Abstract In December 2024, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian NGO Bosanskohercegovačka inicijativa žena (BHWI) developed I Want to Live, a participatory theatre initiative involving migrant women from Palestine, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Türkiye living in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through theatre, lullabies, song, somatic movement, and other verbal and non-verbal forms of expression, the performance brought different…