Writing about the Balkans
This is an academic article I co-published with Professor Tonin Gjuraj. It provides a critical analysis of the reform process of policing in post-communist Albania. The article was published online in 2016 and in print in 2019 in the peer-review journal, The International Journal of Human Rights.
Poems by Xhevair Spahiu To fingers of light surrenders the snow A drop of water Like teardrop Struggles to hold on to eyelids of leaves If it falls It disappears into oblivion. Solitary summer stops half way If it doesn’t come Winter won’t go away. A bird delicately drinks a morning dew drop Inside it […]
Ismail Kadare is the most famous living Albanian writer. This is my translation of one of his best novellas, Kalorësi me skifter. Hope you enjoy it. The Knight with the Hawk By Ismail Kadare Translated from Albanian By Arian Koci Translator’s note I first read ‘The Knight with the Hawk” in 2002, on the […]