Spirit of Bosnia has been publishing quarterly online since 2006. Each issue disseminates scholarly research and writing on the history, politics, and literature of Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to honor and preserve the long-standing traditions of social and civil order that created Bosnia’s heritage. The journal publishes works of fiction and non-fiction reflective of this mission. According to Google Analytics, the journal receives […]
Here are the testimonies of women’s mass struggle, the testimonies of a generation for which there was no dilemma. The revolution has its songs, its flag, and its blood. “All for the front.” “Woman Today”, number 275 Our task is to preserve and make known historical evidence about the work and activities of the Antifascist Front of Women of Bosnia […]
From THE LOST REVOLUTION – WOMEN’S ANTIFASCIST FRONT BETWEEN MYTH AND FORGETTING, edited by: Andreja Dugandžić and Tijana Okić Introduction Early debates on the invisibility of women in Yugoslav history were initiated as late as the mid-1980s, and the greatest contribution to the promotion and strengthening of feminist historical research of autonomous women’s organisations and associations was made by […]
“Mum, Bela says she is going to send some money for Eid. Dragan gave it her specially to send to you.” “Tell her I don’t give a shit about his money. I’m supposed to use Serb money to sacrifice a ram, now, am I? Not a chance. Not if it means never being able to sacrifice again. Tell her he […]
I came to live with Dunja, my uncle’s daughter, when I was six years old, after my mum died. When my stepfather’s new wife and her son wanted to send me to an orphanage a month after mum’s death, I ran away from home. On the bottom of the base of the telephone, my neighbour found Dunja’s father’s number which […]