Mohammed Benzakour

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Mohammed Benzakour
Born (1972-01-10) 10 January 1972 (age 52)
Nador, Morocco
Occupation
  • Columnist
  • essayist
  • poet
  • writer
NationalityDutch and Moroccan

Mohammed Benzakour (born 10 January 1972 in

Labour Party. He started his journalism career working for De Volkskrant and also published in NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer and Vrij Nederland. He received the ASN Media Prize in 1999[2] and the Silver Zebra in 2001[3] for insights in a 'society in motion'. He later published two books, Abou Jahjah: Nieuwlichter of Oplichter. De demonisering van een politiek rebel in 2004 and Osama's Grot, Allah, Holland en ik, a compilation of his columns, articles and essays from 2001 until 2005, the year of publication. In that same year he also won the Peace Prize for Journalism. In 2008 his 'Stinkende Heelmeesters'[4]
was published, a compilation of essays, reviews, columns and reports from 2001 to 2008.

In March 2014 he won the 2013

Mosse Lecture, titled HoMa: Zwierige redder in nood (HoMa: Graceful lifesaver).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Biografie Mohammed Benzakour". benzakour.eu (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Art.1 - Mohammed Benzakour wint Zilveren Zebra (ASN Mediaprijs) 2001 - Zilveren Pluim voor Z@ppelin".
  3. ^ "Zoeken". nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Benali, Benzakour en Bloem genomineerd voor E. du Perronprijs 2009". Boeken.
  5. ^ "Cookies op Trouw.nl".
  6. ^ "Mosse-lezing 2014 door Mohammed Benzakour" [Mosse Lecture 2014 by Mohammed Benzakour] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.