We went and organized ourselves, then crossed the border from Gjakova to Tropoja overnight. We traveled the entire night. We started… I think at around 8:30 in the evening and arrived at 5:30 in the morning. It was an extremely difficult, terrible journey. I remember we passed through a forest so dense that the sky wasn’t visible. I was wearing slightly high-heeled shoes and a very short skirt, as was common for us in Kosovo at the time. I was not prepared for this trip. The opportunity arose, and I decided to go.
As soon as we crossed the border, the Albanian army stopped us. They kept us there for a night, where we rested. I was completely bloodied on my feet and knees. I was covered in blood. […] They treated us exceptionally well there, then kept us in Bajram Curri for eight days, under isolation, and later in Laç. The friends who were with me, also from Hogosht, were sent back. We only met them for one day.
There was Rexhep Malaj, Sami Dërmaku, and Isa Kastrati. They are the two heroes. Sami also endured a lot of turmoil since he was a former prisoner and what else do I know. But they returned. They returned with a mission, I’m very sure of that, and they continued until they became heroes of Kosovo. They kept me because I was young, just 16 years old, while they were in their twenties, 20-something.
Ferdeze Mujaj Sadiku was born in 1954 in Hogosht, Municipality of Kamenica. In 1970, she emigrated to Albania. In 1978, she graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Vlora, and after graduation, she worked as a pharmacist in Tirana. She returned to Kosovo in 1979 and continued her work as a pharmacist in Obiliq. During the ‘90s, she worked at her private pharmacy in Pristina, where she is still engaged today.