The Bosnian War: Strength in the Shadow of Susica
Susica Camp was a notorious concentration camp, operated by Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. Bosnian Serb forces imprisoned Bosniaks and Croats in such camps as part of their campaign of ethnic cleansing against these populations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the United Nations, as many as 8,000 Bosniak and other non-Serbs in the [...]
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“We support people in need.”
“My name is Emir Cica and I am 49. I am currently Country Director of the Islamic Relief Bosnia office. I work with local and international partners and many other different things. “I joined Islamic Relief in 2006, in the micro credit programme. I was a local officer, and it was my first job, and [...]
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Tima: Survivor of Srebrenica
Tima is a 70-year-old survivor of the Srebrenica genocide. She is a mother to Nedzad and 3 daughters, Hurija, Amela and Inela. In 1992, her village was attacked, forcing her family to flee. “I had to leave because they set the house on fire. They killed whoever they could. We never returned. Whoever stayed was [...]
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The Srebrenica Genocide
By 1995, the small mining town of Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, had already endured a terrible 3 years of siege amid the Bosnian War. Before the war began, 73% of the town’s population were Bosniaks and 25% were Bosnian Serbs. But, as the war progressed - and in the wake of Republika Srpska [...]
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How one Afghan clinic is keeping families healthy and looking forward to bright futures
What would you do if your child needed urgent medical care, but the nearest clinic was an exhausting hour-and-a-half’s walk away? Would you risk the journey in the rain, through snow, harsh mountain winds or scorching sun? Would you carry a sick child in your arms in the hopes of getting there safely? In Lailour [...]
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No home nor peace: Barely surviving the endless attacks on Gaza
On World Refugee Day, a mother and her children reveal the crushing reality of displacement: where every day is a battle for water, food, and hope. The night the bombs came, Neda’a did not have time to gather shoes. She woke her 7 children in the dark, shouting over the explosions, and they ran barefoot, [...]
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