Sonja Zekri

Sonja Zekri (* 1967 in Dortmund ) is a German journalist and author . Her main focus is on the Middle East , Eastern Europe , culture and religion .

Life

Zekri studied history and Slavic studies at the University of Bochum . After a stay in Russia, she attended the Henri Nannen School for Journalism in Hamburg , after which she worked for FAZ, stern and ZDF. From 2001 she was a permanent editor in the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . She participated as co-editor and author of the 17-part series Deutschland extreme , which was first published in the SZ and then in book form in 2004. This series is about supposedly "unusual" records in Germany. She has also published numerous articles on topics related to Russia. From 2008 to 2011 she was the SZ correspondent in Moscow. Since April 2011 she has been reporting from Cairo as a correspondent for the SZ and the Tages-Anzeiger on the Arab region.

Since 2015 she leads together with Andrian Kreye the resort features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk , she describes your special features offer as:

"... Appreciation for the beauty of a good thought ..."

- Sonja Zekri : Deutschlandfunk, 2019

Publications

Sonja Zekri, Alex Rühle (Hrsg.): Germany extreme - travel to an unknown republic. CH Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-406-50976-6 .

Web links

Commons : Sonja Zekri - collection of images, videos and audio files

Various articles by and links to Zekri on single-generation.de
Book info Review of "Germany extreme" on buchinformationen.de
Sonja Zekri: “Wikipedia is reinventing itself” , Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 18, 2006, “The online lexicon has become a monster and is sinking into the multitude of articles. Now a co-founder of Wikipedia wants to reopen the knowledge bazaar - with registered authors and without advertising. "
Antje Allroggen: "September 11th changed the features section forever". (MP3; 9.4 MB; 10:03 minutes) In: Kultur heute . Deutschlandfunk , July 23, 2019, archived from the original on July 23, 2019 (Sonja Zekri in conversation).; accessed on July 27, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ Sonja Zekri: Egypt - Between Awakening and Demolition Lecture at the Swiss Institute for International Studies on March 13, 2014. Accessed on December 1, 2015.

^ NN: Change in the SZ feature pages. , in: Focus Magazin, No. 6, February 3, 2014, accessed on March 25, 2015.

↑ Imprint of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , accessed on March 25, 2015.

↑ Sonja Zekri on cultural reporting “September 11th changed the features section forever”. In: Culture Today . Deutschlandfunk , July 23, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019 (Sonja Zekri in conversation with Antje Allroggen).

personal data
SURNAME	Zekri, Sonja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dortmund

[1] Sonja Zekri: Egypt - Between Awakening and Demolition Lecture at the Swiss Institute for International Studies on March 13, 2014. Accessed on December 1, 2015.

[2] NN: Change in the SZ feature pages. , in: Focus Magazin, No. 6, February 3, 2014, accessed on March 25, 2015.

[3] Imprint of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , accessed on March 25, 2015.

[4] Sonja Zekri on cultural reporting “September 11th changed the features section forever”. In: Culture Today . Deutschlandfunk , July 23, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019 (Sonja Zekri in conversation with Antje Allroggen).