5 days ago

Department of Peace — Ukraine, world, and governance for the 21st century

After the war between the United States of America and the British Empire from 1775-to 1783 (also known as the American Revolution), leading contemporary American intellectuals, politicians, and activists such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison shaped the USA as a young political community. With several others, Madison and Jefferson…

Peace

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Jun 21

The far-right in Sweden still wants a society without Muslims.

Stockholm Mosque via Creative Commons During the end of April, Sweden became more mentioned in media globally concerning what came to be known as “the Easter riots”. The situation started in the middle of April with an extreme far-right politician Rasmus Paludan trying to burn a Quaran, a holy book…

Sweden

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Jun 12

Recently I had a conversation with my intellectual friend Kashif Virk in Stockholm.

Recently I had a conversation with my intellectual friend Kashif Virk in Stockholm. We talked about the recent riots and violence around Sweden in relation to the attempts to burn Quran by the far-right politician Rasmus Paludan. We also spoke about Islam and Muslim identification, with a focus on…

Sweden

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We also spoke about Islam and Muslim identification, with a focus on…

Jun 7

How cats and dogs became purrfect symbols of pawerful Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, I have been following news via different sources, including Telegram channels such as Site.ua . It did not take long until I started seeing photos of cats and dogs together with the Ukrainian military and police personnel, and with civilians, mainly children in…

Cats

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May 25

Multilingual political communication in Stockholm, Sweden

Part of my entrepreneurial work is to work with multilingual and intercultural communication for Jema Rådgivning AB, a consulting, analytical, and social company. My latest work is contributing to a local association/chapter of the Moderate Party (Conservative Party, Moderaterna, EPP affiliated) in Stockholm’s municipality of Botkyrka to communicate in eight…

Sweden

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May 2

“Cities of my heart”

Photo by Boxed Water Is Better via Unsplash Historically seen, multiethnic societies have been more the rule than the exception in Europe. Especially in the cities, where people from different ethnic communities and religions have mixed, as in my own birthplace, Teslic in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Just over five years…

Cities

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Apr 17

War and Peace, Music and Money, Politics and Identity — Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Europe

It has been about thirty years since the wars in the area of ex-Yugoslavia broke out. Before Yugoslavia collapsed, the country was marked by music and musicians against the war, nationalist politics, and radicalization of ethnic communities. There was a pro-peace and civility movement of musicians and other cultural workers…

Yugoslavia

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Apr 13

Test-gaming Crypto Football

Recently I was invited to test a new blockchain/crypto game called Crypto Football. I am playing and following the development of blockchain games such as Merge Cats and War of Ants. As a gamer and crypto entrepreneur, I think that blockchain gaming and AR gaming are the future of the…

Blockchain

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Mar 24

Notes on nationalism — Being a Yugoslav and Albanian

In late April 1992, my father’s friend Ismet came to Teslic as the war in Bosnia started at the former republic border between Bosnia and Serbia. Eastern Bosnia was among the first main targets for Serb nationalists operating in Bosnia and in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, where the aggression…

Yugoslavia

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Notes on nationalism — Being a Yugoslav and Albanian

Mar 22