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Powerful and beautiful story by @AlineCateux in the series of "Balkan Ghosts" by @WomenWriteB, where she concludes that "Even ghosts are complex beings". Aren't we all?
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So very proud to collaborate with @WomenWriteB.
"Duh" has always had a special place in my relation to Mostar.
Please read this series of texts on Balkan Ghosts !
We are entering the final week of Balkan Ghosts with "Duh" by @AlineCateux:
"I realized how much I had cemented Duh into a fictional character, a romantic stereotype of the victim who could not be anything else."
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La académica Dijana Mujkanović (@CraftySag) cuenta para @WomenWriteB sus retornos, a lo largo de los años, al barrio de Prijedor del que la desplazó la guerra de Bosnia: womenwritethebalkans.com/ess…
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lea isn't on this hellsite anymore but i thank her and and pass this on to other mothers' fatherless children
Balkan Ghosts #3 is brought to you by our editor Lea: "Being fatherless begs for an explanation, preferably short and succinct. My story was a televisa presenta mess, the same kind of implausible drama my grandfather and I watched in Mexican telenovelas."
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I am so proud and excited to share this very personal story about the grandfather I never met - a force that has haunted me all my life.
Thank you so much to @WomenWriteB for publishing this piece! I am honored to be published on your site.
We are proud to present the Friday Balkan Ghosts read by @NatKikicWrites:
"I study his pieces, his heart and liver, trying to understand the man he was. The grandfather he might have been. I search for parts to keep, but only the worst of him remains."
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They are baaaack with a wonderful piece, "Pilgrimage to Ilije Bursaca 51" by Dijana Mujkanović.
The season has changed, and with it comes the launch of our first Seasonal Shorts series—Balkan Ghosts. Over the next several weeks, we'll be sharing short takes on the things that haunt us, starting with Dijana Mujkanović's Pilgrimage to Ilije Bursaća 51.
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Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
‘The mine as a place defined my father more than the coal as a material.’ - recollects Roxani in her story👇Enjoyed reading it
Follow Roxani Krystalli as she tells a story of rootedness in place and time, and life that unfolds in bouts of growth and care:
“Some plants benefit from light; others, in my mother’s imagination, grew simply out of spite.”
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Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
To be enjoyed in shade or full sun, according to one’s light needs
Follow Roxani Krystalli as she tells a story of rootedness in place and time, and life that unfolds in bouts of growth and care:
“Some plants benefit from light; others, in my mother’s imagination, grew simply out of spite.”
tinyurl.com/k47ydm26
Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
"In my Greek eyes, there could be no such thing as the wrong light. “People do not look at the sky enough,” my father would tell me on our walks around Thessaloniki".
Siempre me emociona leer a Roxani.
Follow Roxani Krystalli as she tells a story of rootedness in place and time, and life that unfolds in bouts of growth and care:
“Some plants benefit from light; others, in my mother’s imagination, grew simply out of spite.”
tinyurl.com/k47ydm26
Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
Divna (lična i politička, jer kako drugačije) priča moje drugarice Hane, pročitajte!
We proudly present "Ivanka," a beautiful homage to a beloved grandmother, creative and resourceful cook. Hana Grgić's story comes with a summer special! 🌶️
"So, whenever I spot those pale yellow bell peppers, I invite them onto my plate."
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If you haven't yet had the pleasure of reading @WomenWriteB, try Mela Žuljević's essay "HERCEGOVINA KALIFORNIJA: LANDSCAPE AND LEGACIES IN THE NERETVA VALLEY" & dare say you aren't hooked!
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Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
Hercegovina Kalifornija as worldmaking - what a great piece by @MelaZuljevic on rivers, progress, politics and landscape! ❤️
W*WB is delighted to share a new essay about changing ideas of progress and uncertain futures converging over Herzegovinian stone and water. Blending memories and research, @MelaZuljevic explores the interstices between landscapes real and imagined:
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It goes without saying that the bunny isn't fictional.
Many thanks for the great editors, Ana and Lea!
W*WB is back with an essay by @Reka_Krizmanics. From Balkan history politics to bunnies (!), it makes for a thrilling read.
"My parents usually use the word 'intellectual' with contempt.(...)Can I really be happy doing research among my future colleagues?" tinyurl.com/33j5fwvk
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A beautiful essay
"It is difficult to not root for the periske: Morana from Krk, Luce from Mali Lošinj, Nova Nada from Omiš. The magical appearance, the long history, the feeling that it is part of our love story with the Adriatic."
Dive into extinction&hope with @KatKusic: tinyurl.com/mu2fdv4v
Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
Beautiful essay about the ecology of the Adriatic… there are very few ecological studies of Eastern Europe, and I’m following this work.
"It is difficult to not root for the periske: Morana from Krk, Luce from Mali Lošinj, Nova Nada from Omiš. The magical appearance, the long history, the feeling that it is part of our love story with the Adriatic."
Dive into extinction&hope with @KatKusic: tinyurl.com/mu2fdv4v
Women* Write the Balkans retweeted
"For a city that lives off of the water, Opatija seems distant from it, like a grand lady scared to dip her toe in the sea lest she ruin her dress." Full of great lines and unexpected insights, this from @ozzthegr8 is a great read.
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Here's a not so little essay about the history of Balkan medical tourism, post communist malaise, and the joys and perils of mixed relationships in the region all in one
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This beautiful essay on refusing to be summarized could have been written for SEast Asia too. Thrilled to read @gentanishku writing for @WomenWriteB. This is required reading for anyone trying to make sense of the past & feeling its hold on the present.
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A beautiful piece of writing that captures the feelings and thoughts one might have tending to a metaphorical and literal garden while being conscious of its inevitable ending. womenwritethebalkans.com/ess…
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''God is what exceeds our most excessive thought in us as well as that private hankering for something more to life. Whatever it is that claims a powerful hold over our thoughts and desires, whatever name we privately invoke when we get high or hit the bottom, is our god.''
Something very special for this wintry weekend 🐝 Larisa Jašaravić explores the workings of a beehive as well as a human heart. We love it and we think that you will, too.
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