http://www.stefansimanowitz.com www.stefansimanowitz.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:37 +0000 http://www.stefansimanowitz.com en http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Scoops-Exclusives http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Scoops-Exclusives Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:37 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2717162 2012 FiSahara film festival: Like a mirage - The Economist (Prospero) (9/5/12) Iran? Yes you can! (Letter from Bush to Obama)- Huffington Post, 12/4/12 Africa's hidden hunger - New Internationalist (17/2/12) Why Egypt's most wanted man is at large in London - Independent (12/1/12) Furore as Egyptian minister turns up at LSE- Independent (10/1/12) Reflections from Tahrir - Resurgence magazine (January 2012) 2011 Bardem tells UN to act on Western Sahara - Times (5/10/11) (SA) We have a weapon whose name is Tahrir Sq - Huffington Post (12/12/11) England's rosy-cheeked rioters- Huffington Post (8/12/11) Iran's spring on hold - New Internationalist (17/6/11) Story-telling under in the desert sky - New Internationalist (12/5/11) Chomsky speaks: Middle East and beyond - New Internationalist (11/3/11) The Royal wedding: the world is watching - Guardian (19/4/11) The phone-hacking scandal: politics transformed - Contemporary Review, Dec. 2011 2010 Suharto's bloodiest secrets - New Internationalist, 15/12/10 Interview with El Baradei on Iran enrichment- Afrik.comt, 18/5/10 Health care in the Algerian Desert - The Lancet, 25/6/10 Glastonbury: the gathering of the tribes - Popped Culture 1/8/11 Ghosts of the Sahara - Financial Times, (winner - World Press Photographer 2011) Obituary: Rani Dube, co-producer of Gandhi - Independent, 29/05/10 The Cannes of the Desert - Guardian, 13/05/10 Cameroon: where the press is free to die - In These Times, July 2010 The enduring power of the hunger strike - Contemporary Review, Autumn 2010 2009 A tragedy for Western Sahara - Guardian, 14/12/09 The riddle of the sands: How a refugee camp hosts a film festival - Independent, 15/5/09 FEATURES for Syndication Visit Featurewell 2012 FiSahara film festival: Like a mirage - The Economist (Prospero) (9/5/12) Iran? Yes you can! (Letter from Bush to Obama)- Huffington Post, 12/4/12 Africa's... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Asia-Americas-Europe http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Asia-Americas-Europe Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:47:06 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610479 ASIA Indonesia: Obama's missed opportunity- Guardian (18/2/10) Burma: Tarnished elections in the golden land- Toward Freedom (19/10/10) Indonesia: Eat, prey, kill- Global Post (24/11/10) Indonesia's bloodiest secrets- New Internationalist (24/12/10) Burma: We must keep telling their story- Guardian (10/11/10) Burma: Where's the story?- Afrik.com (6/11/10) Korea: Reaction to Uganda bombings- Korea Times (9/7/10) Gandhi producer - Rani Dube - Obituary- Independent (23/5/10) Suharto's crimes should not be forgotten- Guardian (29/1/08) AMERICAS Iran? Yes you can! (Letter from Bush to Obama)- Huffington Post, 12/4/12 Es momento de mejorar la diplomacia - Pagina12 (14/1/12) - (Argentina) Occupy Wall Street- TribuneGuardian (23/10/11) Inside Occupy Wall Street- New Internationalist (18/10/11) The people are too big to fail- Open Democracy (18/10/11) Cameron and Obama: Two approaches to human rights- Prospect (11/11/10) O Irã e o instinto de Obama- Estado (17/4/10) (Brazil) EUROPE Der Krieg in Mali gefährdet auch die Elefanten des Landes - Vice Magazine, 5/2/13 De la Palestine à Pussy Riot : la grève de la faim à l’ère- Crea News, 17/7/12 Iran? Oui vous le pouvez. Lettre de Bush a Obama)- Crea News, 13/4/12 Questions over Mladic's arrest in Serbia- New York Times (29/5/11) France's burqa ban- Christian Science Monitor (14/4/11) La retórica y los hechos- Publico (14/4/11) (Spain) El reconocimiento internacional, vital para Sudán- Guinguinbali (10/1/11) (Spain) La voz de las hijas del exilio- Guinguinbali (2/11/10) (Spain) El "beat" en el corazón de la música popular- Guinguinbali (22/10/10) (Spain) El director de cine Ken Loach se suma a la causa saharaui- Guinguinbali (10/10/10) (Spain) Bosnia: How the soldier repairs the gramaphone- Afrik.com (3/4/10) Book review: The Forsaken: Russias Gulags- Afrik.com (3/5/10) FORMER SOVIET UNION (Стефан Симанович) Франция запретила паранджу. Неужели Европа забыла газовые камеры?