Susanne koelbl biography books

Susanne Koelbl is an award winning journalist and a military and foreign correspondent for the German news magazine DER SPIEGEL.

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Her stories highlight the intricate dynamics in conflict areas and wars around the world, the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Koelbl is known for her probing reports from Syria, Afghanistan and North Korea.

Her highly acclaimed book "Dark Beloved Country: People and Power in Afghanistan" was published in 2009, Siedler-Verlag/Random House. Always close to the people, Koelbl uses their voices to make complicated political and societal contexts accessible.

For her in-depth and thorough reporting she received several industry recognitions, including the Liberty Award and the Henry-Nannen-Price. In her exceptional interviews with state leaders, intelligence-chiefs and Islamic extremists Koelbl repeatedly challenges the powerful, for example the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted fo