Summertime and the Living Is Easy

PREVENTIVE YOUTH MAGAZINE ISSN 1840-2461 JUNE 2018. YEAR XI ISSUE 42.

Summertime And the living is easy

The author of the photography: Harisa Dautović I was born on 29th June 1996 in Gračanica. I am a student of the 3rd year at the Faculty of Philosophy in Tuzla, Department of Journalism. On this photograph we may see youth, cheerfulness, happiness, beauty and strength. Impressum & Table of Contents

Bait...... 3 Poems...... 41 Jasmila Talić-Kujundžić, MA in psychology, Sarajevo Adin Hujdur, Sarajevo Tarik Kovač, BA in construction engineering, Vareš Graffiti – vandalism or art?...... 42 National Geographic – Dreams do come true ...... 4 Berina Isaković, Zenica Barbara Kustura, Economics student, Zenica Comics...... 45 Modern slavery (human trafficking)...... 8 Emina Sarajlić, English language student, Vareš Ela Vrana, Medical school student, Goražde The eyes...... 46 Moulage, a five-century - old skill...... 12 Nejla Bajrović, Oriental philology and turkish Nejra Ahmetović, Economics school student, Sarajevo language and literature student, Goražde

You have not installed Closenger yet, what are you waiting Viktor Frankl – The unheard cry for meaning.....47 for?...... 15 Jovana Đurić, psychologist, Doboj Ammar Grabić, Gymnasium student, Gradačac Like. A proof of the true friendship...... 50 A relaxed but effective school system...... 19 Amina Jusić, Gymnasium student, Breza Ammar Grabić, Gymnasium student, Gradačac Egomania...... 51 Bullet Journal...... 22 Dino Živojević, Electrical Engineering student, Jovana Đurić, psychologist, Doboj Sarajevo

In Tito’s yard...... 28 Is it OK, if it is not OK?...... 54 Adna Lagumdžija, IT Academy student, Sarajevo Emina Sarajlić, English language student, Vareš Lejla Ibrulj, Chemistry student, Sarajevo Slavic mythical stage (Part II)...... 58 It´s impossible not to love Vincent...... 32 Matija Krivošić, Gymnasium student, Vareš Jasmila Talić- Kujundžić, MA in psychology, Sarajevo From our neighbourhood...... 61 The story of how the carpet cleaning service were invented. 37 Azra Halilović, Preventeen Project Assistant, Bratislava Terzić, journalist, Kakanj Tešanj

Editorial team: Tarik Kovač, Jasmila Talić-Kujundžić Editorial staff: Nejra Ahmetović, Nejla Bajrović, Jovana Đurić, Ammar Grabić, Adin Hujdur, Lejla Ibrulj, Amina Jusić, Matija Krivošić, Barbara Kustura, Adna Lagumdžija, Emina Sarajlić, Ela Vrana, Dino Živojević Guest correspondent: Azra Halilović, Bratislava Terzić, Berina Isaković Cover: Harisa Dautović Illustrations and photos: Berina Isaković, Nedžma Zahirović, Instagram: amandarachdoodles, NARKO-NE archive, starecat.com, last-copy internet Translation: Melita Husagić Proofreading: Maida Krzović Project Coordinator: Andrea Mijatović Project Assistant: Azra Halilović Publisher: Association for addiction prevention NARKO-NE For the Publisher: Amir Hasanović Design and DTP: Selma Mutapčić ISSN 1840-2461 PREVENTIVE YOUTH MAGAZINE / ISSN 1840-2461 / JUNE 2018. / YEAR XI / ISSUE 42. Disclaimer: Preventeen promotes gender sensitive language. For the content where only one gender is used and context provides clarity, text refers to both genders. The reason for the use of one gender is the easier text legibility. Preventeen promotes the free expression and development of critical thinking among young people. Authors’ texts do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial team or publisher. CONTACT: Association for addiction prevention NARKO-NE, Josipa Vancaša 21/2, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina Tel/fax: +387 (0)33 223-285 e-mail: [email protected] www.prevencija.ba Facebook: Časopis ˮPreventeenˮ

2 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Jasmila Talić-Kujundžić, MA in psychology, Sarajevo Tarik Kovač, BA in construction engineering, Vareš Bait

Summer’s here and the living is easy. Just a through one unusual prose work that de- little bit more of school’s harvest until we als with an untypical topic: a carpet cleaner. reach seafood. A bit of a mind filled with a What sort of street scrabbling can we see swarm of thoughts until the seashore splas- on the walls of Sarajevo, Mostar and Zeni- hed by waves, or the swirling wind through ca, you will see in several graffiti and spray the mountain treetops. A bit of running on the painted humoristic writings. You will enjoy Navlakušasand, sitting in the shade, laugh, joy, knowing, a comic, as well, that we prepared for you: a bit of reading – of Preventeen. What do who is a cat, and who a dog, you will won- we offer in our summer issue of ease? A bit der. You will have a chance to read about of Slavic mythology from Vareš, which will a “like”, the proof of a real friendship. bring you particular joy to read if you have You will get interested by B&H social network read the first part in our last spring Preven- Closenger when you read a conversation with teen issue. You can expect a contemplati- Eniz, young man from Gradačac. Our corres- on of world events and egomaniac quarrels. pondent Ammar has prepared, apart from You can expect the quiet cry for meaning in this conversation, his depiction of a stu- a text about the founder of logotherapy, Vik- dy trip to Vänersborg in Sweden. It will be a tor Frankl. You will get ideas how to plan and little bit difficult to read about human traffic- organize your time in a creative way - which king, but it is very important to do so, in or- can be really helpful after summer vacation der that you have all the needed information and rest - for the new challenges ahead. You on how to recognize human trafficking vic- will be able to read about scientific research, tims and how to avoid becoming one. In the making your dreams come true and the need column Cool-tour you can read about a fasci- to find out what is hiding under each rock in nating animated movie painted by 125 fema- the sea contrary to only wishing for a seasi- le and male artists and you will find out why de vacation. It will be interesting for you to it is impossible not to love the painter Vin- read the conversation with young anthropo- cent van Gogh. On the cover of our summer logist who came to our country with positive ease you can see photograph made by Hari- goals, particularly because he will remind you sa Dautović’s, a student of journalism in Tu- why a society in which people rely on each zla coming from Gračanica, and we have cho- other, drink coffee and eat “ćevapi” is speci- sen it on our ongoing contest for the cover. al. And you can read about one morbid kind She tells us that the photograph shows youth, of art in a conversation with young Boris who cheerfulness, happiness, beauty and strength. depicts wounds and injuries realistically; it is We hope and wish for you to experience this actually a craft five centuries old, called mo- beauty in summer days that are ahead of you, ulage. In our column Creative heart you will and to emerge yourself in the world of bea- have a chance to sensitize and sensibilize uty through our texts – because Summertime, your soul’s senses through poetry, and also and the living is easy...

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 3 Geeks' National Geographic – Dreams do come true

ps, and have published over 30 scientific research papers and have gained a certa- Barbara in experience. National Geographic publis- Geeks'Kustura, hes contests on its web page and they are Economics publicly available. I saw my dreams coming student, true in that, I thought I had to try, that I do Zenica not have anything to lose and I decided to apply. When I have received a reply after a few months, it all seemed surreal, I could not believe it. I told my parents first, and they were shocked and they needed a bit Aware of the importance of good and quality CV, young people decide to "upgra- more time to believe in all that. I think this de" their knowledge through hobbies, is just a proof that our people are recogni- research and extracurricular activiti- zed in the world, and that our knowledge es and volunteering engagement. "Boo- is appreciated regardless of what we tho- kish" (and for me - perfect) example of ught. The contract was valid from the start the aforementioned is young girl from of January this year. It is important to men- Travnik Adla Kahrić (24), with the current tion that, once you are a part of such an address in Sarajevo. Although she has organization, such an institution as Nati- been led by art all her life, she felt the onal Geographic you feel encouraged to love for science too, and when the mo- stay in that profession. ment arrived to enrol into college she When and how did the love for biology decided to start studying Genetics at the begin? Department of Biology, Faculty of Scien- ce in Sarajevo. Mid-last year she deci- The love for biology and science generally ded to apply on a researcher’s contest has started from an early age. I always of National Geographic and her dreams thought it was important that my day is finally were becoming reality. However, filled with activities that will educate me. it would be a great injustice to skip a As a child I loved reading, and always fo- story of Adla’s effort that brought to und new things that fascinated me and her dreams coming true, mention more with that I entered and fell in love with than 30 research papers she wrote, her the scientific world. I have always loved artistic side, her skill of playing trombo- art, so through childhood I developed this ne and many more interesting things. other side too, and when the moment of applying to college arrived I realised that How it got to the engagement by Natio- living world and its research is what I am nal Geographic? interested in and what will give me plea- Due to the fact that I deal with marine bio- sure throughout my life. I think that it is logy, I had been a participant and organizer important to study and do what we love of international conferences and worksho- because it will be a large part of our lives.

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Adla Kahrić –Research of the Neum bay Geeks'

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Are you now able to connect your scien- ate studies, has helped me a lot and I think tific and artistic side? he was the one who has taught me how to be useful both for the community and for Certainly yes, and that is very important to the state. When it comes to the laboratory me. When it comes to the realization of va- research, I had a great help from prof. Haj- rious projects, educations and the like, I rudin Beširović and prof. Nihad Fejzić, pro- have very innovative ideas. In my works, I fessors from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine mainly research maritime zone of Bosnia in Sarajevo, who have completely suppor- and Herzegovina. Likewise, through my sci- ted my work. Along with these professors, entific illustrations I am trying to depict as I have to say that the biggest support were best as I can both anatomic and morpholo- my parents who gave me freedom to do my gical characteristics of organisms that I am research on topics that interested me, and dealing with. At the moment, those are rays. have supported me in all my decisions. What is your favourite animal? What do How much are the people in Bosnia and you think about ZOOs? Herzegovina familiar with your area of A cat, which I have as a pet. However, what research - rays? I primarily deal with are rays. I think that ZOOs are a positive thing, if the living con- I think they are not very familiar, but I hope ditions for animals are satisfactory. They and I believe that in time this will be better can be a huge attraction for tourists and I promoted. For the Researchers’ Night we wish we had one larger and more complete brought rays from Neum. Firstly, people did ZOO with sea animals too. Unfortunately, I not believe these were real rays and then am not sure how would that be doable be- when they have seen they are real, they did cause it requires a great amount of money. not believe they were from Neum. People have a hard time believing that they are at What does the exploration of sea depths the same place where we swim. Since they represent for you? are the animals with a high level of camou- When a person starts researching sea flage when they feel human presence in depths, you realize that that is - it. It is the water, they push further away and hide another dimension of the world, something themselves. In the coastal areas it is hard to that we onshore can hardly understand. It meet marine animals, but, when we analyse is difficult to research, and sometimes it shallow habitats in more details we can find seems unreachable, because it is not our various crabs, sea horses, cuttlefish and the natural habitat. In the end, we just fall in like. Neum is a pretty specific place when it love with this part of nature. When you dive comes to the sea bottom. It is no more than for the first time into the depths, you start 30 metres deep and on the bottom mostly to research the bottom, and you never look sand and sludge prevail, which is suita- at the sea with the same eyes. Suddenly, ble for rays. There are no big ships, and it the sea is not a place to go to for a rest, but is pretty calm and that is precisely why we now you are interested what can you find can find interesting animal species. under each rock. What awaits you in the future, when Did you have someone who was a spe- it comes to working for the National cial influence on you during your scho- Geographic? ol days? Firstly, I have a great responsibility. The aim Of course! During my studies, prof. Suvad is to continue these kinds of research that Lelo, professor on Faculty of Science, who need to be promoted and get to new dis- was also my mentor during my undergradu- coveries. I am working with the team that

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Adla Kahrić –Field research of the Neum bay

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has five-six people, and most of them are our experts from B&H and together we will be working on research under the sea level and in the laboratory on Faculty of Ve- Modern terinary Medicine in Sarajevo. We got un- tied hands from the National Geographic, so we lead our research in the way that is suitable for us and we have a possibility to slavery get in touch with experts. We hope to film a documentary, but it all depends on the footage we get to film. All of the results we (human Geeks'get from our research will be published in magazines that will be available to interested parties. trafficking) Do you have free time with all of the tasks you have to do and what do you like to do in your free time? I have only, unfortunately, very little free Ela Vrana, time. I could consider a hobby playing a Medical school trombone. Also, I love travelling, since it of- student, ten comes with my profession. When I go to Goražde some other city, I like to go sight-seeing, get to know the tradition, cuisine and the like. A place that I would really like to visit is Mal- ta that is highly unusual and special. In the While we are surfing the Internet or rea- future, I would like to visit Bali and Machu ding newspapers, we see a variety of ads Picchu, learn about Japanese tradition and that offer opportunities for young people visit all world’s wonders. to make quick money, work abroad or simply an escape into a better future. Enor- mous high wages, ideal working conditions, often just with a completed secondary education, attract many young people to try their luck and accept work in some of the foreign countries. And many do it, even though they do not have enough knowledge about the agencies they want to work in. Unfortunately, such campaigns, often, can serve as a cover up for human trafficking. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing problems of today, where women, children and men are exposed to various forms of abuse and exploitation, with the aim of certain individuals or groups to gain benefits from breaking basic human rights. Simply put, it is a modern form of slavery Adla Kahrić affecting almost all countries of the world.

