Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica. Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones – she knows what happened to h
er husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband’s fate. Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as “one of the lucky ones”? Her husband was among the handful who survived. Very few were able to escape the fighting without harm. The family’s close friend managed to outsmart the enemy. Most people never learned the fate of their loved ones.
Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica. "Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones - she knows what happened to her husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband's fate. Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as "one of the lucky ones"?
most people never learned the fate of their loved ones
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. Those on the West Coast were especially prone to attribute declining wages and economic ills on the despised Chinese workers.
