Lediona Zharku (23) and Elona Zharku (22) are Albanian-American business owners born and raised in Queens, NY to immigrant parents from Kosova. Being lovers of thrift stores and vintage fashion, they began selling second-hand clothing at Artist & Flees market in Brooklyn which eventually led to them opening up a physical location. They opened Tired… Continue reading The Beginning of Tired Thrift
In the Albanian media the passport of an Albanian citizen was published. She had gone to Ellis Island in 1928. Her passport photo is still preserved in a museum in the US, to document the migration at that time. “The passport of an Albanian citizen, who had landed on Ellis Island in New York in 1928.… Continue reading The passport of the Albanian woman that is kept in the museum in America
Two Albanian professors, Erida Curraj and Helga Sallaku are the University of Arizona Center for Innovation’s new Research Fellows. This was announced by UACI on their Facebook page. “Meet our Fellows! We’d like you all to meet UACI’s new Research fellows, Erida Curraj and Helga Sallaku! They come to Tucson from Albania through the Ciee-… Continue reading Meet UACI’s new Research fellows, Erida Curraj and Helga Sallaku!
A moment in our history that deserves more appreciation was the approval for the first time of a fund for Kosovo in the US Foreign Aid budget. Before NATO’s military intervention came, before the “American Office” came to Pristina, before the strong commitment of diplomacy to a solution in Kosovo came, this was the first… Continue reading 30 years ago, Congress approved the first aid for Kosovo
To feel safe, and never alone. This is the primary mission of the Sofra organization that is dedicated to all Albanians who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. In an interview for Atlantiku, the founder of Sofra, and the well-known Albanian entrepreneur living in the United States of America, Rremida Shkoza, spoke about Sofra’s two-year… Continue reading Second anniversary of Sofra, a table of inclusion, equality and acceptance
He was born and raised in the United States of America, but Tom Ivezaj had his heart set on his hometown. And this became exactly the reason why he decided to return to Tuz in order to contribute to the maximum for the Albanians. However, during the time he lived in America, Ivezaj completed his… Continue reading The Albanian who returned from America to his homeland to contribute to Albanians
She was only 7 years old when she and her sister came to America to join the rest of the family. For the Albanian-American Drita Vucinaj, the two-year period before being reunited with her parents was very difficult. “I was born in Kelmendi, Albania. My earliest memories of my childhood were the hardest memories. When… Continue reading Drita Vucinaj, from a bullied little girl to a successful model and content creator in NYC
Among more than 800 thousand Albanians from Kosovo who were forced to leave their homes because of the aggression led by Slobodan Milosevic, was also Sali Latifi from Gjilan. In 1999 he was forced to flee in un unknown direction, in a tough journey as a refugee. “After they burnt my home in April 1999,… Continue reading Sali Latifi: “Even after 23 years of living in America, my heart is still in Kosovë”
Domestic violence continues to challenge Albanian society. This phenomenon is also present among the Albanian community in the United States of America. In the last 20 years, at least five Albanian-American women lost their lives as a result of domestic violence. Anila Duro, a professor at John Jay College and an activist against domestic violence,… Continue reading Killed by their spouses, these are the Albanian-American women who lost their lives in the last 20 years
Plisi is the autochthonous chapel that has accompanied Albanians since the Pelasgian-Illyrian times to the present day. Plisi, or as it is popularly known by other names: qeleshe, kësulë, qylah, qylaf, is so named depending on the Albanian regions. Together with our language and traditions, the plisi is a symbol of the Albanian national identity… Continue reading The five thousand year history of Plis
