Bosniaks

Genocide is defined by the united nations as any of the following actions committed with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, or forcibly transferring children of the group to another…

This book gave the women a voice to explain what it was like to live before, during, and after the genocide. The story of a women named Muska shows what it was like to be taken away on the trucks because of the removal of the Bosniak people. She describes how children were taken from their mothers, and how the women made themselves look as undesirable as possible in order to avoid attracting attention of the soldiers, through ash on their skin and ugly dirty old clothes. There…

When it came to selecting my core value I had to look at what has led me to live my life the way I have today. As a Bosnian-American I have been overwhelmed with joy because of the opportunity that I have received living here in the United States. I can say I am truly blessed that my family was accepted as refugees in United States in the year of 2000. I am blessed that I have the freedom of religion, speech, and press along with the millions of others living here in the United States. The…