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Tag: albania

Pasts Unspoken: New Book Sheds Light on Ordinary Lives in Communist Albania

An interview with historian Shannon Woodcock, whose book “Life is War” chronicles the life stories of Albanian people who lived … More

albania, communism, oral history, shannon woodcock

A new kind of sworn virgin

The English translation of my interview with the warm and inspiring author Elvira Dones. Published on Gazeta Jeta ne Kosove … More

albania, albanian tradition, burrneshe, elvira dones, Kosovo, sworn virgin, the balkans

Albanian Anthem Woes Revisited

This blog originally appeared on Kosovo 2.0. Link here (available in English, Albanian, and Serbian).  It looks like Switzerland, that … More

albania, Kosovo, national anthem, rexhep qosja, women, women's rights

Retracing Edith Durham’s steps

A review of Elizabeth Gowing’s “Edith and I,” originally published on Balkan Insight. It’s hard to find an Albanian who … More

albania, albanian history, book, edith and i, edith durham, the balkans

Controversy over dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons in Albania

This article originally appeared on Kosovo 2.0.  Available here in Albanian, English and Serbian. Albanians are pissed off about a … More

albania, chemical weapons, syria

“Forgiveness of Blood”: Storytelling through art

This interview was originally published by Kosovo 2.0. Available here in English, Albanian, and Serbian.  “The Forgiveness of Blood” opens … More

albania, albanian film, andamion murataj, balkart, forgiveness of blood

The bogeyman of national unification

Originally appeared in Kosovo 2.0. Available in English, Albanian, and Serbian here.  In this recent bit of weirdness from Euractiv, commentator Dusan … More

albania, Kosovo, nationalism, racism
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