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It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to create.
Aleksandar Hemon
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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
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City of Sarajevo
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I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which is at most knee-deep, with my feet bound in cement.
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Arabs are a complete abstraction in the propaganda world and all the death and destruction is completely unreal to Americans.
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