THE STATUE OF PJETËR ARBNORI OR, THE MAGNIFICENT LEGACY HE LEFT BEHIND?
By Visar Zhiti Part One —When he would have been 90 years old— Memorie.al / It would have been...
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“Nijazi, Lluta, and Sadik were treacherously arrested and imprisoned by the Yugoslav and Albanian communist partisan forces…” / The unknown history of the Alishani family of Prizren
Memorie.al / The nationalism of the Alishani family, like many other families in Prizren, originated and were inspired by the...
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“In addition to being the director of the Prizren League Branch for Shkodër, Daut Boriçi also compiled the Turkish-Albanian dictionary, which is preserved in the Archive of…” / The unknown history of the famous cleric and scholar
Memorie.al / Daut efendi Boriçi was not only a distinguished Islamic scholar but also one of the most prominent patriots...
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“When they told him that his house was burning, Ilia screamed; what do you say, son!? The boys would be my great pain, but the library, the whole of Albania would feel…” / The unknown history of the Dilo dynasty
Memorie.al / If you go today to Sheper, where the well-known teacher and researcher, Ilia Dilo, was born and died...
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“In 1878, there was a piano in Kolë Çoba’s house in Shkodër, and his children studied in the conservatories of Italy…” / The unknown history of the aristocratic family that was persecuted by the communist regime
Memorie.al / In the life of the city of Shkodër, the Çoba family is among the most important names. Today,...
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“I believed in the Albanians; they deserved the European destiny they are building with such momentum today. You who gave me bread and bedding, shelter and besa (pledge of honor), did not…”/ What did Edith Durham write about the Albanians?
Memorie.al / She did so much for Albania. When I say so much! So much! But even if not, just...
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“Shpend Sollaku Noè, Gëzim Hajdari, and Jozef Radi… formed a ‘Bermuda Triangle’… in the Lushnja district, because…”/ The reflections of the well-known publicist, a former internee in the villages of Myzeqe
BY JOZEF RADI A Shared Anniversary and the Undignified Silence of a Time That Cannot Find Itself! Memorie.al / Sometime...
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“After the death of his wife and daughter, Pashko Vasa found consolation in his son-in-law and his two daughters, but Kouppelian continued the corruption throughout the administration…” / The rare testimony of the Lebanese journalist
Part Two Memorie.al / He had lived as a Pasha and an Ottoman governor of the Catholic faith. He had...
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“His adventure to secretly enter ‘The Block’ cost him dearly; they arrested him and held him in the State Security cells where…”/ The unknown story of the Lebanese journalist who brought Pashko Vasa’s remains to Albania
Part One Memorie.al / He had lived as a Pasha and an Ottoman governor of the Catholic faith. He had...
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