Sejdefa Dozic, Bosnia

Sejdefa was an innocent girl of 10 living with her parents and four year old brother in a village outside of Srebrenica when what has been called the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II destroyed the only life she knew. After suffering a war for three and a half years, her family was separated in July 1995 when her village, declared a safe zone by the United Nations, was attacked by Serb forces. That was the last time she saw her father.

Miraculously Sejdefa survived and, as she prepared to graduate with honors from high school, met ArtReach founder and executive director Susan Anderson. Sejdefa participated in the ArtReach program from 2002 until 2004.

Since that time, Sejdefa was accepted to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia under scholarship and is studying biomedical engineering.  

Sejdefa Dozic at the United Nations,
July 2005.

On July 11, 2005, Sejdefa was invited to speak to the United Nations by Mirza Kusljugic, Bosnian ambassador, to commemorate the 10 year takeover of her town. Read Sejdefa’s speech here.