- США(15/4/11) Unstable alliances in Ukraine - March 2008 Elections hold some hope for polarised Ukraine - Financial Times 8/10/07 Ukraine's neighbours nervous at Nato membership - Independent 27/8/08 Dangers of fast-tracking Ukraine's Nato membership - Economist 23/8/08 Russia fears NATO expansion east - Economist 5/4/08 (Foreseeing successist uprising in S Ossetia) БУРЯ В ПУСТЫНЕ Западные сахарцы ждут независимости от Марокко 36 лет. А им под открытым небом показывают кино - - Newsweek (25/5/10) (by Russian journalist based on my FiSahara article) ASIA Indonesia: Obama's missed opportunity- Guardian (18/2/10) Burma: Tarnished elections in the golden land- Toward Freedom (19/10/10) Indonesia: Eat, prey,... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Journals-Reports-Books http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Journals-Reports-Books Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:46:19 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610476 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW The ANC at 100: Debunking the Myths - Spring 2012 The phone-hacking scandal: politics transformed - Winter 2011 The enduring power of the hunger strike - Autumn 2010 Not one grain of sand: International law and the Western Sahara conflict - Autumn 2009 Bluemen and Yellowcake: Human rights and the Turaeg - Spring 2009 Unstable alliances in Ukraine - March 2008 Democracy Comes of Age in Somaliland - December 2005 The Man Who Challenged Blair - July 2005 The human shield’s attempt to stop war in Iraq - July 2003 BOOKS & REPORTS Film festivals and activism, in Film Festival Yearbook 4 (2012) eds. D Iordanova * L Torchin. St Andrews The Thirst of the Dunes (2011), R Griffin & S Simanowitz. Images and words from the Sahara A Cinematic Refuge in the Desert. The Sahara International Film Festival, in Film Festival Yearbook 2 (2010) eds. Dina Iordanova with Ruby Cheung. St Andrews: pp. 139-52 Torture and Discrimination in Western Sahara, Equal Rights Review, Vol. 4, Equal Rights Trust Better together: Improving consultation with the third sector (2009), Office of the Third Sector Dancing to our own tune:Third sector independence (2008) Office of the Third Sector Annual Sector Report: Assessment of the voluntary and community sector’s perceptions (2007) Office for the Third Sector. ARVAC Bulletin – (March 2004 - August 2006). Editor of respected quarterly research magazine. Towards Equalisation of Opportunities for Disabled People: Into the Mainstream? (1996) Report for the European Day of Disabled Persons, 1996. EC DGV-E-3. Violence, Harassment and Discrimination against Disabled People in Great Britain. Liberty - Report for the European Disability Forum of the European Commission. (1995). Human Rights, Human Wrongs: The Alternative Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (1995) Liberty - ed Conor Foley, etc., Liberty (Rivers Oram) pp JOURNALS Lancet - Health care in the Algerian desert (June 2010) Solicitors Journal - What has the Compact ever done for us (June 2008) THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW The ANC at 100: Debunking the Myths - Spring 2012 The phone-hacking scandal: politics transformed - Winter 2011 The enduring power of the... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Campaigns-1 http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Campaigns-1 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:40:22 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610447 Campaigning experience ranging from South Africa's first democratic elections (1992-94) to working as Emergencies Media Manager for UNICEF. Syria As emergency media manager for UNICEF UK, helped ensure coverage of humanitarian needs of millions of Syrians with the country and those forced over the borders to Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey. Climate Change As media manager for UNICEF UK helped coordinate the campaign to ensure that children were not forgotten at the international climate change talks in Rio in June 2012 and Doha in December 2012. Worked closely with numerous figures including UNICEF UK president, Lord Ashdown. Western Sahara What was most shocking about a trip to the Saharawi refugee camps in 2009 to report for the Independent newspaper was not the abject conditions but the fact that I had not even heard about this conflict. Working with the Western Sahara Campaign UK I set up the Free Western Sahara Network which aims to link campaigners around