Joris Luyendijk

Joris Luyendijk

Portrait of Joris Luyendijk

Joris Luyendijk in 2015
Born 30 December 1971
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Occupation Author, journalist, talk show host
Years active 1998–present
Joris Luyendijk introducing himself
recorded March 2015
Website
www.jorisluyendijk.nl

Joris Luyendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːrɪs ˈlœyənˌdɛik]; born 30 December 1971) is a Dutch non-fiction author, news correspondent, and talk show host.

Biography

Joris Luyendijk was born on 30 December 1971 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He lived in Hilversum from the age of 5.

Luyendijk studied in Kansas, Amsterdam, and Cairo. He earned his Master's degree equivalent "doctoraal" degree in Cairo. His first book Een goede man slaat soms zijn vrouw (1998, A Good Man Sometimes Beats His Wife) is about the Egyptian society from a Western observer's point of view.

He eventually became a news correspondent for various Netherlands-based media organisations in the Middle East for a number of years. He was based in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories. He also reported on the Second Gulf War in Iraq. His book Het zijn net mensen (2006, They're just like people) is a report of his experiences as a news correspondent in the Middle East, and quickly became a bestseller in the Netherlands. The book has since been translated and published in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Australia, the US, France and Slovenia.[1] The title in English is Fit to Print (Australia), Hello, Everybody! (UK) or People Like Us (US).

In People Like Us, Luyendijk tells the story of his five years as a correspondent in the Middle East. He chronicles first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation, terror, and war. His stories cast light on a number of major crises, from the Iraq War to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with less-reported issues such as underage orphan trash-collectors in Cairo. The more he witnessed, the less he understood, and he became increasingly aware of the yawning gap between what he saw on the ground and what was later reported in the media.

Joris Luyendijk in 2006

From 2006, Joris Luyendijk was living in Amsterdam. In the summer of 2006 and 2007 he carried out interviews for the talk show Zomergasten (Summer Guests) on VPRO. From January 2010, he held the Leonardo Chair at the University of Tilburg, and taught the masterclass “Journalism for the 21st Century”. Luyendijk studied Arabic in Amsterdam and Cairo, though he does not speak the language fluently.

In September 2010 Joris Luyendijk was asked to shadow the Dutch Parliament and government in The Hague for a month, resulting in a book on Dutch politics, titled ‘Je hebt het niet van mij, maar...' ("You didn't hear it from me, but...'). From 2011 Luyendijk was based in London where he worked for The Guardian. In The Joris Luyendijk banking blog he provided an anthropological perspective on the financial world. In Dutch newspapers NRC Handelsblad and De Standaard Luyendijk commented weekly on his life in the City.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ J. Luyendijk (2010). Je res ali ste videli na televiziji? Resnice in neresnice o Bližnjem vzhodu. Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana.

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