My husband escaped from Sarajevo with one bag
Stáhnout obrázek
Ivona Begović was born on 30 October 1967 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Her father worked as a construction engineer and the family moved frequently. She spent her childhood in Herceg Novi, in what is now Montenegro. She graduated from an architectural secondary school, and at university she focused on urban planning and spatial planning. She graduated from both schools in her native Belgrade. At the beginning of the war in Yugoslavia, she fled with her Muslim boyfriend to Prague, where the young couple settled. They never returned to their native country permanently. In the 1990s, Ivona Begović worked in the Development Department of the City of Prague. Now (2025) she runs several souvenir shops around Prague. She visits Serbia every year. In 2025 she lived in Prague.