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    Come together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans

    A rock school unites youngsters from both sides of a city in Bosnia-Herzegovina, using the universal language of song
    by Gillian Dohrn in Mostar and Sarajevo Mar 16, 2018 2 minutes
    Students rehearse at Mostar Rock school, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photograph: Jasmin Brutus for the Guardian

    Back in the days of Yugoslavia, they used to call music “the seventh republic” – a great unifier in a region prone to division.

    Today, in a small schoolroom in Mostar, it is still bringing people together. Here, the curriculum is rock’n’roll, the pupils are from both sides of a still-divided city, and the professors are stars.

    “Music can be used as a tool to connect people, to strengthen the trust between them,” said.

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