Sarajevo
Many years after the Lebanese war started, press and television
images of the conflict in former Yugoslavia began to invade Nada
Sehnaoui’s life, who at that time lived in Boston. The artist felt
that what had ravaged former Yugoslavia was a continuation of the
same cycle of turmoil that had destroyed Lebanon. The inhabitants
of Sarajevo, similar to those of Beirut, had lost
control over their lives and their city. They were confronted with
the same destructive devices intended to divide and destroy a city;
namely snipers, barrages, militiamen, checkpoints, shelling,
shortages of all kinds, and the indifference of the international
community towards the situation. Clearly, there was a repetition in
the scheme of destruction. Sarajevo is the body of
work created by Nada Sehnaoui, with texts written by people besieged
in Sarajevo.
