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• Q20738168 abstract "Hajrudin Somun, (born April 10, 1937, Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bosnian journalist and diplomat, served as the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–2003).Somun was born in Čajniče to father Ibrahim, an imam, and mother Muniba (née Sirćo), a manufacturer in a shoe factory. He was the best student in his generation in Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages (1962) at the University of Sarajevo, and specialized Arabic at the Baghdad University in Iraq (1962–65). Somun is a "respected journalist" since high school, Somun was employed at the Sarajevo leading daily Oslobođenje (1965-1969), then TV Sarajevo as war reporter and commentator for international affairs (1969-1976). He first made his mark in Yugoslav journalism by his serial of articles from Iraqi Kurdistan, where he went secretly and spent time in the headquarters of the renowned Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani. He reported on conflicts in the Middle East and was awarded for his TV films on the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the Palestinian commandos in 1974. He was also rewarded by various journalist awards in the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia.Somun was appointed Middle Eastern correspondent for the Yugoslav News Agency (TANJUG), reporting from Baghdad for the Persian Gulf area (1976–79). He reported on the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1978-79 that lead to his first co-authored publication with well-known Iranian writer Reza Baraheni.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslavia (SFRJ) offered him a position as counselor to the Yugoslav Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, where he served 1979-82. Somun was Advisor on International Affairs to Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina until he was posted abroad again as minister counselor to the Yugoslav Embassy in Tehran, Iran (1987-1991).He was appointed Foreign Policy Advisor to the Presidency and the first President of the independent Bosnia and Herzegovina, the late Alija Izetbegović. He was part of the Bosnian delegation at the London and Geneva Peace Conference (1992-1993), as well as at frequent international peace seeking meetings and mediation for the war-torn Bosnia. Somun was appointed first Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Ankara, Turkey in 1993 where he remained for five years. In the Bosnian Foreign Ministry he served as the head for non-European countries and spokesperson until his last diplomatic appointment as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2002-2004). While serving in Kuala Lumpur, he wrote the book “Mahathir: The Secret of the Malaysian Success” that was a best-seller in Malaysia for several years.After retirement he lectured in history of diplomacy at the Philip-Noel Baker International University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and today contributes to the daily and weekly papers and magazines in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. He is currently completing a book on Palestine and has been appointed as the Honorary Consul General of Bangladesh in Bosnia and Herzegovina.BooksThe Hasheminte Kingdom of Jordan, Beograd: Rad, 1973The Roots of the Iranian Revolution, co-author with the Iranian writer Reza Baraheni, Belgrade: NIN-Politika, 1979.Beirut in Poetry (translation and interpretation of contemporary Palestinian poetry), Sarajevo: Radio-Sarajevo, 1987.Bosnia Today - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Limkokwing, 2003.Mahathir: The Secret of the Malaysian Success, Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk, 2003 (Bosnian original published by Sarajevo: BH Dani in 2002)Ghassan Kanafani: From the Country of Sad Oranges, Sarajevo: Dobra knjiga, 2012Personal View of the World, Sarajevo: Rabic, 2012Sarajevo: My City, co-author, Sarajevo: Rabic, 2013Notable articlesBosnia-Herzegovina Diaspora, Forum Bosnae, Vol. 1 No.1/2, pp 128–135, Sarajevo: Forum Bosnae, 1998."Bosnia and Herzegovina – Turkey, 1992-1995," in A Bridge Between Cultures: Studies on Ottoman and Republican Turkey in memory of Ali Ihsan Bagis, edited by Sinan Kuneralp. The ISIS Press, Istanbul, 2006.Turkish Foreign Policy in the Balkans and “Neo-Ottomanism”: A Personal Account, Insight Turkey Vol. 13 / No. 3 / 2011 pp. 33–41How Middle East revolutions relativize theories on „neoosmanism“, Politeia, Year 1, No. 2, Dec 2011InterviewsNovo vrijeme, newsportal, Hajrudin Somun: Ekstremisti ISIS-a će formirati novu, ekstremističku državuFrom Sarajevo to Tehran and Back, Iranian.com by Fariba AminiConference presentation: Debating New Turkey, 10 Dec 2010TV1 Trilateral cooperation: Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey, 7 May 2013OBN TV, Reflex: Political Situation in Egypt and Turkey, 29 July 2013Federal Radio, The World Today, 04 Jan 2014,Liberty TV, 30 Years Since Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games, 02 Feb 2014,Radio Free Europe, Sarajevo Three Decades Later: Far Away from the Olympic Motto, 08 Feb 2014TV1 Ukraine Crisis, 19 April 2014HRT1 News, On ISIS and Iraq, 26 June 2014".
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