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| Esra Yalcinalp |
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Esra is studying History and International Relations with a focus on Europe and the Middle East at Tufts University. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey and came to the United States after graduating from Robert College of Istanbul to get a first-hand knowledge of American civilization and pursue her academic interests. After two years at Tufts, she decided to learn more about the European civilization on its own continent. With this aim in mind, she arranged a study abroad program that gave her the chance to learn about the European Union in its actual institutions and also travel in Western, Central and Eastern Europe including the Baltics. After working in the Istanbul International Film Festival as a guide to guest directors such as Jim Sheridan, she traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina and spent the summer of 2003 in Mostar. Esra was involved in a project called 'Builders for Peace,' created and run by Dr. Tom Butler of Harvard University. The program was in collaboration with the Mostar 2004 project, which aims to reconstruct the historical city of Mostar (built in the 16th century), including the destroyed Old Bridge, to its pre-war state by 2004. As well as working at a mosque that was built in 1557 but heavily damaged by Serbian grenades in 1993, she documented the volunteer experience along with the impressions of post-war life in Mostar with her video camera. Now that she is back at Tufts, she wishes to turn this personal experience into something concrete and accessible for those interested. In this respect, she will make a documentary and write her Senior Honors Thesis about one of the most culturally rich cities of the world, Mostar. Her passions include documentaries, films, learning about different cultures, researching, writing and making things with her hands. As a side note, the most interesting thing that happened to her was getting struck by lightning. Maybe that's why she considers life as a gift and wants to make the most of it everyday.
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