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Meliha Avdic

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Meliha was born in Bosnia. When the war started in 1992, she was twelve years old. Few months into the war, Meliha left war-torn Bosnia with her mum and younger brother. They found a refuge in the UK, where Meliha spent most of her life.

Meliha graduated in Economics and then completed an MSc in Voluntary Action Management. She has two passions in life that fit together: Sector of Citizen Activism and Writing. She has often talked about how there should be 'Citizen Activism Fiction' genre, and her first book, Just Another Life, would fit perfectly into this genre.

As an activist, Meliha spends a lot of her time talking to people, finding out how they live and what they think. As a writer, she takes what she learns in the field and applies i
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Meliha Avdic I don't get writer's block. I am not one of those who say that is doesn't exist. I have seen too many talented, smart people seriously suffering. But …moreI don't get writer's block. I am not one of those who say that is doesn't exist. I have seen too many talented, smart people seriously suffering. But I have (thank God) never had writer's block. In fact, my muses drive me nuts very often with 'writer's flood' - this is what we decided to call it in one of the writing groups on facebook. If anyone has a better idea, please share. (less)
Meliha Avdic Oh, the endless possibilities.

I love the whole thing. Fixing a bad sentence, to spitting out a sentence that is far beyond anything I thought I could…more
Oh, the endless possibilities.

I love the whole thing. Fixing a bad sentence, to spitting out a sentence that is far beyond anything I thought I could create. Getting the feedback and arguing my point of view. Finding people who agree with me. Holding the book I have written. Seeing the effect that a book has on people - I like the motion pictures, the theatre, the TV, but books will always have a much deeper and profound effect on people. we have to work on society developing appreciation for books. (less)
Average rating: 3.6 · 10 ratings · 10 reviews · 4 distinct works
Just Another Life

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Notes from the Underground;...

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A Waltz with Aphrodite

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Fighting the First Page Judgement

We've had the whole 'Don't judge a book by its cover' and we've agreed that book covers are important because they are like a shop window - a person my just walk past your shop and if they like what they see in the window, the display you've made which in some way reflects what you sell inside, then they might just come into your shop. But, if they do not like what they see in the window, they wil Read more of this blog post »
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The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
"I rarely write reviews, but this book feels like a personal insult to readers’ intelligence and ethics.

I first heard about Let Them on Oprah’s show, where it was praised as one of the best books she'd ever read. Intrigued by the endorsement, I gave i" Read more of this review »
" This is the fourth book that the book club has decided to read. We thought we'd go with a bit of poetry now.

We should be meeting end of June or begin
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" Hi Juuso,

Sorry for such late response, but I'm here only once a month, if that.

WhatsApp group is only for people in the bookclub since we use it to
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" My views on the book published in this article on

Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/meliha/...

Medium https://meliha.medium.com/discovering...
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Friends of Israel by Hilary Frances Aked
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Very informative. Will be doing an article about it.
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I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
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I read this book as part of PSC Merton (London) book club. I could have read it in one sitting if life wasn't getting in the way. But then, can't be too upset with life when reading this book.

We spoke a lot about the events of the story, but mostly
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“He used to annoy me with sophistry that we all chose our destiny. Then one day I told him that that’s great when fate offers you a nice set of destinies to choose from, but when you find yourself choosing between risking being raped, tortured and killed, or moving to another country to live like an alien without tongue, money or understanding, you are buggered either way. And that’s not even to mention how easily he could navigate through the mine filed of his mistakes...”
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Jürgen Todenhöfer
“Last 200 years no Muslim country attacked a western country. But tens of wars against Muslim countries were conducted by western countries.”
Jürgen Todenhöfer

Ian Thomas Shaw
“The Empty Door

I will meet you,
At the empty door,
Enter the atrium,
Of dreams once bold,
Regrets untold,
Walk the corridor,
Of restlessness,
Bathe in the pool,
Of forgetfulness,
And in the grand salon,
Where the threads of life,
Now grey,
Fray in the dying light,
Share verses,
Forged by the night.”
Ian Thomas Shaw

“The future is the time when all our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness assured'... And the present is a time that constantly fails to catch up with the future.”
Dunya Luke

Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein

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