Life between cultures
Where is the evidence? A question worth applying consistently
A question from my protest post, and a correction to the quotation attributed to Dante in its caption.
VALON ASANI / ENGLISH
Writing on love, lived values and Albanian life
Love well. Live your values. Carry our roots forward. Those are the three questions behind my writing, whether a piece begins with a relationship, a company or a moment between Kosovo and Switzerland.
Choose a subject below. The short video notes preserve the original moment; longer essays explore what it means and what we can do. These are personal experiences and opinions, with sources for factual claims.
Life between cultures
Frashëri’s question about Albanian self-reliance
The question from Sami Frashëri that I shared beside a modern musical reference, with the original passage and its context.
Personal growth
Feeling fear after a business failure: what I meant by taking action
A viewer asked whether I feared the factory would fail. My answer was about acting thoughtfully, learning and accepting mistakes.
Life between cultures
How we want to choose KONCENTROHU’s guests
Community suggestions, connected conversations and room for discovery: the approach I described for KONCENTROHU’s guests.
Life between cultures
Rilindja 2.0: the scorpion, the phoenix and the eagle
The three symbols in my Rilindja 2.0 post, what the artwork says about transformation, and a correction to its historical dates.
Life between cultures
An individual act does not speak for every protester
My response to a comment about vandalism: responsibility needs evidence, and a whole protest cannot be judged through a few individuals.
Life between cultures
The Rama clip: criticism needs the full context
Why I challenged a misleading clip of Edi Rama, and what the official transcript actually says.
Personal growth
Kindness needs courage too
Being good does not mean being weak. A reflection on mercy, courage and the biblical imagery in my original post.
Life between cultures
Why the Finland comparison misses what I mean by belonging
My response to a comparison between Kosovo–Albania and Kosovo–Finland: why celebrating Flag Day in Albania means more to me than tourism.
Life between cultures
One bad experience is not a whole people
A viewer asked about resentment between Albanians. My answer began with something I have experienced myself: judging everyone through one bad encounter.
Life between cultures
Albanian identity: why my concern does not stop at Kosovo’s border
A response to a viewer who said Albanians from Kosovo should stay out of Albania’s problems: my view on belonging and solidarity.
Life between cultures
Why I went to listen at the Tirana protests
I went to Tirana to hear people’s reasons for protesting. This is my account of the conversations and atmosphere I encountered.