balkan-thug:Faila Pašić Bišić, was born in Jesenice, Slovenia, into a Muslim family
balkan-thug: Faila Pašić Bišić, was born in Jesenice, Slovenia, into a Muslim family that had emigrated from Bosnia. Despite being treated as a foreigner, she managed to gain a good education. Faila Pašić Bišić founded an NGO, the Up [Hope] Charity, with the intention of reaching many different groups of people, both adults and children, from wide ranging backgrounds. … For the last ten years, she has been travelling around the world, promoting tolerance and compassion, protection of the environment, coexistence of all religions, nations cultures and social others. She is also initiator of numerouos humanitarian aid projects, as well as activities promoting intercultural dialogue and understanding. She is also doing voluntary service in Bosnian, Kosovan, African and Palestinian refugee camps. She has earned recognition from various social, healthcare, political personages. She has been awarded the best Volonteer 2006, Humanist of the year 2007, Face of the European year of equal opportunities for all 2007, and nominated for Slovenian women of the year 2008 and Young European 2008. She also works against racism and islamophobia in Europe; in this video she briefly talks about her experiences as a woman wearing hijab in Slovenia and how she is treated by others because of it. Among one of the very important things she also says in the video is: “If we label a person as an immigrant, a foreigner, or a second class citizen, we categorise them in a group of people who do not belong to society; by doing so we neglect all other aspects of their identity.” If you don’t know about her, it’s about time you do. She is amazing. God bless. -- source link