Bosnian immigrants in the U.S.

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Music as Medicine: Sevdalinka Songs Help Bosnian Immigrants and Refugees Remember and Heal

May 20, 2009 / 3 comments / 3060 views

By Jelena Kopanja, FI2W contributor – Second of two installments. The name of Bosnia and Herzegovina –a small, heart-shaped country in the Balkans– is rarely associated with love. The country made headlines in the mid ’90s as a place where…

Sevdalinka, a Melancholy Soundtrack for Bosnian Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S.

May 19, 2009 / 2 comments / 2746 views

By Jelena Kopanja, FI2W contributor – First of two installments. NEW YORK – When Mary Sherhart first sang the traditional Bosnian songs known as sevdalinkas at a concert in 2004, a woman stood up and started weeping. Her bare arms,…