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Sitting in a small restaurant in old town Sarajevo during Ramadan, is an uncomfortable space to fill as a vegan, in that eerily quiet time just before everyone comes out to eat. I am thankful that I am meeting Maida Sabeta, Bosnia Herzegovina’s first ever vegan and her friend, Vladimir Grabovac.
Maida arrives first, petite and blonde with fire in her eyes, dressed all in black. I ask this legal mastermind how she made history as Bosnia’s first vegan?