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Ciao a todəs.
Dato che vorrei capire meglio i riferimenti culturale delle studenti di origine albanese con cui lavoro, ho chiesto su r/Albania un po' di consigli sulla letteratura albanese riguardo alla storia e alla figura della donna.

Casomai potesse essere di interesse a qualcuno, questa è parte della lista che ne ho ricavato:

- Ismail Kadare, La bambola (AL: Kukulla EN: The doll: a portrait of my mother), 2015
- Haki Stërmilli, Se fossi un ragazzo (AL: Sikur t'isha djalë, EN: If I were a boy), 1936
- Musine Kokalari, La nonna a Roma (autrice italofona), anno?
- Elvira Dones, Vergine giurata, 2007
- Lea Ypi, Libera. Diventare grandi alla fine della storia, 2022
- Anilda Ibrahimi, Rosso come una sposa, 2008/Non c'è dolcezza, 2012

Suggerimenti, commenti o chiarimenti sono graditi :)

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Stopped at Lake Skadar/ Shkodër & saw fishermen using a traditional net-on-pole technique to catch fish (📷1). Drove on to Krujë, centre of Skanderbeg's Christian rebellion against the Ottomans in 1443-68 CE. Little remains of Fortesa e Kalase | the Fortress of the Castle; a 12th C. watchtower became a clock tower after an earthquake in 1617 CE, but is barely standing (📷2). The hill is mostly restaurants & museums. Took tickets for the well-executed Ethnographic Museum, a former house of the Toptani family built in 1764; this is the “Men’s Room” (📷3). Exhibts covered traditional practices, such as metalworking, pottery, woodworking, raki production, felt making, olive oil pressing & milling (📷4). Decided to forego climbing Mali i Gamtit | Gamtit Mountain & seeing Liqeni Bovillës | Lake Bovilla (reports of bad road/ no camping options). Instead drove to coast S of Durrës; backed onto beach at end of ugly resort, but have lapping of waves.

🇦🇱#Albania 🚐#campervan 🚀#travel

[2/2] Theth–Valbone Trail cont.

Smalls! Dactylorhiza sambucina | the elder-flowered orchid is native to much of Europe; it flowers in spring & summer, in various colors from purple (📷1) to yellow (📷2). Globularia cordifolia | matted globularia is native to mountains of central & southern Europe—also western Türkiye (📷3). Morimus funereus is a threatened longhorn beetle; its larvae develop inside dead or dying hardwoods, helping to break down wood & recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem (📷4).

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[1/2] The 15km/ 7h Shtegu Theth–Valbonë | Theth–Valbone Trail is ordinarily a through hike, typically from the Valbonë side, & is all about panoramic views of the Albanian Alps (ominously a.k.a. Prokletije | Accursed Mountains). There was a procession up the mountain, even this early in the season; here’s where we stopped for lunch (📷1). We reached Qafa e Valbonës | Valbone Col at 1,795m elevation (Theth is at 850–900m), from where we had sight of Lugina e Valbonës | the Valbone Valley (📷2). Others were arriving from said valley, or beginning their descent into it (📷3). We joined in w/ the obligatory self-congratulation (📷4) & began our descent back to Theth. The 17km out-&-back hike from camp took us 7h, including lunch break; total ascent 1,268 +/- 120m.

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Arrived in Theth, an alpine village within Parku Kombëtar “Alpet e Shqipërisë” | “Alps of Albania” National Park. The 📱 camera was out moments after the handbrake engaged; here are two views of the peaks towering above our pitch: wow (📷1&2)! Walked 2km downhill into the expanding village, which reminded us of NZ’s Queenstown before over-tourism soured its charm (📷3). This boom town still has an air of quaintness to it, however, with traditional stone houses, evidence of a pastoral lifestyle & a church reflecting Catholic heritage in this majority Muslim country (📷4).

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Muriqan-Sukobin border crossing took ~1h—mostly because of queue-jumpers driving against oncoming traffic to cut into line ahead of us. No 🛂 stamps, no interest in temporary vehicle import authorization. An increase in potholes & roadside litter. In Shkodër camped below Rruga e Kalasë | Rozafa Castle, seen here at sunset w/ Albanian Alps in background (📷1). The hill has been fortified since 4th C. BCE when the Illyrians built a citadel, but most of what can be seen today is of Venetian construction. Lake Skadar/ Shkodër is the largest in the Balkans & is visible from the walls (📷2). A 5–6th C. paleo-Christian church here became a medieval church in 13th C. then a mosque after 15th C. then ammo depot in 19th C. until it blew up in 1910 (📷3)! Ura e Mesit | Mesi Bridge ~5km NE of Shkodër was built 1768; 13 arches make it the largest bridge remaining from the Ottoman period in Albania (📷4).

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