An insider's guide to Sarajevo: 'our Olympic past seems almost like a myth'

Edit The Guardian 04 Apr 2016
In the unpretentious Bosnian capital you can brush shoulders with the stars, discover incredible street art and see amazing buildings, but there is no escaping reminders of the city’s fraught history. Cities is supported by. Rockefeller Foundation. In five words. Where worlds collide and synchronise. Sound of the city ... Best building. Twitter ... It was built in 1899 in Romanic-Byzantine style, and was originally an Evangelic church ... Ziyah Gafić....

The world's first ghetto, 500 years later

Edit CNN 22 Feb 2016
(CNN)In preparation for the 500th anniversary of Italy's Venetian Ghetto, Ziyah Gafic scoured the 7-acre-wide part of the Cannaregio district where, for centuries, Jews were forced to live. But all he found was an overwhelming silence -- an element that became central to the photographs he made there ... "You can tell that very few people still live there." ... Photographer Ziyah Gafic ... Ziyah Gafic is a Bosnian photographer based in Sarajevo ... ....

Greene County news: Fairborn needs Christmas tree

Edit Dayton Daily News 10 Oct 2015
FAIRBORN. City seeks annual Christmas tree. The city of Fairborn is seeking a community Christmas tree to be decorated for the holiday season and lit up at the annual holiday parade and tree lighting Friday, Dec. 4. The tree should be at least 30 feet tall and must be located within the city limits ... Friday, Oct. 30 ... FAIRBORN ... The exhibition, “Visions of Conflict,” features the work of Ziyah Gafić, Louie Palu, Jessica Hines and Larry Price....

Wright State will celebrate Dayton’s legacy of peace (Wright State University)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Oct 2015
(Source. Wright State University). Wright State will celebrate the Dayton Peace Accords and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize with a photography exhibition, concert and literary conference ... U.S ... The exhibition features photographic works by award-winning photojournalists and documentary photographers Ziyah Gafić, Jessica Hines, Louie Palu and Larry Price ... Ziyah Gafić will give a gallery talk Sunday, Oct ... Photo by Ziyah Gafic/VII Network ... 25....

Darsheel Safary pleased with his HSC scores

Edit The Times of India 31 May 2015
The Taare Zameen Par child actor, now 18-years-old, cleared his Class XII board examinations recently and scored 80%. READ. No more films for Darsheel Safary. Content with the result, the commerce student now wishes to pursue a graduation in BMM (Bachelor of Mass Media) ... WATCH. Darsheel and Ziyah Go Shopping. ....

Roundup of Fashfest 2015 opening night in Canberra

Edit Canberra Times 13 May 2015
Fashion designer Mariska Thynne on the runway with models Emily Tokic, of O'Malley, and Angelina Leljak, of Gungahlin. Photo. Melissa Adams. A 45 metre-long runway set the stage for opening night of Fashfest 2015 ... Click for more photos FashFest 2015 ... Melissa Adams. The evening opened with a bang, with an unseasonal collection of exotic swimwear by Ziyah, later followed by a collection of bright rash vests by Solar Bare ... ....

A new look for Fashfest 2015

Edit Canberra Times 09 Apr 2015
Haus Models and the faces of Fashfest 2015 Hannah Clare McKenzie and Ken Scruton. Hair by W Friend. Makeup by K Mathias. Photo. Leighton Hutchinson Photography. In the City Issue 21. full edition. Innovation. Creativity. Expression. Entertainment. This is what Canberra's annual creative celebration Fashfest is all about ... "I think this is a really exciting time for both Fashfest and the Convention Centre ... W. fashfest.com.au.   ... MAAK ... Ziyah ... ....

FASHFEST 2015 designer line-up announced

Edit Canberra Times 17 Feb 2015
Each night will be opened by a graduate designer from CIT, with newcomers MAAK, The Label, Mimetic, Illusory Cog, Little Jane Lane and Ziyah all making their FASHFEST debut ... + Clare, The Prodigal Daughter, The Professor's Daughter, Recollection, Rockstars and Royalty, Sovata, Tanja Von Behrens, That Bird Label, The Label, Zilpah Tart, and Ziyah....

The Relics of Genocide

Edit Medium 04 Feb 2015
With haunting photographs of quotidian objects, Bosnian photographer Ziyah Gafic documents the evidence of atrocity. Bosnian photojournalist Ziyah Gafic travels the world to photograph the aftermath of conflict, documenting the ruinous consequences of war from Palestine and Israel to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Chechnya, and beyond ... Watch Ziyah Gafic’s TED Talk, “Everyday objects, tragic histories,” below....

Shortlist announced for inaugural Amnesty International Australia Media Awards (Amnesty International Australia)

Edit noodls 10 Oct 2014
(Source. Amnesty International Australia) ... The shortlisted finalists in the four Awards categories are. ... 'Banished!', Aaron Thomas and Victoria Strobl, Dateline SBS 'Home Away from Home', Foreign Correspondent ABC 'The Family Trap', Sarah Dingle, Background Briefing ABC Radio National 'The Manus Solution', Four Corners ABC 'A silent tragedy', Ziyah Santi, Andrei Shabunov and Claudia Taranto, 360documentaries ABC Radio National ... (noodl....

Quest for identity - orphans of the narrative

Edit Huffington Post 28 Aug 2014
These are simple objects. clocks, keys, combs, glasses. They are the things that victims of genocide in Bosnia carried with them on their final journey. We are all familiar with these mundane, everyday objects ... Usually, victims were told that they were going to be exchanged for prisoners of war ... You can watch Ziyah Gafic's TED talk at http.//www.ted.com/talks/ziyah_gafic_everyday_objects_tragic_histories. ....

David Sengeh Named a 2014 TED Fellow (MIT Media Lab)

Edit noodls 20 Nov 2013
(Source. MIT Media Lab). Aziz Abu Sarah (Palestine . Israel) - Entrepreneur + educator. Middle Eastern American peace activist and founder of MEJDI Tours, a travel company that offers intercultural, bridge-building tours led by both Israeli and Palestinian guides. Uldus Bakhtiozina (Russia) - Photographer + visual artist ... Andrew Bastawrous (Kenya . UK) - Eye surgeon + innovator ... Ziyah Gafic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) - Photographer + storyteller....
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