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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

The 5Ps of Service Excellence: A Practical Roadmap for Albanian and Western Balkan Service Providers

By Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, April 07, 2026 – In my earlier article for Tirana Times, I described Albania as a country that moves from being visited to being remembered. Having
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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.
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Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article
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Postscript

By Charlotte Morgaine When this hilarious little episode happened, roughly one month ago, I mentally earmarked it for future reference, to share with the readers of Tirana Times’ Postscript Column, in a
19 years ago
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Memory bread crumbs from Egypt

As with every travel to a land whose identity is far different from our own, the mind gets so overwhelmed with visual, audio and other sense’s impressions that memory soon fills up
19 years ago
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“Avowed Virgins” into the American circuit

The documentary, “Avowed Virgins” by the Albanian authoress Elvira Dones has finally been introduced into the American circuit. The Avowed Virgins of the North of Albania, which the documentary of Dones focuses
19 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

Durr쳬 April 1914. Esat Pascha Toptani, Turhan Pascha P쳭eti and General de Weer, emerging from the residence of Esat Pascha. Esat is wearing the uniform of an Albanian General, as he held
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Not lost in translation

As I seek the hall of the hotel where the meeting for the interview is arranged, a young man smiles to me and starts to greet me in perfectly smooth Albanian. Many
19 years ago
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Forsaken Albania

Shkodra, in the Thirties’. That we were actually capable of destroying every trace of the heritage of Gjergj Fishta. This is obvious, but what I have never been able to grasp, is
19 years ago
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Relation of Science and Religion in Islam

1. Islamic Conception of Knowledge I start with a well-known tradition from the Prophet Muhammad (SA) that : “Acquisition of knowledge, ‘ilm , is incumbent on every Muslim.” (1) Then the question
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Forsaken Albania

Vlora, twenties of the last Century. Known with the name of AVLONA since ancient times, this port located at a strategic spot on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, witnessed many Rulers
19 years ago
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A trip through the Valbona Valley

During last Summer, more than one thousand foreign tourists set up camp in the valley of the Valbona River, in Tropoja, 225 kilometers North East of Tirana. Never before have the “Cursed
19 years ago
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USA Anniversary

Remarks on the U.S.A Independence Day Tonight we celebrate the 231 anniversary of the birth of the United States of America. We have a reason to be especially happy this year as
19 years ago
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