Katya Cengel

3 weeks ago | smithsonianmag.com | Katya Cengel

A neighborhood icon, the Bakersfield luncheonette will mix modern design touches with classic decor When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation.

Jan 20, 2025 | shepherd.com | Nathan HIll |Nathan Paul Hill |Ava Homa |Katya Cengel |Joan Gelfand

My favorite read in 2024 Loved Most 🥇 Writing 🥈 Emotions Writing style ❤️ Loved it Pace 🐇 I couldn't put it down Why should I read it? 4 authors picked Wellness as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. What is this book about? 'American storytelling at its era-spanning best . . .

Nov 20, 2024 | rotary.org | Katya Cengel

Jesenko Krpo was studying architecture in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when war broke out in the former Yugoslav republic in 1992. During a break in the fighting, Krpo went to stay with a cousin in Prague. The move was meant to be temporary. But the war, one of a series of ethnic conflicts that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia, lasted until 1995. In Bosnia, the war killed around 100,000 people and displaced more than 2 million.

Jul 4, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Katya Cengel

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Jul 4, 2024 | thedailybeast.com | Katya Cengel

MOSTAR, Bosnia-It started as a joke. Bosnian writer Veselin Gatalo and two of his friends were sitting in a café at the start of this century talking about heroes. At the time there were plenty of war heroes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ethnic conflict between Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks in the 1990s left around 100,000 dead. After watching one of these "heroes" insult a waiter, Gatalo, who is Serbian, turned to his friends, Sanjin Plakalo, who is Muslim, and Nino Raspudić, who is Croatian.