Sarajevans

I love the way Sarajevans express themselves; it's a kind of world-weary, mordant wit overlying an amazing ability to absorb and survive great suffering.

A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book 2010

But Sarajevans blame the problem, above all, on the refusal of the "Serbian Republic" to define a common cultural legacy with the "Bosniak-Croat Federation."

Stephen Schwartz: Bosnian Cultural Heritage Under Peacetime Threat Stephen Schwartz 2012

But it is what he has done in the 16 years since the shooting stopped that gives me and countless other Sarajevans hope.

Diana Jenkins: It's Time for Justice to Take New Forms in the Balkans Diana Jenkins 2011

But it is what he has done in the 16 years since the shooting stopped that gives me and countless other Sarajevans hope.

Diana Jenkins: It's Time for Justice to Take New Forms in the Balkans Diana Jenkins 2011

But Sarajevans blame the problem, above all, on the refusal of the "Serbian Republic" to define a common cultural legacy with the "Bosniak-Croat Federation."

Stephen Schwartz: Bosnian Cultural Heritage Under Peacetime Threat Stephen Schwartz 2012

These forces are not preternatural -- the Serb militias are real enough -- but by the end of the book one does feel that the Sarajevans are being subjected to a speeded-up version of the distress and ill-fortune life ulitmately inflicts on almost everyone.

Translated Texts 2010

Numerous new malls were offering Versace and Chanel, but the Sarajevans seemed less than keen on frequenting them.

A new look at Bosnia Herzegovina Sophie Cooke 2010

During the 90s war, the Sarajevans dug a secret tunnel beneath the airport which enabled them to bring in supplies and withstand the siege.

A new look at Bosnia Herzegovina Sophie Cooke 2010

And it doesn't only happen in the distant deserts of Africa -- thousands of urban, apartment-dwelling Sarajevans faced a similar reality when gas and electricity lines were cut during the Bosnian war.

Carolyn Makinson: Fueling Humanitarian Aid 2009

Throughout the war in Bosnia, the Belgrade press has run virulently anti-Muslim stories: charges that Sarajevans fed Serb children to starving animals in the zoo, allegations that Croats and Muslims raped their own women in order to blame the crime on Serbs.

The Ghosts Of Serbia 2008