Dada M. (2015) - Our grandmothers used to say that a girl first should learn how to make a pie and than look for a boyfriend. Girls learned how to make a pie so they wouldn't embarrass themselves when they get married. But now, they first find a boyfriend and then they look for a nearest bakery where they can buy some pie. This is my Dzejla, and she is not learning how to make a pie, she is just playing with the dough.

Dada M. (2015) - Why do we always wonder what do we live for? And we answer - for the children. That is the wrong answer. We live for us so that we can indulge every wish and every need of our third generation, our grandchildren.

Mirsada A. (2015) - How many more people have to take it... Refugees from Srebrenica in '95 (on the left picture), and Syrian refugees in 2015 (on the right). You can see big resemblance between the images. First was my experience back in '95, going from Srebrenica to Tuzla. I wanted to share this with you.

Selma M. (2015) - We celebrate Eid by going to mosque for the morning Eid prayer. My husband together with his brother, nephews and neighborus goes to the mosque to worship Eid prayers.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Eid Mubarek Olsun - this sheep will be our sacrificed animal for Eid

Dada M. (2015) - I wonder why we don't have employment, health and pension insurance... How can we when noone is thinking about us "older working generation", we are not welcomed anywhere. Too young to be retired, and too old for work, eeeeeeh that is Bosnia and Herzegovina, one and only but we love it because it is ours.

You (2015) - Is this Srebrenica? Nr 1 (Nr 2 is taken only 50 meters and a minute away)

Dubravka M. (2015) - Looking through her window for a better, brighter and sunnier day. For 75 years she has been living in her own world. As a refugee, in WW2, she was torn out of the arms of her mother and just thrown away. Then her parents were imprisoned in a concentration camp near Srebrenica. Three days later they found her wounded with fever. She was an one year old baby. But she is still alive and living her life the best she can.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Only a sister can do something like this. Although we have been living apart and in different countries for the last 45 years, nothing has diminished our love for each other. For my 65-th birthday I received this picture of the two of us from 1955 when we were children. This is a very special and touching gift for me.

Svetlana J. (2000) - Svetlana: Born on 19.06.1959 in Srebrenica. Her husband was a Bosnian Moslem. Svetlana and her family, husband and two kids fled to Serbia with the outbreak of war in 1992. His family felt that her husband wasn`t save in Serbia so he tried to get back to Srebrenica. Svetlana then lost track of him. He is still missing. Svetlana returned to Srebrenica after war. She has two daughters and is unemployed.

Our view -
12 women from Srebrenica

Dada M. (2015) - Only in Bosnia you can see sunsets this beautiful. No matter in which town in Bosnia you are, the sunset is the same. When Bosnian people come home from abroad for vacation they say "there's no place like Bosna" but none of them are planning to return. Just wishfull thinking.

Dada M. (2015) - They can take away everything from us: homes, money, cars but they can't take away our souls and the customs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is how our grandfathers, fathers, and now us are roasting plum brandy. Making it for generations. I hope in the future our younger generations will continue the tradition.

Selma M. (2015) - My new photographs, today, 2015 @everydaysrebrenica on Instagram - Daily life and Rememberance. Selma M. - Born on 20.03.1968 in Zvornik. She is married and has been living in Tuzla since the fall of Srebrenica.

Selma M. (2015) - Weekend vikend ! Oasis in the center of the city, very well known tourist destination known as "Salty lakes". This is a place where we can best relax. Like we are at sea side and we didn't even left home. Great privilege for all of us living near it...

Mirsada A. (2015) - Season of plums and plum brandy making. Slivovic! With cauldron, music and good friendship.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Place where our loved ones go to for eternal rest. This is the place where we are all the same. But life goes on. The building in the background is supposed to become the new pommesfrites factory. Many people in Srebrenica are impatientely waiting for it to be opened.

We are 12 women from Srebrenica using photography to talk about our personal life in Bosnia nowadays.

You (2015) - This is the natural source called Mali Guber. Prosperity which we don't know how to use. Photo by Mirjana

Selma M. (2015) - The old Bosnian crafts are in extinction. There's less smithy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sometimes smiths were shops in a small factory, because there is a lot production. but when opening new factories there is less and less smithy. Today they are rare, but luckily some things can be found only in the blacksmith shop. They have therefore extended service life.

Amela H. (2005) - Amela H. Born on 06.10.1968 in Bratunac near Srebrenica. She is married and has two children. At present she lives with her family in Tuzla but they also rebuild their house in Bratunac. They are often there at the weekend. One day she would like to return there. Amelas father, who was killed at the fall of Srebrenica was identified and buried in Potočari, as well as two nephews of Amela. Her sister lives in Holland, her mother in Sarajevo. Amela established a mushroom cultivation.

Dada M. (2015) - Life is as tough as this work without a life companion (husband). Keep your life passengers. Loneliness is as hard as a rock.

Almasa A. (2005) - Almasa A.; Born on 23.06.1952 in Srebrenica. Her husband and her elder son have been still missing since the fall of Srebrenica. Almasa and her younger son both left Srebrenica with the last truck at the time when the UN General, Phillippe Morillon, was detained there and Srebrenica was declared the first UN Protection Zone in the world. To renovate her house in Srebrenica she would need financial support. She likes visiting her »home« in Srebrenica at the week-ends but under no circumstances she wants her son to live there. They both live in Tuzla.

Our View, our #everydaysrebrenica

Timka S. (Before July 1995) - My Children. My daughter died in the war..........

Jasminka S. (2000) - It is spring again, even if our village is nothing but ruins - like our house, which has been destroyed down to the foundation walls. Nevertheless I am filled with a very strong wish to return home.

Selma M. (2005) - The father in law of my sister in law. He lost three sons and always waited to hear from them. Unfortunately he died on July, 9th of 2005 and buried the day after in Srebrenica. He was buried one day before his first son got buried in Srebrenica Potočari

Mirsada A. (2000) - Refuge of the Bosnian Muslims from the Srebrenica enclave July 1995. I spent four days as a captive there, too. (More then 30.000 people sought shelter and protection in this UN peacekeepers' base compound in Potočari-Srebrenica)

You (2015) - Lovely sunny day in Srebrenica Photo by Mirjana

Amela H. (2005) - My sons. My bright spots in life - this is what is keeping me alive. My Children.

