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Before COVID-19, the refugee crisis was Europe’s most pressing problem since WWII. Its legacy may be longer lasting. In years to come, when children, who braved the Aegean Sea in plastic rafts, have become adults, and feel resentful about being rejected, they will remember the people they met on Greek island beaches, volunteers like Melissa Hekkers. And they will recall that, yes, there was a welcome, there was kindness. Amir’s Blue Elephant brought a smile to a child of the Syrian war. A smile he will hopefully remember for ever. Hekkers’ memoire is a very personal contribution to the early history of the 21st century.

Malcolm Brabant | PBS NewsHour, Special Correspondent

… ένας αντίλογος στον έντονα πολιτικοποιηµένο και απαξιωτικό διάλογο της εποχής µας.

Emilia Strovolidou | UNHCR Cyprus

… τολµηρό και ειλικρινές. Αναδεικνύει περίπλοκες και τραγικές ανθρώπινες ιστορίες, και αρνείται να συµβιβαστεί στις εύκολες απαντήσεις.

Tabitha Morgan | Writer & Broadcaster

Amir’s Blue Elephant is about keeping an open-minded approach to the world. Melissa tells us, in a most sincere way, how she feels about the persons who migrate in order to find a better life. Most importantly, with Amir’s Blue Elephant, she reminds us not to get used to human suffering, and she never points the finger at anyone. Her writing contributes to keeping our human empathy alive. After reading her book, you naturally come to the conclusion that the only solution is to cooperate all together in order to find structural solutions to this problem which concerns us all.

Françoise Gustin | Ambassador of Belgium to Greece

Read AMIR in one breath: disturbing, moving, engaging, with a frontal gaze at current issues.

Ruth Keshishian | Moufflon Bookshop

Hekkers delivers a true tour de force–with her lyrical and evocative writing, she shines a mirror on the humanity that unites us all. 

Mellisa Felix | Head of Casale Flaminia Writing Residencies