Alexander Will

1990-1995: Islamic studies and Middle Eastern studies, majoring in history, Islamic law and economics in Hamburg, Damascus, Jerusalem and London

2009: doctoral thesis, University of Saarland: Kein Griff nach der Weltmacht. Geheime Dienste und Propaganda im deutsch-österreichisch-türkischen Bündnis 1914-1918 (No desire for world power. The secret services and propaganda in the German-Austro-Turkish alliance1914-1918)

1995-2013: journalist, Deutsche Welle and The Saarbrücker Zeitung among others

Since 2013: Editor, NordwestZeitung in Oldenburg

Numerous publications on the history of the Middle East in the early twentieth century and the history of Austria-Hungary.