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History
Rep. Keith Self moves to strip $1.8M from Greece over Kosovo
Rep. Keith Self (R-TX), Europe Subcommittee Chair, filed an amendment today to strike $1.8M in US military training funds to Greece — because Greece refuses to recognize Kosovo.
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Food
Kungull: Pumpkin and Squash in Albanian Cuisine and the Diaspora
A guide to kungull (pumpkin and squash) in Albanian cooking — the canonical dishes, the regional split between byrek and lakror, and how diaspora cooks rebuild them with US groceries.
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Food
Popular Foods in Albania: What Albanians Actually Eat in a Week
A weekly map of Albanian eating — what shows up at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; what gets ordered at the kiosk; what fills the freezer; and how the diaspora keeps the pattern alive in the US.
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People
Iliriana Sela: Healthcare Leader and NAR Outreach Director
A second-generation Albanian American, Iliriana Sela built a clinical and operational career in healthcare and now serves as Director of Community Outreach at the National Albanian Registry.
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Language
Albanian Lessons for Adults: A Practical Guide to Learning Shqip
What it actually takes for an adult to learn Albanian — a practical resource guide covering apps, online courses, tutors, books, university programs, and a realistic 12-month plan at thirty minutes a day.
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Language
I Love You in Albanian: Të Dua, Phrases, and Pronunciation
A working phrase guide for diaspora families and heritage learners — how to say I love you, miss you, hello, and thank you in Albanian, with pronunciation and tone notes.
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Food
Laknur: The Southern Albanian Savory Pie (Tested Recipe)
The southern Albanian layered pie spelled laknur, lakror, or lakuror — petë dough, vegetable or dairy fillings, baked under a saç or in a hot oven. Tested recipe with US substitutions.
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Language
Martin Camaj: The Gheg Poet of Exile (1925-1992)
He fled communist Albania in 1948, took a doctorate in Rome, and built the Albanian Studies department at LMU Munich. The body of work he left is one of the most under-read in 20th-century Albanian literature.
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History
Paleo-Balkan Peoples and the Origins of Albanians
This article walks through the Illyrian-Albanian continuity hypothesis, the Daco-Thracian and late-Romance alternatives, and what substrate words in Albanian suggest about a 2,000-year story.
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Diaspora
Rifat Latifi: Albanian-American Surgeon and Telemedicine Pioneer
A working trauma surgeon who built telemedicine programs for Kosovo, Albania, and Cabo Verde, chaired surgery at New York Medical College, and served as Minister of Health of the Republic of Kosovo.
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Diaspora
Chameria: The Albanian Region of Northwestern Greece
A diaspora-first explainer on Chameria and the Cham Albanians: the geography, the medieval Albanian presence in Epirus, the 1913 annexation, the 1944-1945 expulsion, and the community today.
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Diaspora
Gurabia: Albanian Butter Cookies for Bajram and Beyond
Albania's butter-and-flour cookie, sometimes with semolina or a walnut center, dusted heavily in powdered sugar. Traditional recipe, the Ottoman family tree, and the cultural slot the cookie holds in diaspora kitchens.
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Diaspora
Mitrush Kuteli: The Albanian Prose Master Read in Diaspora Homes
He wrote under a pen name, trained as an economist, spent two years in a Communist prison, and shaped how a whole diaspora hears Albanian folk legends.
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History
Osman Taka: The Albanian Folk Hero and His Last Dance
A guide to Osman Taka, the 19th-century Çam Albanian folk hero, and to Vallja e Osman Takës, the male solo dance carried by southern Albanians and the diaspora.
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Food
Pilaf me Pulë: Albanian Chicken Pilaf, the Sunday Dish
Albanian chicken pilaf — long-grain rice simmered in seasoned chicken broth, fork-fluffed and served with the bird alongside. Regional differences, ratios, and what to serve with it.
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Language
Shqiptar: Meaning, Etymology, and Why Albanians Use It
A diaspora-first guide to the Albanian self-name: shqiptar and shqip, the older Arbër root, the eagle folk etymology, the slur question, and the diaspora norms around when each word is used.
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Language
Shqiptar / Shqiptare: What Albanians Call Themselves
A diaspora-first explainer on shqiptar (m.), shqiptare (f.), and Shqipëria: what the words mean, where they came from in the 17th-18th c., and how they travel in Albanian-American life today.
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Citizenship & Law
Visar Zhiti: Albanian Poet, Prisoner of Spaç, Diplomat
A Durrës-born poet whose unpublished manuscript sent him to Spaç for eight years — and who later returned to Rome as a diplomat for a free Albania.
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Food
Albanian Cheeses: Gjizë, Kaçkavall, Djathë i Bardhë, Sharri
Four cheeses anchor the Albanian table: gjizë (fresh curd), djathë i bardhë (brined white), kaçkavall (aged yellow), sharri (mountain sheep). What they are, how they're cooked with, and the US substitutes.
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Diaspora
Donika Kastrioti: The Albanian Noblewoman Who Outlived an Empire
Born ~1428 to the Arianiti house, married to Skanderbeg, mother of Gjon Kastrioti II, she became a living thread between medieval Albania and today's diaspora.
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Diaspora
Gjon Kastrioti the Elder: Skanderbeg's Father (c.1380-1437)
Lord of north-central Albania around 1380-1437, husband of Vojsava, father of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg. The man whose principality Skanderbeg returned to claim.
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History
Ishulli i Sazanit (Sazan Island): A Military History
Sazan is small, militarized, and strategically placed. The island has been Ottoman, Italian, Soviet, and Albanian inside a single century, and it shows.
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Food
Kulaç Me Kos: Albanian Yogurt Bread (Traditional Recipe)
Albania's yogurt bread-cake: tangy *kos*, eggs, melted butter, flour, baking soda. Northern savory, southern lightly sweet. The traditional recipe and how to serve it.
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Diaspora
Little Albania in New York: The Bronx Heartland and Beyond
A map of the Albanian community in New York — the Bronx heartland in Belmont and Pelham Parkway, the parishes and mosques that anchor it, and the secondary clusters in Staten Island, Queens, and Westchester.
16 min
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