How education saved refugee Islam Borinca’s life

A visiting lecturer at UCD has been speaking about the pivotal role Ireland played in helping him process his survivor’s guilt after fleeing war-torn Kosovo when he was just eight years old.

Professor Islam Borinca’s life changed forever when his father and brother were murdered during the war between Kosovo and Serbia in 1998…

In a recent feature for The Journal, he speaks movingly about witnessing the destruction of his home, and how these experiences shaped his commitment to studying reconciliation and intergroup healing from war trauma.

The Social Psychologist reflects on what Ireland’s own history of division taught him, and how societies can work toward understanding, repair, and mutual respect.

He joins Seán to discuss.