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Genc Kortsha: Father Anton Harapi
Father Anton Harapi was a Franciscan of renown in Albania.He was a distinguished man of letters, known for his integrity and love of people. He was loved in return by the poor and humble while the rich and powerful respected him and included him in their power...Visar Zhiti: Ferit the “Cow”, Partisan
Hundreds of spoons clattered and scared the swarm of flies buzzing all around. We no longer washed our bowls; instead, we wiped them clean using the last bite of our bread, which we still ate despite the bitter taste of aluminum, because waiting in another line would mean ...Visar Zhiti: A Band of Terrorists
“I have already heard of you from Bajo. My prison sentence was burdened by some poems, yet they weren’t even mine.”I felt my heart sink.“Moreover, I was denounced by my wife.” He said, while we, like two ...Mhill Marku: Father Anton Harapi (1888-1946)
We cannot speak of any facet of Albanian history where the Albanian Catholic clergy did not play a significant role. Among them, the Franciscans, without any shadow of doubt, were loved and respected by all the Albanians, no matter what creed they professed. A Muslim lawyer, Muzafer Pipa...Marku: Dede Gjo’ Luli, 50 Anniversary of his death
The year was 1915 and the month September when the 75 year old Dede Gjo’ Luli, the leader of the mountaineers of Hoti, Gruda, Kelmendi, Kastrati, Kopliku, etc., who had gained an international reputation from Constantinople to Vienna as a fierce fighter for the ...Visar Zhiti: The Editor in Chief
A long time ago, in the former life when I lived above ground, I took my book with stories - like a different kind of tales, for those who grow, for an ageless reader, to the publishing house, more or less something like that.Young Shehu, as they called Bashkim*, since the weirdo Lasgush...Visar Zhiti: A State Rape
During the very last inspection on a gloomy day - the sun had not appeared at all as if it were out on sick leave, a photograph had fallen from a prisoner amidst the crowd near a heap of thrown-out trash.“What’s that? Bring it here!” The operative had barked...Jeta Vojkollari: The Devil I Paid for Advice
Tirana in the evening. Modern cafes. Lights. Glamour. High heels and loud voices. Laughter. Girls in low-cut necklines, smooth-skinned. Young men wearing their hair short and styled with gel. Just like the cafes, the young smelled of luxury and modern times...Everest Haxhi: Quo vadis Albania!
Albania is in the verge of collapse. Several factors contribute to that and all together have gone in a irreversible path that will see this great country repeat some of his worst nightmare moments of the past. The most important factor is Albanian people that have not understood so ...Grigor Nosi: Amnesia
I would not choose to write on dark, communist, times, as long as the architects of the Red Holocaust are not yet punished. Moreover, they arrogantly run the country’s politics today. But, as I was reading an article on the life of dissident Klement Islami, the lamenting voice of a young lady ...Ejëll Çoba: Lost Life
Virtyt Gjylbega, a young man from Shkodra, arrived at the labor camp with the rest of the Elbasan prisoners. He was the son of Hamid Gjylbega, a published writer and a philosopher who was also credited by Fulvio Cordignano, as having created a new religion in his works...Mërgim Korça: Islami Sisters
The two legendary journalist sisters, Isabela (Islami) Çoçoli and her sister Zamira (Islami) Edwards, have been placed on Administrative Leave at the Voice of America. This announcement rightly spurred the Albanian press to very actively cover the topic for days. They worked there since 1985...Zyba Hysa: Scottish poet, Morelle Smith
- I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. What I most remember of my childhood were the hot summers (we don't have now!) the heat melting the tar on the road surface, blistering the paint on doors, the canopies protecting the front doors of houses from the sun. There were also canvas ...Gary Kokalari: Letter to Edi Rama
On behalf of Albanians for a Democratic Albania, I would like to congratulate you on your landslide victory.It is clear your leadership and a well-run campaign were critical factors in your overwhelming defeat of the Berisha regime...
The anti-Communist Heroes Memorial
On Wednesday, June 12, embassies and international organizations gathered at the crossing of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenue in Washington, D.C. to participate in the Sixth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Victims of Communism Memorial ...
Visar Zhiti: Communist Prosecutor
The prosecutor seemed notoriously oppressive and thick-skinned. In his heavy coat and bushy animal skin collar, he looked like a wild beast. Well, I guess spring hasn’t arrived yet. At first I thought they had brought policeman Marku to confront me ...
"Wir haben hier viel Wärme erlebt"
Sein Wahlspruch? Tahir Shabani muss nicht lange überlegen: "Kleine Dinge mit großer Liebe tun", dieser Satz von Mutter Teresa steht für sein Engagement und für das seines Vereins "Die Sterne Kosovas", den der Kosovo-Albaner ...
Rise of Conservative Islamists Alarms Kosovans
The faithful who cannot fit inside the mosque sit down at its gates, along a pavement carpeted with prayer rugs. The cleric’s amplified voice travels over them, onto the street.At Friday prayers in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, the main mosque ...
The Fall of the Stone City, By Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare is this generation's Kafka, bleakly comic, ethically impenetrable, plain-spoken to the point of obscurity. The prolonged issue about his political stance in Albania during the Enver Hoxha years, dissident or glad-hander to the regime, is curiously beside the point...
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