http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-11 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2025/5/11/in-the-decade-since-my-mothers-passing-i-cling-to-anything-i-can-to-keep-her-here-with-me monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/6a6d28a9-b7ec-47e9-9802-a962613edb35/Nadja+and+her+mom+Jasmina+2013.jpg ESSAYS - In the decade since my mother’s passing, I cling to anything I can to keep her here with me - Make it stand out Mama & I on her last visit to Canada in 2012 (I’m wearing the pink top.) http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2025/1/10/what-is-most-important-to-me-reflections-on-how-to-live-the-new-year-better monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/dfa53e9b-20da-45f4-b8b4-a9d4ee59c3ed/Caribbean+sunrise.png ESSAYS - WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME? - Make it stand out Me on the Caribbean beach at sunrise, 2025 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2024/10/18/today-i-walk-for-every-child-caught-in-the-storm-of-war monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/e69a5111-c9b2-4263-8ab1-f38857d693e0/Nadja+13.jpg ESSAYS - TODAY, I WALK FOR EVERY CHILD CAUGHT IN THE STORM OF WAR - Make it stand out Me at 13, wide-eyed and innocent, mere months before I was wounded. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2024/5/26/what-i-learned-from-missing-the-solar-eclipse monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/b8204cf5-79cb-4457-a12b-ef7a6318359b/solar-eclipse-1115920_1280.jpg ESSAYS - What I Learned From Missing the Solar Eclipse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2024/4/21/i-never-realized-how-much-of-my-identity-i-carried-in-my-hair-until-i-gave-it-all-away monthly 0.5 2024-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/859e4651-31d4-420d-adce-8fe52f792e0e/hair+collage.png ESSAYS - I never realized how much of my identity I carried in my hair — until I gave it all away - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2023/7/11/as-a-war-survivor-heres-what-i-dread-about-fourth-of-july-celebrations monthly 0.5 2023-07-11 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2023/2/24/one-year-of-war-in-ukraine-brings-back-my-own-horrific-memories monthly 0.5 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/fa41ab88-c2b5-4dfc-9bf5-0a06272385bf/writing+in+my+diary+age+16.png ESSAYS - One Year of War in Ukraine Brings Back My Own Horrific Memories - Make it stand out Writing in my diary during the war, age 16. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2023/1/17/during-wartime-finding-beauty-is-the-key-to-survival monthly 0.5 2023-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/0e5cb373-12b0-41fe-93cb-bd0877eafe61/burned+down+building+Sarajevo+1994.JPG ESSAYS - During wartime, finding beauty is the key to survival - Make it stand out Destroyed building, Sarajevo winter 1994 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2023/1/17/how-we-survived-winter-in-wartime monthly 0.5 2023-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/a34c789b-bcbb-44d0-bba0-496833883fbe/winter+1994%2C+age+14.JPG ESSAYS - How We Survived Winter in Wartime - Make it stand out Age 14, winter in war-torn Sarajevo http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2022/8/15/26-years-ago-war-separated-my-family-my-dad-and-i-still-feel-the-aftershocks monthly 0.5 2022-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/af88b97d-1240-490b-9755-a69cbc6019a1/Nadja+%26+Dad+Honorary+Doc+Ceremony+2013.JPG ESSAYS - 26 years ago, war separated my family. My dad and I still feel the aftershocks. - Make it stand out With Dad at Butler University in 2013 while receiving my honorary doctorate http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2022/5/8/the-memories-that-sustain-me-on-mothers-day monthly 0.5 2022-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/25b167e3-7762-4a2f-85fd-8092634afcc7/image-asset.jpeg ESSAYS - The Memories That Sustain Me on Mother's Day - Make it stand out With my mom Jasmina in Sarajevo, 2004 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2022/4/29/you-never-stop-being-a-child-of-war monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/0c1f6a51-f417-4724-bfaf-087dea2bdb90/on+the+rubble+of+the+National+Library+in+Sarajevo.JPG ESSAYS - You Never Stop Being a Child of War - Make it stand out Sitting on the rubble of the National Library in Sarajevo, 1996. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2022/3/24/the-virtue-of-a-hug-in-war-peace-and-pandemic monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/2c412aee-79e2-4461-9434-5fbcda9a61e0/oscar.PNG ESSAYS - THE VIRTUE OF A HUG IN WAR, PEACE AND PANDEMIC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2022/1/31/i-survived-a-war-as-a-child-but-life-doesnt-owe-me-anything monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/33b186b2-bf7c-4df1-8989-9ad7123e9143/Sarajevo%2C+war%2C+age+14.PNG ESSAYS - I survived a war as a child, but life doesn't owe me anything - Make it stand out A dreary winter in Sarajevo under siege, age 14. http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2020/12/23/ill-be-your-keeper-you-be-mine-a-year-of-loss-growth-and-homemade-bread monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/6/9/books-change-lives monthly 0.5 2020-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/1599078515172-7IA7E77QW0FCB9CS1GKM/before+%26+afterfinal.PNG ESSAYS - WHY I CUT & DONATED MY HAIR http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2020/3/25/25-years-ago-i-survived-the-siege-of-sarajevo-now-the-whole-world-is-under-siege monthly 0.5 2020-03-26 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/11/8/victory monthly 0.5 2017-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/1485902742057-OMZX4XKCTNMW2SR9JM4C/image-asset.jpeg ESSAYS - Victory over Victimhood: My first Half-Marathon http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/7/15/b-day-one monthly 0.5 2020-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/1469747794860-VKSF2N7P87USPDG153O2/image-asset.jpeg ESSAYS - A Song of Gratitude on my B-day http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/7/12/toothpaste-cheese-fireworks monthly 0.5 2016-07-15 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/6/28/working-title monthly 0.5 2020-03-25 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/5/25/rpdplhults0rahnv3yj4wefg66zdld monthly 0.5 2016-05-28 http://www.nadjapeace.com/blog/2016/5/17/the-beginning monthly 0.5 2016-05-19 http://www.nadjapeace.com/nadjas-book daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/1443368402714-YQC40WXXYDU8R7UVP781/My-Childhood-Under-Fire.jpg Book http://www.nadjapeace.com/bio daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/87b0642a-724e-4d30-8d0b-b99a2b7ca11b/blonde+birthday+profile+2.jpg Bio 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 1992, Nadja was wounded by a bombshell. She still has several pieces of shrapnel in her legs. 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 1995, 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 others. Nadja was featured in the Jackie Waldman’s Courage to Give, Eric Walters’ When Elephants Fight and Michael Collopy’s Architects of Peace, along with the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. Nadja was recognized by her school, Butler University, with the first ever Woman of Distinction Award. Her first North American publication titled My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary was published in 2006 by Kids Can Press. Her book was awarded the 2006 Best Book Award under Social Studies by the Society of School Librarians International, as well as nominated for the Norma Fleck Award and the Golden Oak Award. It was translated into French in 2007 and Indonesian in 2009. Nadja has received an honorary doctorate for her work for peace and advocacy for children of war from Butler University in Indianapolis in December 2013, as well as the Hilton Ultimus Brown Alumni Achievement Award in 2015. Her essays have appeared in Time, The Atlantic, Newsweek, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and The Boston Globe, among others. http://www.nadjapeace.com/new-page daily 0.75 2022-01-31 http://www.nadjapeace.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2024-09-23 http://www.nadjapeace.com/home daily 1.0 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5607fd90e4b02eae859bbbc1/1462026439733-G3XF40MMS8CGYMFVWLKF/nadja-halilbegovich-writing.jpg Home