Navid Kermani is a writer and Islamic scholar who lives in Cologne, Germany. He has received numerous accolades for his literary and academic work, including the 2015 Peace Prize of the German Publishers' Association, Germany's most prestigious cultural award.
Kermani once more shows his brilliance as a reporter. Der Standard The real significance of this reportage lies in the many questions Kermani poses to the reader, in the face of the refugee crisis and its political consequences, as well as rampant levels of hate and fear questions that cannot remain unanswered. Die Tagespost Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in Germany today. The New York Review of Books The moral power behind Kermani's extraordinary achievements is scarcely paralleled among all the great figures of German literature. Suddeutsche Zeitung Kermani doesn't conceal a thing. He records everything that he sees and hears. But he also says what he thinks of it all...masterful. Frankfurter Rundschau Does Kermani just tell the nice stories? No, he is too good for that. He shows empathy towards the refugees, but also looks more closely to reveal the complex reasons for their flight. Die Welt In Upheaval, Navid Kermani shows what a serious public discussion of migration could look like. Deutschlandradio