the world and raise awareness of this 37 year forgotten conflict. FiSahara Film Festival The Sahara International Film Festival is the only film festival to take place in a refugee camp. Now in its 9th edition, FiSahara brings film stars and industry insiders deep into the Sahara desert to live beside the Saharawi refugees from Western Sahara. Read more here and contact me if you would like to attend the festival in 2013 or submit a film. Westminster Committee on Iran Set-up in 2007 this informal committee aims to increase dialogue and understanding between parliamentarians and opinion formers in Tehran, Britain and around the world with a view to avoiding nuclear proliferation and military conflict. The Occupy Movement Time spent with the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park and Occupy London. Speaker at the Bank of Ideas and regular writer for the Occupied Times. Reg Keys Election Campaign (2005) One of the most memorable moments of the 2005 general elections was Reg Key's concession speech in Tony Blair's constituency of Sedgefield. Key's had lost his son in Iraq and wanted Blair to be held to account for the illegal war. Read how Keys, together with Brian Eno and a small group of activists came close to making history by defeating a sitting Prime Minister. Human Shield Movement 2003 In January 2003, in an effort to forestall the rush to war, a small team of activists set-up the Human Shield Movement. Read about it here ANC Election Campaign (South Africa 1992-4) Having been active in the Anti-Apartheid Movement I went to South Africa after graduating to work for the ANC on the first democratic elections helping to run the press office in the Western Cape. The ANC at 100: Debunking the Myths - Spring 2012 OTHER CAMPAIGNS Simanowitz has worked for and with other campaigning organisations including Liberty, UNICEF, Citizen's Advice Bureau, ARVAC, AVMA, War On Want, Reprieve, NCVO, Compact Voice, Amnesty International, Save the Children , Oxfam, European Disability Forum. <img src="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/4/129417/2610447/40527_414889631926_721311926_5288787_6483608_n.jpg" width="466" height="383" width_o="466" height_o="383" src_o="http://payload15.cargocollective.com/1/4/129417/2610447/40527_414889631926_721311926_5288787_6483608_n_o.jpg" data-mid="14970644" border="0" align="left"/> Simanowitz marshalls press during visit by Nelson Mandela to Cape Town just before the 1994 General Elections. Campaigning experience ranging from South Africa's first democratic elections (1992-94) to working as Emergencies Media Manager for UNICEF. Syria As emergency... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Photography http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Photography Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:40:22 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610444 This section is currently in development. Visit old site at www.simanowitz.ning.com for full catalogue of work. Stefan Simanowitz takes photographs to accompany his reportage and has published in newspapers, magazines and websites. His exhibition, Thirst of the Dunes, also with pictures by Robert Griffin has been displayed several times in the UK and received some critical acclaim. This section is currently in development. Visit old site at www.simanowitz.ning.com for full catalogue of work. Stefan Simanowitz takes photographs to accompany... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Reviews-Culture-Travel http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Reviews-Culture-Travel Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:39:15 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610442 A SELECTION OF REVIEWS: MUSIC, BOOKS, THEATRE, FOOD etc. Dining at the world's table: an Olympic feast - Independent (31/7/12) FiSahara film festival: Like a mirage - The Economist (Prospero) (9/5/12) Soweto Strings: Buskaid String Ensemble in London- Arts Desk (11/3/12) Festival review: Glastonbury: the meeting of the tribes- Tribune (21/8/11) Festival review: Womad 2011- Popped Culture (8/8/11) Theatre Review: The Temperamentals - Gay rights before Stonewall- Tribune (19/6/11) Film review: World's most remote film festival- Arts Desk (19/5/11) City Guides: FiSahara film festival- Another Magazine (1/5/11) Music Review: Ta Mere: Tribute to Egyptian revolutionl- The Music Magazine (12/2/11) Brighton Pavillion icerink- Example Magazine (12/2/11) Music review: Tony Allen- Guinguinbali (21/7/10) Music review: Tony Allen- Guinguinbali (21/7/10) Music review: Racehorses at the Big Chill- The Music Magazine (21/8/10) A SELECTION OF REVIEWS: MUSIC, BOOKS, THEATRE, FOOD etc. Dining at the world's table: an Olympic feast - Independent (31/7/12) FiSahara film festival: Like a... