Kenan Trebincevic

Kenan Trebincevic is a Bosnian Muslim who survived the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War and came to the United States with his family in 1993. He became a proud American citizen in 2001. Since English is his second language, he enlisted his former client and teacher Susan Shapiro to help tell his story . His work has appeared in The New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Slate , Salon , Esquire , Newsday , The Best American Travel Writing, on NPR, Al Jazeera, NY1 and the BBC. He lives with...See more

Kenan Trebincevic is a Bosnian Muslim who survived the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War and came to the United States with his family in 1993. He became a proud American citizen in 2001. Since English is his second language, he enlisted his former client and teacher Susan Shapiro to help tell his story . His work has appeared in The New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Slate , Salon , Esquire , Newsday , The Best American Travel Writing, on NPR, Al Jazeera, NY1 and the BBC. He lives with his wife in Astoria, Queens. www.kenantrebincevic.com See less