Month: December 2019

The Guardian | Blocked in the Balkans: the refugees that Europe won’t allow in

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This story was first published in The Guardian on August 8, 2017. by Finnian James SIT Spring 2017 Lake Forest College When the Faqirzada family set out for a future in Europe, they did not imagine it like this. As far as they were concerned, Europe meant Germany: their oldest son was already at university in Munich, and …

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The Guardian | Come together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans

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This story was first published in The Guardian on March 16, 2018. by Gillian Dohrn SIT Fall 2017 Colorado College A rock school unites youngsters from both sides of a city in Bosnia-Herzegovina, using the universal language of song. Back in the days of Yugoslavia, they used to call music “the seventh republic” – a great unifier …

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