Irena Cristalis
Irena Cristalis, born in 1959, is a Dutch investigative journalist, photographer and author who worked in Asia since the mid-1980s. From the 1990s, she reported for international media outlets such as the BBC, The Economist, and Radio Netherlands from East Timor. She was awarded the medal of the Order of Timor-Leste on August 30, 2019 by Francisco Guterre, the then president of the now independent East Timor
Irena Cristalis
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- Irene Cristalis
- Born
- 1959
- Occupation
- Journalist Photographer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Irena Cristalis, born in 1959, is a Dutch investigative journalist, photographer and author who worked in Asia since the mid-1980s. From the 1990s, she reported for international media outlets such as the BBC, The Economist, and Radio Netherlands from East Timor. She was awarded the medal of the Order of Timor-Leste on August 30, 2019 by Francisco Guterre, the then president of the now independent East Timor
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• Name — Irene Cristalis • Born — 1959 • Occupation — Journalist Photographer • Years Active — From 1980s
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• Bitter dawn: East Timor, a people's story, 2002. • Independent women: the story of women's activism in East Timor, 2005, co authored with Catherine Scott and Ximena Andrade. • Perempuan merdeka: Kisah activisme hardly perempuan di Timor Leste, 2007. • East Timor – A Nation's Bitter Dawn, 2009. • Feast!: stories on food and love, 2019, co authored with Swee Fong Wong and others.
António Sampaio bekommt den Ordem de Timor-Leste von Francisco Guterres bei den Feierlichkeiten zum zwanzigsten Jubiläum des Unabhängigkeitsreferendums. Irena Cristalis im Hintergrund.
Juliao Fernandes, Presidency of East Timor · Facebook-Auftritt des Staatspräsidenten Osttimors
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- 1.Irena Cristalis. www.goodreads.com.
- 2.2019-08-30 Irena Cristalis bekommt den Ordem de Timor-Leste von Francisco Guterres. Wikimedia Commons. 2019-08-30.
- 3.Cristalis, Irena. Bitter Dawn: East Timor: A People's Story. Zed Books. 2002-09-06. 978-1-84277-144-0.
- 4.Cristalis, Irena. Independent Women: The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor. CIIR. 2005. 978-1-85287-317-2.
- 5.Cristalis, Irena. Perempuan merdeka: kisah aktivisme kaum perempuan di Timor Leste. Kalyanamitra Foundation. 2007.
- 6.Cristalis, Irena. East Timor: A Nation's Bitter Dawn. Zed Books Ltd. 2013-07-04. 978-1-84813-653-3.
- 7.Wong, Swee Fong. Feast!: Stories on Food and Love. National Library Board, Singapore. 2016. 978-981-11-1095-5.
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