Ika Ferrer Gotić
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Author of "Planet's Pulse with Ika Ferrer Gotić" every Saturday Prime Time on @Newsmax Balkans | War survivor and a fmr Bosnian refugee | Privately a space geek
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Ricky Gervais is lowkey the smartest person on the planet. Ricky Gervais #RickyGervais #FreeSpeech
Ika Ferrer Gotić1,069,041 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
4 am in #Edinburgh after a fun night, hungry and loss of voice, severely lacking sleep (because why sleep when in #Scotland) looking for a bakery, anything! No soul! This was fun, honestly. I got to see the Old Town without having to bump into people. Excuse my French here!
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For Bosnia and Herzegovina, last night’s victory hits different. It wasn't just a ticket to the World Cup. It's a quiet, fierce reclamation of everything they once tried to take away: our identity, our right to exist as a people and a country, our very lives and land. We still live our history. In the 1992–1995 war, Bosnians faced a systematic campaign of destruction. Over 100,000 people were killed. Entire towns and villages were cleansed. The siege of Sarajevo, the capital, lasted 1,425 days, the longest in modern history, with civilians shelled daily while the world watched. And then Srebrenica: in July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were slaughtered in genocide. It wasn’t random violence. It was calculated to break our spirit and remove any trace of a sovereign, multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina. They wanted no Bosnia. Some voices even today deny the genocide or question whether this country should exist at all. That’s why, when the national team wins, it feels like our country exhales a breath it’s been holding for thirty years. The players on the pitch aren’t just athletes; they’re sons of survivors, children of refugees, men who carry the stories of parents who buried loved ones or rebuilt homes from rubble. When the stadium erupts with “Bosna! Bosna!”, it’s not only celebration. It’s defiance. It’s proof that we refused to disappear. Last night’s win, whatever the score, whatever the opponent, became one more chapter in that story of survival. For a moment, the pain of the past doesn’t vanish, but it steps aside so joy can breathe. Our children are singing, our flag is flying high. That’s why it hits different. Football, for us, has always been more than a game. It’s memory. It’s resistance. It’s love for a country that refused to die. And every victory like last night’s reminds the world, and reminds us, that Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a footnote in history. It is a living, breathing, scoring, celebrating nation. Love from Sarajevo! | #FIFAWorldCup #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BIHITA #Dzeko #FootballTwitter
Ika Ferrer Gotić30,516 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Sounds about right. | #Scotland #CoolestNationOnEarth | Cc STV News
Ika Ferrer Gotić40,234 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
To us, football is more than sports. It's source of life. And we needed to breathe again! Sarajevo celebrates tonight! Our national team will stand right here, on this very spot, to be honored by us! Enjoy the view! | #FIFAWorldCup #BosniaAndHerzegovina #Sarajevo
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If there's anything you'll hear today, please let it be this. It's crucial to understand what the #GHF aid distribution centres in #Gaza, operated by Israel and the US, are designed for: luring starving civilians in and then killing them. These are death traps. More than 1,050 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access food, many deliberately targeted with tear gas and live ammunition by Israeli forces and American private security contractors. In a heartbreaking moment shared on a recent podcast, a US soldier recounted a scene that continues to haunt him from his time stationed at the GHF aid distribution point in Gaza. "Amir, a frail child, barefoot, walked 12 kilometres under the sun to reach the distribution point. He only received a handful of rice and lentils from the ground. He approached me, kissed my hand, and said: 'Thank you.' Minutes later, as he was leaving with the rest of the civilians, the Israeli army fired gas and bullets, and Amir was killed on the spot." Scenes like this are not isolated. It's an everyday occurrence. This is the brutal reality of a Palestinian civilian population being exterminated while the world watches on, thinking whether or not they 'deserve' basic himan rights. Shame on us! Rest in peace, little Amir. 🕊️
Ika Ferrer Gotić51,567 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
"Zionism is a perversion of my identity and religion." - Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro told me in an interview today. Rabbi Shapiro rejects the idea of #Israel being homeland of all Jews and describes #Zionism as 'identity theft'. Stay tuned. | #Gaza #Palestine Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro
Ika Ferrer Gotić37,122 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
Just booked my first trip to #Scotland and it's earlier than I initially planned. See you all in May. Can't wait to experience oor wee bonnie land in Spring. First a short stop in Liverpool. Than a whole week in #Glasgow. Home is where the heart is. 🏴
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A wee appreciation post for all your love and kindness you’ve all shown me the past week. What is happiness to you? I can tell you what’s happiness to me. It’s Scotland’s lochs and frosty wee towns, endless coffees in the afternoon and whisky nights by the rivers. The sound of Scottish bagpipes just outside my window. The laughter of my friends and live music. The Celtic Park. It’s the sound of silence in the mountains and busy city in the mornings. Thank you Broadcasting Scotland for giving me something I can now carry around with me in my mind and heart. Scotland, you are absolutely beautiful. See you all soon. #Scotland #Glasgow #Edinburgh #Inverness #Glencoe #CelticFC
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Elon Musk just chilling by the Belmont Chipper in Scotland 😂 #Scotland Elon Musk
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Man, this one's gonna be a tough one. Losing a friend and our adopted Bosnian cuts deep. I met Paul in 2019. when we worked on a broadcast project together, unpacking forgotten war crimes in Sarajevo and Bijeljina. This is for you, Paul! | paullowe We lost more than a photographer when #PaulLowe passed away. We lost a witness to our history, a storyteller who showed the world the truths that many wished to ignore. His lens captured more than the horrors of war; it captured the resilience, the survival, the humanity of #Sarajevo at its darkest moment. Paul wasn’t just any outsider. He became one of us, a Bosnian in spirit, returning to live in Sarajevo with his Bosnian wife he met during war. He chose to make this city, scarred but beautiful, his home. In a way, his life mirrored his photography; an intimate connection to our brokenness, but yet utter fucking resilience. His work during the siege was not just about documenting violence. It was about remembering – reminding us that the shattered buildings and the jagged remains of barricades held stories, stories we should never forget. Paul understood that the “textures of destruction,” as he called them, were not just remnants of the past, but warnings and lessons for the future. He spent six months after the war capturing the ruins, not as mere structures, but as symbols of what had been lost and what we must fight to preserve – our history, our humanity. Through his eyes, even devastation carried a haunting, “terrifying beauty,” a strange aesthetic that was both painful and necessary to see. For those of us who knew him, Paul wasn’t just a great artist. He was a kind soul, a man who cared deeply for the people and the stories he photographed. He was someone who became one with his subject, whose empathy was as powerful as his talent. In losing Paul, we’ve lost a piece of Sarajevo’s heart. But through his images, his legacy lives on, forever reminding us of the importance of remembering. Thank you for your service, you amazing man. Rest in power! 🕊️
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