'In the early part of the 20th century, before the discovery of oil, Arabs came to Bosnia seeking to be surrogates for Hajj pilgrims.' Opinion | Hamza Karcic
On a July evening in downtown Sarajevo, Arab families make up the vast majority of guests in a luxury hotel. Several hundred meters away, a migrant from an Arab country stops passersby asking for 1 KM .
Students from Arab countries arrived in Yugoslavia in the 1970s to pursue higher education. Palestinians, Jordanians, Syrians, Libyans and Iraqis studied in Sarajevo, Belgrade and Zagreb. While many returned home, several highly educated doctors stayed in Bosnia. Students of 1970s are still working in Bosnia in today and are nearing their retirement.
The fourth wave started in 2014-2015 with the increased arrival of tourists from Arab countries. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the accompanying insecurity, Bosnia emerged as a destination of choice. The opening of luxury hotels over the past several years along with new flights connecting Sarajevo to Middle Eastern cities paved the way for a large influx of visitors.
It is possible to see, a short distance apart, both extended families encamped in branded luxury hotels and young Arab migrants waiting outside shopping markets to take the trolleys back and keep the 1 KM coin.
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