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“Your uncle made it back to Sarajevo through the tunnel, which we now call ‘Sarajevo’s Metro’. Most of our food comes through the tunnel, too.” – From my parents’ letter, 1994. “It was a top secret project, and it had … Continue reading “War Tunnel – The Lifeline for City Residents” →
From: The Guardian; by Justin McGuirk The Historical Museum in Sarajevo has seen better days. It may occupy the city’s finest modernist building, but the marble facade remains bullet-raked and the steps are crumbling. It only gets worse inside. In … Continue reading “Welcome to Sarajevo’s Designs for Survival” →
Vildana and Jasmin arrived to America in the spring of 1994, where I met them shortly after, through a mutual friend. They were married in Sarajevo, in September of 1993, in the midst of the siege. Only a couple months … Continue reading “Vildana’s War Diary” →
I have never visited a museum anywhere in the world where visitors, so moved by the displayed exhibits, leave notes on the walls–except in Sarajevo Historical Museum. The above photo captured only a few from many I saw, while visiting … Continue reading “Sarajevo’s Historical Museum” →