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“Now I know how the movies are made”. Living through the horrors of war
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“When I think about the war, I imagine that it isn’t real,” Valbona tells me during one of my frequent visits to her family home. “It seems like a […]
Nervous Talk and Magic
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“I get nervoz a lot.” Shkurta tells me, looking out the window onto the snowy farmyard.
I had meant to start small talk by asking her how she was doing; […]
On the quest for help: From kitchen cabinets to clinics to holy places
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Excruciating pains slowed many of the women survivors of war down, bound them to their couches, frustrated interactions with their children, and meant that work was left undone. To […]
International Day of the Disappeared – Torn between Hope and Despair
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Today is the International Day of the Disappeared. Sitting on the floor, with our backs pressed against the couch, Teuta and I watch televised pictures of hundreds of people […]
