Grazzi ħafna ta’ din ir-riflessjoni fuq il-poeżija tiegħi “Mostar,” Immanuel. Ħadt gost ħafna nisimgħek, bħal dejjem.
Il-kummenti tiegħek fuq in-natura vjolenti jew koperattiva tal-bnedmin fakkruni fir-rumanz Lord of the Flies ta’ William Golding. Kumbinazzjoni m’ilux Rafel kien qed ikellimni fuq hekk.
Dik il-poeżija ktibtha meta żorna Mostar fl-2005. Rafel kellu ħames snin. Waqt il-vjaġġi tagħna qgħadt naqra r-rakkonti ta’ Slavenka Drakulić tal-gwerra tal-Balkani, u nitwaħħax.
L-argument tagħha, speċjalment fil-ktieb They Would Never Hurt a Fly (2004) hu li f’ċirkostanzi bħal dawk li sabu ruħhom fihom il-Balkani fis-snin disgħin, anki l-aktar bniedem paċifiku, normali, kapaċi jispiċċa jittortura n-nies bl-iktar mod waħxi.
“Who were they? Ordinary people like you or me—or monsters?” asks internationally acclaimed author Slavenka Drakulić as she sets out to understand the people behind the horrific crimes committed during the war that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Drawing on firsthand observations of the trials, as well as on other sources, Drakulić portrays some of the individuals accused of murder, rape, torture, ordering executions, and more during one of the most brutal conflicts in Europe in the twentieth century, including former Serbian president Slobodan Miloševic; Radislav Krstić, the first to be sentenced for genocide; Biljana Plavšić, the only woman accused of war crimes; and Ratko Mladić, now in hiding. With clarity and emotion, Drakulić paints a wrenching portrait of a country needlessly torn apart.
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