Emran Feroz (born 1991 in Innsbruck)[1] is an Austrian-Afghan journalist and author.

Feroz' parents fled to Austria because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He studied political science and Islamic studies at the University of Tübingen.[2][3] He works as a freelance journalist for media such as Die Zeit, Die Tageszeitung, Al Jazeera and The New York Times. His focus are Afghanistan and drone strikes by the US. Feroz founded the virtual memorial site Drone Memorial for civilian victims of drone strikes, also because he lost own family due to drone strikes.[4] In the course of the 2021 Taliban offensive and the removal of US troops from Afghanistan, he was interviewed as an expert by many German-speaking and international media, including CNN.[5][6][7] His book Der längste Krieg ("The longest war"), which was published in 2021 during the time of the Taliban offensive, became a bestseller in Germany.[8]

In 2021, he was awarded with the Concordia Award for human rights journalism for a report about an asylum seeker that he did for the Austrian magazine Profil.[1]

Works

  • Tod per Knopfdruck. Das wahre Ausmaß des US-Drohnen-Terrors oder wie Mord zum Alltag werden konnte. Westend Verlag 2017.
  • Kampf oder Untergang! Warum wir gegen die Herren der Menschheit aufstehen müssen. Noam Chomsky in conversation with Emran Feroz. Westend Verlag 2018.
  • Der längste Krieg. 20 Jahre War on Terror. Westend Verlag 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 "Concordia Preise an Dieter Bornemann und Robert Treichler, Emran Feroz, Sayed Jalal Shajjan". Presseclub Concordia (in German). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Emran Feroz: Die Fehler der Amerikaner in Afghanistan - Tagesgespräch - SRF" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. ↑ "Emran Feroz: Der längste Krieg. 20 Jahre War on Terror" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. ↑ "Emran Feroz, Autor auf westendverlag.de". Westend Verlag GMBH (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. ↑ "Experte Emran Feroz: "Die Taliban geben sich gerne kosmopolitisch"" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Afghanistan - Was geht gerade verloren?" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  7. ↑ (in German) https://twitter.com/emran_feroz/status/1429860808494833671. Retrieved 2021-09-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Aktuelle Boersenblatt-Bestsellerliste Sachbuch Bestseller Paperback | Börsenblatt" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.


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