Asne Seierstad
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Asne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstadis a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 February 1970
CountryNorway
war four solve
Being a war correspondent, and having covered four wars, I know that wars very seldom solve things.
country eye trying
I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.
political becoming psychological
There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist.
lying years people
If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you.
children war thinking
I was thinking, there are 5 million people, and I am just one of those 5 million. In the build-up to the war you see children playing in the street, and you think, ah, I'm going to be okay.
thinking time-to-leave
I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.
running war risk
As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.
war book writing
I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book and suddenly make up her mind about the war. I want to write for everybody.
children war care
Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children.
important fundamentals pillars
The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar of society.
mean names risk
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.
book writing important
I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.
war believe lasts
I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.
book writing way
If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.