Recently, while visiting Kosovo and Albania, I was interviewed for local media there. Here is the full question and answer interview in English. The interview in Albanian can be seen here. 1. How did you first get acquainted with Albanians? … Continue reading →
My article on Skanderbeg and the English Adventurer John Newport translated into Albanian by Mevi Rafuna Gjergj Kastrioti, apo siç njihet me emrin Skënderbeu, ishte Prijësi Legjendar i ushtrisë shqiptare, në shek. XV, i cili me sukses mblodhi gjithë bashkë-atdhetarët, … Continue reading →
Koka në Stamboll Trupi ne Janine Traditional Albanian song When Lord Byron visited Albania in 1809 while he was on his Grand Tour with his friend John Hobhouse, he found much inspiration, writing his epic poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage based … Continue reading →
George Castriot, otherwise known as Skanderbeg, was a legendary Albanian military leader of the fifteenth century, who successfully rallied his countrymen against the onslaught of the Ottoman Empire. So renowned was the reputation of Skanderbeg as a military leader, that … Continue reading →
