Amel Ćurić

Proud of the homeland Amel Ćurić 

Once everyone leaves us alone, when they put a hat on our flag, yellow quinces when the anthem plays, oh, what a nice neighbor it will be. I love you because you are the one who is born and you are the one who is To me, the question is absurd when you ask "why do you love your homeland?" – you have to love your homeland. There is nowhere where that you can find an Orthodox church, a Catholic church, a synagogue and a mosque within 100 meters and somehow breathe together at the same time. All this makes Bosnia original and special, and perhaps the best of us. Sometimes I want to get out of here, but when I leave, I literally want to come back within two days. I want to come back a lot more than I want to go. That love is indescribable, I simply tremble at the mention of our national team in any sport, any success of any of our writers, athletes, musicians, even those who were born here and perform for another country. We have always valued others more and least of all ourselves and our country. We have always exported our soul to the environment, and we can freely say that we are one of the best musicians, writers, athletes, authors, painters, not only in the region but in Europe and the world. This is what makes us original, and so are our surrealists, who are nowhere else on planet earth. They always look at us just as I imagine we are – original, whether positively or negatively, they always look at us with wide eyes and admire us, wonder at us. That love has always won, and to this day, after all those wars, people still live together, love each other, socialize and do business. I think that love will always triumph over this unfortunate hatred in our region. When you think of this small country, you can say a little bit of it.