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Ebru Umar

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Ebru Umar
Born ( 1970-05-20 ) 20 May 1970 (age 54)
The Hague , Netherlands
Nationality Dutch and Turkish

Ebru Umar ( Dutch pronunciation: [?e:bru ?um?r] ; Turkish pronunciation: [eb?uː um?a?] ; born 20 May 1970) is a Dutch columnist of Turkish descent. Under the influence of Theo van Gogh , she gave up a career in management and became a columnist, first for van Gogh's website and, after he was assassinated, as his successor as a regular columnist of Metro . [1] She writes for a number of Dutch magazines and has published four books, often on the topics of feminism and criticism of Islam.

Biography [ edit ]

Umar is the child of Turkish parents who came to the Netherlands in 1970. Her father is a retired anatomic pathologist , her mother an ophthalmologist . [2] She grew up in Rotterdam and attended the Gymnasium Erasmianum . [3]

After studying management and working for a while as a manager, she began writing, under the influence of Theo van Gogh , [2] and wrote columns for his website (van Gogh was her "friend and mentor"), [4] [5] and soon began writing for a number of other Dutch newspapers. In 2005 she took over van Gogh's column in Metro . [6] Umar is also the author of four books, and writes a weekly column for the Dutch women's weekly magazine Libelle [3] (in addition to doing interviews [7] and panel discussions [8] for the magazine) and for the Dutch feminist magazine Opzij . [9] Umar, an atheist, has a reputation for outspokenness, a characteristic her parents say she has had from an early age. [2]

In 2006 she was beaten outside her apartment in Amsterdam by two attackers. [10]

Arrest in Turkey [ edit ]

On April 23, 2016, Umar was arrested in her holiday apartment in the Turkish town of Ku?adası , which she has said was for posting tweets that were critical of Turkish president Erdo?an . [11] [12] [13] She was then released but not allowed to leave Turkey. [14] On April 24, 2016, her home in Amsterdam was burglarized and vandalized.

Bibliography [ edit ]

  • Burka & Blahniks (2004) [15]
  • Vier over 8 (2005)
  • Geen talent voor de liefde (2005), diary-style reminiscences [16]
  • Turkse verleidingen (2008), a collection of travel stories set in Turkey [9]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Ebru Umar: VVD walgelijke huichelachtige partij, Verdonk wist in 2004 van echte naam Hirsi Ali" . Nederlands Juridisch Dagblad (in Dutch). 18 May 2006 . Retrieved 30 August 2012 .
  2. ^ a b c Maas, Cornald (9 February 2008). " 'Het heeft geen zin tegen Ebru te zeggen dat ze haar mond moet houden' " . de Volkskrant (in Dutch) . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  3. ^ a b Brandt Corstius, Aaf (8 October 2009). "Een soort Fame-meets-Krachtwijk" . NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 September 2013 . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  4. ^ Scroggins, Deborah (2012). Wanted women: faith, lies, and the war on terror : the lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui . New York: Harper. p. 285. ISBN   9780062097958 .
  5. ^ Jong, Perro de (3 November 2004). "Dutch fear loss of tolerance" . BBC News . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  6. ^ "Ebru Umar opvolger Theo van Gogh" . Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 October 2005.
  7. ^ Tassier, Manu (19 May 2009). " 'EUROPA mag geen moeial zijn' " . De Standaard (in Dutch) . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  8. ^ Boevink, Wim (2 March 2002). "Even op de gang staan" . Trouw (in Dutch) . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  9. ^ a b " 'Ik blijf!': Turkse schrijfsters roeren zich" . Zuid-Kennemerland Dichtbij (in Dutch). 23 March 2012 . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  10. ^ Reijn, Gerard (25 April 2006). " 'Twee kerels die een vrouw slaan, wat een moed' " . de Volkskrant (in Dutch) . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .
  11. ^ "Columniste Ebru Umar opgepakt in Turkije" (in Dutch). nos.nl. 23 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey for criticising Erdo?an" . The Guardian . Agence France-Presse . 24 April 2016 . Retrieved 24 April 2016 .
  13. ^ "Dutch journalist Ebru Umar arrested in Turkey" . The Independent . 24 April 2016 . Retrieved 24 April 2016 .
  14. ^ "Dutch journalist Ebru Umar 'free but forbidden to leave' Turkey after criticising Erdogan" . AFP/Reuters . ABC. 25 April 2016 . Retrieved 25 April 2016 .
  15. ^ Moors, Annelies (2012). "The Affective Power of the Face Veil: Between Disgust and Fascination" . Things: religions and the question of materiality (in Dutch). New York: Fordham UP. p. 291. ISBN   9780823239450 .
  16. ^ Brink, Jan Auke (28 February 2006). "Rev. of Ebru Umar, Geen talent voor de liefde " . 8Weekly (in Dutch) . Retrieved 31 August 2012 .

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