FEAR & HATE: A Memoir of Occupation, Exile, and Survival

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.

Pagina's: 314, Hardcover, Fatmir Sadiku