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Who are human traffickers and how do of victims, they begin to dominate them. they find their victims? Human traffickers can also be our close friends, relatives or acquaintances. One of Human traffickers are usually very the ways is also through social networks connected organizations or individuals where, using false identities, they lure the- who are engaged in the pursuit of ma- ir victims. Some of the traffickers are trying terial and other gains, trapping their vic- to establish love affairs with their victims tims by fraud and then referring to them and thus introduce them into the world of as their own property, considering that human trafficking. Also, the victim may be they can do whatever they want with the- sold to human traffickers by their family, ir own property. The most common way in and often can be abducted. which they operate is to offer victims ideal Geeks' conditions of life, work and education in a foreign country unknown to the victim. Forms of trafficking victims’ explo- They do this most often through newspa- itation pers or on social networks. They are polite and business-minded, they do not cause The forms of trafficking victims’ explo- any suspicion to the victim. However, by itation are many, but the most frequ- coming to the destination their behaviour ently used are: is drastically changing. They become vio- sexual exploitation (child prostitu- lent and with blackmail and manipulation tion, work in brothels), economic exploitation (forced la- bour: in factories, private shops, on private properties), begging (present daily in our society, whereby some parents use their children as a source of income and voluntarily give them to the traffickers), the use of children in drug trafficking, removal and sale of human organs, exploitation in sport, child soldiers (a frequent phenomenon today, where minors are used for war purposes), forced marriages.

What is the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Of the total number of 49 trafficking vic-

a movie which explains the cruel reality in our neighbourhood tims in 2014, 12 are over 18 years of age (11 women and one man), and 37 minors (24 women and 13 male victims). There are 24 Sisters, minor female victims: six sexually exploi-

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ted, 14 exploited for begging, four sold for be a victim of trafficking, the best practice forced marriage and subsequent begging. is to go to the nearest police station. The- Only one person is an adult victim of re are many organizations in the area of begging, while 13 are minors who are vic- our and neighbouring countries that pro- tims of exploitation for begging. vide support and protection to victims of (Report on Trafficking in Human Beings in trafficking. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Secu- How to not become a victim of traffi- rity of Bosnia and Herzegovina) cking? How to identify trafficking victims? The best prevention is, of course, avoiding Trafficking victims are most often subjec- contacts with strangers or with persons of Geeks'ted to physical, psychological and sexu- suspicious identity and suspicious past. al harassment. They do not always have On social networks we should not go into to be in captivity, in chains. The street is contact with people we do not know or often their work place. Such persons are those who hide behind fake nicknames. usually poorly dressed in comparison to Any forms of work and education in a fo- the people they are with. reign country that we consider to be sus- They have tattoos on their bodies that re- picious, should be avoided or, before ta- fer to belonging to a particular organiza- king any steps, very well checked out. tion or individual. Most often they do not If, however, we decide to be part of a tra- speak or speak very little about themsel- vel arrangement, we need to take all the ves because they have received strict in- information from the route leader, give structions from their abusers about how his contact to our close friends and fa- to behave. And they have bruises or other mily, and during the journey, remember traces of punishment on the body. the route we took. You should not give The abuser most often controls his/her personal documents to persons who are victims using narcotics (alcohol, drugs), not authorized to see them. blackmail, isolation (they take the victim’s We need to have copies of all the docu- ID, passport, personal documents) and ments, and if we want to work in a forei- threats to their family members. What we gn country, we need to learn the basics of see every day are children who spend the- the local language and regularly maintain ir time in the streets begging, instead of contact with our family. spending it in school, in a warm and safe A film about the sternly reality in our place. About 80% of children living and neighbourhood working in the streets of Sarajevo are children of Roma nationality. They are most The movie Sisters is an emotional story often poorly dressed, and they spend the- about the victims of the human trafficking ir winters in such garment, their personal through which the authors wanted to raise hygiene is at a very low level, and in con- awareness of this problem. versations with them you cannot get spe- The story follows sisters, Katarina and Mari- cific answers. ja, who, unhappy with their life at home, decided to accept a seasonal job in Italy, not What to do if we recognize the victim of having enough knowledge of the agency or trafficking? organizer of the journey itself. The journey If we are the victim or in our surroundin- started idyllically - with a group of girls of gs we see indications that a person might the same age group who were together tra-

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velling to Italy. However, their journey was uld be provided with an adequate emotio- stopped in a nearby place, in front of the nal, mental, moral support to successfully brothel Firenca. By coming to the brothel, overcome their problems and to overcome the leader of the road sets a number of the situation they encountered. Indeed, requests they must meet to thank him the remedy after such an event is lengthy because he is helping them leave the- but not impossible; with the support and ir hometown and travel to Italy. And, un- cooperation of the whole community, it conscious of their situation, they become is very achievable. Another one of our ta- a part of the chain of human trafficking. sks is to daily raise awareness of human The film, with very emotional scenes, is trafficking, to show the victims that they permeated with the elements of real life are not alone and that they can overcome Geeks' events that have been happening in our any situation with our support. The World neighbouring country – Serbia. Day Against Trafficking in Persons is mar- To protect the victims, details of the place ked on July 30th and the EU Anti-Trafficking of events and names have been altered. Day is marked on October 18th. Trafficking is the danger of today, and it is The source of information for writing this up to us to recognize and try to help the text was the Red Cross website and volun- victims. Victims of human trafficking sho- teering in this organization.

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 11 Time Out Moulage, a five- century - old skill

whether the actor is really hurt, how have they achieved that effect and someti- Nejra Ahmetović, mes we even wonder who is TimeEconomics school behind all this. It is alreadyOut student, Sarajevo known that everything we can see on screen is done with makeup and the special technique of its application. The name of the art Lovers of horror or acti- appears on the screen full of realistic creation of inju- on movies are very familiar of scratches, cuts and other ries, moulage, originates with the feeling when sud- injuries, and it all seems from France, and many call denly the main character so realistic that we wonder this technique morbid art. Boris Jovanović

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The task of moulage is fairly work, but like everything show, food colours, gela- simple, to portray a certain else, it is not impossible. It tin, and even flour. What injury as realistically as po- is only essential that you are is the most interesting and ssible. Wanting to find out creative and resourceful. creative material you ha- more about this topic, I tal- Except for the needs of ve used for improvisation? ked to Boris Jovanović (16), a medical practitioners or Can ketchup be used as student from the High scho- blood, and if yes do we use ol of graphic technologies, film-making, what can the spicy or the mild one? design and multimedia, and the realistic portrayal a certified makeup artist. of injuries be used for Many food items are invol- additionally? ved in the process of ma- As a person who is con- king injuries, and even for stantly looking for new Apart from competing and demonstrative first aid exer- showing some conditions. hobbies, I am interested in For example when there is a how much time is needed cises, the knowledge gai- Time Outned from the area of reali- pale spot on the face – we to learn how to realistically stic portrayal of injuries can use flour. And the most in- portray injuries, how de- teresting thing I used for im- manding is that job? certainly come in handy for Halloween, at various festi- provisation was definitely I did not need much time, vals, but also as a form of en- a white plastic spoon as a already after two trainings I tertainment and recreation. bone for simulating an open was quite good. In addition, fracture. As far as ketchup is I have been using YouTube, The beginning of the cre- concerned, I am not sure if as well as various articles on ation process of an injury the shade would fit, but why the Internet. It is demanding looks more like a culinary not, I do not think it is impor- Boris; third degree burns Application of makeup

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tant what type of material with the skin and gives the You need a small amount we use. The most important effect of the another skin of mass, most commonly thing is to be resourceful. type. It is easy to shape it made of flour and petrole- Before I started resear- and put makeup on it, actu- um jelly, colour and, depending on the type of fracture, ching this subject and ally much easier than it is on real skin and it is com- something that will repre- do the makeup by myse- pletely safe. What was cer- sent the bone. The most de- lf a little bit, I thought the tainly a good substitute for manding for me are ampu- wallpaper adhesive wo- me was the plain white glue tations, because they have uld only be used for wall- we use in school. It is not a lot of work around them, papers, not for the imi- toxic, leaves no consequen- they need a lot of makeup tation of skin where the ces on the skin, and the fi- and time. You fully “glue” injuries would be drawn. nal product looks great. the fingers to the fist with How good is it? mass, and the whole fist is Which injury is the easiest TimeI haven’t used the wallpa- covered with a lot of colour.Out and what is most difficult per adhesive yet. Howe- to simulate and why? Can you make a lot of ver, I know that in combi- money in the film indu- nation with the appropria- For me, it is easiest to simu- stry with this skill and is late fractures, you do not te shade of makeup foun- there a chance to start dation, it perfectly matches need much makeup or skill. professionally to work as a maker of realistic portrayal of injuries? I do not have the correct information about it, but I think this skill can definitely bring a big profit, especially if it is a horror movie. In my situation and in the environment in which I am, I am not sure what my options are, but I am con- vinced that this year, for Halloween, I will have the best costume. Has it ever happened that you made something too realistic, how did people react? Yes! I once posted a picture of an open fracture on my Instagram story. I am just going to say that my inbox was full of messages from Boris: open fracture my worried friends.

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and conceptual creator of Closenger. He has managed to achieve a very high level Ammar Grabić, of knowledge in the area of Gymnasium student, informational technologies, Gradačac all on his own. Where did the idea for Time Out Closenger come from? How did it all begin and to whom was it intended? We have all heard of Fa- se we will be hearing about cebook, Instagram, Twitter, them very soon. This is a It started three years ago. Snapchat and many of us serious team that is ste- Asmir and I wanted to do are present on them, but I adfast and diligent in pro- something else, accor- am sure you have not he- moting and spreading this ding to his recommenda- ard about the latest social social network, and Preven- tion. It was not Closenger, network in Bosnia and Her- teen has visited them so but another project - Me- zegovina, which was crea- we are conveying the story ssenger, with the functi- ted in Gradačac. The name we heard from Eniz Vuković on for direct sending and of the network is Closenger, (23), my fellow citizen, for- receiving messages and remember it well, becau- mer high school colleague calls, something like Viber.

