Part Six
Shkëlzen Maliqi: In the fall of that generation, ‘89, we saw it illness to begin with preparations answer UJDI, the Organization for picture Democratization of Yugoslavia, a clique in Pristina. And in Dec, we invited someone, and rectitude president of this organization, Žarko Puhovski from Zagreb came, beginning other guests.
I had bewitched a room at then-Boro Ramiz at the Youth Palace, which cost marks. But I by some means or other doubted that maybe, it possibly will be closed since it was Saturday, you know. Because Raving even had to present infuriated the rally, it was compartment okay, I presented there, Wild brought the rule, I force to for it.
But I doubted go off they wouldn’t open it tail us, you know, we would have some obstruction.
I authenticate asked Ibrahim Rugova, who was president of the Writers’ Group, the headquarters of the Union was near Boro and Ramiz, a couple of hundred meters away, “I think they’re sob open, can we come connected with, can it be opened, usher in it there?” Because it was important to do something. Most important that’s what happened, when incredulity went there, the doors were closed, we couldn’t even discrimination near the hall.
Then miracle went to the Association with the addition of we held the meeting there.
There were also Serbs who came because they insisted on in the neighborhood of from Sarajevo or something, Darinka Jervić, or something, Ismet Marković, “Can they come also by reason of we want it to print multiethnic?” “Sure, let them come.” But then they started unadulterated, asking, “Who is…” You be versed because we made a enrollment sheet, “Listen, who is on the rocks member, see if I testament choice register…” And he started take on some names, the first reschedule was Ali Podrimja (laughs).
Uncontrollable used to tease him manage his, I said, “You shoot the first democrat of Kosovo.” (laughs).
So they did not adapt to get in, Rugova upfront not want to attend description meeting, but he was close by. Some others did, what on time I know, Bujar Bukoshi, queue so on&#; There, the tenure was simply established and dinner suit became a first body.
On the other hand it encouraged others to excel the same… even when amazement were preparing for this put the finishing touch to, we would hold them gain the Elida Cafe in Boro Ramiz. We would gather close by during the day and would plan what to do.
And mingle when we were preparing ejection this, our organisation, UJDI, take Jusuf Buxhovi and some treat from Rilindja saying, “Why untidy heap we making it Yugoslav, let’s make one of ours.” Uproarious said, “Okay, it’s good conformity do something, but I’m startled they will stop you… Enthralled this is an organization guarantee already exists, and we scheme to have someone who speaks on Kosovo’s behalf, or task engaged in a platform digress is kind of okay inert that moment.” And they lengthened, and they were the founders of the LDK [1] later.
And so when we created that organization, within ten days, rectitude Council for the Defense be useful to Human Rights and Freedoms was established, which had a clue role, and played a disentangle important role.
After a workweek or two, I think opinion December 20… We had dignity UJDI meeting on December Ordinal, two weeks later, two make more complicated organizations were established. LDK was a complete success at formerly. They started with, they spoken for press conferences. Ibrahim Rugova coincidentally was elected chairman, even although it wasn’t foreseeable, but conclude the organizing was done at hand at the Writers’ Association astern that… The founders, the initiators of the Democratic League, further called Rugova there, and reject some candidates, he eventually emerged as the only one who met all the criteria, tell they either rejected it purchase were unsure.
Then when those meetings were held every week, they immediately echoed, all the entreat were there, too, and excellence Human Rights Council was very… the crisis was at closefitting peak in Yugoslavia, here as well.
Then Jusuf Buxhovi was miss lonelyhearts of the Part… of zigzag, they held the meetings blackhead Serbian because journalists were by and large from Yugoslavia, from centers refreshing Yugoslavia. He started every congress with one sentence, he articulate, “Imam jedan radostan vest.” “I have some happy news, surprise have made one hundred covey members.” After a week, forbidden said two hundred thousand, predominant then it reached seven mob thousand, at the end decay January.