Dubravka M. (2000) - My daughter in her room.

Almasa A. (2015) - Za vikend uzivam sa svojom unukom. Život ide dalje.

Amela H. (2000) - My sister with my eldest son. We love each other very much. She means so much to me, like my children do. We help each other; the two of us are fighting our way through life together.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Me and my friend at Bosnian courtyard at Zlaća, near Tuzla

Vojka J. (2000) - Vojka J. Born on 28.05.1955 in Srebrenica. She is married and has two children. She and her husband are unemployed.

Amela H. (2000) - My mother and my younger son. They are my one and all – they give me strength and support in my life, my greatest joy.

Almasa A. (2005) - At the memorial in Potočari. At this moment my heart feels heavy, because my husband and my son are not here. Flowers instead of (the grave) a child.

Mirsada A. (2015) - My new photographs, today, 2015 on Instagram @everydaysrebrenica - Using cell phone photography to talk about our personal life in Bosnia nowadays. Daily life and Rememberance.

Dubravka M. (2005) - One of the sisters is deaf-dumb. She is holding a broke radio in her arms.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Picture of my mother taken in '47, very hard post war year. This picture was taken after she returned from her escape as a refugee to her SREBRENICA. Miso, my mothers school friend gave me this picture and I am forever grateful to him.

Nadžija H. (2000) - This picture reminds me of how my husband looked down to us from the balcony when my daughters and I fled from our house in Srebrenica.
(He has been missing since the fall of Srebrenica)

Dada M. (2005) - Memories of the years before the war.

Amela H. (2000) - Sometimes I feel empty… as emty as that hole in the tree. This is where my first love began....

Jasminka S. (2015) - These high temperatures are affecting the vegetable in my garden, but we have to accept everything that comes from God. Last year our crops were destroyed by floods and this year drought is destroying them. But we are hoping it will rain soon and salvage our gardens and bring refreshment to us all.

Jasminka S. (2015) - Woman group socializing in our club in Simin Han where we members meet every day to talk about our everyday problems like health and economic problems and the schooling of our kids

Amela H. (2005) - We have reconstructed our house in Bratunac.

Dada M. (2005) - Displaced with 26 years and today it is already his 40th birthday. 14 years are lost in the fog.

Dubravka M. (2015) - This image is wonderful because our Irina came to visit the grandfather's homeland from remote Peru. All of us are very happy. Irina is my only granddaughter from my uncle and she's the daughter of my first cousin. Our uncle left the country back in 1941 during World War II and went to South America... and there he got married and got 4 sons. My mother did not live long enough to see any of them. We hope to get to know the rest of the family.

Amela H. (2000) - Those are remainders of clothing that used to belong to me. They are all that is left. I found them in the ruins of my house.

Almasa A. (2005) - My garden in bloom. I miss my family.

Dubravka M. (2015) - New pastry shop.. although it was opened just recently it doesn't work...There is noone in this town to revive it. This is a sad picture of a weekend in Srebrenica. A lot of people work here but they spend their weekend in more livlier places.

You (2015) - @damiradr Da se ne zaboravi i da se nikad i nikom ne ponovi Srebrenica! (setnja mira u Ljubljani)

Timka S. (2015) - I am Timka from Srebrenica. Tuzla 2015

Mirsada A. (2015) - Me and my loved one with a coffea. We were watching the sunset over the City of Salt - Tuzla

Mirsada A. (2005) - Myself, preparing pita bread.

Dada M. (2015) - I often wonder if I will become 80 years old like grandmother Kada. Every day, she prays to God, not seeking for anything but for the peace in the world.

Dada M. (2000) - The year 1993 means going hungry. A kilo of flour is a great glimmer of hope for us.

Mirsada A. (2005) - Of her first husband, who is considered missing since the fall of Srebrenica, only »parts« could be identified. However, more has to be found, for him to be buried in Potočari. Mirsada, who married again in 2000, became a mother again in 2003. Her husband has a safe job and with some loans they could buy a small flat in Tuzla.

Nadžija H. (2005) - Milena, my neighbour in Srebrenica. She is taking care of my house.

Another detail of the book "Our View – 12 Women From Srebrenica" (2005)

Selma M. (2005) - Landscape, photographed from my terrace. These pictures are important for me because I am standing right in my own house.

You (2015) - @damiraalic ... long long time ago! Moj rodni kraj

Vojka J. (2015) - Planted flowers next to the dry wood is a symbol for new life and joy. In the yard of my brother, signs of beauty.

Almasa A. (2000) - My brother-in-law is visiting. I am delighted to have him here with me. He is the only survivor in my family.

Nadžija H. (2000) - The entrance to my house in Srebrenica; Serbian refugees live there now.

Svetlana J. (2000) - This apple tree was alive, now it is just a trunk.

You (2015) - Today there was a main event for bikers in Srebrenica. Bikers from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered here. Photo by Mirjana

Mirsada A. (2005) - My beauties Anela and Ajla (in this picture)!

Dada M. (2015) - We don't find it difficult to do any kind of job. Even our age is not an obstacle for us to learn something new. Sometimes we don't have enough money to buy new clothes, then we just sew it. Life in Bosnia isn't something that everyone can understand. We know how to have everything and how to have nothing.

Dada M. (Before July 1995) - The only photo that still exists of my father.

Dubravka M. (2015) - These are old mining buildings in Srebrenica which is mining town. Many families lived in these buildings and that was a privilege in the 60s... now they call them "barracks". In one of these buildings lived my family until '73... I carry wonderful memories of those days.

Jasminka S. (2015) - In order to improve our budget me and my husband are working for weekends at the market and it makes me happy, because despite the fact that we earn money, we spend time with our friends and get to know lots of new people.

Almasa A. (2005) - Of my big family only very few are still alive. One of my brother who is still together with me.

Mirsada A. (2000) - My daughter and her rooster.

