Support Mahala Stories Magazine editorial project in Sarajevo BiH

Mahala Stories Magazine is a new editorial project born in Sarajevo in February 2021. It is the result of a two-week workshop on photojournalism with photojournalist Enrico Dagnino. The event was organized by Kuma International Center for Visual Arts from Post-Conflict Societies, a non-profit organization founded by Italian art historian and curator Claudia Zini in Sarajevo in 2018.

A great team of very dedicated and highly skilled photojournalists from BiH, France, and the United States had the unique chance to work with Italian photojournalist Enrico Dagnino, one of the leading photographers for the French magazine “Paris Match.” For the first issue of Mahala Stories Magazine, they collected seven amazing stories about Sarajevo and documented their findings with great pictures taken with disposable analogue cameras.

Right now, Mahala Stories Magazine exists digitally as a free download on Kuma International website. It was received with great enthusiasm and therefore we want to continue implementing this editorial project. We hope it will nurture and support new community voices and unique content. That's why we need your help!

The plan is to have both a digital and print issue of the Mahala Stories Magazine ready every three months to be distributed through online and in-person networks. Journalists, photographers, artists, and cultural workers from BiH and beyond will be invited to collect interesting stories and join the editorial board.

The end goal is to nurture a warm and welcoming publication filled with great stories about the people living in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond. The magazine will be a mirror of all of the values that Kuma International supports, such as interethnic dialogue, civil society engagement, and democratic participation, while at the same time promoting a positive image of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sharing important stories with the country, and advocating for policies that promote reconciliation and secure sustainable peace.

By donating to this project you will support all of the diversity that BiH is offering and you will help develop a valuable project that will surely be an inspiration for the younger generations.

Mahala Stories Magazine believes that as the magazine's editor in chief Enrico Dagnino says, “we are living in an era of confusion and fake news in a digital universe. It is more important than ever to remain honest and impartial. The newly born Mahala Stories Magazine is our answer to the actual confusion. It is our commitment to portraying life as we see it without staging or manipulating anything, to know, understand and change the society in which we live for the better.”

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Mahala Stories Magazine je novi urednički projekat koji je nastao u Sarajevu u februaru 2021. godine kao rezultat dvosedmične radionice fotoreportaže sa italijanskim fotoreporterom Enricom Dagninom. Događaj je organiziran od strane Kuma International Center for Visual Arts from Post-Conflict Societies, neprofitne organizacije koju je u Sarajevu 2018. godine osnovala italijanska historičarka umjetnosti i kustosica, Claudia Zini.

Sjajan tim vrlo posvećenih i visokokvalifikovanih fotoreportera/ki iz Bosne i Hercegovine, Francuske i SAD-a imao je jedinstvenu priliku da radi sa italijanskim fotoreporterom Enricom Dagninom, trenutno jednim od vodećih fotografa koji radi za francuski magazin Paris Match. Za prvo izdanje Mahala Stories Magazine, oni/e su sakupili/e sedam nevjerovatnih priča o Sarajevu i svoja oktrića dokumentovali/e sjajnim fotografijama napravljenim analognim foto aparatima za jednokratnu upotrebu.

Mahala Stories Magazine trenutno postoji u digitalnoj formi i moguće ga je preuzeti sa web stranice Kuma International. Budući da je magazin primljen sa entuzijazmom, želimo nastaviti sa provedbom ovog uredničkog projekta. Nadamo se da će osnaživati nove glasove zajednice i kultivirati jedinstvene sadržaje, ali za to nam je potrebna vasa pomoć!

Naš plan je da Mahala Stories Magazine ima na raspolaganju svoja digitalna i printana izdanja koja će svaka tri mjeseca biti spremna za distribuciju putem interneta i kroz međusobnu razmjenu. Novinari/ke, fotograferi/ke, umjetnici/e i kulturni/e radnici/e iz Bosne i Hercegovine i šire će biti pozvani/e da sakupe zanimljive priče i budu dio uredništva.

Naš kranji cilj je razvijanje jedne publikacije koja je otvorena za sve i puna sjajnih priča o ljudima koji žive u Bosni i Hercegovini i šire. Magazin će biti i ogledalo svih vrijednosti koje Kuma International podržava i promoviše, kao što su multietnički dijalog, angažman i demokratsko učešće civilnog društva, ali u isto vrijeme će i nastojati da promoviše i pozitivnu sliku Bosne i Hercegovine kroz dijeljenje važnih priča i zagovaranje politika koje promiču pomirenje i osiguravaju održivi mir.

Doniranjem ovom projektu podržavate različitost i pluralizam u Bosni i Hercegovini i pomažete u razvoju vrijednog projekta koji će zasigurno biti inspiracija za mlađe generacije.

Mahala Stories Magazine vjeruje da, kako kaže glavni urednik časopisa, Enrico Dagnino, „živimo u eri zbrke i lažnih vijesti u digitalnom svemiru. Sada je važnije je nego ikada da ostanemo iskreni/e i neprstrasni/e. Novorođeni magazin Mahala Stories je naš je odgovor na trenutnu zbrku. Naša je dužnost prikazati život onakvim kakvim ga vidimo, bez namiještanja i manipuliranja bilo čim, kako bismo znali/e i razumjeli/e kako društvo u kojem živimo promijeniti na bolje.”