Joakim Medin
writer and journalist specialising on the Middle East; author, Ayn al-Arab

Joakim Medin is a writer and freelance journalist who has worked in the Middle East for several years, to monitor the ongoing military conflicts and the consequences of them. In February 2015 Medin was arrested by Syrian intelligence and put in prison alongside IS-warriors. Earlier this year, after his release, he published the book Ayn al-Arab where he tells his story.

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