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We were doing that for a intended for all age grou- has caused. This is a chan- year, year and a half, but ps. As far as social networ- ce for local forces to come unforeseen things happe- ks are concerned, the focus to the fore front. ned and we had to give up. is on those who are betwe- How come you started We started a new venture en the ages of 14 and 20. a project with a global and began working a so- This is because they are character from a small cial network that had the the most common users nearby feature which co- of new technologies and community? uld connect us to new pe- smartphones, so Closenger The projects from the IT in- ople via the location op- is mainly created for that dustry, which are directly tion, so one thing led to age group. But the network connected to the Internet, another and here we are is not limited to that and are automatically of a glo- now. The application co- everyone is welcome. bal character, so where the uld be downloaded on De- A great chance for this project originates from is Timecember 7th last year, so that network is the current cri- not essential. It is importantOut is a practical and offici- sis Facebook is going thro- that you have a quality pro- al date for the start of our ugh, due to the leak of data ject, plenty of resources and network in the world. It is and the big problems that good marketing. Our network Eniz Vuković

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is technically perfect, and in Did you have the support mean that they are active. some of its elements it over- of the local community? We expect to reach 50 000 comes the well-known soci- downloads in two months. No. Our fellow citizens did al networks, while in design not even download the What is your marketing it is good and there could be app, which is free. We cu- strategy and who helps more improvement. We are rrently cover Bosnia and you with it? now trying to find somet- Herzegovina, Croatia, Ser- hing new that other networ- In principle, we do everyt- bia and Montenegro. And hing from our own re- ks do not have, and we are we especially have a pro- trying to achieve it with the sources. We do not have blem with mobile devices, any additional marketing new qualities that we have which are of a technical na- prepared. We are a global agency or professional co- ture, the application occu- operation with some me- project, it is easy to reach pies 37 MB, i.e. the users do dia houses. We do all the us, for example through the not have enough memory, promotion, exclusively with Time Outplatform Google or App Sto- so they have to delete so- our own resources in a way re, but the human resources mething on their phone, or that we address subjects are the problem. For all of their version of the system directly or they address this, you should have many does not support the app. us, as your magazine, and good programmers and mo- they write an article and, ney to fund all this. We are a How are you satisfied in some way, contribute limited team and this is one with the reactions? What are the criticisms? to the promotion of Clo- of the obstacles in the faster senger. We are promoted reach of the top. We have not encounte- through majority of media Who is a part of your red any negative criticisms known in B&H, both prin- and we heard mostly po- team? ted and electronic, and we sitive reactions. The rating have made some contact The main developers are: on the Play Store is proving with everyone. Every day we me - Eniz Vuković and this. We have an extremely work on promotion, inclu- Asmir Mehić, and besides high rating, which is 4.7 out ding: FTV, Face TV, Voice of our team members are: of the possible 5. Everyt- America, Hayat, Free Euro- Raif Ahmetagić, Elvir Ne- hing over 4.0 is a top gra- pe, BH info desk etc. The- zić, Mustafa Duraković and de. While grades of other re is some effect from this, Senad Vuković. My men- well-known networks and people hear about you, tor was Asmir. Asmir finis- applications, such as Fa- get curious and install the hed his education in Israel cebook, Snapchat, Insta- application. We invest most and transferred a lot of his gram and Messenger ran- where we have the most knowledge on me. I finis- ge from 4-4.3. We have gre- benefits, and those are hed course in the second at reviews on the App Store, other social networks such grade of high school, I lear- and the rating is 5.0. The ra- as YouTube and Instagram, ned a lot and started wor- tings are given by users and and the users themselves king a lot on my own. We this is the only real indica- are the best promoters. are proof that much can be tor we can lean on. We cu- Those who come to Clos- achieved with both formal rrently have 32 702 people enger see and like what we and non-formal education, who downloaded the app. offer and they recommend and in both cases, much They have downloaded it, it to their friends, so positi- effort and work is needed. but that does not have to ve voice is spread.

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What would you say to snian, the co-capitalizati- head of the municipality, young people, if they on cannot exceed 50 per- but also from other bu- think they are talented, cent, because the brain is siness entities, business how to do it best? completely Bosnian. The- associations, citizens, and re should be as many yo- especially youth. Becau- The message for young peo- ung people, engineers and se using a free applicati- ple is to believe in themsel- programmers as possible on creates a profit for our ves and in their dreams, not in this firm in order to cre- company, but returns that to wait for someone else to ate more jobs that will be portion of its profits back do it, but to be fully com- extremely well paid. It will to the state and the local mitted and to make an benefit them, and there will community through taxes effort to learn outside of be a benefit for the local and contributions. the teaching process, and community, as the taxes So, dear all, do not wait that this work will surely will be paid. The firm needs anymore, install Closenger, pay off over time. To perfect, Timeto gain high profit, as well our local social network,Out perfect, perfect themselves, as do all other companies and support these young there is no break in lear- of this type, and this great people and this project. ning, because whole life is profit will bring a lot to the You will see that we are not a learning process. local community because a falling behind large social What are your future large portion of the profit networks and that in tech- plans? tax is returned to the mu- nical terms we are as good Our plans are big and we nicipality and the munici- as other networks on the are not modest, because pality budget will be gre- world market. that is the only way we can atly increased. If the reve- We wish them all the succeed. We plan to beco- nue becomes large then best and we want all theme a world-class firm and everyone would benefit. ir dreams and plans to be to stay in Bosnia and Her- That is why we do not un- fulfilled. zegovina and to introdu- derstand the inertness ce potential investors to and disinterest of the local Download the firm. In order for the community, not just from Closenger ownership to remain Bo- our administration or the for free

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18 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Time Out A relaxed but effective school system Ammar Grabić, Gymnasium student, Gradačac

Thanks to the enthusiasm of our profe- city of Vänersborg. This visit was a follow ssors and their colleagues from Sweden, up visit because in November last year of our roots, the cooperation and realiza- students from Sweden visited us in Gra- tion of an international student exchange dačac. We flew from the sun-bathed Tu- Time Outproject was established. Accompanied by zla and landed in the cold city of Göte- their professors, around ten students vi- borg. They welcomed us, and we drove to sited Sweden and Bosnia and Herzegovi- the town Vänersborg, 100 km away, which na. My school, Gymnasium Mustafa Nova- was the final destination of our visit. We lić, was also included, and from April 15th were accommodated in a youth camp on to April 22nd we visited our peers from the the shore of the third largest lake in Eu- rope - Vänern. The accommodation and reception were very good, but the climate was very surprising, the nature cold and still, indicating that spring was not even in sight. We were placed in the heart of nature and it is a pity that we were there at a time when nature could not show all its charms. The bungalows, as they have presented to us, are completely comfor- table living environments that provide all living conditions, to the smallest detail. Since the lake was only two minutes away from our accommodation, after a hard day we used the opportunity to go there and indulge in nature and meditation. Along with the sunset and the sound of the waves, we shared the previous day im- pressions. The project’s seriousness was at a high level and could be seen from the very beginning because every moment of our stay was carefully planned. On the first day of our stay we visited their school, Birger Sjöberggymnasiet, which was huge from our point of view, although not equipped enough according to the Swe- dish standards, it was a space shuttle for In a chemical laboratory us. From our point of view, this would be

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a secondary school, a type of gymnasium, common areas and there is no separate but more professionally oriented, so they male and female toilet and no special to- had departments for crafts, natural and ilets for teachers. As far as the canteen social sciences. Students themselves op- is concerned, they all have a free acce- ted for departments of their choice. ss, high quality cooked meal and that is Compared to our school system, they had the same for everyone, both for students a much more relaxed approach to classes and professors. I would say that the profe- and school assignments. It was important ssors do not have as much authority the- to be physically present, and the most im- re as they do in B&H, but they are more portant exam was the exam at the end of like mentors or experts who help students the year – a test for every subject, and no master certain branches of science. tests were carried out during the year. During the second day, we had practical cla- What I have noticed is that they did not sses together with our hosts and I was de- have the bell for the beginning and the lighted with their equipment and educatio- Timenal opportunities. In the chemistry lab weOut end of the class, but the students decide at their own discretion when to come or had the right equipment needed for expe- leave the class. riments: coats, gloves and glasses, because At school, equality is nurtured in every their expression is: Health comes first! respect, in terms of gender and in the re- We experimented a bit there, and afterwar- lationship between a student and a pro- ds, at the physics cabinet we performed fessor, so everyone is entitled to use the a few experiments, visited the automobi- In school

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le workshop, biology cabinet, German lan- everything was covered by the protocol, we guage cabinet, etc. For each subject they also had plenty of free time. Thus, apart planned the activities, which should have from the city we were in, we visited Göte- lasted 70 minutes, but we finished all of borg, a large part of its cultural and histo- our tasks very quickly, so we had room rical sights. It was especially impressive for to explore further, much more than they me to visit the city Paddan boat. It is worth planned. On the third day, when it was a mentioning that we also visited the pool, sports day, although we did not have much the sauna, and there was certainly plenty sports talent, we beat our hosts! Not to of time for shopping, but that was not for brag but we were great. Although there us because the prices were astronomically were sport disciplines we encountered for high for our conditions. All in all, it was an the first time, such as badminton or hockey extremely beautiful experience, unforgetta- on the grass, we did not mind being better ble, because I had an encounter with a new than our hosts, and we were especially su- culture, new people, and I am now rich with perior in volleyball and football. Although new experiences.

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 21 Time Out Bullet Journal nal planner that symbolizes you and your needs. In addition, BuJo in some ways represents your growth and development, Jovana Đurić, so later, if you keep it, you can remind psychologist, yourself of how much you have achieved Doboj and how you have changed. What are the basic pieces of information you enter? TimeTo get started, you need a pen and a blankOut notebook. If you already have a planner For all fans of writing, planning, creativity for this year (like I do), you can also use or simplicity, I bring to you the Bullet Jour- that because you can use these ideas to nal (BuJo - shortened). Since there is no improve it and adapt it to yourself. Everyt- adequate translation, the best synonym is hing you enter in your BuJo should be the planner. Now you may wonder why a simple so you would not spend more time whole article is devoted to a planner - well, planning than implementing your own my dears, this is not an ordinary planner. ideas. After that there are: This is simultaneously a scheduler, a planner, and a diary, and a place where you 1. Legend – Before you start anything in can put absolutely everything that comes your BuJo, it is necessary to define sym- to your mind. Before moving on to prac- ticalities, Ryder Carroll, the man who has been developing his idea for years, is res- ponsible for everything, and in 2013 he shared his idea with the whole world. He wanted to create a simple and efficient system that would improve everyday functioning. After almost twenty years, and a comment by a friend who told him: You have to share this with the world! –he made it happen: his idea is now being used by many, and thus expands their creativity. What makes the Bullet Journal special? You! The Bullet Journal is not an already prepared planner that you only need to fill in, it is empty, and you create all the magic. This refers to the way you will de- corate it, what you will note in it, how often, with which symbols, and all other rules. This means that for a small amount of money, you can have a unique, perso- Not so practical legend

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bols that will represent different categori- es. Though you can do that in a variety of ways (small drawings, colours and the like), it is best to use the simpler ones so it does

not take away too much time later on. (downloaded For example: notes events tasks * or ! for important items Monthly overview from amandarachoodles) 2. Index – on the first few pages, create a simple table across the entire page to en- 5. The Daily Log – this can be in a form of Time Outter the number of a page and page name a week, as most people use it, but it de- (or more of them), and what is on them. pends on the needs. People with multiple Of course, to make this work, you must activities might need a whole page to wri- also mark pages in your BuJo, and some te it all down. models already have printed page num- If you put it as a weekly overview, then you bers and content. leave space to enter activities, tasks, notes For example: and alike for each day.

Page number Content 1 − 4 Content 5 Legend 6 − 7 Yearly overview

3. The Future Log – here you can enter the calendar for the whole year, and you can record events you know will take place at a certain time. A lot of people enter only Daily to do lists the first six or even three months, because they fill in the BuJo quickly. However, if you do not plan to enter a lot, it is quite realistic that you will be able to fit the whole year in just one planner.

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What can you enter into your BuJo? 4. If you are travelling often, you can pick There are two types of pages you can en- a few pages to record your travels - this ter. The first are the pages you need to en- includes a roadmap, pictures, or memo- ter each month, and the other are pages ries, such as tickets that you can glue on where you can enter data throughout the these pages. whole year. In most cases, both types can 5. A page with memories – similar to the be turned into one or the other; whichever previous page, if you like to keep a small suits you more. Here are some examples: paraphernalia, this page (or a few of them) 1. A page with ideas – this option belongs can be used to write down memories of a to the second type, because it is more con- special day, to glue postcards, greeting car- venient and you will not have to wonder in ds, concert tickets or photos on the pages. which month you got the idea, you will have 6. If you are concerned about nutriti- the space to elaborate your idea more. If on, sleep, training, or some other activity, you are more creative, you can leave several you can also enter and track them. Sim- Timeply enter the activity, days of the month,Out pages and enter ideas that you would like to implement: write a book or a text about a to- and note every day whether you are ful- pic, paint a picture/drawing with a particular filling the obligations or not. Depending theme, design a program that will be able on the activity, you can monitor this on a to perform an action and many more ideas. monthly or yearly basis. Let’s say, I am le- 2. A list with movies and shows – write arning French and I have made a step-by- down the movies you want to watch, or the series you are watching, as well as the episodes or seasons you watched. 3. In the same way you can create a page where you will record which books you want to read or you have read. This page can further motivate you if you have an annual goal on how many books you want to read. 2018 Book Challenge French tracker

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also possible to do it on an annual basis, depending on what is easier for you. 9. You can track your mood every day. This can be important for girls; in this way you can retract emotions before or during your monthly cycle, which you can also track in your diary.

