THE HISTORY OF AN ART GALLERY

THE HISTORY OF AN ART GALLERY

ON THE OCCASION OF 10th ANNIVERSARY OF GALERIAKALO   With the exhibition titled PROMENADE organized last week, FONDACIONI KALO ART and GALERIAKALO celebrated their 10th anniversary. A selected number of artworks by Masters, and other well-established artists were displayed on

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Albanians Fighting Cancer – AFC USA – Gala Concert with Impromptu Singalongs Elevates Pride Craving More Encores

Albanians Fighting Cancer – AFC USA – Gala Concert with Impromptu Singalongs Elevates Pride Craving More Encores

Rafaela Prifti “The first time I heard the name Albanians Fighting Cancer AFC, it was through a GoFundMe page that someone launched for a relative with a cancer diagnosis,” said Fotini Kokeri of the Kosloski Family Foundation at the Gala

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Noa Beci : How to keep your life together

Noa Beci : How to keep your life together

The five stages of grief Noa Beci, an 18-year-old Albanian high school student residing in Austria, has won the opportunity to publish her book, The Five Stages of Grief, as part of the Young Storyteller Award. This award, presented by

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Kingdom: A Visual Exploration of Generational Trauma at Tirana Film Festival

Kingdom: A Visual Exploration of Generational Trauma at Tirana Film Festival

  “Kingdom,” an innovative and visually arresting short film directed by Andres Bronimann, has earned a coveted spot among the nominees for the 2024 Tirana International Film Festival. Set to screen on September 27th at 1 PM, this thought-provoking film

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Film “The Life of Sheep”

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Film “The Life of Sheep”

Director Rajkumar Hirani: Art Against Reality and Strategic Importance by Dr Arben Ramkaj In a world where tensions and conflicts are a constant reality, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stands as a country of exceptional strategic importance and an unparalleled

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A phone call not every writer wants

A phone call not every writer wants

By Kristoffer Leandoer Every year he waits in vain by the phone on this very day, and a whole nation waits with him. Every year the Albanian people are equally surprised that Ismail Kadare has been passed over once again. The recently

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Chronicles and Fragments

Chronicles and Fragments

The novels of Ismail Kadare. By James Wood  Like Trieste or Lvov, the medieval city of Gjirokastër, in southern Albania, has passed its history beneath a sign perpetually rewritten, in different hands, but always with the same words: “Under New Management.”

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Obituary: Ismail Kadare, global literary titan who helped ‘making Albania’

Obituary: Ismail Kadare, global literary titan who helped ‘making Albania’

TIRANA, June 1, 2024 – Albania’s greatest writer and perennial Nobel Prize candidate, Ismail Kadare, has died at the age of 88.   Kadare had permanently moved back to his homeland of Albania from France in recent years and died of

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SAIMIR LOLJA ON ALBANIAN COMMUNISM AND ITS REGIONAL DYNAMICS

SAIMIR LOLJA ON ALBANIAN COMMUNISM AND ITS REGIONAL DYNAMICS

Book Review: The Nation-Free Recipe – How the Triple Entente Served Comintern, 2nd ed., Austin Macauley Publishers, New York, 2024 By Peter Marko Tase   This non-fiction book covers Europe and Albania from the start of the 20th century until

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Albania: freedom, thought and life

Albania: freedom, thought and life

An approach from Lea Ypi’s Free. Coming of Age at the End of History Manuel Montobbio Ideas are written and formulated with words, theories and concepts; and they are written and formulated with life and in life. With the reason,

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