In my hometown, funerals mean a lot. When my usual work day ends, and there is a case to be made that it actually never ends, and I come home to my family, my grandmother usually briefs me on the recent deaths in Tešanj. From time to time I am expected to attend the funeral…
Per Aspera Ad Astra!
At first, I wasn't feeling it. I remember sometime after the war, right around when I got my first PC, my father gave me a 3.5'' floppy disk with some astronomy software on it. It could show the exact position of stars and constellations and I played around with it for weeks. Then came the…
It is the men behind who make the man ahead
I never met my paternal grandfather. He passed away years before my birth. Growing up I heard stories and fragments of stories which I still try to piece together into a complete picture of his personality. I heard about the traditionally rough childhood during and after World war II when he left home daily to…
Escaping reality
With reality shows destroying the traces of what once was good abouttelevision; channels are busy thinking up different kinds of moronic talent shows. While some claim to be hunting for the best band, others claim to be looking for the best voice, and yet some others are hunting for the complete idol-one that the country…
They ask Nesimi
From the poetry of Kul Nesimi (not the Azeri, but the Ottoman Nesimi), we find this magnificent jewel, which is designed to reflect a qur'anic miniature from suratul Fussilat: Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah " and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do…
He who seeks
East and West, the world he travels, Sea and land he sees himself, He whose knot Allah unravels Shuns his self, then shuns his self. T. Winter -Aziz M Hudayi
Fresh beginnings
„To act upon one's convictions while others wait, to create a positive force in a world where cynics abound, to provide information to people when it wasn't available before” I always liked the writings of Graham Greene. He caught my eye with a single sentence which I found hauntingly beautiful. He wrote: “You cannot conceive,…