Najem Wali

Najem Wali (; born 1956) is an Iraqi novelist and journalist, based in Germany.

Life Born in Amarah, Wali fled Iraq in 1980 after the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War. He lives in Hamburg. and has written in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 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.

Works

Arabic editions War in the Night Club District, Sahara, Damascus 1993. The last night of Marie, narratives, Dar Sharquiat, Cairo 1995. A place called Kumait, novel, Dar Sharquiat, Cairo 1997 Waltzing Matilda, narratives, Dar Al Meda, Damascus 1999. Tel Al Laham, novel, Dar Alsaqi, London, Beirut 2001. (New edition: Merit, Cairo 2005) Jussif's Picture, novel, Al Markaz, Beirut, Casablanca, 2005. (New edition: Merit, Cairo 2008) The South Angel, novel, Kaleembooks, Dubai 2009. (New edition: Dar Al Mada, Damascus, Beirut and Baghdad 2010) Baghdad … Marlboro, a novel for Bradley Manning, Arabic Institute for Studies and Publication, Amman, Beirut, 2012

Translated editions Engel des Südens (The South Angel), novel, Hanser, 2011, translated by Imke Ahlf-Wien Reise in das Herz des Feindes, ein Iraker in Israel (Journey into the Enemy’s Heart, an Iraqi in Israel), Hanser publishing 2009, translated by Imke Ahlf-Wien Jussifs Gesichter (Jussif’s Picture), novel, Hanser, 2008, translated by Imke Ahlf-Wien Die Reise nach Tell al-Lahm (The Journey to Tell al-Lahm), novel, translated by Imke Ahlf-Wien Der Krieg im Vergnügungsviertel (War in the Nightclub District), novel, 1989, translated by Jürgen Paul Hier in dieser fernen Stadt (Here in this Faraway City), Galgenberg 1990 Wars in Distant Lands, short story, 2008, translated by Raymond Stock