If we can’t understand the Afghan family, we can’t understand Afghanistan.
Asne Seierstad Quotes
If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.
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| Birth: | 10th February, 1970 |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Profession: | Journalist, Writer |
About
Åsne Seierstad was born in Oslo, Norway. She is 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. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Oslo where she majored in Russian, Spanish and history of ideas. From 1993 until 1996 she reported for the Arbeiderbladet in Russia and in 1997 from China. From 1998 until 2000 she worked for the national television network NRK where she reported from the Serbian breakaway province of Kosovo. With Their Backs to The World: Portraits of Serbia, her first book, is an account of this time.
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