Originally written in July 2015 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, this piece by Arzu Merali has been revised by its author for the current context, including updating footnotes, and adding description which now requires addition for those unfamiliar with the essay’s contents. Listen to the essay here
This short piece is based on a thread on X posted on 11 Jul7 2024 on Srebrenica and the genocide in Bosnia. Today marks the 29th anniversary of the genocide in #Srebrenica. Islamic Human Rights Commission has released a recording by Nargess Moballeghi of her essay for #TheLongView ‘Bosnia: the forgotten
Arzu was interview on Press TV to discuss the Srebrenica Genocide. Transcript to follow. Original Photo (c) and courtesy Assed Baig, 2008 shows a rose lain by a surviving relative on the Srebrenica memorial.
I first came across this poem, when it was put up on the wall of an office I worked at by (I am guessing) Demir Mahmutćehajić , and which followed us and Massoud Shadjareh and our other friends to Islamic Human Rights Commission in 1997. It is a powerful reminder of the resilience of
Arzu Merali of IHRC reflects on the recent memorialisation of Srebrenica and the loss of its historical context. People born in the late ‘80s onwards, of course, do not remember. Who expects them to? Yet, it wouldn’t be unreasonable that the message of this disaster, rather catastrophe, of ginormous proportions, would be
Arzu Merali reflects on the failures to remember the genocide in Bosnia, or learn the lessons of the genocide. People born in the late ‘80s onwards, of course, do not remember. Who expects them to? Yet, it wouldn’t be unreasonable that the message of this disaster, rather catastrophe, of ginormous proportions, would
Written in 1996, a year after the worst massacre on European soil since the Second World War, this essay outlines the complicity of international institutions and European governments in the crimes. “How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the oppressed among men and of the women and
Written in 1996. Currently published also on the IHRC website. “How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the oppressed among men and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord! Bring forth from this town of which the people are oppressors! Oh give us