In the very center of Tuzla, in a place where thousands of people pass by every day, two artists have been part of the city's everyday life for decades. The sculptures of the writer Meša Selimović and the painter Ismet Mujezinović are not just monuments but widely recognized symbols of the city’s identity.
Obstacles are a natural part of life, and challenging circumstances are a constant in our daily journey. Many people give up before they even begin, but simply taking the first step already puts you far ahead of those who let fear, hesitation, or laziness keep them from ever trying.
As part of the program for PCRC’s 7th annual Srebrenica Youth School, participants met with Alema Hodžić and Sabahudin Mujkić, who work for the Srebrenica regional office of the International Forum of Solidarity - EMMAUS (MFS - EMMAUS), one of the most prominent humanitarian organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
For the fourth year running, the State of Peace Youth Academy, organized by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC), has brought together young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro with a goal of strengthening dialogue, mutual understanding and lasting peace.
In a region where history is so often told as competing, mutually exclusive stories, the fourth “State of Peace” Youth Academy set out to test a different premise: that different experiences of the past don't have to produce separate futures.