Stefan Simanowitz is a writer, journalist, broadcaster, columnist and political analyst.

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He writes for publications including: Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, Washington Times, Global Post, New Statesman, In These Times, New Internationalist, Huffington Post, Lancet, Salon.com, Contemporary Review, Resurgence, Christian Science Monitor, Tribune, Mail & Guardian, Afrik.com, Africa Report, Al Jazeera.

He writes on politics from the Arab Spring to phone-haking scandal and regularly appears on TV (including as Al Jazeera's Royal Wedding correspondent!)

He is also a human rights campaigner and has led and worked on numerous successful campaigns in Britain and around the world. 

He is also currently script-consultant for a major forthcoming Hollywood movie.

 

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ARTICLES, REVIEWS, OPINION PIECES

- Iran Es momento de mejorar la diplomacia - Pagina 12 (Argentina) (14/1/12)

- Why Egypt's most wanted man is at large in London - INDEPENDENT (12/1/12)

- Egyptian fugitive minister exposed in London - New Internationalist (11/1/12)

- Furore as Egyptian minister turns up at LSE- INDEPENDENT (10/1/12)

- Defusing the Iran time bomb - Huffington Post (6/1/12)

- Scrapping the 30-year rule - Financial Times (7/1/12)

- Iran: stepping back from the brink- Common Dreans (6/1/12)

- Fukuyama's end of history debunked - Africa Report (6/1/12)

-Changing the world one step at a time - Occupied Times (4/1/12)

- The phone-hacking scandal: politics transformed - Contemporary Review

- Unexpected EU victory for Western Sahara campaigners - TAP (21/12/11)

- Report from Tahrir Square - Occupied Times (14/12/11)

- We have a weapon whose name is Tahrir Sq - Huffington Post (12/12/11)

- England's rosy-cheeked rioters- Huffington Post (8/12/11)

- Egypt: One step closer to civilian government? - Think Africa Press (5/12/11)

- Iran: Diplomatic shutdown at a time of crisis - New York Times (3/12/11)

- Egypt: From leaderless revolution to the ballot box - Common Dreams (2/12/11)

- Egypts unfinished revolution - New Internationalist (29/11/11)

- TV interview - Occupation Movement - Press TV (11/11)

- Occupy Movement evictions a sign of success - Toward Freedom (11/11)

- Evictions from Wall St to St Pauls - Huffington Post (11/11)

- Game changer in Iran - Africa Report (11/11)

- Suspicions remain over Iran's nuclear ambitions - New Internationalist (10/11/11)

- Game changer in Iran? - Huffington Post (9/11/11)

- The international occupation movement - The Occupied Times (29/10/11)

- The Wall Street shuffle - Tribune (23/10/11)

- From Occupy Wall Street to the London occupation - Huffington Post (19/10/11)

- Occupy Wall Street comes to London - Ceasefire magazine (18/10/11)

- London and New York occupations compared - Occupied Times (17/10/11)

- Javier Bardem and the world's last colonies - Ceasefire magazine (16/10/11)

- Inside Occupy Wall Street - Africa Report (14/10/11)

- Occupy Wall Street: report from New York- New Internationalist  (14/10/11)

- The people are too big to fail - Open Democracy (13/10/11)

- Heritage tourism in Africa - Africa Report (12/10/11)

- One bad apple: tackling the roots of corruption - Africa Report (12/10/11)

- Bardem tell UN to act on Western Sahara- Times (5/10/11)

- Hackgate the and Levensen Inquiry - Independent (16/9/11)

- Western Sahara and the Arab Spring - New Internationalist (12/9/11)

- Glastonbury review: The politics of festivals - Tribune (8/8/11)

- Womad review- Popped Culture 1/8/11

- Murdoch and the phone hacking scandal- Independent on Sunday (31/7/11)

- Glastonbury: the gathering of the tribes- Popped Culture (1/8/11)

- Politics transformed? Fallout from Hackgate - Toward Freedom (27/7/11)

- Murdoch scandal engulfs Britain - Press TV (18/7/11)

