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Alexis Kouros

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Alexis Kouros (born 1961, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian-Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer.[1] Kouros is of Iranian Kurdish heritage.[2]

His first book, Gondwana's Children, won the Finlandia Junior Award in 1997. His first film was the 2000 documentary, Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri.[3]

He also directed a documentary called Without My Daughter[4] in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, Not Without My Daughter. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company began publishing Finland's first English language monthly called SixDegrees in 2003. Helsinki Times, a weekly English newspaper, was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007.[5]

Helsinki Times and SixDegrees

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Kouros went on to become the editor-in-chief for the Helsinki Times.[6][7] A paper version of Helsinki Times was published in tabloid format[8] and was eventually discontinued in February 2015, but continued in web format.[9]

SixDegrees continued to be published daily online, as well as monthly in print, until 2016, when the latter of which was discontinued.[10]

The website has republished articles from the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[11] In 2020, the Helsinki Times published an article from the People's Daily which included a conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19.[11] The Helsinki Times said the "barter-exchange" arrangement with the People's Daily was an attempt to balance western media coverage which it said was "at times extremely one-sided and biased".[11]

SixDegrees published its last article in 2024.[12] In March 2025, Kouros announced that the Helsinki Times had been acquired by an unspecified "international media company."[13]

Works

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Books

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  • Alexis, Kouros (1997). Gondwanan lapset (Finnish ed.). Lasten Keskus. p. 120. ISBN 978-9-516-27157-9.
  • Harmattan, the Traveler and the Dream Catcher

Films

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  • Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, 2000
  • Without my Daughter, 2003[14]
  • Rubina doesn't live here anymore.., 2002
  • Chosen, 2003[15]
  • Rooted
  • Kokonainen, 2005

TV series

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References

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  1. ^ "Discussion with the Editor in Chief of Helsinki Times: Dr. Alexis Kouros". Embassy of Malaysia, Helsinki. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Maahanmuuttajat haluavat valtakunnanpolitiikkaan". Verkkouutiset [fi] (in Finnish). Kansalliskustannus [fi]. 26 February 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2023. Iranin kurdi,kirjailija, lääkäri Alexis Kouros
  3. ^ Kouros, Alexis (1997). Gondwanan lapset. Lasten Keskus. p. 120. ISBN 978-9-516-27157-9.
  4. ^ "Without my Daughter". Variety. 10 April 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ "New Finnish Chinese-Language Daily". Language Magazine. ISSN 1542-5576.
  6. ^ "Police probe Turku stabbing spree as 'terror attack'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Päätoimittaja Alexis Kouros: Turvapaikanhakijoiden kotouttaminen on ..." Yle Finland. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Newspapers and News Magazines - Europe". Infocobuild. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ Pietiläinen, Tuomo (10 February 2015). "'Emme halunneet myydä propagandalehdeksi' – Helsinki Times lopettaa paperiversionsa". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  10. ^ http://www.dreamcatcher.fi/sixdegrees/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link]
  11. ^ a b c Kinetz, Erika (15 February 2021). "Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021. On Feb. 22, People's Daily ran a report highlighting speculation that the U.S. military brought the virus to China, pushing the story globally through inserts in newspapers such as the Helsinki Times in Finland and the New Zealand Herald.
  12. ^ "SixDegrees Magazine". www.6d.fi. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  13. ^ Alexis (31 March 2025). "From SixDegrees to Helsinki Times: passing the torch after two decades in Finnish media". Helsinki Times. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  14. ^ "ILMAN TYTARTANI (WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER), 2003". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Chosen: Alexi Kouros, Finland". IDFA.
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