Life between cultures
The idea behind our original dua.com television advert
Prishtina and Tirana. Kosovo and the diaspora. One neighbourhood and the next. Our original dua television advert from 2020 started with a simple wish: give people…
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Life between cultures
Home can be more than one place. I write about returning to Kosovo, finding a familiar community abroad and the people we meet between countries.
Follow the Europe Tour for the journey through Vienna, Bratislava, Prague, Berlin and Hamburg. A good place to begin is coffee and Albanian encounters in Prague.
Life between cultures
Connection between home and the diaspora
One person in Macedonia. Another in Germany. Our original dua advert from 2020 brought that possibility together: shared roots, different lives, and a chance to meet.
Life between cultures
“It will get better” needs a next step
“Ka mu ba mirë.” It will get better. I want to keep the hope in that sentence and ask something of myself too: what am I…
Life between cultures
Albanians! We Are Born Warriors — Awaken, Break the Chains, and Remember Who You Are!
Intro: Why Did My Soul Choose the Albanian Experience? This is my own search for meaning — an attempt to connect the dots of…
Life between cultures
Finding a familiar community while living abroad
What would you like someone to understand without a long explanation? Your language? Your family? What it means to belong to more than one country? That…
Life between cultures
What Shaban Tërstena taught me about preparing to win
My conversation with Olympic champion Shaban Tërstena: training despite inconvenience, studying opponents and rehearsing a fight before it begins.
Life between cultures
What chapter are you writing today?
Writing your life story happens in ordinary days as well as memorable events. I use the image of a book to ask what chapter…
Life between cultures
Before a job offer: the two-week learning follow-up I used
My 2021 account of helping young relatives get started: questions about their goals, beginner courses and a follow-up after two weeks.