Juan Carlos Sanz graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza in Spain and obtained his Master in Journalism from UAM Madrid. He has worked as a Special Correspondent for El País concentrating on the political situation and conflicts in the Balkans (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia; 1994 to1999), the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, the Western Sahara; 1996 to 2001), Middle East (Egypt, Libya, Iraq; 2002 to 2005) and followed closely the evolution of Turkey since 1995. Juan Carlos Sanz received the Journalism Award Ortega y Gasset for his reporting of the war from inside Iraq (March and April 2003).