The U.N.'s protective role at Srebrenica was a masquerade; they made no meaningful effort to exercise their duties as peacekeepers.
Aida becomes the representation of the collective experience of the people of Srebrenica whose dear ones were violently taken away from them.
Žbanić makes sure to portray Aida not as a victim but as a survivor.
“Quo Vadis, Aida?” takes care to give a face, a name and a personal history to those murdered in Srebrenica.
Gresa Hasa
Gresa Hasa is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Shota, an Albanian feminist magazine. She is an independent publicist, regularly contributing political commentary in Albanian, regional and often international media. Previously, she was engaged in grassroots political organizing in Albania. She currently resides in Vienna, Austria, where she continues her academic and professional career.
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