Nadja halilbegovich biography of mahatma gandhi

Nadja was twelve years old when the war broke out in her native country Bosnia. Throughout the next three and a half years, she and all the citizens of the capital Sarajevo suffered from continuous shelling and the deprivation of basic needs.

In , Nadja was wounded by a bombshell. She still has several pieces of shrapnel in her legs.

Nadja halilbegovich biography of mahatma gandhi

During the war, Nadja began sharing her poetry and diary entries on the National Radio. Soon, she had her own radio show called The Music Box. At fourteen, Nadja’s diary was published in Bosnia. She became known as the Bosnian Anne Frank and The National Dutch Television created a documentary about her life.  

In , Nadja escaped the war and came to live in the United States.

In the summer that year the sequel to her diary titled Dreamer’s Insomnia was published in Bosnia. She continued to speak and share her experiences around the world at events such as The Global Young Leaders Conference, The State of the World Forum and many