Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt

Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt was born in Vienna. She studied Cultural Management at Passau University in Germany, before taking a traineeship at the Axel-­Springer Journalism School in Hamburg. She has been working as a freelance journalist and author in Berlin since 2007. The main focus of her work are social issues in Africa, Turkey and South Asia. She is the author of the highly praised books The Bazaars of Istanbul and Voodoo – Leben mit Göttern und Heilern in Benin.