The Foreign Service Journal, December 2015

106 DECEMBER 2015 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY LANI TEDJOMULJONO n MOSTAR, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”) and must not be in print elsewhere. Please include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T he Old Bridge, or Stari Most, built by the Ottoman architect and urban designer Mimar Sinan in the early 16th century in the town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, spans a deep val- ley of the Neretva River. The town was developed as an Ottoman frontier town. During the conflict in the 1990s, most of the historic town, including the Old Bridge, was destroyed. The bridge has since been rebuilt through the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organiza- tion, which has designated the area an UNESCOWorld Heritage site. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation, and the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities. n Lani Tedjomuljono, the spouse of retired FSO Gary Gray, served with her husband in Jakarta, Dili and Kuala Lumpur. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia.