Sonja Zekri (born 1967) is a German journalist and author.

Her topics are Near East, Eastern Europe, culture and religion, among others.

Born in Dortmund, Zekri studied history and Slavic languages at the Ruhr University Bochum.

She participated in publishing a series in 17 entries Deutschland extrem, which appeared first in the SZ and then as a book in 2004.

From April 2011 she was the correspondent in Cairo for both the SZ and the Tages-Anzeigers, reporting from the Arabian region.