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Article: The spirit changes in Sarajevo, an ethnic melting pot
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- December 5, 1995
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Paul Hockenos
Philadelphia Tribune, The
12-05-1995
The spirit changes in Sarajevo, an ethnic melting pot.
By Paul Hockenos
SARAJEVO -- After a four-year siege, peace may arrive too late to rescue this city's centuries-old multicultural identity.
Muslims, Orthodox, Serbs, Catholic Croats, Jews and even Gypsies still live together here, respecting religious holidays and attending services. The Bosnian government has written mullitcultrualism on its flag, insisting that a sovereign, multi-ethnic, multi-denominational Bosnia remains its goal.
If a spirit of tolerance and solidarity can survive in Sarajevo, the Bosnian leadership argues, it can and should be restored throughout the country.
But even ...