- Rebkah Wade's resignation - Al Jazeera English (live broadcast) (18/7/11)

- Iran and the nuclear issue - Independent on Sunday (17/7/11)

- Beyond Wapping's razor wire fences - Guardian (13/7/11)

- Iran: the Green Movement and the nuclear issue - Toward Freedom (21/6/11)

- Iran's Green Movement two years on - New York Times (17/6/11)

- Review: Gay rights 20 years before Stonewall - Tribune (17/6/11)

- Iran's spring on hold - New Internationalist (17/6/11)

- Desert film festival - Films & Festivals (15/6/11)

- Second anniverary of Iran's 'stolen election' - Open Democracy (12/6/11)

- Refugees host desert film festival - Towards Freedom (2/6/11)

- Mladic arrest and Serbian EU ambitions- New York Times (30/5/11)

- Time to drain the resevoir of indifference - Tribune (30/5/11)

- Questions raised by Mladic arrest - Guardian (28/5/11)

- The world's most remote film festival - The Arts Desk (22/5/11)

- Story-telling under in the desert sky - New Internationalist (12/5/11)

- Reflections of Al Jazeera's 'Royal Correspondent' - Afrik (9/5/11)

- Preview: Sahara International Film Festival - AnOther Magazine (4/5/11)

- Royal Wedding: News anchor - Al Jazeera English live broadcast (27/4/11)

- The Royal wedding: the world is watching - Guardian (19/4/11)

- Letter responding to French Ambassador - CSMonitor (19/4/11)

- Lifting the veil on the burqa ban - Christian Science Monitor (14/4/11)

- Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment - New Internationalist (15/4/11)

- Islamophobia on the rise as austerity bites - Guardian (13/4/11)

- Book review: The media and the Iraq war - WAM (4/4/11)

- The world's remotest film festival- New Internationalist (27/3/11)

- British film industry at FiSahara launch - Afrik.com (25/3/11) 

- Gaddafi's last stand mentality - Tribune (11/3/11)

- Chomsky speaks: Middle East and beyond - New Internationalist (11/3/11)

- Libya: Did UN resolution 1970 backfire? - Independent (Ireland) (11/3/11)

- Gaddafi's last stand mentality - New Internationalist (10/3/11)

- Choppy waters: EU fisheries policy in trouble - New Internationalist (1/3/11)

- Actions needed to defend Libya's civillians - Afrik.com (25/2/11)

- Can democracy take root in Egypts shifting sands - Tribune (21/2/11)

- Prospects for democracy in Egypt - Afrik.com (18/2/11)

- Beyond the beards and the burqas - Al Jazeera (17/2/11)

- What next for Egypt - New Internationalist (16/2/11)

- REVIEW - Musical tribute to the Egytian revolution - Music Magazine (15/2/11)

- Its official: Referendum result in Sudan - New Internationalist (8/2/11)

- Obama must keep promise of Cairo speech - Toward Freedom (1/2/11)

- New beginning in a free Egypt - Independent (31/1/11)

- Obama's Cairo speech comes back to haunt him - Salon.com (30/1/11)

- Middle East peace envoy's thirst for war - New Internationalist (26/1/11)

- Blairs continuing thirst for war - Al Jazeera (25/1/11)

- Sudan looks certain to split - Tribune (23/1/11)

- International regonition vital for Sudan - Afrik.com (23/1/11)

- Southern Sudan: A new nation arrives- Washington Times (22/1/11)

- 2011: A year for justice in Western Sahara?- New Internationalist (19/1/11)

- El reconocimiento internacional, vital para Sudán - Guinbai (10/1/11)

