Anthology of wounds - Arct

LIRI LUBONJAAnthology of WoundsShe is the wife of political prisonerTodi Lubonja and the motherof well-known writer and journalistFatos Lubonja, who was alsoa political prisoner. Liri Lubonjahas perfectly described the persecutionsand tortures she sawduring the internment years in herbook “Far and among the people.”She testifies about the sufferingof women under the sameSocialist system for which she herself had fought.FRAGMENTS FROM “Far and among the people”(Interment memories 1973-1990)ArrestsIt was 25 June 1974. Somebody knocked. I looked atmy watch. It was 6 a.m. Who was at the door so early?!Concerned, I went to open it. An unknown person wasat the door. “I want to talk to Fatos,” he told me.“Who are you,” I asked. He told me that he camefrom State Security. I was shocked. “Do u want to seeFatos,” I asked again as in a daze. He softly told me,“Just to ask him for something.”I went to wake up Fatos. He was surprised, wearinghis velvet beige trousers and his shirt. “What could havehappened?” He combed his hair with his fingers andleft. I was shocked. I knew it was absurd and I didn’twant to accept this for him. Todi was spiritually pre-39