The movie is made by a Bosniak, therefore cannot avoid the subjective and bias from a Bosniak’ point of view. This does not mean the movie does not have any validation. I will find clips made by Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs so that you can be expose to more view points.
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Yugoslavian civil war 1991-1995
The author of this video is dedicated to the dead Soldiers and Civillians and to the living Soldiers who faught for Krajina, and Republika Srpska and all the Serbs alive today. So you see, as promised, I included a clip showing the view points of a Serb or Bosnian Serb.
Read the rest of this entry »Hari Mata Hari in Sarajevo after Eurovision 2006
Hari Mata Hari in Sarajevo after Eurovision 2006Â
Read the rest of this entry »Olympic Hall Zetra: Swan lake
Olympic Hall Zetra is an indoor arena in Sarajevo. It was built in 1983 and a year after held the ice hockey games and speed skating events in the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the moment, the arena hosts sport events and concerts. Last night, my roommates, their boyfriend and sister and I went to Zetra [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tunnel museum
On Friday, the students from 2A took me to the Tunnel museum. We had to take the tram to the end of the tram line in Illija and walked to the Sarajevo suburb of Butmir, where the international aiport located. Only then, I understood why people told me to take the taxi to the Tunnel [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Jenny from the mahala
I don’t remember much about a conversation I had with a Croatian friend of mine. We were chatting about one of her musical favorites, JLo. Briefly, as she said: "The Bosnians have this one song called ‘Jenny from the mahala’, the Bosnian version of the original ‘Jenny from the block’." And she started humming the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Damir Niksic’ “If I wasn’t muslim”
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 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24
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, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Video: “Burek:” a Dino Merlin’s crazy song
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 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Singer Sami Yusuf
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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