Author: Amy Zayed

Amy (Iman) Zayed was born in Paderborn Germany to Egyptian parents in 1974. She started her radio career at the age of 14 at the British forces broadcasting service BFBS where she started as a trainee and went on freelancing as a reporter, producer, editor and co-presenter until 2008. She studied English and french literature as well as philosophy at the university of Bielefeld and graduated with a master’s degree in all three subjects. After freelancing for Germany’s leading young radio station WDR 1Live she attended a program production traineeship with German public broadcaster WDR and graduated in 2005. She now works as a freelancer for all German national/public culture and music radio stations as well as BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 6Music and BBC world service. She hosts events and coaches companies such as Frauenhofer, Beiersdorf as well as culture organizations in disability inclusion. She also hosts a branded podcast for Cologne-based publisher Bastei Lübbe.