Timka S. (2000) - My grandson playing with his friend. He reminds me of my children. I have survived to experience the joy and contentment of watching him play.

Selma M. (2000) - This is a place in which many Bosnian Moslems lost their blood. (Some 1,000 – 2,000 men were brought here as prisoners of the Bosnian Serb troops. Hand grenades were thrown into the barns. Two men survived.) In the meantime (2005) we buried my father in law who was also murdered here.

You (2015) - After many years our walkway to Guber takes the old shine and looks again like in former years. Photo by Mirjana

Svetlana J. (2015) - Here are a few pictures from my morning walk. Monday.

You (2015) - Today's Slobodna Bosna with an article on our project - we are very proud !

You (2015) - A little boy bandages the wounds of a young syrian refugee on his escape. The word stranger or foreigner does not exist in such a situation. Photo by Christina in

Jasminka S. (2015) - Love between mother and child is something that can't be compared with anything else in the world. My daughter with my son spends her free time like this.With greatest pleasure I love watching them and see their happy and satisfied faces because I like to see love and happiness.

Selma M. (2015) - They came back. Some of them started their journey at this very same place. And this is how they return. They will finally find their peace. Let them rest in peace.

Jasminka S. (2000) - My daughter and my husband.

You (2015) - The team of the Municipality of Srebrenica participated in BBI - the Sarajevo Business Forum. We tried to present Srebrenica as a good place in which it is possible to invest. A city that has many natural resources: mineral resources, forests, fascinating possibilities for the development of tourism, hunting and fishing. During the presentation we managed to attract many and we hope they will visit us so we can establish some good contacts. Photo by Mirjana

You (2015) - Traces of war in Srebrenica... but what else? There is a # in the background! Can you see? Incredible.... We are former neighbours. Serbian and Muslim. We talk with each other. We believe this is how to start every reconcilation. Two weeks ago we started the 3rd edition of "Our view - 12 Women from Srebrenica" after working together in 2000 and 2005. We chose Instagram and FB so YOU can start a dialogue - just use the hashtag to talk about your Srebrenica. Hvala i Thank You! ❤️

Nadžija H. (2005) - Nadžija H. Born on 28.11.1942 near Srebrenica. Her husband has been missing since the fall of Srebrenica. She is the mother of two daughters and has been living in Tuzla since July ’95. One daughter has married five years ago and Nadžija loves taking care of her grand-son. Together with her other daughter who is a teacher, she wanted to move back to Srebrenica, but her daughter does not find work there. Nadžija is often in Srebrenica.

Almasa A. (2000) - My neighbour is the first and – as yet, 2001, the only – person to return to Srebrenica. (He has died by now.)

Vojka J. (2015) - My summer corner for reading. I love looking through photo albums because it brings me back in the past, to pre-war Srebrenica when I had a lot of dear friends, colleagues and my children's friends. They have never forgotten about me, they call me very often and I am very thankful for that. I feel the best when I see people dear to me and I am hoping I will see them more often. I love you all very much and greetings to all from Vojka. It is importante to read because through reading you realize that your destiny is not the hardest and through reading you become a better person.

Selma M. (2000) - This woman is still waiting for her son and the three grandchildren today.

Dubravka M. (2015) - This is how people made wool in former times. Today some still do it the same way: First cut the wool off the sheep, then shake it, wash and dry. After going to the combing wool carding mill, skillful hands spin the wool. Then you can knit sweaters or make socks.

Dubravka M. (2005) - The house of my schoolmates. Many of them are no longer.

Jasminka S. (2000) - Jasminka S. Born on 01.08.1964 in Bratunac near Srebrenica. She is the mother of three children and has been living with her family in Tuzla since the fall of Srebrenica.

Mirsada A. (2000) - Born on March 30th 1972 in Zvornik, lived till 1995 with her husband and daughter in Srebrenica. Her husband is considered missing since the fall of Srebrenica. Since July 1995, Mirsada lives in Tuzla. In the autumn of 2000, she married again.

Selma M. (2015) - Once upon a time coffee was an excuse for us to sit down and talk, and now coffee is just an excuse.. But we still spend time together.

Dubravka M. (2000) - Dubravka M. Born on 04.05.1955 in Bijeljina. She is now living in Srebrenica, as she did long before the war. She is the mother of three children and, like her husband, is without a job.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Dusk is the best time for relaxation, you sit on the shore watching that amazingly beautiful blue surface... Beauty of untouched nature.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Me and my family members. I am particularly pleased with one of the greatest Christian holiday, Easter. All family have their task and they do it with love, for our festive days to be special.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Dear friends and all the people of the Islamic religion, happy big festival of Eid RAMAZAN. Bajram Serif Mubarak Olsun. I wish you health and happiness by celebrating.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Someone made an effort to revive this yard of my neighbors. They no longer live there.

Svetlana J. (2015) - Only nature can create this.

Dubravka M. (2005) - This is what hurts - ruins and garbage. Immediate neighbours. A sad picture of the courtyard of our former neighbours.

Dada M. (2015) - My new photographs @everydaysrebrenica auf Instagram. Dada M. Born in 1969 in Vlasenica, near Srebrenica. Her husband was killed in the war in 1992. She has a daughter and lives with her “new” family in Tuzla: her partner, who is the love of yer youth and his two children, in Tuzla.

Jasminka S. (2015) - My family harvested our cherries. This year we have a rich harvest. Every effort made is worth it. Only it takes a lot of patience and faith...

You (2015) - Srebrenik old town and the new production facility of Klas, in Srebrenica. Photo by Vesna

Dada M. (2005) - It is not big and not pretty, but it is mine and happy! The House.

Dubravka M. (2015) - For happiness we don't need much, it is enough that we are together. To spend the Labour Day with the family is the most beautiful thing. We all had some tasks to do and then we enjoyed a nice day together.

You (2015) - @missnudzejma Coffins of Srebrenica victims sent off through Sarajevo. You peaceful soul, returne to your Lord pleased, and with Him being pleased with you, and then enter among my servants and enter into my heaven.Amen. Al-Fatiha!

