by Ambreen Khan, a 28-year old Medical Biochemist, Healthcare Manager, mother and occasional blogger for peace and justice “So often the world sits idly by, watching ethnic conflicts flare up, as if these were mere entertainment rather than human beings whose lives are being destroyed. Shouldn’t the existence of even one single refugee be a…
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Gratitude
When Sarajevo was under siege, the crystal clear fresh water from the mountains was cut off by the Serbian forces as a means to parch them to surrender. Say, ‘Tell me, if all your water were to disappear in the earth, who then will bring you clear flowing water?’ [Qur’an 67:31] ——– ··•∧∨∧∨∧•·· ——– The…
Day Three | Part One: Visit to Tuzla
By Ambreen Khan The morning of Tuesday 8th September 2015 started the night before. We did not sleep. This was the second longest day of my adult life (the first being 4 days without much sleep in labour with my daughter who wanted to arrive early into this world but take her time arriving in…
Hasan Hasanović
‘I want to speak to people, and share my story because my heart speaks. And now, finally, someone is listening.’ Hasan Hasanović Many months before getting on a plane to Bosnia, I sat comfortably on my sofa in my living room as my daughter played with her toys and I watched a video clip about…
Fear
by Ambreen Khan, a 28-year old Medical Biochemist, Healthcare Manager, mother and occasional blogger for peace and justice Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated….