Al Jazeera Staff

He writes news, features and analysis pieces on the Middle East and North Africa region with an emphasis on North Africa and Israel. Simon spent more than a decade in Tunisia, from where he covered the rise of armed groups such as ISIL, social unrest and migration, with a particular focus on the perspective of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants in North Africa. As a freelance journalist, Simon has previously contributed to the Guardian, the Economist, Foreign Policy, the Independent