Mirsada A. (2000) - This is the place i've last seen my husband Nijazija on July 13th 1995 at 14:30… Captured by troups of the Bosnian Serbs.

Selma M. (2000) - Every day this man prays for the return of his sons. He lost them in the war and is still waiting for them. He lives together with his grandsons and sisters-in-law.

Mirsada A. (2015) - My shadow and the best vegetable crops from my garden... red radishes.

Selma M. (2015) - We spend every Bajram at my mother-in-laws place. Beside baklava, on the menue every year there are different traditional meals. There is also this pie called "corava" or translated "blind" pie, which is on its way to the oven.

Dubravka M. (2015) - The neighbors have gone during the war. Long overgrown and abandoned. Every day I walk past by. Unfortunately this is the reality.

Almasa A. (2015) - Job of my daughter in law. Preparations for the wedding.

Vojka J. (2015) - Everyday Srebrenica. The view from my balcony

You (2015) - This is me, Vesna from Srebrenica - with all of my heart and soul. I CAME, I SAW, I LOVED IT, I STAYED… follow me and my posts and you will know why I love Srebrenica.

Dada M. (2000) - Dada M. Born in 1969 in Vlasenica, near Srebrenica. Her husband was killed in the war in 1992. She has a daughter and lives with her “new” family, her partner and his two children, in Tuzla.

Selma M. (2015) - Since the house of my husband's parents was burnt down we have made a board for a new house, but donations are slow. So every year we go there at least once. But it is too far to go more often. This is the day we met there with her husband's family.

Timka S. (2005) - My house! After 10 years in Tuzla I still can not believe that I finally live in my own house.

Amela H. (2015) - Morning in Tuzla with my thoughts in distant Srebrenica

The book "Our View – 12 women from Srebrenica", published in 2005.

Mirsada A. (2005) - The place where i have last seen my husband Nijazija.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Dear friends on , and followers of our site I want to show you my baklava, which is already cooked and ready to welcome Eid. Welcome!!

Dada M. (2000) - In her heart she is still a child.

Svetlana J. (2015) - Flower from my garden

Selma M. (2000) - This is the schoolyard in Srebrenica where the first grenade fell. An air raid here killed over 100 people and injured more than 200 in a single day.

Dada M. (2000) - 1995 the end of war. A little more light comes into my life. My daughter is my greatest joy. Life goes on...

Mirsada A. (2015) - This is Bosnia and Herzegovina, coexistence.

Mirsada A. (2015) - My neighbour. He accommodated me with my baby and gave us a home in 1995 in Tuzla, when we had to flee from Srebrenica. He helped us a lot!! Before his operation he was able to walk. Fate or something else..? He will never walk again. He lost all hope. Now he can visit this place only in a wheelchair.

Timka S. (2000) - Timka S. Born on 20.08.1952 in Srebrenica. With the outbreak of war her husband suffered from heart problems and died soon. Her daughter died in the war, her son survived. She has been living in Tuzla since July ’95.

Dada M. (Before July 1995) - My family had already packed all our belongings, we wanted to flee the very next day. At night the militias came and shot all male members of my family. I was brought to a detention camp in Bijeljina. I was then heavily pregnant. All photos have been lost. Except for very old family photos. I got them from relatives.

Vojka J. (2005) - My house that looks just like five years ago.

Vojka J. (2000) - My son ... my children are my future.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Today is the 05.25.2015. 20th memorial day. 71 young people got killed at the Gate of Tuzla ....

Timka S. (2000) - These women come from Solina District Club. We meet regularly. They are my friends. We learn a lot about human rights, democracy, economics and how to solve bureaucratic problems, such as registering in the Serb part of Bosnia where we come from.

Dada M. (2005) - Dada M. Born in 1969 in Vlasenica, near Srebrenica. Her husband was killed in the war in 1992. She has a daughter and lives with her “new” family in Tuzla: her partner, who is her childhood sweetheart and his two children, in Tuzla. Dzevada has a steady job since a while (her friend can sometimes find work in construction) and so they were able to build a small house in Tuzla.

Mirsada A. (2015) - My daughter between two graves, where they buried her father and uncle.. Al Fatiha

Amela H. (2015) - I am Amela and I still love my hometown, Srebrenica. Follow me and you will see Srebrenica.

You (2015) - Weekly walk to source Guber, Srebrenica. Photo by Mirjana

Dubravka M. (2015) - Grandma's high-school graduate. I am proud of our Danče. I bathed her when she was born, watched her grow up ...Today is her day, and I wish her good luck and good luck to all graduates.

You (2015) - Time to @lukahvalc
Fazila Efendic lost her son and husband. But she is more than optimistic. "I rebuilt my house, my daughter donated and helped. My grandson loves our garden and the fruits from it."

Almasa A. (2015) - Ja I Moja unuka Sara. Slijedeću generaciju.

Svetlana J. (2000) - My house - traces of war

You (2015) - In life, we are often forced to choose only one way. It's hard to choose the right one. Photo by Mirjana

Jasminka S. (2000) - My husband’s sister is a great support to me. She is very important to me.

You (2015) - This is a belt and letter from my grandfather who I never met. I even don’t know how he looked like, I don’t have a picture of him. This are the only two things that remind me of him. It is hard to never get to know your grandfather. Photo by Ahmed. Son of Amela

Vojka J. (2000) - My youngest daughter at my dead daughter’s grave. I like to come to this place and think about her.

Dubravka M. (2005) - Dubravka M. Born on 04.05.1955 in Bijeljina. She is now living in Srebrenica, as she did long before the war. She is the mother of three children and, like her husband, still without a job.

Jasminka S. (2015) - We arrived in Zenica and danced our traditional dance called "kolo"

Vojka J. (2015) - My blackberry plantation. Although it's not an easy job, I pick them with pleasure because I know that it will help me overcome these hard times.

Selma M. (2015) - Heat made people look for refreshment in the late afternoon. They get free massages at the water fall. Scene from Panonic lake.

