Ian Kemish

So there's, you know, a real affection.

So there's, you know, a real affection.

And there's also, you know, that age-old principle, write what you know.

And there's also, you know, that age-old principle, write what you know.

So combining these two made sense in that way.

So combining these two made sense in that way.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's more authenticity, again, than people might first expect about that idea that people with carrying trauma from the Balkans wash up on the edge of Europe, on the western edge of the Atlantic.

There's more authenticity, again, than people might first expect about that idea that people with carrying trauma from the Balkans wash up on the edge of Europe, on the western edge of the Atlantic.

A good friend of mine served as a...

A good friend of mine served as a...

An investigator with the International Criminal Court was more involved a bit later than the period I'm talking about when the focus was on former Yugoslavia.

An investigator with the International Criminal Court was more involved a bit later than the period I'm talking about when the focus was on former Yugoslavia.

He was more active during the Rwanda phase, if I can call it that.

He was more active during the Rwanda phase, if I can call it that.

Anyway, I mean...

Anyway, I mean...

And early on in the development of this idea, I was having a conversation with him and I mentioned this idea and he said, you know what, I have taken witness statements from Rwandan survivors inside the Arctic Circle.

And early on in the development of this idea, I was having a conversation with him and I mentioned this idea and he said, you know what, I have taken witness statements from Rwandan survivors inside the Arctic Circle.