Kim Schultz

Kim Schultz has written an earnest and honest account of two people from opposite poles finding love and heartache in the long shadow of an unforgiving war.  Her story is a spirited struggle against larger forces - bureaucracy, culture, religion, human displacement and loss.

This heartfelt memoir will take you into another world, as Kim and Omar meet and walk many of love’s pathways. An American volunteer interviewing Iraqi refugees about the horrors of war, Kim falls in love with Omar, and thus begins a three-year odyssey. Kim’s story will resonate with anyone for whom the path of love never did run smooth.

​Kim Schultz has written a searing love story set against the backdrop of a world tragedy: the plight of millions of refugees fleeing violence in the Middle East. It is a compelling read that will make you a look at world news in a different, more personal, way.

In a breathless torrent of impressions, Kim Schultz reveals the human catastrophe that is Iraq and the near impossibility of connecting one-on-one with its victims. Though 3 Days in Damascus is a love story, it vividly illustrates that wounds to the soul of a culture are more disabling than those that bleed. As it always must, compassion eclipses romance.

​In this sweeping, rivetingly told tale, Kim Schultz journeys into both the collective pain of the Iraqi people, and into the depths of her own heart. With emotional precision and soulful wit, she navigates the guilt that she feels as an American towards a country and its people decimated by decades of US-led sanctions and military action...by sharing her story, and those like Omar, the refugee whom she loves, Kim does what no brief CNN report or New York Times article can do: namely, fully humanize the pain of Iraqis and the plight of an entire people.