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Antony Loewenstein

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Antony Loewenstein
Native name
Antony Löwenstein
Born1974 (age 51–52)
Occupation
NationalityAustralian
Citizenship
GenreNon-fiction
Subject

Antony Loewenstein (born 1974) is a Jewish Australian-German freelance investigative journalist, author, and documentary-maker.[1]

He is the co-editor with Ahmed Moor [en] of the 2012 book After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine which includes essays by Omar Barghouti [en], John Mearsheimer [en], Ilan Pappé [en], Sara Roy [en], and Jonathan Cook [en], among others.[2]

In 2023, he released the book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology Of Occupation Around The World, in the UK, US and Australia with multiple, translated editions to come. It was a long-list finalist in the 2023 Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing and a best-selling book in New Zealand and many territories.[3][4][5] When, in November 2023, Loewenstein won, in partnership with Banki Haddock Fiora, the Walkley Book Award for Longform Journalism for the book,[6] The book won the People's Choice award[7] and was also shortlisted for the 2024 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction[8] and the Nonfiction Book Award at the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards.[9]

  • My Israel Question: Reframing The Israel/Palestine Conflict. Melbourne University Publishing. 1 September 2009. ISBN 978-0-522-85945-4.
  • Profits of Doom: How vulture capitalism is swallowing the world. Melbourne University Publishing. 1 August 2014. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-522-86723-7.
  • The Blogging Revolution. Jaico Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 978-81-8495-286-5.
  • Profits of Doom. Melbourne University Publishing. 6 May 2024. ISBN 9780522866827.
  • Disaster Capitalism: Making a killing out of catastrophe. London New York Verso Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-78478-116-3.
  • Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. Scribe. 2019. ISBN 9781925713367.
  • The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world. Scribe. 2023. ISBN 9781922310408.

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  1. ↑ Loewenstein, Antony (23 September 2013). "How I, an Australian Jewish-atheist, became a German citizen". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Antony Loewenstein, Ahmed Moor, After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine Archived 20 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Saqi Books, (28 August 2012), ISBN 0863568165 ISBN 978-0863568169
  3. ↑ "The Palestine Laboratory: How technology helps Israel cosy up to the world's autocrats". Middle East Eye. 14 June 2023. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Palestine Laboratory". Australian Institute of International Affairs. 17 July 2023. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "News". www.cgmoorefoundation.org. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "68th Walkley Awards winners announced". 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Heath, Nicola (1 February 2024). "Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn't published". ABC News. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 December 2023. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Queensland Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.