Under siege
Writer Faruk Šehić on life in the era of COVID-19 and the borders imposed on freedoms.
|2020.03.24
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Sarajevo looks like a city that will soon face fierce artillery cannonade. That's how deep the silence appears to be.
We should remain our own selves, think with our heads, and not get bogged down by rumors and fake news.
We found ourselves in self-isolation for almost four years within the area of the Bihać War District (known also as the Bihać Pocket because we were surrounded from all sides).
Faruk Šehić
Faruk Šehić is a writer born in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). During the war, he was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Army, when he was also heavily wounded. Literary critics think of him as the voice of the so-called runned-down generation X. He received awards, while his work has been published in many languages. He lives in Sarajevo.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in Serbian.