“In my family there was no small talk, only talk about serious things like global politics - trying to interpret the distant political signs, looking desperately for some hope things would change. Religion was forbidden beginning in 1968, when I was born. So my communication with them was limited to issues of everyday life, which were issues of survival.” TryingPoliticalSeriousCommunicationSurvivalMy FamilyEverydayEveryday LifeForbiddenSmall Talk Author:Luljeta Lleshanaku
“Jean-Paul Sartre said that France was freer than ever during the German occupation, when people had no choices but one: to collaborate or to resist. I'm not saying there was something good about that system. But the freest people I've ever met, or knew about, belonged to that period. For example, Musine Kokalari, an Albanian writer who dared to fight for political pluralism and free elections. She created the first social democratic party, despite knowing the high price she would have to pay.” PeoplePoliticalChoicesFightingPartyElectionDemocraticDemocratic Party Author:Luljeta Lleshanaku