Quote of the day
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Åsne Seierstad
Born: February 10, 1970 (age 54)
Bio: Åsne Seierstad 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.
Known for:
- The Bookseller of Kabul (2002)
- Angel of Grozny (2007)
- One Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal (2004)
- With Their Backs to the World (2004)