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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
The Bastion of Refugees
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „WOZ“, No. 12, March 20, 2014Migrants have been occupying a school in Berlin for a year. An insight into an (almost) closed-off world.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Money seeks land
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „zeitzeichen“, 01/2014Even in East Germany, fertile soil is increasingly becoming an object of speculation. A story about disastrous entanglements.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage, Sascha MontagRace against the cold
Photographer Sascha Montag and author Jan Rübel
Published in „People,“ December 16, 2013Winter is the hardest season for the homeless. So that sub-zero temperatures don't cost lives, the Berlin City Mission team is out every night with its cold bus.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Here comes Klaasohm!
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „mare“, 101/2013The Nikolaus on Borkum is not an old, kind man. He is young, wild, and hunts women. The Vikings are to blame for this.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Dancing on the volcano
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Cicero,“ September 2013Beirut is booming, dancing – and protesting. At the same time, there's growing fear that the civil war in Syria could spread like wildfire to their own country.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Invisibly large
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „The Germans,“ No. 6, July/August 2013The number of heroin addicts in Germany is still high. Nevertheless, the drug has disappeared from our perception for decades. Why is that? A search for clues.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
How we escaped the concrete jungle
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,“ 07.04.2013Finally out, to experience nature up close – city dwellers are already thinking about a tent in the countryside. A front-line report
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Among brothers
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Berliner Zeitung Magazin,“ No. 70/2013When they were teenagers, they only played sports and hung out. Then Allah called them. Today, they are young men and completely devoted to the sacred. The story of Serkan, Ahmet, Rahim, and Abd al-Hadi – new fundamentalists of Islam in Germany.
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Jan Rübel, Portrait
Politicians in Profile 2013
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Das Parlament“After a long break, the portrait series continues its loose continuation: Members of the Bundestag in profile.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Megafactor Demographics
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „akzente“, 01/2013For decades, demography as a science led a niche existence.
Nobody can ignore population science today. From its
Findings and prognoses can lead to insights and recommendations for the
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Jan Rübel, Reportage, Sascha MontagWorld Wide Wonder
Photographer Sascha Montag and author Jan Rübel
Published in „annabelle“, 17.12.2012When grenades fall from the clouds, survival is a matter of luck. But not just that. A fairy tale 2.0.
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Jan Rübel, Reportage
Man begins with the professor.
Author Jan Rübel
Published in „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“, 12/05/12Once upon a time, there was a higher education reform: In 2002, the red-green federal government introduced fixed-term contract rules for academia. Originally well-intentioned, this drastic change is now proving to be a German disaster.