My Croatian friend, V. once said that among the ex-Yugoslavia, the Bosnians are most famous for their humors. I cannot comment on that since I have little command of the Bosnian language. "If I wasn’t Muslim" is a sarcastic song about being Bosnian Muslims in Europe, surrounded by Christian European neighbors (*). Again, I cannot […]

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Reader’s comment: “Christmas Eve” was inspired by a true incident in which a young couple — a Serbian boy and Muslim girl — tried to escape Sarajevo by crossing over that city’s one remaining bridge. “When the girl was shot and killed by a sniper, the boy refused to leave her and he got shot, […]

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I will ask one of my friend to translate the Bosnian lyrics. The last time I talked to a religious Bosniak friend of mine, I got a "It’s too vulgar. He says everything about men and women, I can’t translate it to you." Hmm,make me wonder.

Burek is the second popular fast food meal beside […]

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A Muslim singer who lives in England. He is very popular here in Sarajevo, at least among the more religious Bosniaks. I really liked the song "Supplication" when I first heard it. I’ve always had a thing for music exotic Middle Eastern and Arabic elements. As a non-Muslim, I care little about the lyrics, however, […]

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