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Distinguished speaker forum - Guest speaker: Dr. Gezim Alpion

Born in Albania and educated at the Universities of Tirana, Cairo and Durham, Dr Gëzim Alpion is
Lecturer in Sociology and Media Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Prior to joining the
Department of Sociology at Birmingham...

The Birmingham Post on Mother Teresa

Many Albanians apparently needed a figure like Mother Teresa during the 1990s. Known to the world mainly as economic migrants fleeing from poverty in Albania and as political refugees escaping from Serbian persecution in...

Gëzim Alpion: Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity?

In this 284 page paperback, Albanian-born writer, Gëzim Alpion, redefines our idea of this 20th century icon. The intense animosity displayed by theologians and writers against her are contextualized. Beginning with reporter...

Dr Gëzim Alpion’s acclaimed Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity?

The Indian edition (in English) of Dr Gëzim Alpion’s acclaimed Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? is a ground-breaking study of one of India’s – and the Catholic world’s – most enigmatic figures and is due for release this week...

Lakes in Albania

Lake Scutari (Albanian: Liqeni i Shkodrës), also called Skadar Lake, is a lake on the border of Montenegro with Albania, the largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. It is named after the city Shkodra in northern Albania (Shkodër in Albanian, Scutari in Italian...

Geography of Albania

Albania has a total area of 28,750 square kilometers. It shares a 287-kilometre border with Serbia and Montenegro to the north, a 151-kilometre border with the Republic of Macedonia to the north and east, and a 282-kilometre border with Greece to the south and southeast. Its coastline is 362...

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