West Mostar 1992

Children greeting Suleman Ahmer in West Mostar and lining up for receiving toys as gifts.

A school that was converted into a refugee camp in West Mostar.

Bosnian children in a basement refuge in West Mostar

Picture with the command of the 4th Corps of the Bosnian Army tasked with the defence of Mostar. Second from the left in the picture is Suleman Ahmer, the fourth from the left is Abbas Ali and the officer on the far right is General Arif Pasalic', the commander of the 4th Corps. This was the general who gave the advise of giving medicine to the Croatian Hospital in a bid to find a way out for Suleman and Abbas in their quest to go through military curfew to Krilo to bring supplies.

A damaged Mosque in West Mostar: \n\nThe person in uniform on the left side is Edin Batlak, the father of Aida, the 9 year old girl that Suleman Ahmer has mentioned in his book 'The Embattled Innocence' in the story 'The City, The Girl, and the Little Rag Doll'.

Shell destruction in West Mostar.

A war damaged building in West Mostar: \n\nIn the early months of the Bosnian war, Bosnians and Croatians fought together against the Serbs. The Serbs had briefly occupied parts of Mostar and the Bosnians and Croatians had driven them out of Mostar to hills in the east overlooking the city.