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Inela Nogić (born 1976) became world-famous during the Siege of Sarajevo when she won the 1993 Miss Besieged Sarajevo contest, [1] which was held in a basement in an effort to avoid the barrage of sniper attacks from Serb militias. Nogić and the other contestants held up a banner that read "Don't let them kill us".
Watching “Kiss the Future,” a documentary about the band U2’s relationship with wartorn Sarajevo in the 1990s, it’s hard not to think: “We’ve seen this movie before.” That’s not to ...
He managed to leave Sarajevo in 1993, during the second year of the siege that ultimately lasted 1,425 days, from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996. [1] He is often mistakenly identified as a member of the Sarajevo String Quartet, which played on throughout the siege. [2] Smailović performing in Sarajevo's partially destroyed National Library ...
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"Miss Sarajevo" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and British musician Brian Eno, credited to the pseudonym "Passengers". It was released on 20 November 1995 as the only single from their album Original Soundtracks 1 .
During the song, the video screen showed images from Carter's Miss Sarajevo documentary, including footage of the girls taking part in the beauty contest and the banner reading "Please don't let them kill us". [23] [22] Bono apologized for the rocky performance at the end of the song, saying "Sarajevo, this song was written for you. I hope you ...
The siege of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian: Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska.
song by Bosnian singer Rizo Hamidović on his 1994 album Inšallah [2] [3] "Grbavica" lit. ' Hunchbackilly ' Mladen Vojičić: 1993./1997. song of wartime-period Bosnia [4] "Iznad Bosne" 'Above Bosnia' Fayo: Amir Kazić Leo: Arel Češljar, Meho Radović: 2022. song sung by Adnan Jakupović [5] "Jedna si jedina" 'You're the One and Only' Edin ...