30.08.22
Events
‘Childhoods Hijacked’ is a book narrated by 10 parents and family members of children killed or missing in the war, and by 2 children who grew up without parents as a result of the last war in Kosovo.
Through explorations of oral histories, this volume seeks to the pluralization of history and inclusion of children's experiences of war in collective memory, to facilitate addressing the systemic silence and generalizations in the narrative about the last war in Kosovo.
The event will open with the screening of the music/video intervention dedicated to the wartime missing, titled ‘The Vanished’ (published by forumZFD) – directed by Lum Citaku, composed and performed by Liburn Jupolli, with Arta Jashari as soprano, and Edita Pozhegu in the recital of the poem The Vanished by Hans Magnus Enzenberger.
The promotion of the book will open with remarks by Mr. Bajram Qerkini, executive director of Missing Persons Resource Center, and Mr. Nehari Sharri, forumZFD Kosovo Country Director, to be followed by the panel discussion titled 'Kosovo Children: Silenced histories of war’, with panelists Nora Ahmetaj, Human Rights and Restorative Justice Researcher, Activist and Feminist; Dr. Mimoza Shahini, a specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and lecturer in collage AAB and the University of Prishtina; and Korab Krasniqi, forumZFD Kosovo. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Linda Gusia, a Sociologist and professor at the University of Prishtina.
‘Childhoods Hijacked’ was published in partnership between forumZFD Kosovo program and Missing Persons Resource Centre, supported by funds received from the German Federal Ministry on Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and the Swiss Embassy in Kosovo.