Book Talk: “Ja sam Alen” (I am Alen) by Alen Muhic

Inger Skjelsbæk, leader of the EuroWARCHILD project, was invited to join a book talk by author Alen Muhic who recently published his autobiographical book “Ja sam Alen” (I am Alen). Alen has been touring through Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent months to present the book in many cities of Bosnia, including Gorazde, Sarajevo, Travnik, Kakanj, Zenica, Tuzla, Visoko. For the book talk in Mostar Cultural Center, Inger was invited to join a conversation about war and its aftermath based on her own work in Bosnia and her recently published book “Sarajevos Roser” (Sarajevo Roses).

The moderator of the program was journalist Sanela Kuko. The program was organized by the Mostar Public Library and the Community of Families of Victims Killed in Uborak and Sutina. Both the Alen’s and Inger’s books are important in the context of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian society's confrontation with the past. On behalf of the Forgotten Children of War Association, also the “HANDBOOK FOR EXERCISING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN BORN OF WAR: Legal Framework, and Institutional Support” was presented by the legal consultant of the Association, Tarik Ekmeščić.

Further information on “Ja Sam Alen” here: https://znanje.hr/product/ja-sam-alen-knjiga-o-mom-postanku/526643

Further information on “Sarajevos Roser” here: https://forlagetpress.no/produkt/sarajevos-roser-2/

Both books are not available in English yet.

Link to the “HANDBOOK” here: https://zdr.ba/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ENGL-FINAL-WEB.pdf

Alen and Inger in Mostar after the event