Atlanta: Reconnecting with our Bosnian friends

By Craig Considine – One usually doesn’t imagine dirt roads and mosques near each other.  Much to our surprise though, this was reality when we visited the Bosnian Islamic Cultural Center in Snellville, Georgia during our stay in Atlanta.  After being stuck in traffic for a good hour (and lost for a bit), Dr. Ahmed, Hailey, and our Bosnian friend Damar finally found the road we were looking for.  In fact, it isn’t even a real road – it isn’t paved, but was filled with dust, dirt and rubble.  The mosque rested a few hundred yards deep in the woods.  A driver isn’t even able to see it while driving on the highway because it is hidden behind a thick forest of trees.