Bøger af Souad Mekhennet

Souad Mekhennet is a German-born Moroccan Muslim, a Washington Post correspondent, still based in Germany. This is her brave and powerful memoir. Her life and her quest are nothing less than THE modern story.

"I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . ."For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance the two sides of her upbringing - Muslim and Western. She has also sought to provide a mediating voice between these cultures, which too often misunderstand each other.In this compelling and evocative memoir, we accompany Mekhennet as she journeys behind the lines of jihad, starting in the German neighborhoods where the 9/11 plotters were radicalized and the Iraqi neighborhoods where Sunnis and Shia turned against one another, and culminating on the Turkish/Syrian border region where ISIS is a daily presence. In her travels across the Middle East and North Africa, she documents her chilling run-ins with various intelligence services and shows why the Arab Spring never lived up to its promise. She then returns to Europe, first in London, where she uncovers the identity of the notorious ISIS executioner "Jihadi John," and then in France, Belgium, and her native Germany, where terror has come to the heart of Western civilization.Mekhennet's background has given her unique access to some of the world's most wanted men, who generally refuse to speak to Western journalists. She is not afraid to face personal danger to reach out to individuals in the inner circles of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, and their affiliates; when she is told to come alone to an interview, she never knows what awaits at her destination.Souad Mekhennet is an ideal guide to introduce us to the human beings behind the ominous headlines, as she shares her transformative journey with us. Hers is a story you will not soon forget.

Dr. Aribert Heim var en af Nazi-Tysklands mest berygtede og eftersøgte nazister. Som læge i koncentrationslejren Mauthausen udførte han grufulde operationer på raske mennesker og sprøjtede benzin ind i jødiske patienters hjerter – hans metoder kostede utallige menneskeliv.Efter Det Tredje Riges fald blev dr. Aribert Heim et af de mest eftersøgte mennesker i verden, men det lykkedes aldrig nazijægerne at finde ham og stille ham til ansvar for sine forbrydelser. Nicholas Kulish og Souad Mekhennets bog er den første fyldestgørende beretning om ’den evige nazist’, lige fra rædslerne i hans skændsel af en lægepraksis i Mauthausen til hans liv i skjul Cairo, hvor han konverterede til islam."Fremragende fortalt... udfolder på skarp og original vis Det Tredje Riges psykologisk og politiske landskab og dets lange og komplicerede efterliv." – New York Times Book ReviewSouad Mekhennet (f. 1978) er en tysk journalist af tyrkisk-marokkansk afstamning. Souad Mekhennet har skrevet for aviserne The New York Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Washington Post og The Daily Beast og udgav i 2014 bogen "Den evige nazist" i samarbejde med Nicholas Kulish.rnrnAmerikanske Nicholas Kulish (f. 1975) har arbejdet som undersøgende journalist for The New York Times og udgav i 2014 bogen "Den evige nazist" i samarbejde med Souad Mekhennet.