Balkan Cultural Heritage in Abu Dhabi
The article addresses the eradication of culture in the Balkans, especially during the Bosnia and Herzegovina war in the 1990s. During this period, libraries and manuscripts were destroyed and burned by Serbian forces under the orders of Slobodan Milošević. The Bosnia and Herzegovina National and University Library, which housed over 150,000 rare books and 500 medieval manuscripts, was destroyed, with the fire lasting three days and causing damage to more than 480,000 square meters of archives, manuscripts, and two million books. The article highlights that this cultural terrorism was part of a campaign to eradicate knowledge, with forces using phosphorus bombs to burn libraries and deliberately targeting firefighters and cultural resources. This resulted in the destruction of a rich heritage and the loss of significant cultural achievements in the region.
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