- Sudan referendum: the need for international recognition - Guinbali, 10/1/11

- Suharto's bloodiest secrets - New Internationalist, 15/12/10
- Mad Way South: Across the Sahara on a kite buggy - Travel Africa, 4/12/10
- WikiLeaks: the impact in Iran SALON.COM, 29/11/10
- Boiling tensions in Western Sahara endgame WASHINGTON TIMES, 26/11/10
- Kate Middleton: An unlikely class warrior Afrik.com, 25/11/10
- EAT, PRAY, KILL: Bali's mass graves Global Post, 24/11/10
- Review: Royal Pavilion ice rink Example Magazine, 23/11/10
- Review: Thirst of the dunes photo exhibition Example Magazine, 20/11/10
- Tensions build in Western Sahara endgame Tribune, 19/11/10
- Royal wedding reveals same old class prejudices New Statesman, 18/11/10
- Obama and Obama: two approaches to human rights Prospect, 15/11/10
- Obama's missed opportunity in Indonesia THE GUARDIAN, 18/11/10
- The enduring power of the hunger The Contemporary Review, October 2010
- Tarnished elections in the Golden Land Towards Freedom, 10/11/10
- Tensions build in Western Sahara endgame Towards Freedom, 10/11/10
- La retórica y los hechos El Publico (Spain), 10/11/10
- Beneath the beards and burqas Tribune, 7/11/10
- Western Sahara and the tide of history Huffington Post, 18/10/10
- Burma: Where's the story?Afrik.com, 6/11/10
- We must keep telling Burma's story The Guardian, 6/10/10
- Shooting fires up the Western Sahara situation Mail and Guardian Post, 4/11/10
- Western Sahara and the tide of history Independent (Malta), 30/10/10
- MUSIC REVIEW: Tony Allen (also in Spanish and French) GuinBali.com, 23/10/10
- Western Sahara and the tide of history Huffington Post, 18/10/10
- The world's last colonies Independent on Sunday, 17/10/10
- The enduring power of the hunger strike, Contemporary Review, 10/10/10

