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As If I'm Not There

AS IF I AM NOT THERE is a story of a young woman, Samira, from Sarajevo, Serbia, whose life is shattered the day a young soldier walks uninvited into her apartment and tells her to pack her things.Rounded up with the other women from the village where she has taken up a teaching post and imprisoned in a warehouse in a remote region of Bosnia, Samira quickly learns the rules of camp life. The day she is picked out to 'entertain' the soldiers is the day the real nightmare begins. Stripped of everything she has ever had and facing the constant threat of death, Samira struggles against all the hatred she sees around her. In a final act of courage or madness, she decides to make one last stand: to dare to be herself. And it is this simple act that saves her life.It is when she realizes that surviving means more than just staying alive that she has to make a decision, a decision that will change her life forever.As If I Am Not There is a modern war story that explores love, identity and the connections between us all.