Arye Sharuz Shalicar

Arye Sharuz Shalicar (Hebrew: אריה שרוז שליקר‎; born August 13th 1977 in Göttingen)
is a German-Iranian-Israeli Political Scientist, writer and government employee. The former Graffiti-artist and Hip-Hop musician serves since 2009 in the rank of Major in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. Since 2017 he leads a department within the Israeli administration. The movie German: Ein nasser Hund (lit. 'A wet dog') concerning his youth entered the German movies in 2021.
Shalicar is the son of Persian Jews which fled their homeland to Germany in the 1970s. He grew up secular in Berlin, without knowing about his Jewish background. When he moved from Berlin-Spandau to Berlin-Wedding with a high amount of Muslims he became a target of Antisemitism which made him ally of Kurdish and Lebanese gangs. Starting as an graffiti artist he later concentrated on Hip-Hop acting under the name BossARO together with artists as Frauenarzt, Manny Marc and MC Bogy. 
After finishing school in 1997 with Abitur Shalicar left the scene and did his mandatory National service at the Mecical corps of the Bundeswehr. Afterwards beginning to study social science at the Humboldt University of Berlin he changed Political Science, Jewish studies and Islamic studies at the Free University of Berlin. Siehe „Militärsprecher Shalicar verabschiedet sich“, israelnetz.com, 29. Nov. 2016.
He did Aliyah in 2001 and continued his studies in political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem which he finished with a first degree in 2006. Afterwards he receive a Master´s degree in European Studies. Since 2006 he was activ for the Jewish Agency and worked for the public German broadcaster ARD in Tel Aviv. He did his National service in the Israel Defense Forces in a support unit of the Paratroopers Brigade.
ref>Siehe „The ex-gangsta who speaks for the IDF“; The Times of Israel, 5. Nov. 2013</ref>.
Since than he was in the reserve of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and got mobilised in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Sandra Schulz: Der Terror-Infrastruktur „sehr großen Schaden zugefügt“., In: Deutschlandfunk, 18. Mai 2021 (Interview)..
After 2017 he serves in support of the Prime Minister of Israel and runs a department in the field of International Relations. Kurzmeldung vom 16. Februar 2017 auf juedische-allgemeine.de. (Sabine Brandes).
In 2021 his autobiographic book was made a movie with Doguhan Kabadayi under the name .
He occasinaly writes articles for the German and internation press for e.g. Die Welt, Nordwest-Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Jüdische Allgemeine and The Jerusalem Post.
Since 2010 he is married, father of two children and lives close to Jerusalem.
==Publications==
Co-Author
* Kurdistan. Wie ein unterdrücktes Volk den Mittleren Osten stabilisiert. With Tobias Huch, Riva Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7423-0427-8.
* Deutschlands freiwilliger Untergang - Identitätskrise einer Nation, die keine sein will With Salahdin Koban, FinanzBuch Verlag, 2020, ISBN 978-3-95972-297-1.
Articles and other publications
* Antisemitismus und die Medien. Mich werden sie nicht einschüchtern. In: Die Welt. 20. August 2020.
* Mein Vater träumt von einer neuen Revolution. Ich träume mit ihm. In: Die Welt. 1. Februar 2019.
* Den lebenden Juden kennenlernen. Interview mit Arye Sharuz Shalikar, In: Neue Westfälische. 2. Oktober 2018.
Category:1977 births
Category:People from Göttingen
Category:Political scientists
Category:Writers
Category:Graffiti artists
Category:Hip hop musicians