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By Una Hajdari
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The Croatian team’s favorite singer is a fascist salute away from the mainstream
Fans across two continents belted out Marko Perković Thompson’s “Lijepa Li Si” this summer — a song that salutes a WWII puppet state convicted of…
Bosnia’s starting lineup is also a map of its war
From Austria to Wisconsin, the squad's roster traces the paths refugees took fleeing genocide in the 1990s.
Bosnia vs. America, on and off the pitch
Rudy Giuliani, Michael Flynn and Rod Blagojevich have found a receptive audience among Bosnian Serb nationalists, alarming those who credit the U.S. with saving the…
Yugoslavia is still playing
Even though only two of its remnant nations, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, are still competing in the World Cup, the former Yugoslavia continues to…
Why Bosnia’s fans also cheer for Palestine
A nation that spent 25 years prosecuting its own genocide sees its history playing out in Israel’s war — while its leaders cozy up to…