even realising it‚ more and more people are becoming superstitious. In Albania‚ the superstitions’ subject is extremely fascinating. In my country‚ the variety of superstitions in which people compliantly believe is extraordinary. In general‚ Albanians tend to relate their magical beliefs to significant events throughout their life. For example‚ you should never move house in February or December as it is considered to bring bad luck. It is advisable to enter your new house during a full moon.
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“Political life almost always operates through the medium of coercion” ‚ and this is perfectly applied by both men to justify an eventual American reaction to Albanian fundamentalist terrorists on the Canadian border. The logic followed here is simple: they will attack Americans‚ they must be crushed immediately. To be clear‚ Albanians did not us coercive means towards Americans‚ the last ones used them against themselves. The second scene comes after the supposed end of the war. Motts needs a
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work with‚ but the dawn of the KLA in response to the US’s failure to restore autonomy to the Albanians and the ensuing Serb brutality gave pressure to the Clintons to respond militarily. Even so‚ the US favored diplomacy‚ making a deal in 1999 that would have Milosevic pulling back Serb forces in exchange for avoiding NATO airstrike. When the Serbs went back on this deal through a massacre of 45 Albanian citizens‚
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objectivity of same. War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence Back in time of communist Yugoslavia‚ Kosovo had a status of the province inside Serbia.1 Dissolution of Yugoslavia was followed by wars in almost all federal units including Kosovo. Albanian majority demanded sovereignty and independent from Federal Republic of
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Cultural Awareness The various cultural memberships 1. Greek/Albanian culture 2. Greek Orthodox religion 3. Male Gender 4. Heterosexual orientation 5. Matrimonial Culture ( a male and female) 6. Fatherhood (1 child ) 7. Newcomer 8. Student culture 9. College instructor 10. TTC rider (Transportation) 11. Hiker 12. Polychromic culture 13. Credit Card Culture Advantages of being from a Greek/Albanian culture I enjoy the benefits of having a small nuclear family but at
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KOSOVO THE CONFLICT Kosovo is a disputed region in southeast Europe‚ limiting with Serbia‚ Montenegro‚ Albania and Macedonia. It contains over 1.8 million people and diverse ethnic groups‚ the majority being ethnic Albanians followed by an important minority of Serbs. The status of Kosovo is still controversial. Serbia claims Kosovo is a Serbian autonomous region‚ based on the Serbian constitution and on resolution 1244 of the Security Council. On the other hand‚ the provisional government at
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the Likošane area‚ and searched for some of the KLA‚ resulting in the deaths of 16 Albanian fighters and four Serbian policemen. Despite some of the murders and killings of civilians‚ people from Western capitals were not as wanted as they would become later. Serb police began to follow Jashari and his followers in the village Donje Prekaz. A massive firefight at the Jashari compound led to the killing of 60 Albanians‚ eighteen were women and ten were younger than sixteen. On March 5‚ 1998‚ events
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English. However‚ what makes us different is that it is rare to find two people who speak the exact same English. Although Tan and I both helped our parents and came from non-traditional homes‚ Tan came from a Chinese family while I came from an Albanian family. We both had similar ideas about language being a major role in our families‚ and it was also a big challenge for both of us while we were raised by immigrant parents that spoke “limited English” (Tan‚ 78). The first reason I can relate
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“Sworn Virgins” in the Balkans This essay is about one of the third gender roles. “Sworn Virgins” While researching I came across very interesting sites that talked about these woman that became men in their society. These Albanian women were from the northern and southern parts of Balkans. This essay will talk about their lives living as a man‚ the process of it and the reasoning for their choice. Here are the sites I gathered my facts from: www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/12/21/jill_peter
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questioning the morality of their own leaders. Similarly‚ the documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine composed by Michael Moore explores conflicting perspective of CHARACTER in order to REPRESENTATION PURPOSE. Another issue explored in Wag the Dog is the Albanian war. Levinson utilizes conflicting perspectives of this situation in order to suggest that the power to manipulate a country stem from the media rather than from the government. This is mirrored by ISSUE/SITUATION/EVENT as it is portrayed in Bowling
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