Lia Petridis is a journalist and editor born in Hanover, Germany. She holds a Master's degree in history and literature from the University of Bielefeld and has been working as a journalist for 14 years for different German and American outlets, including die tageszeitung and Jungle World in Berlin, WBAI radio, Aufbau and New Yorker Staatszeitung in New York City. She mainly covers international relations and the arts.