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People have travelled for centuries along the Balkan Route, and ever since it has been a location to benefit from shared cultural experience as well as a place of war and displacement. Najem Wali’s reflections are nourished by personal encounters as well as his knowledge of the history of the Levant region. Do tragedies have limits, and can dreams be fenced in?
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 - Friedrich Bungert
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Najem Wali
b. 1956, is an Iraqi writer who lives in Germany. He is a regular contributor to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Die Zeit. He was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for his engagement. Recently published in German: Soad und das Militär, 2021.
Najem Wali has something that eludes most opponents of the Middle East conflict: empathy and the willingness to see things from the adversary’s viewpoint as well.
Klara Obermüller, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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The Silk Roads have for centuries connected the Far East with Europe; they were the world’s lifeline before the emergence of western hegemony. Peter Frankopan is convinced that they will play this role again in future, and a new era is beginning. What does the emergence of a new world order mean for Europe?
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Rosie Goldsmith
Multi-media journalist with specialist knowledge of the arts, literature and international affairs. She has worked across the world for BBC Radio and is currently the Director of the European Literature Network.
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Peter Frankopan
b. 1971, is a British historian and Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford. Frankopan regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Guardian and the China Daily; his books are international bestsellers. Recently published in German: Die neuen Seidenstraßen, 2019.
Frankopan’s book (about the new Silk Roads) is fascinating … A wake-up call to the West to keep an eye the overall picture in the rapidly changing world, and to unite to continue to have a say in everything that is to play for in the Asian century.
Rolf Brockschmidt, Der Tagesspiegel.
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