Eli Amir

Eli Amir

Eli Amir ( Hebrew אלי עמיר; * 1937 in Baghdad ) is an Israeli writer who was born in Iraq and who emigrated to Israel in 1950 .

life and work

In Jerusalem he studied Arabic language, literature and the history of the Middle East and worked in the Ministry of Immigration. He was the personal advisor to Shimon Peres , an advisor on education issues and peace negotiations under Golda Meïr and Jizhak Rabin .

He is currently a lecturer at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva .

He published several novels, all of which became bestsellers in Israel.

These books tell of the difficult search for identity of emigrated oriental Jews and the difficult work of building up the state of Israel.

2008 awarded him Tel Aviv University , the honorary doctorate . The Bar-Ilan University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011.

Selected German book editions

• The pigeon fancier of Baghdad , German translation by Karina Of, Lübbe: Bergisch Gladbach 1998. ISBN 3-404-15189-5
• Shauls Liebe , German translation by Stefan Siebers, Lübbe: Bergisch Gladbach 2000. ISBN 3-7857-1517-X
• In the shadow of the orange groves , German translation by Stefan Siebers, Lübbe: Bergisch Gladbach 2004. ISBN 3-404-92154-2
• Jasmin , German translation by Barbara Linner, C. Bertelsmann: Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-570-00933-8

Works about Eli Amir

• Stefan Siebers, The Iraq in Israel , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Göttingen 2010. ISBN 978-3-525-56937-5

Quotes

• Europe is facing a war of cultures. And what does it do It runs away.
• Israel made mistakes. But the greatest tragedy is that the Arab states do not accept Israel.
• Jews as well as Muslims must learn that compromise is not a sign of weakness.

Web links

• Literature by and about Eli Amir in the catalog of the German National Library
• "It couldn't get better for the Palestinians" - Henryk M. Broder in conversation with Eli Amir about the decline of the Israeli opposition and Netanyahu's game with fear, Die Welt , Nov. 17, 2013

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1. ^ List of honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University
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3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , “There is no other way than peace” , interview about the Middle East conflict with Eli Amir in Migros magazine No. 23, June 4, 2007, page 36.