Golineh Atai (Persian: گلینه عطاییListenⓘ; born December 8, 1974, in Tehran) is a German journalist and TV-correspondent. She is known in particular as a Russia expert.
On January 1, 2022, she moved to ZDF and took over as head of the studio in Cairo.[5][6] At the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, she worked as an on-site correspondent for the ZDF Sport studio.
Awards
2005: Research grant from the Otto Brenner Foundation for critical journalism for the project Foreign Adoptions in the Global Children's Market.
2007: Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Award in the category Information and Culture
2010: Media Award "Children's Rights in One World" of Kindernothilfe for "Suche Kind, zahle bar – Die Adoptionslobby" (Search child, pay cash – The adoption lobby) by WDR[7]
2014: Journalist of the Year by Medium Magazin for her "outstanding reporting in the debate on the Ukraine crisis, which has been going on for more than a year."[9]
2023: Marie Juchacz Women's Award for gender equality through credible, balanced foreign journalism from Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and the Arab world.[11]
2023: Nomination for the Grimme-Preis for its reporting from the Arab region.[12]
Works
The truth is the enemy – Why Russia is so different (In German: Die Wahrheit ist der Feind – Warum Russland so anders ist), Rowohlt Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-7371-0061-8.[13][14]
Iran – Freedom is Female (In German: Iran – Die Freiheit ist weiblich. Rowohlt, Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3-7371-0118-9 [15]