Amira Sayed El Ahl
Born in 1976 in Germany, Amira El Ahl majored in Arabic and History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Before moving on to become the Middle East correspondent for Der Spiegel Magazine in Cairo, she worked for GEO-Magazine in Hamburg. Since November 2008, she is working as an independent journalist and has worked for Die Welt, Deutsche Welle, Goethe Institut Cairo, GIZ Cairo, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, amongst others.