Tamarah Benima

(Amsterdam, 1950) has long been affiliated with the NIW (New Israel Weekly), among other things as a correspondent in Israel. From 1986 on she worked for Momenta Publishing in London. After her return in 1989 she studied Semitic languages, but aborted these studies in order to work as editor in chief for NIW, which she was until 1999. She now writes for Trouw, Haarlems dagblad and Leidsch Dagblad. She was a commentator for the television show Middageditie. Her essays have been published by Contact under de titel Een schaap gevangen - over religie, liefde en creativiteit. (To catch a sheep. On religion, love and creativity).
WN 2001