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/UK-Politics http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/UK-Politics Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:38:48 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610437 FOREIGN POLICY Sound reasons to fight Al Qaeda in Mali- Global Post (24/01/13) HACKGATE / LEVENSEN INQUIRY The hacking scandal: Politics transformed? - Contemporary Review (December 2011) Post Olympic mood could turn to defiance - Independent (letters), 12/9/12 OCCUPY MOVEMENT FOREIGN POLICY Sound reasons to fight Al Qaeda in Mali- Global Post (24/01/13) HACKGATE / LEVENSEN INQUIRY The hacking scandal: Politics transformed? -... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Middle-East-Arab-Spring http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Middle-East-Arab-Spring Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:38:09 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610432 A SELECTION OF ARTICLESChomsky on the Arab Spring- New Internationalist (10/3/11) What has the Compact done for us?- Solicitors Journal, December 2007 Not another Vietnam- Media Monitors, March 2006 Disaster, What Disaster?- Green World, March 2006 The Man Who Challenged Blair - July 2005 A SELECTION OF ARTICLESWhat has the Compact done for us?- Solicitors Journal, December 2007 Not another Vietnam- Media Monitors, March 2006 Disaster, What... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Africa http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Africa Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:36:27 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610428 Stefan Simanowitz has spent many years working and visiting all parts of Africa. He worked on the ANC's first election campaign attending Mandela's inauguargation and returning to South Africa for the Truth and Reconcilliation Hearings in 1997. He writes widely on African politics and culture for numerous publications and has columns on Africa Report, and Afrik.com. MALI Understanding the military intervention in Mali- Africa Report (25/01/13) Malians listen for the sound of drones - Guardian (19/11/12) Military intervention in Mali - Huffington Post (19/11/12) Mali's elephants: Caught in the crossfire- Vice magazine (5/2/13) Hostage negotiation in Mali- Counter Punch (29/1/09) Bluemen and yellowcake: the Tuareg- New Internationalist(10/9/09) Magical Mali - Wings Magazine (1/2/12) CAMEROON Where the press is free...to die- In These Times (12/7/10) Cameroon at 50: What's to celebrate?- New Internationalist (28/5/10) Africa's leaders gather in Yaounde- Afrik.com (25/5/10) SOUTH AFRICA The assassination of Chris Hani that brought South Africa to brink of civil war- Vice magazine (11/4/13) Marikana and the echoes of Sharpeville - Times (letters) 2/9/12 The ANC at 100: Debunking the Myths - Spring 2012 Township string orchestra from Soweto- Huffington Post, 13/3/12 Mandela's short walk to freedom remembered- Independent (Malta)(11/2/10) South Africa's bitter sweet anniversary- Metro (14/2/10) ANC's post-Mandela leadership crisis- Afrik.com (25/2/10) Harking back to the ghosts of District Six- Afrik.com (11/2/10) THE MAGHREB Life on terrors frontline- Metro(22/1/10) Western Sahara and Maghreb Unity- New Internationalist (7/2/12) SOMALILAND Elections in a land that doesn't exist - The Independent (Mt) (10/7/10) Democracy comes of age in Somaliland - Contemporary Review (December 2005) EGYPT Why Egypts most wanted man is at large in London- Independent (21/1/12) We have a weapons who's name is Tahrir Square- Huffington Post (12/12/11) Egypts unfinished revolution- New Internationalist (29/11/11) What's next for Egypt- New Internationalist (16/2/11) SUDAN Sudan: a new nation arrives- Washington Times (19/1/11) LIBYA Stefan Simanowitz has spent many years working and visiting all parts of Africa. He worked on the ANC's first election campaign attending Mandela's inauguargation... http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/Websites http://www.stefansimanowitz.com/following/stefansimanowitz.com/Websites Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:35:22 +0000 www.stefansimanowitz.com 2610416 SOME RECENT