Bosnians

When Croatia separated from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, while the Croats and Muslims supported the idea of independence, the Croatian Serbs were opposed to the decision. The Serbs, instead, wanted to combine with Serbia to create a greater Serbia. In order to complete this, they began an ethnic cleansing of Croatia. An ethnic cleansing is where an ethnicity is killed off. The Serbs attacked people who were of another ethnicity, such as the Croats and Muslims. However, many became refugees and…

It’s 1994, in the country of Rwanda; the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s, two ethnic groups are allies, but not for long. Mass killings abruptly begin, as the President of Rwanda is shot down from his plane. The Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s begin rallying against one another, eliminating each other aggressively (Pells). Hardship clouds over Rwandan citizens, causing every corner they turn to be unsafe. 800,000 people are slaughtered over three months, leaving each Rwandan citizen afraid of their own people and…

times. In Stephen Galloway’s novel “The Cellist of Sarajevo” the struggles that the citizens of Sarajevo must contend with during the Bosnian war are explored. Dragan and Kenan are put in situations in which their hopes on survival are tested. The effects of the war causes Kenan and Dragan to lose hope which changes their views on life. The consequences of the Bosnian war causes many people of Sarajevo to lose hope. Trying hard not to lose hope on survival, Kenan’s point of view on life changes…

Coping Mechanisms in Times of Crisis During the Bosnian War In Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco, the ideas that Sacco illustrates in his vivid comics are based on the relationship between the destruction of the people of Gorazde and how they coped with unimaginable situations in the traumatic world they called reality. Sacco is able to clearly depict the agonizing hardships of the Muslim people during the Bosnian war in times of death and destruction. The sympathy one may feel for the characters…

Violence against innocents is something no sane person wants to inflict. Yet, in cases of civil war and genocide, sane people become the very same insane person that they vilify. Sarajevo, a gleaming city seen as a model to the rest of former European communist countries, was being torn apart during the middle of the 20th century by the very people that made it the model city it was. The people of Rwanda, tired after years of violence and war, turns back from their signed peace agreement and…

that took place in the nineteenth-century, the most known is the Jews in Nazi Germany. However many other people experienced genocide such as Armenia, Kosovo, Sudan, and Cambodia. Over six million Jews and one hundred thousand people died during the Bosnian…

World War I was the first big war from 1914-1918. World War I started from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This war was known as ‘The Great War’ because millions of lives were taken during the battles. The war was mainly fought between the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the Triple Entente (Russia, France, Britain). The two causes of the war were the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the widespread of militarism, while the effect was the rise of Adolf Hitler.…

children alone were killed in the city. Bosnian Muslims suffered the same conditions like the Jews during World War 2. The Serbs did mass shootings, forced repopulation of entire towns, and sent Muslims to concentration camps. They also used the fear of rape to get families to flee their villages. After some broadcast of a market place in Sarajevo that was struck by Serbs with a mortar shell killing 68 people, the U.S, and N.A.T.O tried diplomatic efforts to unify Bosnian Muslims, Croats with…

World War I started on July 28, 1914 through November 11, 1918. It was an intentional conflict that was brought on by 10 key factors. As you continue along, you will see how each one of these helped to create a hostile environment which festered until war was inevitable. As you continue reading you will learn about what started the war, what happened during the war, and what was the result of the end of the war. The first issue that contributed to World War I was the French and Prussian War…

a client section, if the therapist understands the client’s background or not. Also the author is trying to find an answer of how can therapists help families in adapting to the (the new context) in which they are living in. The author focus on a Bosnian family to state his opinion about attachment theory. The author states that families that migrate from one country to the United States experienced difficulties in adapting to the new culture. Also parents found that it is difficult for them…