- Silent protest in Western Sahara New Internationalist, 4/10/10
- Peace protesters beaten in Western Sahara Afrik.com, 29/9/10
- Violent clash averted in Western Sahara New Internationalist, 28/9/10
- Miliband Labour leadership race Prospect Magazine, 29/9/10
- Beneath the beards and the burqas Prospect Magazine, 17/9/10
- Human rights violations in Yemen Towards Freedom, 07/9/10)
- Yemen is dangerous by US must tread softly Prospect Magazine, 31/8/10
- My Facebook Stalker Prospect Magazine (Blog), 23/8/10
- Blair's Guilt New York TImes, 23/8/10
- Blair's Impotent Act of Charity Prospect Magazine (Blog), 17/8/10
- Music review: Race Horses Music Magazine, 17/8/10
- Intervention Will Harm Iran's Democratic Movement Tribune, 16/8/10
- Monty Pythons support Sahara refugees Prospect Magazine (Blog), 30/7/10
- Ghosts of the Sahara FINANCIAL TIMES, 25/7/10
- Intervention will harm Iran's Green Movement Independent on Sunday (Malta), 26/7/10
- Untold Stories The New Statesman, 23/7/10
- Tolpuddle Festival Review The New Statesman, 22/7/10
- Reasons not to attack Tehran Prospect Magazine (blog), 20/7/10
- Al Qaeda Activities in Africa. The Monitor (Uganda), 14/7/10
- Uganda bombings and Al Qaeda Korea Times, 14/7/10
- Understanding the Root Causes of Terrorism Towards Freedom, 15/7/10
- Cameroon: where the press is free to die In These Times, July 2010
- Voting in a country that does not exist Mail and Guardian, 11/7/10
- The convenient myth of al Qaeda Prospect Magazine (Blog), 08/7/10
- Against all odds: Somaliland elections New Internationalist, 07/7/10
- Terrorist threat to Somaliland elections Independent on Sunday, 03/7/10
- Obama's indecision on Iran Tribune Magazine, 30/6/10
- Health care in the Algerian Desert The LANCET, 25/6/10
- An uncertain future for Somaliland Prospect Magazine Blog, 25/06/1
- Sahara international film festival Independent on Sunday (Malta), 18/05/10
- Review: World Cup opening concert in South Africa Afrik.com, 11/06/10
- Iran sanctions take us closer to conflict The GUARDIAN, 10/06/10
- Are Obama's hands tied on Iran? Prospect magazine (blogs), 08/06/10
- Israel's back is against the wall Prospect magazine, 04/06/10
- Film festival & Western Sahara independence Towards Freedom, 03/06/10
- Obituary: Rani Dube, co-producer of Gandhi The INDEPENDENT, 29/05/10
- Cameroon celebrates 50th anniversary of independence Afrik.com, 28/05/10
- What's to celebrate? Cameroon at 50 New Internationalist, May 2010
- World leaders gather in Cameroon to discuss Africa's future Afrik.com, 22/05/10
- Morocco challenged on flag stunt Afrik.com, 16/05/10
- Interview with Mohamed el Baradei Payvand, 19/05/10
- Lights, camel, action! The Metro, 19/05/10
- The Cannes of the Desert The GUARDIAN, 13/05/10
- Book Review: The Forsaken: hope and betrayal in Stalins Russia Afrik.com, 09/05/10
- Greens on the Brink in Brighton Prospect Magazine, 06/05/10
- Book Review: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramaphone Afrik.com, 04/05/10
- Sand and Celluloid: The Sahara film festival Prospect Magazine, 28/04/10
- Music Review: Ta Mere The INDEPENDENT, 21/04/10
- Activists face death penalty in Western Sahara Tribune magazine, 23/04/10
- O Irã e o instinto de Obama Estadao (Brazil), 17/04/10
- Obama must follow his conscience on Iran The GUARDIAN, 14/04/10
- Music Review: Vieux Farka Toure The INDEPENDENT, 14/04/10
- Is the US gearing up for war against Iran? Independent on Sunday (Malta), 11/04/10
- Obama faces his greatest test over Iran Afrik.com, 9/04/10
- Gordon Brown recycled eulogy for Michael Foot Prospect Magazine, 23/03/10
- Chomsky's optimism of the will Afrik.com, 17/03/10
- South Africa's post-Mandela leadership crisis Afrik.com, 07/03/10 / Cape Argus 05/03/10
- Harking back to the ghosts of District Six: Fugard Theatre opening Afrik.com, 25/02/10
- Mandela's release twenty years on Independent on Sunday (Malta), 22/02/10
- South Africa's bittersweet anniversary METRO, 17/02/10
- Mandela's short walk to freedom remembered Afrik.com, 11/02/10
- Determination in her heart, justice on her side Red Pepper, 01/02/10
- The Middle East peace envoy's thirst for war Toward Freedom magazine, 02/02/10
- Teflon Tony appears before the Iraq Inquiry The Independent on Sunday (Malta), 31/01/10
- Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry Afrik.com, 31/01/10
