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Home Primary News Soccer stars Džeko and Begović contribute to Srebrenica book

Soccer stars Džeko and Begović contribute to Srebrenica book

Bosnia and Herzegovina international soccer stars Edin Džeko and Asmir Begović have contributed their stories to Remembering Srebrenica's book to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

The charity has distributed some 10,000 copies of the book across the UK. In this extract from the publication, you can read contributions from the Manchester City striker and Stoke City goalkeeper.

Edin Džeko, pictured, was just six years old when war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the book, he tells his story of experiencing the Siege of Sarajevo at first hand and explains the importance of commemorating the Srebrenica genocide.

Asmir Begović is also the Ambassador for this year’s 8-3-7-2 Srebrenica Memorial Football Tournament. This saw some 1,000 school children playing football in memory of the genocide victims on the same day – 5 June 2015.

Begović met teams from Huxlow Science Academy, Northamptonshire, and Taverham High School, Norwich at the Westminster Abbey memorial service on 6 July. The children had won their tournament matches and were drawn at random to meet the Bosnian soccer star.

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Jul 12, 2015Amil Khan
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SrebrenicaUKRemembering Srebrenica@SrebrenicaUK·
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In the lead up to the holidays, we are suggesting books for people looking for something Bosnia related to read over the Christmas period. Our first book is @edvulliamy's "The War is Dead: Long Live The War" - an excellent introduction to what happened in Prijedor and Srebrenica.

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SrebrenicaUKRemembering Srebrenica@SrebrenicaUK·
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Educating young people is an important part of what we do. If you are a #teacher and wish to know more about how you can bring the lessons from #Srebrenica into your school, contact our @KSrebrenica for more details!

Kate Williams (Remembering Srebrenica)@KSrebrenica

It is important that students are able to recognise how hatred in society can lead to the unthinkable - genocide. Today at @SrebrenicaUK, we are dedicating a whole day to education, and how we can better equip young people to tackle hatred and learn the lessons from Srebrenica.

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safet_vSafet Vukalic@safet_v·
3 Dec

26 years ago yesterday I left #Prijedor with one of my sisters and had to leave mother and my other sister behind. That day was the last time I saw my grandma. Had to leave my own home my country in the middle of #Europe in 1993 just because I am #Muslim and because I am #Bosnian

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SrebrenicaUKRemembering Srebrenica@SrebrenicaUK·
3 Dec

Grants to create small projects based on the archives of the ICTY & domestic courts in former Yugoslav countries have been awarded to recipients as part of a goal 'to acknowledge the suffering of others at the time where revisionism and denial is growing' https://t.co/iXTJmxVUsW.

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SrebrenicaUKRemembering Srebrenica@SrebrenicaUK·
3 Dec

Grateful to Mr McGarvey, headteacher from @BalaamWood who participated on our recent delegation comprised of teachers from the King Edward Foundation in Birmingham for sharing his experience from his visit to Srebrenica with the school's pupils.

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Mr McGarvey is leading this week’s assemblies sharing his experience of going on a delegation with @SrebrenicaUK reminding us on the importance of being kind and looking out for others ... quite an emotional assembly! 💚 2

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