Want to learn more about the Bosnian Genocide? Here are 5 books we recommend. Bosnia and Herzegovina is beautiful and welcoming, with some of the best food you will ever taste. However, from 1992-1995 the country was subjected to a brutal campaign of ethnic
10 Questions: Hira Aftab & Maryam Khan Hira and Maryam are co-founders of Our World Too, an organisation dedicated to changing the media narratives about refugees. Through sharing the stories of individuals with refugee experience, they hope to help people realise they have more in
Our World Too *featured in Eko Magazine's 6th issue - We Cannot Walk Alone* From political circles to local community centres, everyone has something to say about refugees. 2015 saw the largest mass movement of refugees since World War II, and instead of being met with the empathy and understanding
Our World Too – Student initiative aims to rehumanise refugees *to read the original article, please visit City of Sanctuary's website* Two University of Bath post-graduate students have launched ‘Our World Too’ initiative to highlight stories of people seeking sanctuary to debunk
Student initiative aims to rehumanise refugees and asylum seekers through power of personal stories Masters students Hira Aftab and Maryam Khan want ‘Our World Too’ to highlight the stories of individuals who have been forced to flee homes in search of safety *to
Peace isn’t the absence of war, it’s the steps we take to stop war Smajo was only 9 years old when he and his family were forced to flee Bosnia after years of being internally displaced because of the Bosnian Genocide. In
I want people to embrace Srebrenica as a lesson about the dangers of ultra-nationalism What does it mean to be a refugee, a genocide survivor or oppressed? You don’t want to be a victim because then you’re not strong and it means you need
We aren’t searching for more fighting, we’re in search of peace. War doesn’t spare anyone. It destroys lives, personal connections, infrastructure, civilisation, hopes and dreams. When people are forced to flee, it’s never as simple as packing a few things and leaving. It’s saying
A human being's life is never a bad investment. This is the story of a boy, who was raised to be free. Free in his mind, free with what he believed in and free with words with which he could write. He
To be a refugee is to be different from everyone else The moment my dad died in the bombing is burned in my memories. I was so shocked, I didn’t expect to lose him because of the war. I fainted when I
