Benjamin Barthe
Benjamin Barthe (born 1972) is a French journalist.
Biography[]
Benjamin was born in Senlis. After studying history, Barthe joined the Centre de formation des journalistes in Paris and graduated in 1996.
He began his career as a collaborator of the Egyptian magazine Al-Ahram as part of his national cooperation service, before joining the regional daily La Provence in 1998, then the communist daily L'Humanité (1999–2001), and eventually Le Nouvel Observateur (2001–2002).
A correspondent in Ramallah, the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority, of the weekly L'Express and the daily Le Monde, he also collaborates with televisions and radios: RFI, RSR, RTBF, France Culture, TV5Monde and ITV.
After having two kids in 2009 and 2011, respectively Sari and Maya, he came back to France, and then got to Lebanon in 2014, as a correspondent for Le Monde in the Middle East. He wrote mostly about Syria from 2014 to 2019, then, with the , started writing articles about Lebanon, and its economical crisis.
Prizes[]
In May 2008, Benjamin Barthe was awarded the Prix Albert-Londres for his articles on the Gaza strip published in Le Monde and L'Express between April 2007 and January 2008.
External links[]
- Benjamin Barthe on France Culture
- Benjamin Barthe on L'Orient-Le Jour
- Benjamin Barthe on Le Monde
- Benjamin Barthe on The Guardian
- 1972 births
- People from Senlis
- 20th-century French journalists
- 21st-century French journalists
- Albert Londres Prize recipients
- Living people