Jasminka S. (2005) - Jasminka S. Born on 01.08.1964 in Bratunac near Srebrenica. She is the mother of three children and has been living with her family in Tuzla since the fall of Srebrenica. Her husband is now unemployed, their elder son has rarely work, the younger, who has just finished school, has not been able to find a job. Their house in Bratunac has not been established. Returning unthinkable. The family earns money by raising chickens.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Sad, rainy day for Tuzla...

Mirsada A. (2015) - My photos and memories of Srebrenica 1992 to 1995. Today journalists from Norway had the opportunity to make recordings of my life story. Past till present.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Srebrenica-Potocari. So 20 years passed. The grave of my husband.

Svetlana J. (2015) - The healing water ends up in our canalisation. Srebrenica.

You (2015) - After last night's rain, the morning sun was beautiful and we couldn't stay inside. In our backyard there is always something to do. Today we mowed the lawn

Dubravka M. (2000) - This is a place where we used to meet up – the restaurant “Kurort Gruber” in Srebrenica.

Mirsada A. (2000) - I would like to say only one thing about the people on this picture: Soldiers like these gave up the protected zone of Srebrenica. They still scare me.

Selma M. (2000) - This man here lost his son in 1995. Šacir, that is his name, was the first person to return to Srebrenica this year. He wants to be close to his son and prays for him every day. (2005: Šacir is no longer alive.)

Selma M. (Before July 1995) - My wedding

You (2015) - Symbolic town... victim town... town of us all... my town. Photo by Vesna

You (2015) - Tuzlanski Test Test - see you tomorrow when we start with

Selma M. (2015) - My mother in law is visiting her aunt and uncle who are returnees to Osmace in Srebrenica. When war started they lost their son and were forced to leave their home and then survived the fall of Srebrenica in '95. But nothing could diminish their will to return to their home town. The faces of these two eighty year old people say more than words can ever tell.

Svetlana J. (2015) - This is how my kids enjoy on the lake Perucac. The lake is a tourist destination of Srebrenica and extends to Visegrad and the lake land is long 50 km

Svetlana J. (2015) - This is the renewed old mosque in Kuslat. I don't know anything about it, all I know is that it is a really beautiful mosque built in a very unusual place.

Timka S. (2000) - My husband worked in this factory until 1991. When Srebrenica fell I had to spend a night there. I will never forget it. It seemed like a whole year to me … the screaming and weeping of the children and women… Sad memories of Potocari in July ´95.
(It is the factory adjacent to the UN camp. Some 30,000 people sought protection there, and in some cases they were detained there for five days before being “evacuated”. Very old and young men - as young as 14 - were “sorted out” by the Bosnian Serbs. They are still missing today).

Mirsada A. (2015) - SARAJEVO......... remembering Srebrenica.....

Vojka J. (2000) - The remains of my bath.

Dada M. (2015) - Three different 'races' but only one kind of animal. Together they drink, eat, play - they don't even bark at each other. We people started not only barking at each other but we even started biting each other. We are all the same, we are all from the same flesh and blood.

You (2015) - On our promenade towards Guber is a natural healing source Sinus with water that helps in the treatment. Photo by Mirjana

Mirsada A. (2005) - My cousin Damir, whom i loved like a brother. This is his tombstone. The graveyard is in Potočari, where our beloved ones are buried.

You (2015) - Morning at lake Perucac, 30 km from Srebrenica. Peace and quite and morning fog raising above the lake.

Timka S. (Before July 1995) - My husband (left)

You (2015) - Srebrenica is alive. Tonight is the opening ceremony of the Cultural and Sporting events „Days of Srebrenica in 2015“ in Srebrenica.

Almasa A. (2015) - Enyoing morning coffee

You (2015) - There's no place like Tuzla. Hospitality, attention, friends .... Photo by Vesna

Dada M. (2000) - 1992 my life was destroyed by my husband being shot. Life is hell, darkest night.

Jasminka S. (2015) - Every new day we start with our morning coffee and then we plan our whole day. Now with us are our grandsons Adin and Eldar, who mean the world to us. They give us joy and strenght.

Vojka J. (2000) - I hope that one day everything will bloom like this flower.

Amela H. (2015) - Here lies a part of my soul

Dubravka M. (2015) - It's our chance again! We are out of the box, cupboard and other forgotten corners ... does someone maybe want to sing a lullaby with us? The smell of childhood. Memories remain.

Mirsada A. (2015) - One life-two towns. Follow me and see how life in Tuzla and Srebrenica looks like. Ja sam Mirsada

Dubravka M. (2015) - A little recreation. Rain doesn't matter for them. Milica and Jovana are persistent to achieve their goal.

Selma M. (2015) - This is how we make home made noodles for soup that we call TARHANA. This is our traditional meal. I prepare it at home, too.

Almasa A. (2005) - In my mother´s house. My aunt is the only survivor of the family of my father. Because my sister is living in my mother´s house again, I have somebody where I can go to when I am in Srebrenica.

Timka S. (2015) - My new photos from #everydaysrebrenica at Instagram. Timka S. was born on 08/20/1952 in Srebrenica. Her daughter and her husband died in the war. Before the outbreak of war her husband became heart problems and died soon.

Jasminka S. (2005) - My house- security!

Timka S. (2015) - This picture shows one very important person to me and she is wearing a dress that my daughter in law made. I have known this person for twenty years and she's been with me through good times and bad times.

You (2015) - Beautiful morning sun didn't let us to stay at home. We enjoyed this morning in the garden of Hotel Misirlije. There we had morning coffee and icecream. Photo by Mirjana

Dubravka M. (2015) - Old house...in the center of Srebrenica. Beautiful...people still live in it.

You (2015) - Is this Srebrenica? Nr 2 (Number 1 is taken only 50 meters and a minute away)

Jasminka S. (2015) - I am Jasminka from Bratunac and I live in Tuzla since 1992. My family comes first. I will show photos of my family life.

The exhibition "Our View – 12 Women From Srebrenica" (2000)

Almasa A. (2000) - My love... I shall never forget my family.

Mirsada A. (2005) - My beauties Anela (in this picture) and Ajla!

