Tsur Shezaf is an Israeli travel-book writer, journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 and novelist.

Shezaf is currently a journalist for Ynet

Ynet

Ynet is the most popular Israeli news and general content website. It is owned by the same conglomerate that operates Yediot Ahronot, the country's secondleading daily newspaper...

 and was previously an editor for Masa Aher an Israeli geographical magazine between 1990 and 1999. As a journalist, Shezaf has been on special assignments throughout Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 and North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

 with Masa Aher, Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth

Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...

, Channel 10 and Channel 1

Channel 1 (Israel)

Channel 1 is one of the oldest television channels in Israel and one of five terrestrial channels in the country...

 television. Some of his recent work has also been in photojournalism

Photojournalism

Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...

.

Shezaf ran as a candidate with the Greens Party (Hayerukim) in the 2003 elections for the 16th Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections16/eng/lists/list_eng.asp?id=5, but his party won no seats in parliament.

Novels

• The wife of the lost Pilot (2011)
• The Happy Man (2007)
• Storm Is a Calm Place For Us (2000)
• Love on the Divide (1998)
• The Red Buddha (1995)
• The Dancer (1992)
• Panther Trap (1988)

Travel Books

• End of the road- Death of a Country, a critical travel in Israel (2007)
• Shanti Shanti Balagan, An Israeli travel in India (2004)
• The Panamericana A journey in Central America (2001)
• Witchcraft in Huncabmba (1997)
• The Road to Happiness - A Journey in Deserts (1994)
• The Silk Road, Crossing Asia from Istanbul to Beijing (1992)
• The Sea Book - A Journey Along the Israeli Shoreline (1991)

Travel Guides

• Sinai & Egypt (1994), Keter Publishing House
  Keter Publishing House
  Keter Publishing House is one of the largest publishers in Israel. It was formed in 2005 through a merger of Keter Publishing and Steimatzky. Keter has a large book marketing and distribution network, as well print services and book production for the Israeli domestic and export market. Keter is...
  
  
• Jordan (1995), Keter Publishing House

External links

• Personal web site
• Curriculum vitae