Alone, surrounded by my family
Surviving sexual abuse — and the surrounding silence.
|2019.08.15
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I look at men walking down the streets of Kosovo and wonder if they’ve ever forcibly laid a hand on someone’s body.
Because of what my father had done to me, I stopped coming to Kosovo for seven years.
I was given an option to not have to surround myself with a culture that is so vile toward its women.
Arnina Beciri
Arnina Beciri has a bachelor’s degree in political science and will be starting her masters studies in International Humanitarian Action at the University of Malta. Arnina was born in Germany to Albanian and German parents but has lived in Canada for the past 11 years.
This story was originally written in English.