Souad Mekhennet
Encyclopedia
Souad Mekhennet is a german journalist of Turkish
–Moroccan
descent who works for The New York Times
, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
and German television ZDF
.
Before working for The Times, she was a reporter for The Washington Post. Since 9/11 she covered conflicts and terrorist attacks in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
. The series provides a unique look into Jihadist strategies and motivations.
Ms. Mekhennet is the co-author of the books „Die Kinder des Dschihad: Die neue Generation des islamistischen Terrors“ and „Islam“ that were published in Germany.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
–Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
descent who works for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , short F.A.Z., also known as the FAZ, is a national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .F.A.Z...
and German television ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
.
Before working for The Times, she was a reporter for The Washington Post. Since 9/11 she covered conflicts and terrorist attacks in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Works
She was one of two Times reporters who published the first story on Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen, who was detained, flown to Afghanistan, interrogated and allegedly tortured by the CIA for several months. She also worked on the series Inside the Jihad. She and her colleague Michael Moss managed to speak to different jihadist leaders -including the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebMaghreb
The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...
. The series provides a unique look into Jihadist strategies and motivations.
Ms. Mekhennet is the co-author of the books „Die Kinder des Dschihad: Die neue Generation des islamistischen Terrors“ and „Islam“ that were published in Germany.