CV Ulrich W. Sahm

• 1950, born in Bonn, Germany, son of a German diplomat.
• Grew up in in London, Paris, Bonn, Moscow und Ankara.
• Studied Protestant theology, Jewish studies and linguistics in Bonn, Cologne, and Wuppertal. Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
• Since 1977 Middle-East correspondent for a dozen German news papers, radio stations, „news tv“ n-tv (partly owned by CNN) .
• Rich experience in print journalism and radio work. I published many photographs. Recently started filming and editing with a DV-Camera/Computer. Some of my films were aired at n-tv.
• Some experience with computer work and developing home pages on the internet. I “invented” the method of transmitting texts electronically to German papers in 1985. I was the first to use “Videoconferencing” in TV since 1993. In 2003 the BBC beat me by one day, sending a filmed TV report not by satellite but through computer lines (Internet, ftp).
• I covered every major political development in the Middle East since the day, Anwar el Sadat visited Jerusalem, including peace and war, withdrawals, the establishment of the PA, two Intifadas etc.
• Other special interests: the three monotheistic religions, archaeology, German-Jewish/German-Israeli relations, Anti-Semitism.
• Member of Exil-Pen
• Married to the Israeli photographer Varda Polak-Sahm

Books:  

	Varda Polak-Sahm / Ulrich W. Sahm “By Bread Alone” Rafael-Verlag, Jerusalem, 2000, ISBN 965-555-024-9
	Ulrich W. Sahm Alltag im Gelobten Land Mit einem Geleitwort von Henryk M. Broder Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010 € 19,90, ISBN 978-3-525-58014-1
	Varda Polak-Sahm / Ulrich W. Sahm “Vom Brot allein” Rafael-Verlag, Jerusalem, 2000, ISBN 965-555-024-9
	Ulrich W. Sahm / Itamar Grinberg Jerusalem und die Heiligen Stätten Bucher Verlag, München, 2000, ISBN 3 7658 1249 8
	Gisela Dachs (Hersg.) Deutsche, Israelis und Palästinenser, Ein schwieriges Verhältnis Palmyra Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-930378-25-6
	Nea Weissberg-Bob (Hersg.) „Was ich den Juden schon immer mal sagen wollte...“ Lichtig Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-929905-16-7
	Chaim Noll (Hersg), „Offene Fragen“ 70 Jahre PEN-Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland Synchron-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2005 ISBN 3-935025-77-7, 29,80 €
	Klaus Faber, Julius H. Schoeps, Sacha Stawski (Hersg) Neu-alter Judenhass Verlag Berlin-Brandenburg, 2006, ISBN 3-86650-163-3
	Eli Lasch Das Wunder von Gaza Vorwort: Ulrich W. Sahm Neue Welt Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-937957-65-4
	Alexander Schick Die Bibel Mit Bildern aus dem Heiligen Land (mit Foto von Ulrich W. Sahm) ISBN: 978-3-629-01100-8 Verlag: Pattloch Verlag 2007

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91101 Jerusalem-Geulim
ISRAEL
ulrich@sahm.com
Tel: 00972-2-6732679
Fax: 00972-2-6718240