Najem Wali

Najem Wali (Arabic: نجم والي‎; born 1956) is an Iraqi-German author. Born in Basra, Wali fled Iraq in 1980 after the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War.^[1][2] He lives in Hamburg.^[2] Wali has published seven books. He is a correspondent for Al Hayat^[3] and has written in Süddeutsche Zeitung,^[4] Die Zeit, Neue Zürcher Zeitung,^[5] and elsewhere. In 2009 he published "Reise in das Herz des Feindes" ("Journey into the Heart of the Enemy"), an account of his travels in Israel, which presented a positive view of the country.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/1070727.html
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.signandsight.com/features/1698.html
3. ^ http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?rubrik=42836&key=standard_rezension_36014310
4. ^ http://www.signandsight.com/features/1160.html
5. ^ http://www.nzz.ch/2007/03/17/fe/articleF0ETY.html

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