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Magbula is one of BOSFAM’s core weavers and visited the United States with BOSFAM’s founder, Beba Hadzic, several years ago.
She married 1971 and had two sons. Her family lived in Potocari, a village just outside Srebrenica and the headquarters for the Dutch troops assigned to protect the Srebrenica Safe Area.
“I had a happy and fulfilling life with my family,” Magbula said. “The war changed everything.”
Magbula left Potocari for Tuzla with her sons in 1992. However, she and her family soon returned to the Srebrenica municipality. “In 1993, my younger son, only 15 at the time, left Tuzla with about 100 others bound for Srebrenica, and I did not hear from him.” Magbula was separated from her husband on July 11, 1995 and sent back to Tuzla.
“My husband was found in one of the mass graves and was buried in the Memorial at Potocari-Srebrenica in 2003,” she said. “I still have no information about my missing son.”
Magbula has returned to a lonely existence in Potocari. Today, she lives a hundred meters away from the Potocari Memorial Cemetery. She used to visit her parents daily, but both of them died of old age last year. Few other Bosniaks have returned to the Srebrenica municipality.
One of Magbula’s sons lives in Tuzla with his family. However, the current economic situation makes it impossible for him to support his mother as well.
Magbula continues to weave and share her talents with others in both Tuzla and Srebrenica. She is a very hardworking woman who deserves to feel truly at home and safe once again.
Magbula Divovic
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Magbula is one of BOSFAM’s core weavers and visited the United States with BOSFAM’s founder, Beba Hadzic, several years ago.
She married 1971 and had two sons. Her family lived in Potocari, a village just outside Srebrenica and the headquarters for the Dutch troops assigned to protect the Srebrenica Safe Area.
“I had a happy and fulfilling life with my family,” Magbula said. “The war changed everything.”
Magbula left Potocari for Tuzla with her sons in 1992. However, she and her family soon returned to the Srebrenica municipality. “In 1993, my younger son, only 15 at the time, left Tuzla with about 100 others bound for Srebrenica, and I did not hear from him.” Magbula was separated from her husband on July 11, 1995 and sent back to Tuzla.
“My husband was found in one of the mass graves and was buried in the Memorial at Potocari-Srebrenica in 2003,” she said. “I still have no information about my missing son.”
Magbula has returned to a lonely existence in Potocari. Today, she lives a hundred meters away from the Potocari Memorial Cemetery. She used to visit her parents daily, but both of them died of old age last year. Few other Bosniaks have returned to the Srebrenica municipality.
One of Magbula’s sons lives in Tuzla with his family. However, the current economic situation makes it impossible for him to support his mother as well.
Magbula continues to weave and share her talents with others in both Tuzla and Srebrenica. She is a very hardworking woman who deserves to feel truly at home and safe once again.
- Read Iain Guest's blog on visiting Magbula.