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Life
Born 1970, from Aurich/East Frisia. Studied Islamic Studies and Middle East History in Hamburg, Beirut, and Tel Aviv. Worked as a country specialist at the Near and Middle East Association in Hamburg, completed a traineeship at the Axel Springer School of Journalism, and subsequently worked for two years as a political editor at The world. Early 2005 switch to World on Sunday, two and a half years of parliamentarycorrespondent for the CDU, CSU, and FDP. In May 2007, a member of a developmenteditor at Axel Springer AG, at Zeitenspiegel since January 2008, and part of the management team since the end of 2024.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
„To the Head of the District Office“
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Die Zeit“ 15/2018Michael Schlese is a sociologist, consultant, and professor, and now he heads Germany's largest social welfare office. How is it going?
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Young, conservative, and open to the right
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Neue Zürcher Zeitung,“ June 20, 2017Young, cheeky, but a bit tamer – that's how Bernd Lucke once imagined the Junge Alternative. But now the radicals have also prevailed here. Three witnesses tell of the split that began with an ICE train ride two years ago.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
University graduation
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „zenith“ 02/2017An ambitious virologist is fired, and a German-funded project grinds to a halt. The case also touches on the power dynamics in the Palestinian territories.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Man, mosquito!
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Eltern“, No. 5, 2017The story of a young woman who lives on the street and becomes pregnant. Unfortunately, without a happy ending.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
The burger from the car
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Neue Zürcher Zeitung,“ November 21, 2016For several years now, they've been appearing on Germany's streets – food trucks. Especially in Berlin, they are a popular entry point into the gastronomy business. However, the path to a legal and then profitable business is not easy.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
The New Middle East
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Mut – Magazine for Solutions,“ September 2, 2016Between Tunis and Aleppo, citizens are resisting discord and war - non-violently and democratically. They are building an Orient that is different from our cliché of it.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Suddenly, someone is standing on the phone booth
Author Jan Rübel
Published in the „Neue Zürcher Zeitung,“ July 26, 2016Impressions of everyday life at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Johnny Ohneland
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Frankfurter Rundschau,“ May 11, 2016Once to Berlin and back: Johnny comes to Germany from Uganda at the age of five and.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Clown stories
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Landluft“, No. 4You are funny, but above all loving and empathetic: On the road with a different kind of clowns
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
The Haunted House
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung“, February 7, 2016In Uganda, the government is promising rebels a return to society if they lay down their arms with the amnesty commission. Coming to terms with the past, the African way.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
The arrival
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Süddeutsche Zeitung,“ January 31, 2016A miracle brought Hanadi and Ahmad to Germany in 2012, seriously injured – as the first refugees from the Syrian civil war. The story of their arrival.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Land of the Godly
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Neue Zürcher Zeitung“, November 10, 2015A „Bible Belt“ extends not only in the USA, but also in southern Saxony. Is a German Tea Party movement growing there? A travelogue.