Amila Buturović from Sarajevo, with a current address in Canada, graduated in Oriental Studies and English Studies in Sarajevo in 1986, after which she obtained a master's degree and a doctorate at the Canadian McGill University in Montreal. Since 1994, he has been teaching at York University in Toronto in the interdisciplinary program for social sciences (humanities), majoring in comparative studies of religions and cultures, where he is a full professor. We talked about the migrant experience, engagement, and attitude towards Bosnia and Herzegovina with Dr. Buturović during the 10th day of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS) in June 2018 in Jahorina. "We are currently preparing to hold a Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities, where we will pay special attention to changes in social, economic, and cultural trends and the transfer of knowledge," said Dr. Buturović, emphasizing at the beginning of the conversation the great possibilities of transferring the knowledge of experts from emigration to institutions and public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Given that Dr. Buturović deals with subjects that spatially and historically encompass the territories of the Arab and Ottoman Empires, including Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkans, her professional engagement is impossible to imagine without an almost permanent, physical or virtual presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "My cooperation with institutions and experts in Bosnia and Herzegovina is interactive; I can't do my work without them. That's why I use every opportunity and always look for ways to repay them by transferring my knowledge and experience," said Dr. Buturović, adding that BHAAAS Days are one of those ways. Dr. Amila has been a member of BHAAAS since 2009 and says that this respectable organization is her "home away from home." When you have the opportunity to talk to a person who has "penetrated deeply" into the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina through his professional involvement, you cannot help but ask him about his relationship to contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
"I come to Bosnia and Herzegovina two or three times a year, so I can say that, in a way, I have returned to my homeland, or, as I often like to say, I have one foot in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the other in Canada. I want, in a professional sense, to participate as actively as possible in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and my status in Canada allows me to do that," said Dr. Buturovic. During the conversation with Dr. Amil, we briefly "traveled" through time, through the rich history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and inevitably "touched" the painful nineties of the last century. And noticeably, the expression on the face of Dr. Amile suddenly changes a slight spasm, a pensive look, and a tear in his eye. With a deep sigh, he continues the story: "I am your pre-war diaspora, so I personally, physically, did not feel all the horrors of the war of the nineties." But, due to the loss of my sister and father, and immediately after that, my mother, I suffered emotionally and recovered from those sufferings. I am one among thousands of Bosnian war orphans.". (http://dijaspora.mhrr.gov.ba)
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