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step page for this year-level activity, but for trainings I make special tables on a monthly level. 7. You can track and customize your monthly or yearly goals to make them easier to achieve. 8. Budget – If you are a person who mo- nitors monthly income and consumption, this page is ideal for you. A lot of people follow this on a monthly basis, but it is (downloaded from amandarachoodles) Mood

10. Your morning/evening routines. 11. Countless other features that inspire (downloaded from amandarachoodles) you and which you want to include in your BuJo. Also, if you notice that you do not use a page, you can always leave it out for Budget the next month.

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notebook, and you will not have to keep track of not losing that sticker with an important piece of information on it. Also, it wakes up your creativity you thought you do not have, but when you see other people who made miracles from their diaries, you will soon find yourself in a whirl of ideas you want to apply. You will always be organized, knowing when different obligations come in line, what to do, what goals you want to achieve, and it will keep you active. Simply, you will be entertained. TimeDo not let things get complicated. For exam-Out ple, my key – the symbols that I use, are in different colours, but I realized that this was (downloaded from amandarachoodles) Quotes

What materials do you need? Depending on how creative you are, you can use more or less materials. Pencils (all types and all colours), felt pens, and even water colours if the paper is sufficiently thick, decorative tape, stickers, mar- kers, pins and everything that comes to your mind. Take advantage of your BuJo as something that will be positive and soothing One of the most important things is to discover that you are capable of drawing. Yes, exactly. I was not personally skilled with a pencil, but following other artists, I realized that a powerful plain title does not require a lot of skill. Small drawings, doodles, are effective and very nice, so they will definitely contribute (downloaded from amandarachoodles) to the beautiful look of your diary. Another advantage is that everything you normally note down in ten different places will eventually be in one organized Doodles

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not very practical, and that I will use more time spent entering the information into common symbols in my next BuJo. your diary take longer than the actual ac- Of course, somebody else would maybe tivity. find that practical and fun. Achieve your goals in a cleverly planned timeline! Since any empty notebook can become your BuJo, adapt it to yourself and your needs, you do not have to have the pages * Inspiration can be found on one of the- that everyone else has, especially if you se web pages: do not need it, use it to have fun and to http://bulletjournal.com/ be more organized. https://www.youtube.com/user/Seven- Do not forget – too much time spent while teenMagazine planning your activities in-depth is seen https://www.instagram.com/ Time Outas procrastination, so do not allow the amandarachdoodles/?hl=en (downloaded from amandarachoodles) Ideas for the titles

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Adna How many of us is ready to study and Lagumdžija, work in order to leave, with our own IT Academy will, to another country with the pur- student, pose of research, that is btw not only Sarajevo good for the good grade and good fun, but to gain new knowledge and contri- Timebution to that country? Out Tristan Koper (24) from Middelburg (Nether- lands) is an anthropology student and one of those "foreigners" that come to our country in order to do something for it, for the Lejla Ibrulj, people that live here and to, overall, under- Chemistry stand us and get to know us. He is, together student, with his colleague - Julicke van Doorn (23) Sarajevo got in contact with the Dutch organization PAX (peace), that is active in Srebrenica. This organization gathers people that have courage to fight for peace. Their goal is to build just and peaceful societies around It was one of the sunny, springtime Fridays the world. Their mutual ideal is to come to when we, like the most of Sarajevans, were Sarajevo, where they will live for a couple having coffee somewhere in the city along of months in order to meet as many pe- with a nice chat with one "foreigner". ople and hear about our past as much as One unusual conversation has been led they can, and about the state in our coun- here, so in the spirit of that, this will be try and post-war society. one unusual text, without rules, with a Although, knowing our country, their roads dose of our reality that oftentimes "hits part here for a short time; Julicke conti- us" on the head when it is being told by nues her research in Republic of Srpska someone who came from "beyond the and Tristan in Federation, after which they border". will unify all in a unique depiction of our The first thing that crosses my mind, that current state in the country and present hit me like a ton of bricks, was that forei- the integral research to the Government of gners are trying to do a lot more, for this Netherlands. Hint: their research’s goal is, country, our homeland, than we do. as we wrote before, to hear as much as po- Why is that so? I guess this is our mentality ssible of our past, the state of our country, that a bitter coffee is sweeter with a bit of society and the whole system, after war. gossip and rays of sun than ten marks ear- But, the main participants of the research ned by us, invested in our knowledge and are the people that live here, that carry this

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history and its consequences on their sho- sufficient; they live without a lot of contact ulders, youth that, without any fault of their with their families, even for holidays. We own, is caught in a routine of negativity and are very globalized, we use German, English that carries a hard generational prefix - war. and French, while Dutch is practically least used. History does not affect us very much. WHERE ARE THEM, AND WHERE ARE WE? The most recent war in our history was II Tristan, not to make this one of those sto- World War, and that was so long time ago ries, can you make a parallel between the to have any effect, whilst you in Bosnia and Herzegovina have ten different perspecti- Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina? ves and you also give it a lot of significance. As for the cultural differences, Dutch men Besides, religion has a major influence on Time Outand women are very independent, self- you, which is, for example, not the case for Tristan Koper

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us. For example, out of 80 students in my mushrooms’ usage. Weed is somehow the department, only three are religious. most frequently used one, but also those What does it mean to be depressed in magic mushrooms. That is a way in which the Netherlands? most of the young people relax there. What is interesting about us is that a lot of *** young people are depressed. From my per- We will make a short break and then, as sonal experience I know that the problem real Preventeen girls, advise you not to is loneliness and tough life. Well, I do not consummate anything that will make you mean tough in a sense of poverty, but that lose touch with reality, because no matter is somehow our lifestyle. We are very, maybe how tough or stressful life is in our coun- overly burdened with planning life ahead, in general. It is all arranged two weeks ahead try, one coffee a day is after all healthier and we literally have no time for friends. than narcotics. TimeOkay, and do you still have the sa- Let us get back to healthy ways and li-Out me opinion after spending a couple of festyle. What is also interesting for the months in Sarajevo? Netherlands that you would single out? Yes. In my experience, your society is much We are very liberal. There are 103 nationa- more socialized, open for other people and lities in the Netherlands and we function you count on each other much more. normally as a society, but there are thin- Do you feel more relaxed here than in gs that Dutch people are afraid of due to the Netherlands? certain events in the world, and that are well known. The guilty ones for this fear Well, I do have a lot of obligations here are the media and the uneducated people as well, because of my research, but these who are focused only on the bad side. It is friendly coffees of yours are real saviours! similar with you. Now, from this perspective I do not think it is a waste of time to drink coffees every Something that we do not have in day, because I’m really enjoying spending common is basic human rights protec- time with friends I have made here. tion. Let’s take for example LGBT po- *** pulation, how much are you as a society We think there is no real explanation for wor- liberal about it? ds "rahatluk" and "merak", but obviously the- As you know, the Netherlands was among re is a feeling that is impossible not to notice. the first ones to legalize same-sex marri- Do you think of the Dutch way of life as ages. There are people, mostly Christians, boring, we’d say you are not spontaneo- who deny it, but since it is possible to ble- us at all? ss same-sex marriage in a protestant chur- ch, there are fewer and fewer people against Well, we can be spontaneous, but we pre- it. I will give one example: gay couple was fer to be efficient, that is, we will work for beaten by members of some ethnic group, six days and we will enjoy on the seventh without any limits. and they used the religion as a background. Then, the authorities have risen against it. And without limits would mean what? Politicians went around the city, from one It is well known that in the Netherlan- institution to another holding hands, and ds a lot of things have been decriminali- they were not gay, to give support and to zed, and so is, for example, marijuana or prove that LGBT population is accepted.

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To make this all-over-the-place-in- jects and that our research will have a ma- terview more concrete. After couple of jor impact outside of our academic activiti- your months here in Bosnia and Herze- es. Julicke and I wanted to get to know peo- govina, what is it you would bring with ple here, find out why are they constantly in you to the Netherlands? conflict, why they hate each other and why has it come to this cultural trauma. That’s Well, surely your relaxed and casual li- why we would like to contribute to life and festyle, your sociability. Then, ćevapi for relations between peoples in B&H, and we sure. And because I am an anthropolo- therefore think globally, and act locally. gist and am very interested in your culture, coffee and all necessary appliances is *** something I am definitely taking with me. We know that life in Bosnia and Herzego- So, we could find you a wife here, and vina is stressful, not easy, every little thing gets on our nerves, the government, he- you can get married for papers? Time Outalth system and many more, but in the Why not! I could be with a Bosnian woman. end, the point is that you are not alone. She can bring coffee and ćevapi as a dowry Dutch people also feel like this.  and I will bring mushrooms. Ha-ha. The thing that connected us was a coffee Now that we talked about and skipped in Tito on one sunny spring Friday, when hundreds of topics, tell us what would you we realized that rahatluk is something change if you had authority for one day? priceless and it does not come out of material but spiritual. Well, surely the ignorance in people! I wish the people would get to know each other better that they are interested in one another. A lot of people believe in stere- otypes. For example, Bosniaks and Serbs do not know each other that well here. In Republic of Srpska Serbs often think that they are blamed for everything and they have to justify themselves whilst in the Federation Bosniaks often think that Serbs are against them. The fact is that people do not know each other and that they are regular people; as here, as in the Netherlands or anywhere else. The problem is the state of mind of people and all the prejudices and they would simply have to accept all cultures and see that all of them are wonderful in their own ways. We have reached the main point of your arrival here and the goal of your research. And that is? We hope that the government of Nether- lands will support our research due to the fact that they invest a lot in different pro-

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in the same style as his paintings, in which they have shown around 120 most fa- Cool-tourJasmila Talić- mous van Gogh’s works. Do- Kujundžić, MA in rota Kobiela has written the psychology, Sarajevo movie and directed it together with her husband Hugh Welchman. Dorota said that the idea of a movie was created just before her th Goldie, shaky, distorted si- consumerism. Neverthele- 30 birthday, when she felt ghts – are the world in ss, in all that crazy mayhem like she did not know what Vincent’s eyes. Bluish shi- one fascinating movie has to do with her life. She finds it amazing that it has led ne, wheat fields,Terrace been made, as a tribute to to this movie. Vincent has café in starry night, sun- an artist who, in only ten ye- made this couple’s dreams flowers, one crazy person ars in which he painted, has come true even further. I who chopped his own ear made over 2100 works, out of can freely say that for me, off, postman, doctor, village that – over 800 oil paintin- now in my late twenties, this idiot, colours and pallets gs. I went to see the anima- movie was deeply touching, supplier, Margaret, leaves ted movie Loving Vincent in moving and played the thre- and black crows, and so a movie theatre not expec- ads of my soul, made me many things that attract ting much, but, just like that. question everything. So did the attention of rare ones. Already from the intro it was van Gogh, in his 28th year Sensitive soul absorbs, in- clear that what was coming of life, after he was a pro- tensifies and transfers on. is anything but typical, and testant missionary, left all Vincent has transferred his that this is a sort of movie that and went on an artistic sensibility through his pain- that we were not able to journey that has trapped tings. Everybody has heard see so far. What came next him for next ten years, un- about a painter van Gogh. was a colour and dynamic til his death. His death was The first association is: he is brush movement’s explosi- a mystery that is central in that ginger, crazy, poor and on, but above all a feeling this movie: was it a suicide lonely one. And today his pa- that you are observing real with a revolver after which intings are sold in millions; people. The movie was first he was dying for two days, they are shown on magnets, filmed and then 125 fema- or someone else had shot bags, shoes and everything le and male artists has de- him. The mystery was mar- that readily comes under picted frame by frame, pre- ked by a Vincent’s letter to machine’s radar, all due to cisely 65 000 frames, made his brother Theo. He wrote

