Hannah El-Hitami is a Berlin-based freelance journalist who specialises in Arab countries, migration and international law.
After completing a Master's degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, she undertook journalistic training at the magazine of Amnesty International Germany. Since 2019, she has worked as a freelance journalist, reporting from Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, the EU borders and Germany. She was the only journalist to provide extensive coverage of the Al-Khatib trial in Koblenz — the first universal jurisdiction trial to address crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Assad regime. Her articles and radio features have been published by Der Spiegel, ZEIT, Deutschlandfunk, New Lines Magazine, and Justice Info, among others.
