An interview with historian Shannon Woodcock, whose book “Life is War” chronicles the life stories of Albanian people who lived … More
Category: The Balkans
Ku janë feministet?
Në një panel para disa muajve një grup burrash u ftuan që të bisedojnë rreth pikëpamjeve të tyre mbi barazinë … More
An awkward conversation about foreigners and Kosovo
Kosovo is the perfect playground for foreign journalists and academics. The country is filled with stories that rarely garner attention … More
Sexual harassment in Kosovo: no longer invisible
When I moved back to Kosovo four years ago, I experienced how very uncomfortable it was to be a woman … More
A few words from a Kosovo citizen
An open letter to the US Ambassador whose reaction to the crisis in Parliament does not only demonize the opposition … More
Time for Kosovo’s media to stand up for gender equality
There’s a Facebook message thread I share with a few close female friends. We’re all twentysomething Albanians, most of us … More
Sexual rights and the internet in Kosovo
I wrote the Kosovo entry for a Global Information Society Watch report on sexual rights and the internet in 57 countries. I focused my report on … More
Kosovar love, marriage and family in 1975
It’s hard to imagine a twentysomething Norwegian anthropologist wandering around Isniq in 1975, predicting the future breakdown of traditional Albanian … More
A democracy of memory in Kosovo
Published in English in Prishtina Insight and in Albanian on Kallxo.com (link here). The memory of World War II in … More
Kosovo Protesters Aren’t ‘Savages’ But Citizens
Originally published on Balkan Insight, available here. Those condemning the violence of the protests in Kosovo have not even begun to … More
TEDxPrishtinaWomen is looking for speakers!
The date is set: the next edition of TEDxPrishtinaWomen will be held on May 28, 2015 – this time I’m … More