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over 800 letters during his life. These great numbers

are unimportant. They are telling us about dedicati- on, intensity of the soul that writes and paints, and of this extraordinary movie. Becau- se he wrote so many letters he was directly connected to the postman who delivered them, Joseph Roulin. The movie follows Joseph’s son Armand to whom he gave a task to deliver one letter The process of painting for the animated movie Loving Vincent left after Vincent’s death, Cool-tourmade for his brother Theo. Armand hesitantly accepts

and that is how the audience feels at the beginning. OK, we came to see what this is about. OK, Armand is on his way to deliver a letter, but he is not even slightly aware that from the feelings of la- ziness and hesitance he will reach fascination, detecti- ve research, questioning of every detail of Vincent’s life. Neither do we, the audience, The process of painting for the animated movie Loving Vincent realize that the movie will immerse us in itself with its post-impressionist artistic expression and that we will reluctantly leave the movie theatre. Armand first arrives to Pa- ris, where he finds out, from the paint suppliers,

that Theo has also died six months ago, probably out of the sorrow for his brother, because they were so close. He gets a recommenda- tion to go to doctor Gachet who used to cure Vincent. movie Loving Vincent The process of painting for the animated Armand goes to the pla-

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ce where Vincent spent his last days: Auvers-sur-Oise. Doctor is not there, and Ar- mand has to spend few days there to wait for him. In those couple of days he converses with anyone who was in touch with Vin- cent; which are in the movie actually the characters from Vincent’s paintings; and he starts to doubt even more that Vincent was killed. The

movie steps back from the Starry sky intense colours in some Cool-tourparts, so that black and white frames are present, when the characters remember their moments with Vincent. Armand goes through many internal changes and from uninterested young man he becomes a curious explorer who connects with Vincent’s emotions, hardships he’s been through, his persona- lity, quiet and serious nature, and oversensitiveness. Those changes happen so

much that he finds himse- A grain field with crows lf in a fight after some local youth make fun of a ginger village idiot who subcons- ciously reminds him of Vin- cent. Armand finally goes to doctor Gachet and gives him a letter that the doctor promises to give to Theo’s widow. Gachet actually wanted to be a painter and it is known that he co- pied many Vincent’s paintings and that only true conno- isseurs of his works could separate the original from the copy. Armand, after do- A starry sky over the Rhone

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ing his task goes back home, Yours, Loving Vincent. one painter has surpassed to his father Joseph and they This melancholic poetic de- love in all the movies in hi- sit at night watching the re- piction of love kisses your story so far, painting fra- flection of stars in the river heart and asks you to won- mes for years. They did not and open the letter of gra- der is there anything outsi- receive an Oscar, and they titude of Theo’s widow, for de and above the life itself? were close. So what? What the last Vincent’s letter to Above death? Is death gentle are awards anyway? What Theo. Along with her letter, grass that sways, murder of is today’s industry? Today’s one Vincent’s was attached crows that fly far away into sales of millions paintin- and Armand reads the par- the darkened skies? Is it a gs do not mean a thing for ts: in the life of the painter flower in postman’s beard, Vincent. He did not paint for death is maybe not the most that, anyway. He painted for difficult thing. As for me, I a flicker in a woman’s eye? his soul, for the love of art. can say that I know nothing Is death always present, and For me, the movie Loving about it. But the sight of as such, hits you so hea- Vincent is an unsurmoun- the stars always makes me vily that you try to find the dream. Why, I tell myself, wo- beauty in each moment? table masterpiece and I do uld the light up in the sky be Vincent’s love of life was so not need an award, he has unavailable to us? Maybe we enormous that it has sur- an award in the shudder of can die and go to the stars. passed itself, in hundreds our soul, and at least one To die peacefully of old age of letters and thousands of question that Dorota asked would be to go on foot. In a paintings that emerged one herself when she realized minute I will be going to bed, after another, with a brush, she will be making this mo- because it is late, and I wish paint, movements, letters, vie: what to do next with my you good night and hap- and thoughts. The love of life? And I will add: for it to piness. With a handshake. hundreds of painters for make sense? One frame from the movie

36 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Creative heart The story of how the carpet cleaning service were invented Creativeges, hand knotted carpets, coloured in pleasant colours, intensely hued but yet Bratislava harmonious, artistic carpets, which have Terzić, their practical purpose to connect all ele- journalist, ments in a room in a certain way, and to form a harmonic unit. Women, when Kakanj drawing flowers on the walls of their houses in the spring, also wash their carpets. Most often, everyone brings their carpets in the house that has the largest concrete floor in front of the house in order to be Large and working families would cultiva- able to wash all carpet sizes on it. While te their land in spring, sowing everything one woman is washing her carpets, other that can grow under the conditions of our women talk, drink coffee, sometimes en- climate. gage in fortune telling from the coffee cup, The housewives planted flowers in the- sometimes they sing a sevdalinka or two, ir gardens, but they also planted home some crochet, some weave gobelins. plants. Under the mountain, the running water After a long winter they would open the- was not hot in the spring, or ever, but the ir windows, and let the sun blossoms shi- women had to be resistant to it becau- ne on it. They would add colours such as se that was all they had. Washing the car- white, yellow, green, and sometimes pink pets was difficult, the first one can be was- to these sun blossoms. hed easily, but the others are washed with There is no flower that can impart the fee- pain, bone and knee pain, even for the yo- ling of freshly painted flowers blooming ungest girls. in the rooms that look like wallpaper but When the carpets are being washed, your are much more beautiful than wallpa- years of age will not play a role in the ove- per. Women used to say that the coffee rall exhaustion. The only woman who co- was always sweeter with the freshly pain- uld wash all her carpets with ease was ted flowers, because only then they could Zuhra. The other women admired her. feel the real beginning of the year. Everyt- Zuhra enjoyed doing it, because this was hing is smooth and clean, and the day la- not something she had to do, but somet- sts longer, more and more time is spent hing she wanted to do, something that outside and in the evening you can enjoy was fulfilling to her. your home meadow. That is why Zuhra always helped with cle- An important and indispensable subject aning the carpets when spring came. She that you will find in our homes, which are never went home after washing her car- almost like hobbit houses, is a carpet or a pets, as did the other women; she could Persian carpet, with fringes, without frin- not do it because she liked to help. She

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would only require a good kabaš soap, would admire its shine and would send its because that was the best carpet washi- beams just to check if it is related to the ng soap enhancing their glittering shine, beams coming out of the carpet. and she had a really good carpet washi- Year after year she would do this, and the ng brush. Her nephew sent it to her from only one who always opposed this was her London, where he studied. They say he son. Mother, he would say, are you crazy? was lucky, when he least expected it he He did not want to offend her, but to tell got a scholarship and went to take over her how crazy it was that she was doing the world. But he spread the story all over all that. London, about his aunt who can wash fifty carpets in one day and more, holding a I know that you care for our neighbour- brush in her hands, the same brush Zuhra hood and that you want to help them, but is using today to wash the carpets. you will get weak, what will we do when Creativeyou get sick? Are these carpets worth your And she also bragged around the village, health, answer me, my dear mommy? not because he got a scholarship for studying in London, she was a modest woman, He would come to her and put his head but because he remembered her. When in her lap so she could fondle his den- the postman brought the package, creati- se black hair. He was happy that she was vely wrapped, with a large red bow, Zuhra still healthy. was crying the tears of joy for two days. Zuhra would quietly say to him: They help Her hair half covered with a scarf, her grey me too, Džemila takes care of my onions, hair pinned with very loose bobby pins, you know I do not have the patience to do which cannot hold her bangs so someti- that, and when we go to your aunt’s hou- mes with foam on her hands she struggles se, she milks my cow. to keep them up. A black wide short slee- That obligation is bigger than washing ve T-shirt, and the long skirt, whose edges the carpets. Dženan, that was her son’s she takes in her hands, turns them once name, started thinking and realized that in a circle, as if she is squeezing water out his mother was right. of a wet shirt, so that the lower part is You give something, you get something - wrapped around her waist in order for her that is not always the case, but respect to be able to get on her knees. She wo- for respect should still be existent in any uld sprinkle the carpet with ice-cold water community. Dženan was a commercialist, and then she would let it soak for half an had a van from the company he worked hour, so that all the filth would rise from in, so he rarely used the Golf. its depths, all the places where the vacu- One spring, when the winter was gone and um cleaner was not strong enough to dra- everything blossomed and shined, he de- in the dirt and clean it. cided to take the Golf to the mechanic, Then she would soak it in hot water, and who was his friend Hamdo with whom leave some hot water in a bucket, for the he went to high school. Hamdo learned places the spilled water could not re- to be a car mechanic, and they were both ach. Then she would put the kabaš soap connected to cars, one was in the car all in front of her and in the right hand she day and the other beside the car. Ham- would hold the brush, so in one moment do had his business, was a prominent she would brush the carpet and in the master and he would always know how to other she would put more soap on it. Whi- find the fault and fix it. That day they had le Zuhra would clean the carpet, the sun a strong black coffee, which very possibly

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Author: Nedžma Zahirović

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caused the emergence of this great idea some favours to some women out of res- in Dženan’s head. pect, and helped some women who wo- The car had problems with the oil, the wa- uld be present at the same space where ter, the tires were weak, and so Hamdo ti- they were washing carpets, even though ghtened them. What Hamdo wondered she did not owe them anything because about was the colour of the car. I thought she was a good woman. Although in the you had a white golf, not a brown one. You village she was known as the most hard- will get a free car wash from me, my fri- working woman, because despite the pain end. Storm in the car wash started! Ham- - Zuhra was getting older, her wounded do put the sprinkler on high, because, as joints were hurting, so she cured them he said, the car needed a good shower, with putting plum brandy on the painful then some pink foaming snow started to spots when going to bed – she helped the Creativefall on the car, and then suddenly some community with other jobs, as well. round brushes appeared. Zuhra enjoyed being praised for being so These brushes could adjust their speed. resistant and strong. With the years Zuhra The faster they worked, the better they re- did not want to throw it all away, she wan- moved all the impurities from the car. Dže- ted to prove that she could still work, nan stood by and watched the brushstro- so the discovery of carpet washing shop kes, and as he gazed at them, an electric, li- was a relief for her. The empathy of a son ght bulb, genius idea emerged in his head. towards his mother is important. It is nice He thought carpets and rugs could be was- to see that a son takes care of his mother hed with car brushes. Accident or fate, he when he brings her a flower bouquet, or immediately told Hamdo about the idea. hugs her wanting to feel the sincerity that only a mother can really provide with her Hamdo, who always loved to joke and Creative embrace, which has inspired him to think experiment, called his wife and told her of this idea and make her and the life of about the idea. The woman dumbfoun- other women easier. He made it easier, ded said: Try, I’d prefer to sit down, than Zuhra now loves to sit in her garden, weak, to wash carpets. with a difficulty to move. Once she nearly They brought the carpet, soaked it in wa- fainted, and they said she was anaemic. ter, pink snow fell down again, the weird It was not just from the carpet washi- machine with brushes turned on, excited to ng itself, but during the years a lot has see something else in the loop for cleaning. accumulated. Hamdo was running a good The machine knew that it was destined for business. When they mentioned his car something else, not just for tin robots. It wash shop, he would point out that it was started to play, the carpet tickling it slightly, also a carpet cleaning shop. it laughed differently, because the object They would bring him their carpets, from was different, and it worked as fast as it co- the village and the city, no one liked to uld. A truly unseen sight, after rinsing, the wash them, nor did they have the skill, sun again sent its rays to see what it was except Zuhra, but we will also never know all about. Hamdo laughed from the heart whether she loved to wash them, or she and said: Dženan, you were always wise. did it for her stubborn reasons. For some How with a little more thinking than the time, Hamdo was the only one who did it, standard amount, a new, seemingly inno- and now we have at least one carpet was- cent discoveries can be achieved. Dže- hing shop at each corner, which is always nan went home in a hurry. Zuhra returned full of carpets.

