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A Coffee in the Accursed Mountains

A Coffee in the Accursed Mountains

By: Elizabeth Gowing and Rob Wilton
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 Stories of Balkan life and culture from the countries bordered by the Accursed Mountains - Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro© 2023 A Coffee in the Accursed Mountains Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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  • Write to protest: Musine Kokalari of Albania

    Write to protest: Musine Kokalari of Albania
    Sep 14 2023

    Musine Kokalari (1917 - 1983) was Albania's first published woman, created a political party, and dared to speak out for pluralism when her country was falling to communism. She spent nearly 40 years in imprisonment and internment, writing alone. Nashi Brooker, who herself experienced the dictatorship, tells us why Musine still matters.
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    17 mins
  • The bandit woman and the businesswomen: Shote Galica of Kosovo

    The bandit woman and the businesswomen: Shote Galica of Kosovo
    Apr 24 2023

    Shote Galica (1895 - 1927) took up a gun and fought tradition as well as oppression. We hear her story and talk to designer Ilire Lepaja - owner of a Kosovan business whose products celebrate Shote – about why Shote inspires women today.
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    28 mins
  • The one with the Ashkali karateist who can

    The one with the Ashkali karateist who can
    Jan 5 2022

    Sabile Gashi is a many-times medal-winning karateist from Kosovo's Ashkali community. We hear about the inspiration of Kosovo’s Olympian women and Sabile’s motivation in paying forward the opportunities she's had, being told 'you can't; you're a girl' and deciding she can.
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    14 mins

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