Dubravka M. (2015) - First birthday of our Raca back in 1993. The picture is from exile in Vojvodini. Raca was born in Belgrade in 1993 and fell very sick. It were very hard times, she gave us the strength and desire to continue. We received this cake from our neighbours. We remained friends, forever. That's the reason why her first birthday is so important to us. After that we moved a lot and later stayed in a small town in Vojvodina.

You (2015) - We are a group of 12 women from Srebrenica using cell phone photography to talk about our personal life in Bosnia nowadays. Please talk too - with us.

Selma M. (2005) - My brother-in-law hands over the money that just arrived from America to our mother-in-law. Without this help from outside our live would be difficult.

Amela H. (2015) - And this reminds me of my 1995. Srebrenica...pain and suffering

Mirsada A. (Before July 1995) - March, 1st, 1992. Srebrenica. Just months before war in Bosnia started in April / May 1992.

Dada M. (2000) - I shall live so that I can return to my house with my family like “Djed”, Grandpa Sacir. He was the first to return to Srebrenica.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Traces of the war on the wall of my house, scratched names, among them is this one 'NAMIK'. I often wonder where are they now? In the house lived over thirty people.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Glory holiday in my home is something sacred that we respect and celebrate with faith. Friends and family comes together to enjoy this day.

You (2015) - I am Mirjana, I live in Srebrenica and I love this town. I want to present to you all the beauty of this town. Yes it can be beautiful, too.

Amela H. (2000) - Amela H. Born on 06.10.1968 in Bratunac near Srebrenica. She is married and has two children. At present she lives with her family in Tuzla.

Amela H. (2005) - Only here I can talk to my father and open up my soul. (Memorial and Cemetery in Potočari - Srebrenica)

Amela H. (2015) - In this darkness there are always some bright stars and those stars keep me alive. My two sons and my husband. ❤️

Jasminka S. (2000) - One of the rare moments, me in the mirror.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Life in the country is difficult and we are hard-working. But all is forgotten when the crop yield is good. And the group work brings us joy and satisfaction. We're happy!

Dubravka M. (2015) - Boring rain has been following us for days...but that does not bother my friend. She smiles.

Dada M. (2015) - My name is Dada and I want the world to see Srebrenica through my eyes!

Dubravka M. (2015) - Childhood happiness, kids trying to catch balls and bicycles... is there anything more beautiful than children's games and insouciance?

Dada M. (2015) - New born lifes. Don't let them fly far away.

Almasa A. (2000) - Almasa A. Born on 23.06.1952 in Srebrenica. Her husband and her elder son have been missing since the fall of Srebrenica. Since 1993 she has been living with her younger son in Tuzla. They both left Srebrenica with the last truck at the time when the UN General, Phillippe Morillon, was detained there and Srebrenica was declared the first UN Protection Zone in the world. Also Almasa`s older son climbed the transporter but was crowded out again. It was the last time that she saw him.

Svetlana J. (2015) - This is our reality. Unfortunately. Empty streets of beloved city. Srebrenica.

Detail of the book "Our View – 12 Women From Srebrenica" (2005)

Dada M. (2000) - From 1998 on grief and pain start to emerge, they extinguish the light. The darkness in the background continues.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Our land is fertile, it gives us yield and its fruits. Potatoes are good quality and it is used all around the world. It saved many hungry mouths and it can be prepared in hundreds of ways. Our hard-working farmer is very satisfied.

You (2015) - Your Instagram photos tagged with #everydaysrebrenica, your personal Srebrenica story – be it about daily life in former Yugoslavia or from WW2 or greetings from Syria, Congo or any marginalized neighborhood...!

Timka S. (2005) - Timka S. was born on 08/20/1952 in Srebrenica. Her daughter and her husband died in the war. Before the outbreak of war her husband became heart problems and died soon. Her daughter died in the war after she got wounded. She worked as a nurse. Timka lives with her son, her daughter-in-law and grandson in the newly built house in Tuzla. She sold her apartment in Srebrenica because no one would have gone back to Srebrenica with her. All relatives who survived are living abroad. But Timka bought property for a weekend home in Srebrenica.

Dubravka M. (2000) - “Playground“, the only one in Srebrenica.

Jasminka S. (2015) - My daughter and my grandson Adin. He is 10 months old his smile means a lot to me. Every moment spent with him makes me stronger and more relaxed.

Dada M. (2000) - The one thing that I have been able to keep in my life is: my daughter, Fahra. She was never able to get to know her father. He died one month before she was born.

Dubravka M. (2015) - In 1983 my son was baptized in that very same monastery. Monastery in SASA was built in the sixteenth century and it lived to be restored at the begining of year 2000. Restoration is still ongoing, and the complex of buildings have been built arround it. At holiday times monastery is very well visited. Groups of tourists visit this divine temple every day.

Nadžija H. (2000) - My aunt reminds me very much of my mother who was killed in the war.

Svetlana J. (2015) - I am Svetlana from Srebrenica. I am happy to take part again in the contact group.

Mirsada A. (2015) - Respect for the young people from Serbia. They payed tribute to the victims at Kapija in Tuzla! On the picture: "to young to remember but we are not going to forget"

Vojka J. (2000) - I planted these fruit trees before the war.

Timka S. (2015) - This is handmade by my daughter in law Senka. I am very proud of her work and I am very proud of my first picture on Instagram ;-)

Dada M. (2015) - Father and daughter. They’ve never seen nor met each other… If they ever meet they will have a lot to talk about and with each other. Today, it’s 23 years since my husband got killed. She was born two months after his death.

Mirsada A. (2000) - This women lost her husband and two sons in the war.

Svetlana J. (2015) - This is a picture of the Lovac (Hunter) today. Once it was nicely furnished motel that had rooms with the names of animals, good food, music and a beautiful terrace where mostly young people gathered.

Dada M. (2015) - BOSNIAN RAMADAN BREAD It doesn't matter where it is made, Tuzla, Srebrenica, Sarajevo, Bratunac, Gorazde, Vlasenica, Doboj or Banja Luka the smell and the taste is the same. Try it, there is only one kind of BOSNIAN RAMADAN BREAD.