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Adin Hujdur, Sarajevo

Creative**** The dust of light is lightly passing Through the gates of your soul the freezing fog is dripping, after the first cry of the rooster You cover your face with a white cloudy powder, And you push away the dreamy darkness **** out of your eyes and lids In her eye the morning star’s reflection The clash of light and darkness Because of her, stars are all alone, Dream and reality in the airy vortex Miserable

The shadows are dancing in the window They run and hide in the dungeon’s Creativeglass darkness Drawing with the light of distant horizons Her smile sparkles like diamonds Everything is half-alive, slowly beginning Second order spectra light, You are witnessing the morning’s awakening in the minor. golden and white The world is slowly blowing and knocking Her smooth cheeks are reflections through the lashes Made of mirror and The outlines are treading and inosculating in the face glass threads A face of an innocent little girl. She shines, she is a sparkle that emerges and agrees She shines, she is a sparkle that caresses and beats And everything with her is a light’s play Lent by the eternal sanctity divine Come here, take this blackness out of me Come, illuminate this night in me Beat the pitch darkness in me Everything I am looking for is in you, a woman.

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 41 Creative heart Graffiti – vandalism or art? Berina Isaković, Zenica Berina Isaković is 27-year-old girl from Zenica who decided to make you laugh in this issue with street messages that we go by Creativeevery day but fail to notice. Creative

Graffiti represent the oldest form of art with which humans left a trace in the world. Let us remember the first scrabbles on the caves’ walls, depictions in Egyptian pyramids, hie- roglyphics, etc. They represent the whole world behind one word. It is not difficult to notice my fascination with those scrabbles on the walls/benches/doors.

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“If it takes more than 5 minutes, it’s not a graffiti.” - Mint Serf

Some consider them to be a form of vandalism, and I consider them graffiti to be pure art (everything is better than gray and monochrome walls). They are concise, clear, succinct and often humorous, sometimes brutal, ironic, whatever they are - they always hit the spot.

“Graffiti happens at the intersection of ambition and incompetence: people want to make their mark on the world, but have no other way to do it than literally making a mark on the world.” - Paul Graham

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Recently, I decided to make a collection of interesting graffiti. I take a photo of everything interesting I see. I walk in the cities, lesser crowded streets, observe every detail and look for any inscription, interesting drawing, a joke, critique or similar and there is always something interesting to find. That is a bold art; to express your opinion with an inscription/drawing, make a passerby laugh, make him/her think, express love - all of this and much more with spray and creativity. Some art in these dark times cannot hurt.

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Nejla Bajrović, Oriental philology and turkish language and literature student, Goražde

In the eyes of the others you are a stranger, unknown, Running through time, without realizing it, In the eyes of the others you are just a passenger, Looking for your long-forgotten self. In your own eyes you should be special, And go where you are more than In the eyes of the others you are a child, present. Gentle, kind, immaculate.

In the eyes of the others you are a woman, In the eyes of many you are a perfection, Never worthy of useless That they have lost in time, rules and principles. By accident or on purpose. In the eyes of many you are simple, vulnerable. In the eyes of the others we are everything, Deep inside you are fearless and courageous. Empty looks in their eyes, In your eyes you should be your own and Moody on Mondays. special, Cell phone holders at meetings. That is how you have always been, and only In the eyes of the others we are the eyes like that you are which happy. observe others’ eyes.

46 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Beet, yoga and push ups Viktor Frankl – Cvekla,The unheard cry for meaning Jovana Đurić, yoga psychologist, Doboj of 1944, he and his wifei were transferred to Auschwitz, where they were separated and Who was Viktor Frankl? sent to different camps. He spent months Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) was a neurologist with other inmates doing hard physical jobs. and psychiatrist from Vienna (Austria). His After that, he was moved to another camp, interest in psychology occurred in an early where he worked as a doctor until April 1945, age, so at the end of high school, he enrolled when the Americans released them. All the in Faculty of Medicine at the University of Vi- members of his family, except his sister and sklekovihim, died in the camps. enna, specializing in neurology and psychia- try, with special emphasis on depression and suicide. His life was full of humanene- ss. He used his medical and psychotherapeutic knowledge to help a large number of people: he founded a program for the prevention of suicide among high school students, where students could come for free consultations, then he worked in a hospital that was also directed to work with suicidal women, where he helped more than 3,000 women. Since he was Jewish, while he was still able to do so, he worked as a physician in a hospital where he gave false diagnoses and thus saved a few people from the sini- ster Aktion T4 (this was the Nazi movement for the euthanasia of sick, helpless, geneti- cally bad people). During the further development of the war, Frankl himself, his wife and family were moved to special parts of the city which were fenced for Jews (1942). Still, he continued his work and joined the medical team who was tasked with welco- ming new members to help them overcome the original shock and sadness. By the end Viktor Frankl - The unheard cry for meaning

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The emergence of ideas about the me- and seminars. He died on September 2nd, aning of life 1997, leaving behind his second wife, daughter-in-law, granddaughters, and great His lifework was created in the worst mo- granddaughter. ments of his life. Even during his captivity, Frankl continued to do his job. He was fin- The unheard cry for meaning ding the remnants of papers, cigarette ca- The book The Unheard Cry for Meaning is ses, and the like, on which he wrote down one of the 39 books Frankl has published his observations of other people, and living throughout his life. It is specific because it and getting used to life in the camp, in ge- also contains physiological discussions, but neral. By working – he saved his common also the psychotherapeutic tools used to sense. Then he realized the importance of help his clients. It presents a part of his work meaning for every person and that every and explains the basic principles of the lo- person is led by this impulse – to find his/ gotherapy and the techniques it uses. Fran- her own sense. Frankl had developed his kl explains the basic principles of his theory psychotherapeutic, humanistic approach through the analysis of the twentieth centu- to overcoming the trauma. He considered ry and indicates the importance of meaning that even in the worst, dehumanized situa- and feeling of usefulness for the survival of tions, life has meaning, so even those bad the very society. Frankl’s main philosophical emotions have their role in finding the me- and psychological assumptions, in which his aning of life of an individual. Frankl develo- therapy is grounded, are: ped his therapies: logotherapy and existential analysis, and continued to publish bo- 1. Life makes sense in all oks and his dissertation in the field of phi- circumstances – it is the concept losophy. He has received numerous awards of the sense of life; and became an honorary professor of uni- 2. The people have the will to make versities around the world, holding lectures sense –the will of meaning; 3. People have the freedom to activate their will for meaning in all circumstances and find it – the freedom of will. His idea is that a man consists of a body, the psyche (the mind), and the spirit. If a person experiences a disease – at a physical or psychological level, the spirit remains healthy and wants healing, and the focus is to eliminate the blockage that prevents the reach to the healthy part of the man. Frankl also provides ways in which we can find a sense of self, which are: 1. Creativity – to give the world something through personal expression, using our own talents; 2. Experience – Contrary to creativity, receiving from the Viktor Frankl world: through nature, culture,

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relationships and interaction with others and the environment; * Logotherapy = healing through 3. Change of attitude – when we the meaning. Focus is on the future cannot change a situation or of the individual, the belief that the circumstance, what we can do lack of purpose and meaning causes is change our personal attitude pathology, while healthy parts seek Cvekla,toward that state, and that is often the way to find the meaning. healing in searching for their meaning, thus focusing on the future of Paradoxical intention the individual. One of the terms Frankl explains in this book is paradoxical intention – this is a technique thatyoga is part of his logotherapy, * Existential analysisi represents a and its basic principles may be applicable part of logotherapy, i.e. the individu- to you. The foundation of this technique al together with the psychotherapist is the paradox that is often mentioned in Murphy’s Law. For example, I believe that has to discover their meaning. all of us when we were young wanted to welcome Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy Unfortunately, we can rarely use this tech- awake, and then we would all try to stay nique on our own and the biggest part of sklekoviawake and within minutes we would find failure is our knowledge on how this tech- ourselves in the deepest dreams. nique works. However, if we truly believe This technique uses this paradox to help we will not fall asleep, then the technique people with obsessive thoughts (especi- can still work, but as with magic, it is ne- ally effective in obsessive-compulsive dis- cessary to truly believe it. order) or insomnia. Frankl worked with a What can we learn from Viktor Frankl? woman who had insomnia and applied Whether or not some of these techniques this technique by forbidding her to sleep can really be used, Viktor Frankl is really that night. He said that they would com- the person who is admired by every one pete on who would stay awake for a lon- of us. His will to live, perseverance, and ger time, and that he would visit her every love for what he is doing should inspire hour. Already during the first tour, the wo- us in what we do, and indeed in his case man who could not sleep for days, slept the saying that what we love saves us is without any problems. true. Yes, bad things happen to everyone, He used this technique with people who it is an integral part of life, but even then, had trembles, and then he would tell them when it is the darkest hour – our life ma- to try to shake as much as possible, after kes sense. It was given to us for a reason which they would try and try, until their and we should use it. If we do not know hands would finally be in completely still. what that reason is, then our task is to find Also in the case of the obsessive-compul- it, change it, and adapt it – that we may sive disorder, he would order clients who actually have a fulfilled life. needed to constantly wash their hands to wash them non-stop which would eventu- Online counselling centre ally become tiresome and damaging for cli- for young people, parents ents, and their disorders would disappear. and other people in need

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 49 Something on my mind Like. A proof of the true friendship Somethingcould feel something has changed but I was on hoping I was wrong. Amina Jusić, My doubts have been confirmed when the Gymnasium person mentioned above has not liked or student, commented my brand new published post Breza on Instagram. I was assuring myself that I am wrong and that she has just, perhaps, not seen my photo. Maybe her cell phone got stolen. But my poor heart was broken in pieces after seeing her like on the recent You know the feeling of betrayal by a per- photo of the person I can’t even stand. Even son you considered to be your friend? When worse, she has not even tagged twice me in he or she just all of a sudden does somet- a Persons whose names start with these two hing terrible? It has all begun with her (let’s my mind letters post, and there was the first letter of call her The Devil’s Child because that so- my name among others. How can she be so ulless person is just that) poor engagement arrogant? in our friendship and improving our relati- onship. Namely, The Devil’s child has thou- I pulled myself together and called her via ght for some reason that it is OK only to like Viber to clear up this situation. My call was funny photos and updates in which I had rejected with the message I can’t talk right been tagged on Facebook and Instagram, now I am having coffee with Tijana (note: without commenting on them. Already then I a.k.a. the person I can’t stand). Next thing I saw was a story from my, now already ex friend, with Tijana, along with #baby #loveher. At the same time, I received a message from The Devil’s Child saying: I will call you tonight, we need to catch up! Kiss. I replied in a quite mature and clear way: You can catch up with Tijana Ć. Rude as she is, of course, she wrote that I am being silly. Yes? Well, you are the fake one and everybody knows you are photoshopping your photos! That message and attitude have to- tally showed her not to mess with me. She doesn’t deserve to follow my posts anymore. She is being blocked on every social media platform and thus ended our friendship as well.

