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Fear & Hate: A Memoir of Occupation, Exile, and Survival
Hardcover
Art HistoryBiographies GeneralGeneral European History
Publisher Price: $29.99
ISBN13: 9781069551122
Publisher: Fatmir Sadiku
Published: Apr 19 2026
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Serbian police arrived at our home to arrest me-three days after I helped organize the Kosovo independence referendum of September 1991, six-year-old daughter ran to the officer crying, Please don't arrest my best friend! In that moment-a child's innocence confronting state violence-I understood that our story wasn't just about survival. It was about the human cost of systematic oppression.
*Fear & Hate* chronicles Fatmir's life under Serbian occupation in Kosovo-from childhood through forced exile to Canada. As a journalist for *Rilindja* and a human rights worker, he documented atrocities that reached the UN. He witnessed his cousin's murder, survived interrogation and torture, and led thirteen young men across a 2,498-meter mountain while his family fled below.
But this memoir's power lies in intimate moments: a mother walking into machine gun range to get bread, a daughter caught in crossfire, a family hiding wedding rings in a tree before fleeing.
Twenty-seven years later, with ten grandchildren spread across two countries, Fatmir writes: The ache of exile lingers, but so does the quiet strength of a life rebuilt with dignity.
Perfect for readers of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families, and The Unwanted.
A powerful memoir of survival and resilience under Serbian occupation in Kosovo, chronicling one man's journey from childhood through exile to rebuilding in Canada.
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