Poem

Sráideanna Sarajevo

Title	Sráideanna Sarajevo
Author	Biddy Jenkinson

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Oíche Bhealtaine	2005	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #166

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Oíche Bhealtaine
Date of Publication	2005
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	32

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Gender-based violence HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Bosnian War War: Global War on Terrorism War: War in Afghanistan
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes the streets of Sarajevo, notably including the detail of a shop front being covered in bullet holes. This is likely a reference to the Bosnian conflict. The third verse of the poem mentions the bombing of Afghanistan. The poem's contemporary war is the War on Terror and the War in Afghanistan. The bomb appears to hit a shop which sold brightly coloured scarves that 'feminists' bought. This could be a comment on the Taliban rule in the country from 1996-2001 which severely repressed women in Afghanistan.

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