at the University of Amsterdam . After completing her studies, she traveled to Cambodia in 1989 to witness the withdrawal of the Vietnamese army. It was only on this trip that she decided to become a reporter.
On August 30, 2019, Francisco Guterres , the president of the now independent East Timor, awarded Nijhuis with the medal of the Ordem de Timor-Leste . She has also received several awards for her journalistic work, for example the Prix des Ambassadeurs . She reported from Afghanistan , Kosovo , Iraq , Myanmar , Cambodia , East Timor and Syria .
Publications
- Een theehuis in de jungle: Reizen door Birma (1995)
- Smokkelwaar: Verhalen Uit Birma (1998)
- De erfenis van Matebian : een jaar op East-Timor (2000)
- Het huis van Khala: a family in Baghdad (2004), in German: Khalas Haus. A family survives in Baghdad , Freiburg 2006, ISBN 9783451292750
- Burma: land van secret (2009)
- Weblog Afghanistan (2011)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b SVDJ: Minka Nijhuis: 'Buitenlandjournalisten moeten meer voor hun vak opkomen' , September 5, 2017 , accessed on September 13, 2019.
- ↑ a b Nederlands Letterenfonds Dutch Foundation for Literature: Minka Nijhuis , accessed on September 13, 2019.
- ^ President of East Timor: PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC BESTOWS UPON TEN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES THE ORDER OF TIMOR-LESTE , September 1, 2019 , accessed on September 3, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nijhuis, Minka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rijssen , the Netherlands |