Sarajevo Encounters

It was in September 1996 that I first ventured into Sarajevo.

The war was over, the city was destroyed after nearly 4 years of war and siege, but life was slowly returning again, like a stranger.

On a brief visit last week, 27 years later, I saw a city that is rebuilt, multicultural, vibrant and spectacular to behold.

Beautiful encounters with old friends, new friends, icons of the past and new life for the future, making it all the more special.

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“Zagreb is like the brain of Yugoslavia. Universities, rationality…

Belgrade is the heart, Passion, Anger.

But Sarajevo ! Sarajevo is the soul…”

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The Impossible Country by Brian Hall when discussing The Last Days of Yugoslavia…