Asfar is looking for contributors for the Winter 2022 edition of the Asfar e-Journal! If you are interested in writing an article on the Caucasus, Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa get in touch at e.journal@asfar.org.uk The e-Journal focuses on the Balkans, Middle East and North Africa or the Caucasus. Articles can be on … Continued
Dear Reader, This time we are paying tribute. I have heard people say that explaining Brexit using the example of Erasmus+ is a strange thing to do. And it may indeed be so, but my friend’s sister would probably disagree. OK, maybe this is not how she explains Brexit, but this is at least one … Continued
Fresh Generation are a street dance crew from Sarajevo, formed in 2009 by a group of high schoolers who loved to dance hip-hop. Tarik Osmanagić and Dženita Hasečić are the founding figures of the group although many of the advanced dancers in the crew have been alongside their journey from the start. Since their conception, … Continued
Emina, International Project Manager at Asfar, spent early March 2020 in Baku and although only staying for a few days, she collected a lot of memories and specific learning experiences from this trip. During this period, we were all learning how to live with the COVID-19 pandemic, having to literally change our behavior overnight – … Continued
Can Mount Trebević, a favourite picnic area of many citizens of Sarajevo and host of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, overcome its dark past of being one of the key positions which held Sarajevo in an almost 4-year long siege (the longest blockade of a capital in modern history)? Mount Trebević, always known for its … Continued
Introduction The tiny nation of Montenegro underwent a drastic shift after the country’s eleventh parliamentary elections on 30th August 2020. The elections saw the end of a 30-year era in which the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) had held power, and the defeat of its increasingly-authoritarian President Milo Djukanović. Djukanović has been widely suspected of … Continued
We are looking for young people to join our Editorial Team at the Asfar e-Journal! We need Editors to cover the Balkans and Caucasus. The Asfar e-Journal publishes articles on the Caucasus, Balkans, Middle East and North Africa, supporting young writers to write about these regions. If you would be interested in joining the team, … Continued
Asfar’s e-Journal is planning to publish a Winter edition, and we are looking for writers – especially interested in the North Africa and the Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus – to be a part of this new edition. We welcome proposals for articles on the Middle East, Caucasus, and Balkans, on a range of topics. … Continued
Asfar’s latest edition of the e-Journal, a range of articles and creative pieces focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, the Balkans and the Caucasus. Asfar would like to thank all contributors who have been involved in the August 2020 edition of the e-Journal. And especially would like to thank and welcome our new … Continued
Dear Reader, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this new edition of the Asfar e-Journal. It has been a long 18 months which seem to have witnessed it all; indeed, many of us have already had enough of 2020. Undoubtedly, much has happened; yet, equally, some would claim not enough has … Continued
‘Music can echo into social debate over what a place has been, what it is, and what it might be.’[i] Music is a space for freedom and expression. In many ways it can completely defy societal norms, often molding the historical makeup of a given place. Within this space, however, exist both oppression and marginalization. … Continued
I have always had a fondness for the small town, greatly preferring it to the large city. I grew up in provincial England and have, perhaps, taken this bias towards towns with me to Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a foreigner in Bosnia, I live in Sarajevo and am, of course, extremely fond of that wonderful … Continued
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