- The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain's pride and shame Toward Freedom Magazine, 27/01/10
- One woman's hunger for justice The Tribune, 21/01/10
- Life on the terror frontline The METRO, 20/01/10
- The George Bush Diaries Independent on Sunday (Malta), 17/01/10
- Alistair Campbell's appearance at the Iraq Inquiry Prospect Magazine, 13/01/10
- A matter of life and death in Western Sahara Toward Freedom, 12/01/10
- Update on Western Sahara Afrik.com, 11/01/10
- The Berlin Wall of the desert Independent on Sunday (Malta), 11/01/10
- Blood in the sand Prospect Magazine, 28/12/09
- The longest day New Internationalist, 21/12/09
- Activist hospitalized in Lanzarote Afrik.com, 19/12/09
- Biology knows nothing of politics New Internationalist, 15/12/09
- A tragedy for Western Sahara THE GUARDIAN, 14/12/09
- Obama and Haidar: A tale of two Nobel Peace Prize nominees Afrik.com, 10/12/09
- Joy turns to anger in Lanzarote Afrik.com, 9/12/09
- Aminatou Haidar: Dying for freedom Afrik.com, 28/11/09
- Hunger-striking Nobel nominee sends message of hope to children Afrik.com, 20/11/09
- Deportation of Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Payvand, 18/11/09
- The Berlin Wall of the Desert Afrik.com, 9/11/09
- MP expenses scandal creates 'outrage fatigue'? The Independent (Malta), 8/11/09
- Morocco-Western Sahara: Poisoning the Well? Afrik.com, 1/11/09
- Young gifted and blacklisted ZMAG, 1/11/09
- Across the desert on a kite buggy The METRO, 14/10/09
- From Western Sahara to Westminster New Internationalist, 20/10/09
- Music review: The Seckou Keita Quintet The New Statesman, 19/10/09
- "Running out of patience" with the Western Sahara situation Afrik.com, 16/10/09
- Across the Sahara on a kite buggy The Metro, 14/10/09
- Obama's foreign policy: Reaping the rewards of patient diplomacy Afrik.com, 12/10/09
- Report from the UN Decolonization Committee meeting in New York Afrik.com, 9/10/09
- Music Review: Stornoway Music OMH, 21/9/09
- Music Review: Aziza Brahim THE INDEPENDENT, 20/9/09
- Young, Gifted and Blacklisted THE INDEPENDENT (Maltese edition), 12/9/09
- Challenging Governments over Western Sahara policy Afrik.com (8/9/09)
- International Law and the Western Sahara Conflict Contemporary Review, Autumn 2009
- Abductions, torture and disappearances. Afrik.com (1/9/09)
- The disappeared of Western Sahara Payvand (3/9/09);
- Hunger strikes, assaults and the Oxford Six Prospect Magazine (18/8/09)
- Thirst of the Dunes: Lost years of the Saharawi. Payvand (28/8/09);
- The Oxford Six: arrested and beaten- Union de Periodistas de Saharauis (15/8/09)
- Music Review: Mariem Hassan concert Prospect Magazine (13/8/09)
- Music Review: WOMAD Festival Music OMH (1/8/09)
- Screenings in the Devil's Garden ZMag (July/August)
- Screening in the Devil's Garden Toward Freedom magazine (August 2009)
- - Cinema in the sand In These Times (July 2009)
- The Sahara Film Festival 07/6/09 Film Maker (July 2009)
- Blood, Sweat and Tears: Tales from the D-Day Dodgers, Kentish Express, 10/7/09
- A Mad Way South: Kite Buggying the Sahara Adventure World Magazine (July 2009)
- Sand and Cinema Film in Focus (28/5/09)
- First night review - Group Doueh THE INDEPENDENT (26/5/09)
- Screenings in the Devils Garden New Internationalist (20/5/09)
- The Riddle of the Sands THE INDEPENDENT (15/5/09)
- Stories of sand and stone Prospect Magazine - Blog (May 2009)
- The anger of the Saharawi youth Prospect Magazine - Blog (May 2009)
- Return to action Prospect Magazine - Blog (May 2009)
- Human rights and the Turaeg of Mali and Niger The Contemporary Review, Feb. 2009
- The silent trade: Hostage negotiation in West Africa Counterpunch, 28/01/10
- Bluemen and yellowcake New Internationalist, 26/03/09
- Things to do before I retire: the diary of George W Bush New Internationalist, Sept. 2009
- Unstable alliances in Ukraine, The Contemporary Review, March 2008
- What has the Compact ever done for us? Solicitor’s Journal, Dec. 2007
- Military intervention against Iran: Implications of the NIE Zmag, December 2007
- Iraq: Not Another Vietnam Green World, March 2006
- Democracy Comes of Age in Somaliland The Contemporary Review, Dec. 2005
- The Man Who Challenged Blair The Contemporary Review, July 2005
- The human shield’s attempt to stop war in Iraq The Contemporary Review, July 2003
- The Human Shield Movement Zmag, November 2003


