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Aris Roussinos

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Aris Roussinos
NationalityBritish and Greek
Occupation(s)Journalist and filmmaker
EmployerUnHerd

Aristeides John Roussinos is a British freelance journalist and author. Roussinos covered various conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa as a war correspondent since the beginning of the Arab Spring in 2011 for Vice Media. He is currently employed as a regular columnist for UnHerd and his work has appeared in The Times, Tablet, and The Independent.[1][2][3][4] His first book, Rebels: My Life Behind Enemy Lines with Warlords, Fanatics and Not-so-Friendly Fire, was published by Penguin Random House in 2014.

Early life and education

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Roussinos was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Durham University (BA Anthropology, 2004) and the University of Oxford (MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2005).[5]

Career

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Roussinos was awarded the 2013 Rory Peck Award for News, for his report Ground Zero Mali: The Battle of Gao.[6]

During the Arab Spring Roussinos travelled extensively with Islamic Front in Syria, anti-government fighters in Libya, as well as travelling to Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Lebanon.[5][7]

Publications

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  • The Ghosts of Aleppo, Vice News, video series.[5]
  • Roussinos, Aris (2014). Rebels: My Life Behind Enemy Lines with Warlords, Fanatics and Not-so-Friendly Fire. London: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-1-78089-218-4.

Family life

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Roussinos' mother died of a brain tumour while he was working in Libya, although he was able to travel home to see her before she died.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Roussinos, Aris (23 May 2012). "In a Sudanese field, cluster bomb evidence proves just how deadly this war has become". The Independent. ISSN 1741-9743. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Roussinos, Aris (7 August 2024). "New era of ethnic conflict exposes liberal Britain's double standards". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ Roussinos, Aris (7 June 2019). "America's Illiberal Pretenders and Europe's Post-Liberal States". Tablet. ISSN 1551-2940. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Aris Roussinos, a writer for UnHerd". UnHerd. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Edwardes, Charlotte (10 October 2014). "'The hidden awful truth about war is how much fun it is': Vice News's Aris Roussinos on jihad and peace". The Evening Standard. ISSN 2041-4404. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ Deans, Jason (21 November 2013). "Freelance Aris Roussinos wins Rory Peck news award for Mali war film". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  7. ^ Roussinos, Aris (2014). Rebels: My Life Behind Enemy Lines With Warlords, Fanatics and Not-So-Friendly Fire. London: Random House. ISBN 978-1-780-89218-4.