ديرك فانرويج

Dirk WANROOIJ was born in Yemen and grew up partly in Pakistan, partly in the Dutch country side. So far, he spent most of his adult life between Amsterdam and Cairo from where he has worked as a freelance journalist and writer. He has reported from Sudan, the Gaza strip, Jordan, Syria and Turkey for a variety of Dutch publications. In march 2015 he published his first book “Oproer, een kroniek van de Egyptische revolutie'. Dirk holds a BA in Dutch Literature and History and an MA in Middle-Eastern Studies. He is one of the founders of Ain Bicycles, a community centre for cyclists in Cairo where he builds bikes designed for the Egyptian streets.