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Antony Loewenstein

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Antony Loewenstein
Native name
Antony Löwenstein
Born1974 (age 49–50)
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.