WEB-BASED ARTICLES Mali's fragile elephant population in danger- Huffington Post (23/03/13) Sound reasons to fight Al Qaeda in Mali- Global Post (24/01/13) Military intervention in northern Mali- Think Africa Press (14/11/12) Will anybody miss Louise Mensch - Blokely.com (15/8/12) House of Lords reform: both sides of the argument - Blokely.com (31/7/12) The British search for happiness- Politics.co.uk (26/7/12) From Palestine to Pussy Riot- The Huffington Post (17/7/12) Young people and the challenge of Rio+20- Huffington Post, 8/6/12 FiSahara film festival: Like a mirage - The Economist (Prospero) (9/5/12) Iran? Yes you can! (Letter from Bush to Obama)- Huffington Post, 12/4/12 Understanding the summer riots- Africa Report, 30/3/12 Soweto string orchestra play in London- Huffington Post, 13/3/12 UN talks on Western Sahara- Think Africa Press, 10/3/12 Africa's Hidden Hunger- Think Africa Press, 17/2/12 Defusing the Iran time bomb - Huffington Post, 6/1/12 2011 Unexpected EU victory for Western Sahara campaigners - Think Africa Press, 21/12/11 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) Egypt: From leaderless revolution to the ballot box - Common Dreams (2/12/11) Occupy Movement evictions a sign of success - Toward Freedom (11/11) Evictions from Wall St to St Pauls - Huffington Post, 11/11/11 Game changer in Iran? - Huffington Post, 9/11/11 From Occupy Wall Street to the London occupation - Huffington Post, 19/10/11 Javier Bardem and the world's last colonies - Ceasefire magazine, 16/10/11 Glastonbury: the gathering of the tribes - Popped Culture 1/8/11 Politics transformed? Fallout from Hackgate - Toward Freedom (27/7/11) Iran's green movement and the nuclear issue - Toward Freedom (21/6/11) Second anniversary of Iran's green revolution - Open Democracy (12/6/11) Refugees host desert film festival - Toward Freedom (2/6/11) The world's most remote festival - Arts Desk (22/5/11) Reflections on Al Jazeera's Royal Wedding correspondent - Afrik.com (17/5/11) Burqa ban: Islamophobia versus the Enlightenment - New Internationalist (15/4/11) Pockets of resistance: the Iraq war and the media - WAM (4/4/11) British film industry at London film festival launch - Afrik.com (2/4/11) Can democracy take root in Egypt - Afrik.com (15/2/11) Beneath the beards and burqas - Al Jazeera (English) (17/2/11) Musical tribute to the Egyptian revolution - Music Magazine (14/2/11) Obama must keep the promise of Cairo speech - Toward Freedom (31/1/11) Obama's Cairo speech comes back to haunt him - Salon.com (29/1/11) Blair's continuing thirst for war - Al Jazeera (24/1/11) Sudan looks certain to split - Afrik.com (21/1/11) Can El reconocimiento internacional, vital para Sudán del Sur - GuinGuinBali (15/2/11) 2010 Suharto's bloodiest secrets - Afrik.com (15/12/10) Wikileaks: the impact on Iran - Salon.com (29/11/10) Royal wedding reveals same old class prejudices - New Statesman, 18/11/10 Obama and Obama: two approaches to human rights - Prospect (First Draft), 15/11/10 Silent protest in Western Sahara - New Internationalist, 4/10/10 Violent clash averted in Western Sahara - New Internationalist, 28/9/10 Miliband Labour leadership race - Prospect (First Draft), 29/9/10 Yemen is dangerous by US must tread softly - Prospect (First Draft), 31/8/10 My Facebook Stalker - Prospect (First Draft), 23/8/10 Blair's Impotent Act of Charity - Prospect (First Draft),17/8/10 Monty Pythons support Sahara refugees - Prospect (First Draft) , 30/7/10 Untold Stories - New Statesman, 23/7/10 Tolpuddle Festival Review - New Statesman, 22/7/10 Reasons not to attack Tehran - Prospect (First Draft), 20/7/10 The convenient myth of al Qaeda - Prospect (First Draft) 08/7/10 An uncertain future for Somaliland - Prospect (First Draft), 25/6/10 Are Obama's hands tied on Iran - Propect (First Draft), 8/6/10 Cameroon at 50: What's to celebrate? - New Internationalist, May 2010 Greens on the brink in Brighton- Prospect (First Draft), 6/5/10 Sand and celluloid- Prospect (First Draft), 29/4/10 Brown caught recycling at Foot’s funeral- Prospect (First Draft), 29/4/10 Alaistair Campbell at Iraq Inquiry- Prospect (First Draft), 23/1/10 2009 Blood in the sand- Prospect (First Draft), 29/12/09 The longest day- New Internationalist, 19/12/09 Young,gifted and blacklisted- ZNet, 1/11/09 Seckou Keita review - New Statesman, 19/10/09 SOME RECENT WEB-BASED ARTICLES Mali's fragile elephant population in danger- Huffington Post (23/03/13) Sound reasons to fight Al Qaeda in Mali- Global Post...