Sara’s Hour
On the power, hypocrisy and rebellion of an unscrupulously corrupt society
The story of a courageous Saudi Arabian woman who rebels. When Sara falls in love with a man from a simple ...
Najem Wali
Najem Wali was born in 1956 in Basra and fled Iraq to Germany in 1980 after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war. He now lives in Berlin where he works as a freelance author and journalist. He is cultural correspondent of Al-Hayat, the leading Arab daily newspaper, and writes regularly for Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Neue Zürcher Zeitung among others. Hanser published his previous book, Baghdad Marlboro, for which he was awarded the 2014 Bruno Kreisky Prize.
Baghdad
When Najem Wali was a child, Baghdad seemed dreamlike to him. His father came home with gifts and stories from the city and young Najeem harboured a single ambition throughout his schooldays: to ...
moreJourney Into the Heart of the Enemy
This is a unique statement of Arab self-criticism, and, at the same time, a courageous clarion call, making the case for democracy and peace. Israel has been considered the enemy per se by its ...
moreBaghdad Marlboro
A year after the invasion of Iraq the narrator is contacted by an American in Baghdad. What can the man be up to in the city’s most dangerous neighbourhood? Najem Wali's novel addresses the ...
moreAngel of the South
After twenty-three years of exile, Harun returns to his hometown. He wanders amongst the ruins left by the Iraqi war on a search for his own past, which is preserved only in forgotten history. ...
moreJourney Into the Heart of the Enemy
This is a unique statement of Arab self-criticism, and, at the same time, a courageous clarion call, making the case for democracy and peace. Israel has been considered the enemy per se by its ...
moreJussif's Faces
Jussif and Junis are brothers. As boys they were both in love with the girl with the green eyes, the blond pigtails and the blue T-shirt. Because she favoured Jussif, Junis treated her to a cake ...
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