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Gerald Drissner (Gerald Drißner; born 1977) is an Austrian economist, journalist, and author.

Life and career
Drißner grew up in Wald am Arlberg, Vorarlberg/Austria. After completing his studies in economics at the University of Innsbruck (Diplom-Volkswirt; Mag. rer. soc. oec.), Drißner attended the Henri Nannen School of Journalism (2004/2005) in Hamburg/Germany. From 2007 to 2008 he worked as an editor for Stern magazine and was head of the regional office in Frankfurt am Main. Drißner reported about right-wing radicalism, crime, and Islamism. After that, he decided at his own request to work as a freelance journalist. His writings appeared in Magazin Stern, Magazin Spiegel, die Zeit, der Tagesspiegel, IP (International Politics), profil and Datum.

Arab world

In 2006 and later from 2009 to 2012, Drißner lived in Alexandria, Egypt, and later in Cairo, Egypt. He was one of the few German journalists who lived before and during the Arab spring in Egypt and reported on that. Drißner also resided in Istanbul, Turkey, (2013/2014) and in Tunisia (2015/2016) and Athens/Greece (2017/2018). The reportages and stories he wrote during this time received several awards. His text "Glücklick ist tot" received the Axel Springer Prize in 2011 in the category print (weekly/monthly publications).

Arabic language

Drißner founded the website Arabic for Nerds in 2015 and has written several books on Arabic grammar.

List of works

 * Als Spion am Nil (German; 2012) ISBN 978-3770182527
 * Schwarzer Tee und blaue Augen (German; 2014) ISBN 978-3770182633
 * In einem Land, das neu beginnt (German; 2015) ISBN 978-3770182725
 * Arabic for Nerds 1 (English; 2015) ISBN 978-3981984873
 * Islam for Nerds (English; 2016) ISBN 978-3981984897
 * Arabic for Nerds 2 (English; 2018) ISBN 978-3981984804

Awards

 * Columbus Award of the Association of German Travel Journalists (2006)
 * Meridian Journalism Award – 3rd Place (2011)
 * Axel-Springer-Preis – Print Category: Weekly/Monthly Publications (2011)
 * Hansel Mieth Prize – 1st Place (2012)
 * Johann Gottfried Seume Literature Prize – Honorable Mention (2015)
 * Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award – Special Mention (2020)