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November : November 16.
Accompanied by a Bosnian youth chorus, Yusuf sings three songs a cappella in Sarajevo in front of 6,000 people, including the country’s president, at the Cultural Center Skenderija. He is in the process of putting together a CD of Bosnian songs, the proceeds from which will go to the victims of the recent genocide in the country.December : December.
CD: I Have No Cannons That Roar. The title track was given to Yusuf as a poem by Bosnian Foreign Minister Irfan Ljubiyangic whose helicopter was tragically shot down soon afterward. Yusuf helped translate the words and recorded it, and his own a capella song “The Little Ones” (another snapshot of the Bosnian tragedy) was included alongside. Bosnian singers Dino Merlin, Aziz Alili, Senad Podojak and others were featured as well. In Turkey, “I Have No Cannons That Roar” goes to #1. -
