Summary
Ruždija Adžović: Sidran: living, witnessing an epoch
My love for Bosnia, my attachment, my dependence on Bosnia is not located, narrowed, focused only on Sarajevo. Not at all. I could live in Tešnje and Goražde with love. I was very happy when I spent parts of my life in those cities. I could list many cities: Tuzla, dear God, then Travnik... Therefore, I do not accept any indolent attitude towards what it means to love Bosnia and what one means by Bosnia. When it is said, what the late president Alija Izetbegović quotes, "Bosnia is an idea", that is true. But Bosnia is not just an idea. If it's just an idea, tomorrow it won't even exist. Bosnia is an idea and Bosnia is a space, Bosnia is a custom, Bosnia is a habit.
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