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Nadja Halilbegovich

Freelance contributor

Nadja Halilbegovich is an award-winning author, public speaker and peace advocate living in Canada. She is a survivor of the Bosnian War and the siege of her hometown of Sarajevo. Her book My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary was published in 2006.

    Latest from Nadja Halilbegovich

    First Person

    I never realized how much of my identity I carried in my hair — until I gave it all away

    Caring for her hair was an intimate connection Nadja Halilbegovich shared with her mother. She kept dyeing her hair as a ritual to preserve their bond before a war separated them.
    Canada
    First Person

    26 years ago, war separated my family. My dad and I still feel the aftershocks

    Nadja Halilbegovich was 16 when her parents found a way to smuggle her out of war-torn Bosnia. Today, she realizes she and her dad share the same wound: it hurts her to go back and it hurts him that she could never come back.
    Canada
    First Person

    I survived a war as a child, but life doesn't owe me anything

    I survived a war as a child and now I face this pandemic. Here is how I'm learning to better narrate my life through catastrophe, writes Nadja Halilbegovich.
    Canada