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JORIS LUYENDIJK
AWARDED JOURNALIST OF
THE YEAR 2006
Winner of the Dick Scherpenzeel Prijs 2007
Winner of the Book of the Year 2007
PEOPLE LIKE US: Images from the Middle East
(HET ZIJN NET MENSEN: Beelden Uit het Midden-Oosten)
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WINNER OF THE NS PUBLIEKSPRIJS
2007 (only the second non-fiction book ever to win this
prestigious award)
In his new book (published summer 2006), a bestseller in Holland,
Luyendijk writes about the five years he spent as correspondent
in the Middle East. The youngest ever correspondent and fluent
in Arabic, he spoke with stone throwers and terrorists, with taxi
drivers and professors, with victims, aggressors and their families.
He experienced at first hand dictatorship, occupation, terror
and war. The more he lived through, the more surprised he became.
An enormous gap yawned between what he saw as correspondent on
the ground and what he later saw in the media. Luyendijk shows
through powerful examples and with great humour how the media
gives us a filtered, altered and manipulated image of the Middle
Eastern situation. A book full of insights about the lack of objective
journalism, about media led reporting, an eye-opening account
of what’s behind the news. |
'Written with great knowledge and humour. One
hopes this will be read by everyone who has a fixed opinion or solution
of the conflict in the Middle East. Rises high above the average correspondent
book.' Trouw
'Luyendijk is a great observer, his style is flawless and fortunately
he can laugh at himself, which makes this book all the more entertaining
and attractive.' HP/De Tijd
'For journalists this book is an absolute must read, just as it is for
TV-watchers, radio-listeners and newspaper-readers.' Elsevier
'A revealing look behind the scenes of the media and the expression
of personal revulsion make this a very strong book.' NRC.next
'Luyendijk builds up his thesis with pace, verve and a lot of fascinating
anecdotes.’ de Volkskrant
Material: Dutch and German editions, chapter in English.
Sales: Podium NL; Niyott Hungary; Tropen Verlag Germany; Saggiatore
Italy; Informations Forlag Denmark; Arab Scientific Publishers Lebanon.
EGYPT: A Good Man Sometimes Hits
his Wife
(EEN GOEDE MAN SLAAT SOMS ZIJN VROUW)
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A young man goes to live for a year amongst
Egyptians of his age - Muhammad the Feminist, Ali the Worrier,
Fundamentalist Imad, Liberal Hazem. He talks to them about love,
Islam, the West, sex, democracy, homosexuals, Jews, fundamentalism,
emancipation and the meaning of life. He sees how everyday Egyptians
live, have fun, hate and fall in love. Colourful, shocking, incredibly
revealing and refreshing. Travel writing with a difference.
'Luyendijk is a witty, intelligent and
expert writer who describes life in Egypt with compassion.' Observant
Material: Dutch and German editions (220pp)
Sales: Podium NL; Europaische Germany |
JORIS LUYENDIJK
(1971) studied Arabic and politics at the University of Amsterdam
and the University of Cairo. He was editor in chief of Move Your
World Magazine about young people and development cooperation.
He has published articles in NRC Handelsblad and Het Parool and
has been awarded the Journalist of the Year for 2006, selected
from the top 40 most influential international journalists.
Author photo by Walter White www.walterwhite.co.uk
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