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KOSOVA: At Liolin about Independence of Kosova
Posted on Saturday, February 23 @ 21:15:00 UTC by classiclady
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Read inside :
- Musine awarded "Honor of the Nation".
- Gezim Alpion's play about Kosova
We greet the Declaration of Independence of Kosova with joy and prayers that justice has been accomplished for a long suffering people in what
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At Liolin
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has been a sorely troubled region.
By At Arthur Liolin - sent exclusively to ACLIS
We have watched with concern the saga of Kosova unfold over the decades And now we add our prayers to the many who shall work with integrity and devotion in the governance of the new state.
The journey to statehood has been a long and arduous one, replete with obstacles and misgivings, martyrdom and heroism as well as with hope and aspiration for a secure and sane way of life.
The actual tasks have only just begun as Kosova faces the challenge of building up a society based on constitutional guarantees, human and civil rights and equality before the law for all citizens. In so doing, it shall secure international credibility and thus earn respect and confidence among nations.
As an Albanian Orthodox Christian, I pray that all the God-loving people and citizens of Kosova regardless of ethnicity or religious persuasion shall enjoy all the rights, priviliges and responsibilities as are accorded to the citizens of Europe's new republic.
Very Rev. Arthur E. Liolin
Boston
Musine awarded "Honor of the Nation"
As reported in the Shekulli article, yesterday,
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Musine Kokalari
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Musine Kokalari was posthumously awarded the "Honor of the Nation" by the President of Albania. It's quite ironic that Enver Hoxha and his communist disciples - past and present - will be infamously remembered by history for bringing ignorance, fear and misery to Albania. Yet, the woman who was tormented and persecuted by Hoxha's evil dictatorship will go down in history as an Albanian heroine of great virtue and character.
Musine suffered for her beliefs in life, but became a symbol of true Albanian ideals and character in death. What goes around comes around...
GQK
Gëzim Alpion's play about Kosova
A Hard-Hitting Production Finds Asylum Seekers at Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre and Birmingham’s MAC Theatre
A penetrating production about the plight of asylum seekers in Britain comes to the Arena Theatre in
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Dr. Gezim Alpion
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Wolverhampton and the MAC, as a theatre company comprising British and Balkan artists examines the frustrations and adversities of asylum seekers in Britain .
The University of Birmingham ’s Dr Gëzim Alpion will stage his production, If Only the Dead Could Listen, at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton on Tuesday, 11th March 2008 and at the MAC Theatre in Birmingham on Wednesday 12th March. The play looks at how East European asylum seekers are integrated into society.
The play is based on Dr Alpion’s book Vouchers which deals with the topic of refugees and asylum seekers. The main plot surrounds a Kosova Albanian refugee fleeing to the UK after his Serbian girlfriend is murdered.
If Only the Dead Could Listen explores the sensitive issue of immigration without the political correctness of today’s society. The audience is invited to ‘eavesdrop’ into the intimate sorrows of those people often seen as statistics, spongers, or a threat. The characters are naive idealists: they lay bare before the audience their hopes, frustrations and personal tragedies. They do not pity themselves; this bold new writing gives the opportunity to see what it means to be stranded in a strange land.
Dr Alpion says: ‘The play deals with the issue of asylum seekers in Britain and the limbo in which they can find themselves due to shortcomings of the system and misunderstandings on both sides of the cultural divide - as such it has topical relevance and the issues are treated sensitively and with humour.’
Albanian-born academic and playwright, Dr Alpion, is an expert in the media representation of asylum seekers at the University of Birmingham ’s School of Social Sciences . The production is the result of a collaborative project between academics and artists from Britain and from across Eastern Europe ( Croatia , Serbia and Albania ) who are all connected to universities across the UK .
Director Marcus Fernando is a University of Birmingham graduate; lead Croatian actress, Tina Hofman, lived through the conflict in former Yugoslavia and teaches drama at Birkbeck College; while former production advisor, Serbian-born Dr Duška Radosavljević, has worked as a Dramaturg at Northern Stage, Newcastle University and at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and currently holds a Teaching Fellowship in the Drama Department at the University of Bristol.
Sponsored by the Arts Council England, If Only the Dead Could Listen premiered successfully at the MAC Theatre in Birmingham in February 2006 and Mr Fernando says: ‘We are confident we will repeat the success of the 2006 world premičre’.
The play will be performed as part of Evolved – a festival of new work by Black, Albanian and Asian artists to be showcased at the Arena Theatre, the MAC Theatre and Black Country Touring venues from 4 – 15 March 2008. The play contains strong language and is suitable only for 14-year olds and over.
Dr Gëzim Alpion (Playwright), of the Department of Sociology at the University of Birmingham ’s School of Social Sciences , is a renowned academic, writer, playwright, reviewer, journalist, and a media, political and culture analyst. He has given talks and lectures across the world and his work has appeared in many scholarly journals and other publications. He is the author of the acclaimed Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? (Routledge: London & New York , 2007; Routledge: New Delhi , 2008). Dr Alpion’s other books include: Vouchers (2001), Foreigner Complex: Essays and Fiction about Egypt (2002), and Encounters with Civilizations: From Alexander the Great to Mother Teresa (2008). The American edition of If Only the Dead Could Listen will be published by Globic Press, Chapel Hill , NC , in March 2008.
Marcus Fernando (Director) A University of Birmingham graduate, Marcus has worked as a performer and director with some of the world’s leading theatre companies including the National Theatre. Most recently he directed Edward Albee’s Seascape in Winnipeg , Manitoba . Marcus and the playwright Gëzim Alpion have been working on the current project for over two years.
Classiclady Feb 24, 2008
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