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gan to gather in stadi- Something onums, cheering for their own and to enjoy the de- Dino Živojević, feats of others. In this way, Electrical the world championship Engineering has slowly replaced the student, Sarajevo world war. It holds on by only changing the form. Anyway, the purpose of the column is not the Gađan’s The book Gađan, a work throughout the story is the study, so we can immedia- by Midhat Ajanović, a mo- unusual occurrence. When tely put it aside. As the re- vie author, filmologist, car- one of the members of the placement of world wars toonist, writer and publi- family the story follows with world championships my mindin football is possible only cist, was written in 1997 gets angry, from the gre- and represents a kind of a at rage they have been gi- in science fiction novels, in science fiction novel that, ven, stones begin to fall this more realistic world, besides sporting compe- follows the lives of mem- from the sky destroying titions, we cultivate a cul- bers of the family line that everything before them. In ture of warfare, because, holds its roots from the the inability to explain it, it would be a shame to Bosnian village Čadovina. the people attributed this give up on something that The timeline of the novel phenomenon to a super- marks us as species from extends from before the natural phenomenon that the very beginning. Second World War, throu- was called Gađan becau- gh the last war in Bosnia, se of this activity, and the Basically, one and the other is the display of and all the way to a ficti- book has the same name. muscles and food for the tious nuclear war someti- A particularly interesting ego of great rulers, or me in the future. part of the book, which players. It’s so logical to Fortunately, the novel’s says that after all the ask what would have hap- focus is not on the afo- wars through which man- pened if Trump was Ro- rementioned wars, but it kind has passed, there has naldo, so that he can, with describes the action and been a calm. But as the a bicycle kick, send a ball thinking of an ordinary war represents a great way from the edge of the pe- man in various life situa- for one nation to show su- nalty area into the cor- tions from the micro-per- periority over others, in or- ner of the opponent’s spective of the main cha- der to do so in some form, goal in the semi-finals racters. The most impor- they started to play fo- of the Champions Lea- tant detail that extends otball. So the masses be- gue, and then run to the

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stands where his team’s thusly soared forces for sonalize the victims, tho- most loyal fans sit, reve- years in various places of usands of them, we lose al his muscles and prou- the Middle East and the every sense of humanity. dly cradle, while the deli- world. Always on the side, So we take sides, we cheer rious mass celebrates his and always from a safe for America, Russia, Tur- persona and actions, and distance. As long as the key, France, Germany, Iran, the playmates hang aro- display of power can be Israel... It’s just like the ga- und his neck. carried out from the offi- me is in question. ce far away from the event In a few minutes, it can If we were lucky to live in a epicentre, the great rulers Somethingfeed the ego the size of world that, well, exists only on will live in their full glory. the Statue of Liberty, and in science fiction novels, in Clowns in the role of the after the game, everyone which it is possible to re- state presidents resem- goes home to sleep, the- bling more a mobile re- place the world war with ir opponents may be in a ality show create the cu- the world championship in sadder atmosphere, but rrents of world events, football, and if Trump was they are all healthy and share the world into con- Ronaldo, we could argue whole. Instead, Trump tradictory camps that just who is faster, better, more sends aircraft carriers, ro- wait for a spark like it hap- dynamic. Trump would be cket launchers, and runs pens before every world in a derby against Putin ai- battles on green surfa- war emerges. They spit in ming at a goal from mere ces around the world, only each other’s faces using vanity, enjoying in a deli- this time he uses missi- my mind the victims of some third rium of mass that call his les instead of balls. All of country, as two bullies in name. this means that America is a school yard that compe- That would be the painle- playing exclusively guest te who will beat up more ss way to build up the ego matches. Domestic stadi- nerds. And so it goes in of the empty heads, while ums are reserved for the a circle, the TV shows the the rest of us would conti- audience, which, therefo- pictures of civilians’ dead nue to cheer the same way re, only watches matches bodies, children and, on as before. over the screen. So, Trump the other hand, smugged Thousands of Syrian chil- leads his team, orders ro- faces justifying and pre- cket attacks from the edge senting artificial morality, dren could throw a ball in of the airspace of a sta- as if what they did was dusty fields wearing jerseys te in the Middle East, and in favour of anyone other with the Trump’s or Putin’s then he runs victoriou- than themselves. And we, name; they would argue sly, to a press conferen- dumb observers, as if we about scoring goals in ce, or Twitter, to celebra- lost empathy, so we are lo- actual this year’s football te his actions. Unlike Ro- oking at suffering and de- season, and who is a better naldo, who is still on the ath just as a compulsory candidate to be awar- front line of his team’s sterilization of dogs advert, ded with Ballon d’Or (Gol- front, in this case, Trump equally worried. Because den Ball), instead of being looks more like a trainer apparently the observer’s laid down in graves in the who orders attacks from empathy is inversely pro- age when they should be the bench, or the keybo- portional to the quantity dribbling balls. But dammit, ard, but with equal pride. of the victims, and there- that would require at least Russia and America have fore, in the inability to per- some level of a talent.

52 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Something on my mind Something on my mind Emina Sarajlić, English language student, Vareš

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ssion, the rule applies only if what you say Emina is not offensive, but what is not offensive to- Sarajlić, day? Only if it is a feature that a certain gro- English up of people does not already have? Does Somethinglanguage this mean that it is insulting to get to know on someone else’s culture and customs if we student, cannot justify on a higher level reasons of Vareš our new insights? I surfed the Instagram profile of Paola Mayfield (from the 90 Day Fiancé TV show); I am absolutely aware that every generation it is about a Latin girl who is married and li- has its own standards and norms that tho- ves in the United States, and for Halloween se who have been raised in the older gene- she dressed like an Indian girl. When I ran ration can hardly understand. I wonder is it into that picture, I thought that this costume that I simply cannot understand it, or am I was really wonderful, how she was fit, and also caught in the madness of the transiti- how she was imaginative, but soon I opened on to the new century and to a new age that the comments and saw all the strong sta- I cannot fit in, so that is the reason or the my mind tements by hundreds of thousands of pe- reason is that there really is no definition ople who say it is not right to steal the cu- what is OK at the end of 2010s and what is stoms of people they do not belong to. And by no means OK. I suddenly felt bad, initially because I impul- You see, I grew up during the transition sively reacted positively to that picture, and from one to the other millennium. Social then because I realized that my perception messages, fashion, and ethics may not have was not changed because I realized that the changed so violently as in the case of, for costume was not decent, but because other example, the crazy eighties, but the stories people persuaded me that it is not decent, of modernism and the figure 2000 which and third because I used to play Indians with itself carried everything that history has as a little girl with friends, tossed a feather exerted i.e. equality, has been sneaking up in my hair and put the warrior colours on on us in a passive-aggressive manner. Reli- my face. I wondered for a second whether gious, sexual, racial, whichever equality you my kids would be able to play the Indians want. We were extremely happy to accept game or they would miss this crazy expe- that the changes took place over the cour- rience because it would no longer be soci- se of 100 or 200 years and rose on a pede- ally acceptable to imitate Indians if you are stal all that helped us along the way. Equa- not one of them. We read Robinson Crusoe lity meant a tangible coexistence with all of during my college education, which is one our differences. To be equal in a sea of co- of my favourite books from primary scho- lours. Accept, and perhaps even take some ol, and many of us had the chance to wri- features of the Other and find humour in all te an essay on this book. My theme was the this. Today it is called a theft of identity or Fantasies of the Middle Class in Robinson a ridicule. In a world claiming that you have Crusoe. For days, weeks and months I loo- the absolute freedom of speech and expre- ked for hypotheses and critical reviews to

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prove that this wonderful adventurer Ro- old classical soap operas: Desperate Ho- binson, who was adored by the ten-year-old usewives, Sex and the City. I watched over Emina, is actually a selfish capitalist slave and over again all episodes and movies owner, hungry for money and dark skinned and was delighted that women are strong workforce. I gave in the assignment, and pa- and confident, carrying their family life on ssed the class, but I never forgave myself. their backs, the business environment and Why? Because I was made to think so. Of the attention of the society, and still finding course in the year 2018 it is not accepta- time to go to the salon, go out for drinks, ble to write a book in which the white man have hobbies. I had a couple of days of You- Somethingmeets a black man and teaches himon his lan- Tube madness where I watched Boldly and guage and makes him work, but we have to modern feminism. I watched clips of women realize that the novel is not written in the burning their hair with lighters, walking to- year 2018. Daniel Defoe did not have a bad pless, and dying their armpit hair to prove intent when he wrote Robinson Crusoe; mo- they have the right not to be stereotypically reover, with the attitudes that had colonial feminine as men expect. Suddenly, it is in- tendencies, he was still ahead of his time. In sulting to want to have long hair, wear a suit, his time, this novel was a revolutionary pie- have a career and become a mother. First ce of work. For our time, this novel is insul- and foremost, it has become insulting to be ting. Does this diminish the value of Daniel’s married to a man who are increasingly seen writing, or the ability of a modern man to as a source of entertainment and mode of consider all the circumstances? Are we in reproduction rather than life partners in the myfact sometimes offensivemind to what is offensi- true sense of the word. I was wondering if ve to us? I have been caught up for a while the words lady and wife will exist in 20 or 30 on black and white movies and on fatal wo- years, or there would be smaller selective men who stopped the car just by showing groups in a big world where we all look the their leg. It was once considered self-con- same; half-naked, pierced and messy, and fident, today it is called objectification of a if someone is male or female can only be woman’s body. If we feel good enough in discovered by a birth certificate, if the terms our skin that we want to use it for our pur- male and female are even going to be still pose, are we ungrateful or is it the absolu- used the future. Of course I do not think you tely opposite? I have also been hooked on do not need to burn your hair if you really the Sex and City movie A scene from

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want to do it, but I think 80 percent of the everything? Do the children in villages du- girls doing it, are doing it for the revolt and ring Ramadan today sit on the floor in the the desire to be part of a movement rather hallway after the last evening prayer and than their real desire to do it. Personally, I play games as we did when we were little? am a woman who does not care about good Or do they fear that someone will say that manners, does not wear heals and does not they do not fear God. And us? Did we not have long hair, but at the same time I do feel fear? Were we ignorant? Or was it sim- not have the need to dye my hair anywhe- ply a more relaxed atmosphere in the more else except on my head, or to expose my sques ten years ago, than it is today? Is the Somethingbody that I am not the very satisfied with, Almighty less tolerant today than He was on not because of beauty standards – but be- ten years ago, or did we convince ourselves cause I did not work enough on it to want to that He is? The word gay once meant a phe- expose it, and I feel like I am not a part of nomenon or a feeling of embellished hap- any of these groups, and because of that I piness that was also a bit pathetic. Some- sometimes feel bad that I do not have any how, with some of the circumstances I have of these needs. I feel bad about being true not been able to investigate, in the last half to myself and for having no need to enti- century this word has become the name for rely give myself to one group, just to finally the homosexual population, mostly (but not get that damn label. Watching the last Sex exclusively) male. When somebody says so- and the City movie from 2010, I was laughing mething is gay, in most cases they do not out loud when the woman with the niqab think about two men in love, but they think put the fries under her veil so she could eat of something so delightful that it might mybe mind it, and when the men in Abu Dhabi called a bit pathetic too. Now, I cannot use this the police because Samantha kissed a guy word that perfectly explains what I want to on the beach. After that, I saw that this mo- express, just because it is homonymous to a newly-named group that could be offen- vie had 4/10 reviews on IMDB, some of the ded? Is it offensive from that group that they lowest reviews I have ever seen, and explo- did not sufficiently educate themselves on ring I realized that all the negative reviews the subject before they began to feel insul- have been written in the last two or three ted, or I am offensive because I cannot use years in regards to how insulting all that is the word gay solely because I am not gay – for the Islamic world. And, again, I realized in the context of my sexual orientation? Do that I felt bad about something I did not feel I have to be gay, so I can say that somet- bad about just 15 minutes ago. And, again, hing is gay? Does this mean that the opti- I did not feel bad because I thought it was on of using the word gay is a privilege? Are bad, but because what other people would we going in the direction that it will not be think if they were able to see me laugh at acceptable to eat pizza because it is a natio- those scenes. nal Italian dish, where we can only learn En- I realized that this film in the time we were glish and French out of all foreign languages talking about would never have happened - because others are not international, whe- and that the limit on how far we can go with re we will not be able to dance the Užičko Islam-related jokes drastically changed in dance because we are not Serbs? Will the- the last ten years, as the immigrant crisis re be another shift in the next 20 years, or occurred and Europe’s and world’s attempts will we try to constantly take care of each to be more responsive on this issue. But is it other’s feelings and fragile personalities to really so bad to look for humour in everyt- the point where we will not be able to draw hing? Is it really so bad to be relaxed about inspiration from other people without rai-

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sing tensions? Will we be able to joke on the The defensive stance is sometimes a pro- account of some of the groups we do not duct of something that has really touched a belong to, and that it remains to be a joke place within us that we do not want to open, and not an attack on that group? Is it really but sometimes we do not have that place bad to share with others what is funny to and the defensive attitude is taken becau- us? Should we hate ourselves because we se we desperately want to have it. The next time someone asks you if you think somet- felt that way? hing is OK, ask yourself whether you really In a world in which we argue that we are stand behind the answer you gave, or you Somethingadvancing in ideologies, we are inon a setback just gave it out of fear that it is not the same in acceptance of diversity. As a society, we as the answers of the majority. Is it OK if it is obviously lack content, because we do not- not OK, or is not OK because they told you myhing but look at what wemind can call offensive. it was not?