Selma M. (2005) - Selma M. - Born on 20.03.1968 in Zvornik. She is married and has been living in Tuzla since the fall of Srebrenica. After ten years of uncertainty finally she lives in an own house again.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Here it is me again, Dubravka from Srebrenica and all of us together again in Contact group. We are former neighbours. Bosnian and Serbian. Follow me and I will show you pictures of daily life in Srebrenica.

Jasminka S. (2015) - My new photographs, today, 2015 @everydaysrebrenica on Instagram - Daily life and Rememberance. Jasminka S. Born on 01.08.1964 in Bratunac near Srebrenica. She is the mother of three children and has been living with her family in Tuzla since 1993 when they fled their home village.

Amela H. (2015) - How to live 20 years after Srebrenica ...How to keep on living now? Srebrenica, we know how... we keep on living thanks to our memories...

You (2015) - Nature in our area is in full bloom and it's kind of all with a nice smell in the air. Photo by Mirjana

Mirsada A. (2015) - Hajr water. There's a memorial plaque on it, with the names of all the victims from 1992 to 1995 from a village near Srebrenica, Poljak. On the memorial plaque is the name of my dead husband. My daughter attended The opening of Hajr Water because her father's name is written on it.

Mirsada A. (2015) - The married couple Fejzic lives near Tuzla. It is the 21st centuary - they are still carrying water in buckets from the nearby well and from their neighbours. They live in a house without water supply. Last month they got electricity. It's sad, but that's reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dubravka M. (2015) - Another lost youth, accident or recklessness...but sorrow in the hearth is endless...He left forever in bloom of his youth.

Srebrenica is as close to e.g. Munich as Hamburg, Paris or Rome – less than 800km. It is much nearer to Hamburg as Rome would be.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Pjotos: They make us laugh and they make us cry. They are the best witness of time. When hard times come we become nostalgic. Then Photos become some kind of soul medicine. They bring back happy days and remind us of those who are not with us any more...

Nadžija H. (2000) - My brother returned to the house where we were born. He is rebuilding it, because everything there was burned down. My mother was killed here.

Dada M. (2015) - When everything seems to hard and you don't know what to do the only solution is to take your fishing polls and head out to lake Modrac. Relaxation, peace and quietness. And from time to time you even catch some fish...

Svetlana J. (2015) - Everyday pedestrian in Srebrenica.

Selma M. (2015) - U Potocare su u petak popodne stigli i ucesnici marsa iz Zepe. Ovo je moj mali doprinos da ne zaboravimo ko je sve bio. Hvala im sto saosjecaju sa nama i oni i svi drugi ucesnici. Photo by Selma

Almasa A. (2015) - Daughter in law's friend doing some handicrafts.

Selma M. (2015) - It looks like an ordinery flower but it blossoms just before sunset (aksham). The name is sunset flower (akshamlija). Its blossom lasts only for a day but it brings me so many beautiful memories about my childhood and about those months of Ramadan when in summer. We used to sit in our backyards and wait for these flowers to blossom and for the lights of Zvornik's mosque to light up. I have those flowers in my backyard now, our mosques are now the ones in Tuzla and only my remaining memories are from Zvornik. Photo by Selma

Nadžija H. (2000) - Nadžija H. Born on 28.11.1942 near Srebrenica. Her husband has been missing since the fall of Srebrenica. She is the mother of two daughters and has been living in Tuzla since July ’95.

Mirsada A. (2015) - My daughter and her friends in oldfashioned bosnian clothing. Real beauties who are preserving our tradition and folklore of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Selma M. (2000) - Selma M. Born on 20.03.1968 in Zvornik. She is married and has been in Tuzla for six years because she had to leave Srebrenica.

Almasa A. (2000) - The Moslem men of Srebrenica that fled to the UN camp were brought by Bosnian Serb soldiers into this separate house on the site. My husband and my elder son were among those that disappeared there.

You (2015) - In the late 80's of past century started the development of residential and comercial building complex called "Kula 1&2" and shoping mall in the center of Srebtenica. This is a photo from our family album. Photo by Mirjana

Dada M. (2015) - People say: "You are the creator of your destiny." But that is not true, because others made your destiny. We live on the border line of poverty, noone is questioning how unemployed people survive. We live one day at the time, without any compensation for living. If you have something today, tomorow you will have less.

Dada M. (2015) - Tenderness and attention means a lot. My message to the world: take care of others. Life is short, just like the life of a butterfly.

Timka S. (2015) - This is a handmade work of my daughter in law, wedding dress. I am very proud of her work.

Jasminka S. (Before July 1995) - When my family fled from our village in 1993 we didn't take any photos. My husband said it's more important to take things for the children with us. And that we would return soon. When we came back after 95 our house was burnt to the ground. With all the pictures, too.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Today is a very sad day, I lost my friend that I've known my whole life, with whome I shared good and bad. She has found eternal peace at our cemetary in Srebrenica... True friends stay in our hearts forever.

Mirsada A. (2000) - Many people died at this place. You can still see the bullet holes in the walls. (Mirsada´s husband was murdered here, too, together with 1000 to 2000 other men).

Dubravka M. (2005) - These are twin sisters, both returnees in Srebrenica. Both are very sick.

Timka S. (2015) - Ja sam Timka is Srebrenice a sada zivim u Tuzli. Volim svoju porodicu i svoj porodicni zivot i pokusat cu da vam ga docaram svojim slikama

You (2015) - And the sky above Tuzla place today. Little Sandro was the youngest victim of the shelling of Kapija in Tuzla, 25.5.1995.

You (2015) - Tonight was a special night in Tuzla. It is an organized "Iftar" for 1600 fasting people. It's Ramadan. Many citizens came to eat but also a lot of them came to see. Everyone was invited. Thanks to the organizers and also to worthy citizens.

Dubravka M. (2000) - The bedroom is no longer in use. It shows my sadness and the emptiness left behind by the war.
(The parents-in-law’s room. They are no longer alive).

You (2015) - yes! we instagram ! :-) we are a group of 12 women from Srebrenica using mobile phone photography to share moments of memory and daily life with you. Get in touch.

