Reviews

FORGED WITH FLAMES - REVIEW IN THE BOOK YOU LIKE (24.05.2013)

Ann’s story is both traumatic and heroic… read more

FORGED WITH FLAMES - REVIEW IN WWW.THEBIGBOOKCLUB.COM.AU (14.05.2013)

Opening the back door of her house in Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, on February 16, 1983 Ann Fogarty knew it was going to be a stinker. read more

FORGED WITH FLAMES - REVIEW IN CASEY WEEKLY (13.05.2013)

From Ash Wednesday, words of hope and healing read more

I CONFESS - LAURA HUNT'S REVIEW IN THE CHRONICLE (05.05.2013)

POWERFUL, MOVING AUTOBIOGRAPHY read more

FORGED WITH FLAMES - REVIEW BY JUANITA KEES (27.02.2013)

I take my hat off to Ms Fogarty for baring her soul in this beautifully crafted book. read more

FORGED WITH FLAMES - EXCERPT IN THE AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE (09.02.2013)

Faith under fire after Ash Wednesday read more

FORGED WITH FLAMES - REVIEW IN STAR COMMUNITY (02.02.2013)

ANN Fogarty's story of Ash Wednesday and the months of recovery that followed would give anyone goose bumps. read more

I CONFESS - ALAN GOLD'S REVIEW IN THE AUSTRALIAN (02.02.2013)

Outsider struggles to survive under a brutish regime

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I Confess - James Rose’s review in the Daily Telegraph (22.09.2012)

SUSPEND disbelief before OPPRESSION reading I Confess. Not that all you will read did not happen. read more

I Confess - Stephen Crittenden’s story on The Global Mail (12.09.2012)

The Doctor Confesses: How A Spy Escaped Iran

In the Iran of the Ayatollahs, he was a Jew, a writer, a doctor performing abortions, and eventually, reluctantly, a spy. No wonder he had to escape to write what he calls the start of his “atonement”. read more

I Confess - Phillip Adams’ segment on Late Night Live (10.09.2012)

Kooshyar Karimi in conversation with Philip Adams' on Late Night Live read more

I Confess - Fiona Capp’s review in The Saturday Age (08.09.2012)

We live in a culture obsessed with scandalous confessions, but the confessions of Iranian immigrant Kooshyar Karimi are of an entirely different order. read more

I Confess - Nathalie Craig’s story on the Myall Coast Nota (03.09.2012)

Tea Gardens doctor tells his 'spy or die' story

TEA Gardens-based doctor Kooshyar Karimi bravely tells of the horrors he experienced in Iran in his newly released memoir I Confess, Revelations in Exile. read more

Second chances (14.07.2012)

A mention of The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif as it appeared in The Weekend Australian Magazine. read more

The Honey Thief Review - Northern Rivers Writers' Centre (19.01.2012)

The Honey Thief by Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman

Reviewed by Pip Morrissey - formerly with the Northern Rivers Writers' Centre

The title story in this collection is one of thirteen chapters covering a range of genres, from whimsical tales with a spiritual message, historical accounts, personal triumphs and even food hints and recipes, revolving around lives and times of Afghanistan, past and present. read more

Goodreads - Book Review (09.01.2012)

Jurisevic is a doctor from Australia with Serbian antecedents. He had seen the Balkan wars of the early 90s on TV, but was stung to action when the war began in Kosovo. read more

The Honey Thief - Newcastle Herald Review (29.10.2011)

Afghanistan, Always (10.09.2011)

An excerpt from The Honey Thief as it appeared in The Australian.
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50 Books You can't Put Down 2011: Blood on My Hands (30.08.2011)

The Honey Thief - Melbourne Weekly Interview (22.08.2011)

‘Najaf Mazari: Magic Carpet Ride’ interview with Melbourne Weekly’s Linley Wilkie.

IT is 10 years since Najaf Mazari fled a tortured Afghanistan, leaving behind his wife and baby daughter in search of a peaceful life for them all.
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The Book Show - Radio National - The Honey Thief (20.08.2011)

Robert Hillman and Najaf Mazari, authors of The Honey Thief and The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif interviewed on Radio National's The Book Show. read more

The Honey Thief Review - The Age (20.08.2011)

The Honey Thief – Good Reading Magazine Blog (09.08.2011)

Interview with Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman as it appeared in the Good Reading Magazine Blog.
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Travelbeat - Book Review (09.12.2010)

The conflict in Kosovo in the 1990s left scars on the country, its people and on members of the international community who were involved.
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Surgeon at arms (09.10.2010)

Braving the worst of conflicts, internal and external, this doctor risks his life to remedy injustice.
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Plea of war doctor who shot dying woman (09.10.2010)

An Adelaide surgeon who shot dead a young mother at the site of a massacre to save her hours of agony has called for euthanasia to be legalised in Australia.
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A doctor. Now a combatant (05.10.2010)

Talking Heads with Peter Thompson (29.09.2010)

Craig Jurisevic ... his story has captured the attention of Hollywood.
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Totally Absorbing - Townsville Bulletin (21.09.2010)

CRAIG Jurisevic is an Australian surgeon. Born in Adelaide in 1965, he graduated from medical school in 1990. Soon after his graduation Jurisevic spent time under fire as a medic and trauma surgeon in the Middle East, serving with the Israeli forces in Israel and Gaza.
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Moral dilemmas in fog of war - The NZ Herald (21.09.2010)

Craig Jurisevic has received a few death threats lately. Yet death is something to which he is not unaccustomed.
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Dr Jurisevic Interviewed on BBC World Service (21.09.2010)

BBC World Service program Outlook interviewed Dr Jurisevic about his life and story. read more

Doctor at War (06.09.2010)

This book review was published in eMJA, The Medical Journal of Australia.
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Goodreads - Book Review (29.07.2010)

In 1999 Craig Jurisevic, an Australian surgeon, volunteered his services with the International Medical Corps during the conflict in the Balkans. read more

A surgeon at war (25.05.2010)

I am joining Jim Molan in highly recommending Craig Jurisevic's new book, Blood On My Hands. I finished it last week and managed to catch his compelling talk on Saturday.
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Australian Launch of Blood on My Hands (22.05.2010)

Medics at war: Higher obligations (19.05.2010)

I forgive Nick Chapman for reverting to the cliché of 'First, do no harm'. I could hardly criticise, having used the one about 'all it takes for evil to prevail is that good men stay silent' in my original post. read more

A surgeon at war by Major Gen (Retd) Jim Molan (14.05.2010)

As a fascinating aside to The Interpreter's consideration of courage in war, may I suggest to readers the newly released book, 'Blood on My Hands: A Surgeon at War, by Adelaide surgeon Craig Jurisevic? read more

Crossing the Line by Sharon Verghis (08.05.2010)

Craig Jurisevic, whe went to a war zone to treat the injured then joined the fighting, talks about his memoir, to be released this month.

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Surgeon's act of compassion by Andrew Fenton (08.05.2010)

AN ADELAIDE surgeon has revealed he shot a woman in a mercy killing and called in a NATO airstrike that killed up to 600 Serbs in the Kosovo War in 1999.

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Australian Surgeon Lifts Lid on Dark Side of Kosovo Conflict (07.04.2010)

Interview with Craig Jurisevic by Shengiyl Osmani for the Balkan Forum. read more

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