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Justice in Action: Putting Bosnia’s History on the Big Screen
November 20, 2012 - No comment
In this short film, six young East Londoners travel to Bosnia to discover its turbulent history and what ‘justice’ must...
November 20, 2012 - No comment
In this short film, six young East Londoners travel to Bosnia to discover its turbulent history and what ‘justice’ must...
Srebrenica: To No One and Nowhere
July 28, 2012 - No comment
Seventeen years after the Srebrenica massacre, the lessons from the tragedy need to be learnt as a scarred people slowly...
July 28, 2012 - No comment
Seventeen years after the Srebrenica massacre, the lessons from the tragedy need to be learnt as a scarred people slowly...
The Journey: Unravelling Bosnia’s Past and Present
November 23, 2011 - 8 Comments
Before travelling to Bosnia I had expectations of a remote and possibly hostile region, fed by misinformed stereotypes from...
November 23, 2011 - 8 Comments
Before travelling to Bosnia I had expectations of a remote and possibly hostile region, fed by misinformed stereotypes from...
The Hijaab: 20 Years On?
February 14, 2010 - 35 Comments
By Aisha Alvi I dedicate this short piece to my late father, Dr. Abdur Rab Alvi, 1929 -2006. The dedicated support and guidance...
February 14, 2010 - 35 Comments
By Aisha Alvi I dedicate this short piece to my late father, Dr. Abdur Rab Alvi, 1929 -2006. The dedicated support and guidance...
Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Asset or Obstacle?
February 2, 2010 - 5 Comments
By Mirnes Kovac Many today see Bosnia and Herzegovina (short: B&H, Bosnia) as a fragile state, problematic in terms of its long political impasse – but one can ask - is it really in such an unfavorable position? The situation on the ground is not even close to that which is being projected. In order to acquaint you with B&H, I shall first provide some background, and focus on one of its main peculiarities – the fact that it is the most-Western “majority-Muslim country” in Europe,...
February 2, 2010 - 5 Comments
By Mirnes Kovac Many today see Bosnia and Herzegovina (short: B&H, Bosnia) as a fragile state, problematic in terms of its long political impasse – but one can ask - is it really in such an unfavorable position? The situation on the ground is not even close to that which is being projected. In order to acquaint you with B&H, I shall first provide some background, and focus on one of its main peculiarities – the fact that it is the most-Western “majority-Muslim country” in Europe,...
Revisiting Bosnia
February 2, 2010 - No comment
By Ahmad Butt “Bosnia was once 'that exotic country in the heart of Europe'—a land with a...heritage made rich with the intermingling of many cultures and civilisations. Multinational, multicultural, multireligious, its many communities—Muslims, Serbs, Croats, Hungarians, Jews—had lived together for generations. It was in Bosnia under the Ottomans that large numbers of Jews fleeing the Inquisition in Spain found welcome refuge, and there they had stayed, weaving another strand into the country's...
February 2, 2010 - No comment
By Ahmad Butt “Bosnia was once 'that exotic country in the heart of Europe'—a land with a...heritage made rich with the intermingling of many cultures and civilisations. Multinational, multicultural, multireligious, its many communities—Muslims, Serbs, Croats, Hungarians, Jews—had lived together for generations. It was in Bosnia under the Ottomans that large numbers of Jews fleeing the Inquisition in Spain found welcome refuge, and there they had stayed, weaving another strand into the country's...