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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© 2025 A Coffee in the Accursed Mountains Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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  • Out from behind the curtain? Magazinović, Zagorka, and the enduring challenge for women journalists in the Balkans

    Out from behind the curtain? Magazinović, Zagorka, and the enduring challenge for women journalists in the Balkans
    Jun 15 2025

    Croatia’s first female journalist had to work behind a curtain to avoid offending her male colleagues, the start of a 150-year struggle for the region’s women. We explore their realities in a (2024) conversation with pioneering Kosovan journalist Jeta Xharra
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    33 mins
  • 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
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