‘Everything passes through, sooner or later… your time too, Radovan. While you are waiting for days and minutes of your life to pass, you are realising that your whole life was farce, lies and mistakes. You wanted so much, but got so little. It hurts, I’m sure of it. It’s not easy to watch how weeping mothers have smile on their faces. It hurts to know that Banja Luka is in Bosnia, even worse the fact that Srebrenica is still alive! The fact that tomorrow from Australia to America all Bosnians and Herzegovinians can’t wait to see your face in a pain. There’s a lot of us mashAllah, but you threatened that we will disappear. The fact that Džeko is scoring goals, Mirza scoring in basketball and Denis making movies - kills. Adnan is slapping, Hifa and Bingo are killing it. Merlin still sings and Bosnian villages are more and more alive. I believe it hurts Radovan. That much of a happiness in your name [Radovan, radovati (verb) - be happy, celebrating] but that much of a sadness in your soul. I forgot to tell you I’m from Srebrenica and I want you to live a long life.’
Fikret Hodžić - author of a book “I’m from Srebrenica”