OPINION and COMMENT

The GUARDIAN

 

18/04/11 - Western Sahara: Is the UN failing in its duty to protect?

13/04/11 - Burqa ban and Islamophobia

01/12/10 - Fall out from Wikileaks

16/11/10 - Demand for action on Western Sahara

06/11/10 - We must keep telling Burma's story

27/08/10 - The battle of Yemen

08/10/10 - Sahara rights test

01/06/10 - Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla
27/05/10 - The ironic death of Alan Stillitoe
21/04/10 - Clegg-mania and the British General election
07/12/09 – Need for human rights monitoring in Western Sahara
02/12/09 – Hunger striking Nobel Prize nominee needs support
09/11/09 – The Berlin Wall twenty years on
16/10/09 – Breaching international law in Western Sahara
07/09/09 – Ceasefire terms in Western Sahara must be enforced
06/07/09 – Britain and Iran must end diplomatic crisis
17/04/09 – Obama's commitment to a 'global zero' on nuclear weapons
17/09/08 – Bush could still attack Iran
29/01/08 – Western complicity in Suharto's murderous regime
05/12/07 - Iran after the US National Intelligence Estimate
15/11/07 – Iran and the IAEA
20/07/07 – Implications of Jack Straw's reshuffle on UK foreign policy
17/07/06 – Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear technology

The INDEPENDENT
05/07/10 - http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-war-and-sanctions-2018426.html" Obama and Iran
14/05/10 - Is the honeymoon over for Cameron and Clegg
06/03/10 - Tribute to Michael Foot: the last in the breed of conviction politicians
13/01/10 - Alistair Campbell at the Iraq Inquiry
04/12/09 - Aminatou Haidar's hungerstrike
05/09/09 - Gadaffi, Lockerbie and the release of al-Megrahi
16/06/09 - Back to patient diplomacy in Iran
18/08/09 - British tactics in Afghanistan
28/08/08 - Ukraine's NATO membership
12/06/08 - Brown must use his meeting with Bush constructively
29/01/08 - Suharto's bloody legacy
27/10/07 - Danger builds of attack on Iran
26/10/07 - Turkey, Kurdistan and US foreign policy
18/08/07 - Danger of pre-emptive attack on Iran
10/08/07 - Deaths from treatable illnesses in developing world
30/03/07 - Iran's seizure of British marines

The TIMES
29/12/09 – Terrorism and West Africa
18/04/08 - Tribute to Gwenneth Dunwoody
10/01/08 - Military tensions in the Persian Gulf
01/11/07 - Classifying the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation
30/10/07 - Tests for the US as it leads sanctions on Iran
23/10/07 - Turkey and the conflicts in the Middle East

The FINANCIAL TIMES
(16/06/09) - Moving on from Iran’s ‘stolen election’
(30/10/08) - US Test for US commitment to democracy in Iraq
(10/01/08) - Military build-up in Strait of Hormuz increases tensions with Iran
(08/10/07)- Ukraine elections hold hope for polarised Ukraine

The DAILY TELGRAPH

(15/04/11) - I fine line between liberty and oppression

(01/04/10) - Tony Blair used as secret election weapon
(18/08/09) - Disquiet over the British military mission in Afghanistan

The ECONOMIST
(06/01/08) - Iran's Nuclear Programme and the US intelligence
(18/04/08) - NATO expansion and Ukraine
(06/10/08) - Hope for coalition government in Ukraine

WASHINGTON TIMES
(15/03/08) – Resignation of Admiral Fallon in USA
(4/10/07) – Coalition politics in Ukraine
(24/10/07) – Turkey fears Kurdish nationalism

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
(13/06/10) - Iran sanctions and the threat of war

SCOTTISH NEWSPAPERS
The Herald (10/04/10) – The impact of new sanctions against Iran
The Herald (01/04/10) – Tony Blair and Iraq
Scotsman - (29/12/09) – The Christmas Day bomber
The Herald (3/10/09) – Nuclear talks between US and Iran welcome
(29/10/09) – Getting the facts right on Western Sahara

IRISH NEWSPAPERS
Belfast Telegraph (06/3/10) –
Irish Independent (06/3/10) – Arrest of Radovan Karadzic in Serbia
Irish Independent (29/8/08) – Fast-tracking Ukraine's NATO membership could backfire