Here is a striking story of a young Bosnian (Bosniac/Muslim) woman who fled Sarajevo during the war there and ended up in London.

Where she now is doing rather well.

As is Arminka Helic, another young Bosniac who is a foreign policy adviser to William Hague and so gets in on some senior policy brainstorming events.

Interesting examples of personal disaster propelling people to new heights of ambition and determination?