Simon Riesche, born in 1982, is a journalist and has already reported from many regions of the world. In recent years, he has worked for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, RTL and the foreign desk of Südwestrundfunk, among others. From January 2023, he will head the ARD studio in Cairo and report on the Arab world as a correspondent. His travelogue Zwischen Sansibar und Haifischinsel will be published by Knesebeck in summer 2023.