Goodbye, Selma
One of my best friends will leave Sarajevo on Saturday – for what could be for good. What will hopefully be her gain will be a great loss to Bosnian society. It just doesn’t know it yet.
Schlagwort: National Library
Druga smrt duše Bosne
Bosnia’s cultural memory is at stake. This time, not Serb militia are to blame but political neglicience, a dysfunctional government and the commercial interests of Sarajevo’s city government. A reportage that could disturb book lovers and librarians.
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A Building for Us, The People
In Sarajevo, a protest movement has formed to resolve rather grotesque issue that has alienated a lot of Sarajevili. The city administration has taken over Vijećnica, the building that had housed Bosnia’s National Library and that was almost destroyed because of that in 1992. The building has not become the seat of the city administration, though – it is rented out and the city charges an entrance fee.
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La Condition Bosnienne
Ein Rechsstreit zwischen der Stadtregierung und der Nationalbibliothek lässt die Bürger von Sarajevo ratlos zurück und unterstreicht die Dysfunktionalität des Landes. Geführt wird er über der Frage, wer in eines der symbolträchtigsten Gebäude Bosniens einziehen darf.
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