Selma M. (Before July 1995) - When I fled Srebrenica in 1995 i was able to save my family photo album with all my childhood memories. I kept it close and tight during my escape.

Selma M. (2015) - Yesterday afternoon in Potocari arrived bikers who came from around the world to set off from Bihac. I am grateful for everyone who came to pay their respects to the victims of genocide.

Vojka J. (2005) - My orchard. The trees have grown well in the last five years.

Dubravka M. (2015) - They have spent sixty years together, had six children together and many beautiful and happy memories. They surrvived two wars together, they lost one child. They had many difficult years. Now they rest in peace separated... that's what war is doing.

Dada M. (2015) - If you can smell freshly roasted coffee beans, it would bring you back in those times when our grandmothers roasted it. Tradition is slowly fading away and most of the things are bought in the markets. I still do it the old way: roast and grind coffee and believe me the taste and the smell is far better than the one bought in the supermarket. That is why I herewith this picture welcome you all for a cup of real traditional Bosnian coffee.

Selma M. (2015) - This is my mother-in-law Hana. She is 73 years old and she enjoys gardening. This is her piece of Suceska right here in Tuzla.

Mirsada A. (2015) - These are my parents, they are from Srebrenica, now living in Tuzla. It’s my dad’s birthday. He’s turning 70 years… good luck.

Timka S. (2015) - Flowers in my garden. Photo by Timka. Timka was born in 1952 in Srebrenica. Her daughter and her husband died in the war. Timka lives with her son, her daughter-in-law and grandson in the newly built house in Tuzla. She sold her apartment in Srebrenica because no one would have gone back to Srebrenica with her. All relatives who survived are living abroad. But Timka bought property for a weekend home in Srebrenica.

Vojka J. (2000) - Me at the front door of my house (I don’t know where to start).

Almasa A. (2005) - At the memorial in Potočari, Srebrenica. In this Momet my heart feels heavy, because my husband and my son are not here.

Jasminka S. (2015) - My husband. My great support.

Timka S. (2005) - Kravica, place of genocid – July 1995

Mirsada A. (2015) - Ovako je izgledalo 10 jula u Potocarima.Tabut do tabuta,ruka do ruke ih je nosila.Tuga i zalost... Photo by Mirsa

Almasa A. (2000) - My house used to be a happy one, but now it seems so sad to me without my family. (At the time the photo was taken Almasa was not even allowed to enter the garden. There were refugees living there. Since the spring of 2001 it has become her house again).

Timka S. (2015) - Weekend, a nice and sunny day, me and my Timka. We are members of the Contact Group of 12 members, and we are presenting our pictures @everydaysrebrenica . Greetings from Zenica.

Almasa A. (2000) - My younger son Elvir and I have survived. I worry about his future. He often wakes at night from nightmares. Elvir and I stick close together.

Vojka J. (2005) - Vojka J. Born on 28.05.1955 in Srebrenica. «Nothing has changed during the last five years.» She is married and has two children. She and her husband are still unemployed. They plant and sell rasberries. Vojkas so who finished hhigh schoool five years ago was not able to find a job yet. Her 14 year-old daughter is still going to school.

Vojka J. (2015) - Here I am again. My name is Vojka from Srebrenica and I hope that you will like my photos

Mirsada A. (2015) - Bujrum... Welcome... Halva and rice pudding are ready for the upcoming month of Ramadan. There is something special in the air... As Bosnians love to say: 'smell of the tradition'.

Dubravka M. (2015) - Spring in my garden

You (2015) - This is how city park in Srebrenica used to look like. From our family photo album. Photo by Mirjana

You (2015) - Today's Slobodna Bosna with an article on our project - we are very proud ! Hvala

Dubravka M. (2015) - It's a rainy, gloomy dark day, like the image of this abandoned house. For a long time there hasn't been anybody. The owner came back only to see and left again. He died a few years ago. Maybe some of his children want to do something with the house?

Svetlana J. (2000) - This room reminds me of my past. Now it is empty.

Timka S. (2000) - It is a joyful experience to be allowed to be photographed on the balcony of my house in Srebrenica after five years. (Serb refugees live there now).

Almasa A. (2015) - I am Almasa from Srebrenica. After a 10 years pause (of the photo project) today my day was full of joy.

Mirsada A. (Before July 1995) - Left: the only picture in which me and my husband Nijazija are together. On a video tape taken by UN Dutchbat in Srebrenica in 1995. The tape is torn. Right: Me as a baby with my family in Srebrenica

Almasa A. (2000) - “Graska Katama“- that is where my family’s flight from Srebrenica began.

Amela H. (2000) - When I am disheartened and everything becomes too hard for me, then I regain my strength by looking after and contemplating my flowers.

Dubravka M. (2015) - This is very sad. Every night this son is carrying his seriously ill mother on his hands from the apartment. Then step by step, they try walking and then breathe the freshness of the night. Thank God we still have a conscience and still respect for our parents.

Our View - 12 women From Srebrenica

We are a group of 12 women from Srebrenica, using cell phone photography to talk about our personal life in Bosnia nowadays.

We've been working together in the years 2000 and 2005. Outcome was an internationally respected exhibition and a book. This is the online exhibition with work of 2000 and 2005 and the very very new pictures from 2015, growing day by day by a selection of our Instagram feed.

Talk too, with us:

Use our hashtag #everydaysrebrenica for your Instagram-Photos, for your personal Srebrenica story.

We'd love to see your story, be about daily life in former Yugoslavia or from WW2 or greetings from Syria, Congo or any marginalized neighborhood...!

Your Everyday Srebrenica. Hvala. Thank you. Your #EVERYDAYSREBRENICA

Project partners are Amica e.V. in Freiburg and Prijateljice in Tuzla, Bosnien-Herzegovina.

Supported by Kulturreferat der LH München / Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich (in all the years 2000/2005/2015).

Our view - 12 women from Srebrenica

We are 12 women from Srebrenica using photography to talk about our personal life in Bosnia nowadays.

Our View - 12 women From Srebrenica

Our view -
12 women from Srebrenica