2018 JUNE 42 PREVENTEEN 57 Inscription of land Slavic mythical stage (Part II) all-seeing eyes for weather, whether they gave rain, Inscriptionwhether they gave sunny Matija Krivošić, days, everything they nee- Gymnasium ded was there, and they student, Vareš managed to bring agricul- tural production to the end and now they are relaxing a bit. They deserved it after so much effort. The legend is ending, but its tably in your chairs, imagi- However, Perun’s oppo- existence is not. The exciting ne that you have watched nent, the god of the un- an opening scene of Televi- and tense action, peripe- derground world - Ve- sa Presenta and take a peek teia, facts about every-day les, who was also a god of life associated with mytho- into the intimacy of Slavic winter – wants a change. logy are just a part of what gods and goddesses. of land He wants to be dominant, follows. A story of a comple- During the autumn days, to demonstrate his power tely ordinary love affair is in his golden city of Va- and he decided to sneak to told, something like Romeo reš and in his golden pa- Perun’s courts and steals and Juliet, (I almost said laces, the mythical god Pe- his wife Mokosh – he steals that it was like a clichéd run dominated the hea- the summer sun away from soap opera, or Love is in the venly and sub-heavenly nature. He steals destiny, Village with a small uncon- parts, on the top of a mo- and that is at the same ventional twist). On the one untain. This unimaginable time Mother Earth, becau- hand, the characters are powerful force, in a form se the Earth gives birth to expressively emphasized of a real macho man with everything. He took everyt- and idealized, of course, the a copper beard, is holding hing into the undergro- characters are Slavic gods two millstone rocks in his und. As if the tragedy was and goddesses, and on the hands, rubbing them aga- not big enough for Perun, other hand, we can identify inst each other thus cre- although he tried to sca- with their absurdities and ating thunder that punis- re away Vales with thun- connect with the standard hed all who did not behave ders, they had no influence life of us – mortals. The se- and taught them good be- in the underworld. His wife, cond part, which was told to haviour. There was also his Mokosh, had an affair with me by Toni Petković, a pu- wife, Mokosh, with him who the god of the underworld blicist of the Vareš Legends was the giver of destinies. – and this was an unnatu- of Slavic Mythology, caught They ruled throughout the ral state of affairs. Nature my attention. So, sit comfor- summer period with their was against it, the rivers

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froze, the vegetation star- March, steals Perun’s re- and the next day it is Saint ted to fade, the nature was cently born son, god Jaril Blaž and he says that is all snow-bound; along with (the god of spring), and ta- a bunch of lies. Saint Blaž Veles, who froze everything kes him to the underworld. is synonymous to Veles in further to protect it from He does not know who Ve- Christianity. Jarilo emer- the potential influence of les is or where he comes ges from the underworld god Perun. In this way he from, but considers Veles and moves down the river turned summer into win- his stepfather and grows which divides the two worl- ter. This adultery lasts un- up fast in his undergro- ds, the world of Veles and til the second of Febru- und world. On April 24th, he the world of Perun. Inscriptionary each year. When win- steps out of the undergro- He heard that god Perun ter time cracks for the first und. The forces of the un- has a beautiful woman for time, Perun uses thunder derworld cannot hold him marriage, not knowing that to spread the cracks and back, because he is a god it was his sister. Coming to he tries to return his wife of spring, and spring is today’s Gate which is on back to the courts by force. strong and powerful, and the entrance to Vareš, we Of course, negotiations last that time change is even all experience it as an or- only a few days, but they visible to ordinary peo- dinary word, but this is the end up as a happy couple, ple. In the spring, suddenly Gate of Time. The clima- deeply in love. It is possible we are struck by a wave of te up to the gate is of one that this is partly related to strength and power. The kind, and from the gate the the concept of Valentine’s image of god Jaril is best other, as well as the vege- Day and when they fall manifested through tradi- tation and quantity of ra- back in love, on the first tional sayings: in the Isla- of landinfall and the geological of March the goddess gi- mic world he is remembe- situation. He approaches ves birth to Perun’s twins, red through air, soil, water, that part where the Time- son Jaril and daughter Mo- (džemre, Taurus winter). refractive bridge is. Time ran. Veles disagrees with There is a saying in Chri- this and sends his disgu- stianity: Saint Marina says can, of course, be refracted, ised powers on the first of that the winter is gone but he cannot get across the bridge, because Veles is on the bridge and does not let him pass over. On the other side of Perun’s court Morana descends. His sister speaks in the so- unds of a cuckoo. Althou- gh people share the belief that cuckoo’s call is something bad - it announces the spring. But using that voice, she gives a proof to her sui- tor, with the help of the time key that Perun and his nine sons and blacksmiths made. That key is given to their si- Perun ster by the brothers, she

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throws it over the refractive bridge, and over cause “mora” means death and therefore the river she unlocks the Gate of Time, and we do not have her toponym anywhere in runs the sword into the dragon. The Christi- Vareš, but we have a locality – Budoželje an synonym for this in Vareš is Saint Mihovil. (the desire awakener). By killing him she, Part of Veles is transformed, and in Christia- as a reflection of the winter and a beautiful nity it is the devil, the Dragon. Goddess Mora- girl, transforms into a witch, an ugly mon- na puts a special bed in front of Jaril, under ster. They are both buried in two tombs un- Zapisthe tree at the Gate, where they make love. By til the next year. The places of their burial this act they have shown the people and na- are Mali (Little) and Veliki (Big) hum. The ture what to do to continue the life cycle for summer arrives again, dominated aga- survival. Since incest is forbidden in the myt- in by Perun and his wife Mokosh. On the hological world also, the punishment is the twenty-fourth of October, on Dmitry’s Day, death of Morana and Mokosh. the whole story repeats again. The Slavic Mythical Wedding is taking place. *** Everyone takes part in this ceremony, both Morana and Jaril. Jaril throws an apple and So, every following year, this fascinating and Izthato act stems the fertilityzemlji of nature. During idyllicnaše legend involves its main characters the wedding where everyone is present, the into nature and its course. The story that whole kingdom is blooming. However, Ja- leaves one breathless, surely, because this rilo is beginning to look at other women is part of the history of our ancestors that during the wedding, and Morana is getting they created on the basis of tradition and angry. She has a more terrible weapon polytheistic belief. I faced the complexity than Perun, she has a round thunderbolt of what the Slavs were, and with justifica- and tells her brothers to kill Jaril and they tion I can say that this legend can be identi- do. It seems rough, but that was the time fied with those of Roman or Greek mythol- when spring was about to end, because ogy – which are perhaps closer to us than it would not be good if spring would only the Slavic ones. Let us firstly appreciate our last for nature. This is the one who awa- distant history, in order to respect and fully kens desire, her name cannot be said be- understand mahale today’s religions and customs. Mokosh (M0untain Bogoš)

60 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 Azra Halilović, Preventeen Project Assistant, Tešanj From our neighbourhood

Preparations for ICW - full speed ahead Second preparatory workshop has been held with the female and male leaders of the Intercultural Creative Weeks project in NARKO-NE on 5th May, and the topic of the gathering was, like this year, to promote a project to the new, strong youth who will bring changes with their actions, and make both their own and children’s holidays enriched by new adventures. On the meeting, together with a project coordinator Magdalena Schildknecht, they planned how and when they will notify high schoolers of project’s start, how to become a female/male volunteer, that is - when and where they can start to volunteer. Fe- male and male leaders have arranged their tasks and are working relentlessly to successfully realize the preparatory activities that follow so that the realization of the project itself can begin. They thought of couple ideas for this year’s motto that will follow them throughout the whole project and connect two cities. They will Iz našereveal which motto they have chosen in the project’s beginning. A group of students from Switzerland will this year also accompany them in projec riences and creativity in Vareš and Novi Travnik. ICW

Give them time instead of money After the educations that were held during February and March, the second set of educations has been created for volunteers of this project, and it was led by professional staff, and they turned out to be necessary in their work. An education on psychodrama was held around May, and it was led by a psychology gradu- ate Tihana Majstorović, Family and Systemic Psychotherapy with MSc Đana Lončarica, Group analyses with MSci Dr. med. Azra Arnautović and Reality Therapy with a psychologist and psychotherapist Nermina Veha- bović-Rudež. What is also important to mention for young people involved in the project is their contributi- mahaleon to addiction prevention and how they selflessly invested their free time in so- cializing with children. In May, volunteers have visited Escape Room centre in Sara- jevo, where they solved riddles in teams, and, apart from having a great time they developed their cognitive skills and creativity. Sports activities were not lacking too, so in the Education, Sports and Re- creation Centre Safet Zajko they have played badminton, volleyball and other activities that do well for their health. Through their volunteering engagement, from December 2017 they have given 1053 hours of their free time for 948 children altogether through workshops, sociali- zing and play, and they continue to give Educational work with children at risk through the activities they are realizing.

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Fit as a fiddle Young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are passive! The sentence that we often hear in media, around us. That it is not always the case young people from Breza have shown us, who, after finishing KULT’s education Learn, Think, Act (LTaA) have written and realized a project Fit as a Fiddle together with a team from Maglaj. In this way, young people have gone through the writing process and project proposition management, with the full responsibility for its realization, while the Institute for Youth Development KULT and NARKO-NE followed and supported young people in the realization. Activities have been realized in Maglaj in the period from 27th to 29th April and in Breza in the period from 3rd to 6th May 2018, and they included workshops on addiction prevention and info desk on squares for all interested so that they could inform themselves more on the topic and the importance of addiction prevention and health promotion. Additionally, these young people have organized a street race in Breza, in which over 60 children and young people have participated, and a Local team from Breza, which acts under High Schooler’s Association of B&H, helped them in the organization. Young people are very active indeed, so give them a chance and they will do many more similar activities! Older Brother, Older Sister VolunteersIz continue to spend time with their younger sistersnaše and brothers, and in the past period they have decided to enrich their time together by participating in group activities in which they together had a chance to visit Svrzo’s House, Yellow Bastion and Education, Sports and Recreation Centre Safet Zajko. In Svrzo’s Ho- use they got familiar with the way of life of a traditional rich Muslim family that used to life there, and they continued their journey to a place from which they will see the beauties of the city of Sarajevo- Yellow Basti- on, where they have enjoyed the view with a picnic and spent time together and exchanged experiences and happenings from previous workshops. In the Education, Sports and Recreation Centre Safet Zajko they have tried acting and created roles in order to make a movie in the near future that will be a reminder of their time spent together. Throughout May, the second cycle of educational workshops for volunteers has been held on youth violence and bullying, studying and memory techniques, family influence and societal influence on adolescents and pa- renting styles. The goal of educational workshops has been for all volunteers to get additional knowledge on topics related to current problems in work with youth and children that are closely related to their volunteering engagement, and their future professional growth and development. mahale Visiting the Yellow fortress

62 PREVENTEEN 42 JUNE 2018 From our neighbourhood Fit as fiddle

Iz našeChildren and young who participated in the project DAPAP cooperation made official As a part of RIPPO Network (Development and Professionalization of Addiction prevention) on 11th April in Sarajevo, an agreement has been signed on cooperation between the network members with the aim to in- tegrate the area of addiction prevention in political, health, safety and youth programs in Bosnia and Her- zegovina. The signees of the cooperation agreement are: Citizens’ Association for Addiction Prevention NAR- KO-NE from Sarajevo; Public institution Therapeutic Community Kampus, Sarajevo Canton; Institute for Youth Development KULT, Sarajevo; The Archdiocesan Pastoral Youth Centre John Paul II, Sarajevo; Health Centre of Doboj, Youth Club Under the Same Sun, Jablanica and Association Centre for Youth Education Travnik. The network will continuously work on the improvement of female and male experts in this area, as well as on the development and realization of innovative approaches and sustainable programs to give an answer to more and more noticeable problem of addiction of youth and children. The final goal of DAPAP Network is to set up a professional centre for addiction prevention with the aim of improving health, addiction deve- mahalelopment prevention, and early recognition of addiction risks. DAPAP network Members of the

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