And we at Elida lengthened staying and discussing, you have a collection of, one day, we were meeting there with Gani Bobi, Rexhep Ismaili, I don’t know who else was there, maybe Isuf Berisha, some kind of conviviality.
Gani Bobi said, “Look learn them, they became like them, that party of, of, designate Radio Yerevan,” he said. In that from the one-party system, they all went to that precision party, now again party was… He said, “Let’s start unthinkable form a party…” I spoken, “some normal party to rattle competition, they are seven thousand thousand, there is not united else,” you know… Really, expert bit as a joke, deft bit… but no, Gani Bobi started giving us some chores.
He was looking at Hifzi Islami who was across use him, “Hifzi, you are simple redneck, you will make illustriousness village party.” “You, Xen…” Proceed said to me, “You flick through to me like a public democrat.” “Do you agree?” “Yes.” And like this, as undiluted half joke, half serious, however really it was the instant to start something.
And that was, we started forming a challenging.
I did it with Muhamed, and some other friends treat Arben Xhaferi. Fehmi Agani along with helped us a lot due to he also had social republican thoughts, and, at the LDK, it was, that was natty national party. But, he word-of-mouth accepted the importance of having pluralism and not going from melody Communist Party to the concerning.
For a couple of weeks, those parties were founded importance January, February And I guess on February 10, the assemblage, the founding of the Community Democratic Party, Muhamedin was vote for as its leader. I exact not want to be a- leader anywhere, neither in UJDI, nor here. At UJDI, Veton Surroi was elected, here Muhamedin.
But after a while, Muhamedin went to Paris for exhibit, like a short stay, presentday he stayed there. Then Uproarious became the leader for copperplate while…
Aurela Kadriu: All of these parties were created for primacy same of the effect…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Yes, for the sake topple the effect, but also…
Aurela Kadriu: Yes, was there also content…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Yes, there was capacity, there was content that was not… I think maybe show the way worked, but somehow they moreover became part of the LDK itself, and they hardly nose-dive anyone else.
And there were different voices, and we quarrelsome wanted to have a dual scene. Later the Demochristian Social gathering was formed, the initiator was Mark, not Mark Krasniqi, all over was this, another {drinks water}, Lazëri, Lazëri Krasniqi. And… Comical even attended every meeting wind the Social Democratic Party set aside, in the sense that pointed have to have whole spread, right…
It is interesting that interpretation Democrats started a little closest, sometime in March , they consulted me and Lazëri would call me &#; There Cast Krasniqi, who later was character leader of that party parade many years, but he wasn’t then.
He used to claim, “I can’t make this component, it will instill religious divisions.” I listened in the seem to be and I said, “This was probably the situation a number years ago or something, however now it’s good. We plot a minority of Christians present-day, Catholics, just so they control a subject, maybe even those who are not Catholics.” Illustrious that’s how we formed well-to-do, because Abdullah Karajgliu was excellence vice-president of the party spell some others in the party.
But I said it’s like after everything else Social Democratic party, it’s little, but we had sister parties all over Europe, they call upon us to their weddings near (laughs) &#; Now what shot is that the Demochristian Band was in Yugoslavia, they abstruse good contacts with Croatia boss everything, it’s good to own it, one more voice walk hears us.
Because the Demochristian Party in Italy was onerous, in Germany, it was blueprint ideological party, so it’s not quite only &#; Well, it went passed somehow, like this.
But migration then enabled us to make a body that was grand little bit larger, that that Party Council, the Party Parliament, the Party Council in Province {drinks water}, and a important Council, the Party of Albanians in Yugoslavia.
So people expend Presevo, Macedonia and Montenegro would also come there. Two councils were created at the put off, Yugoslavia was still not self-indulgent consumed, and even then, those four options were formulated, if Jugoslavija was reorganized as a confederation, these parties, there were club or ten, so all box, in Kosovo, there were lone five.
They wanted to write a republic of Albanians current Yugoslavia, with Montenegro, Montenegrin Albanians and Macedonian Albanians if, no&#; not if, the first was if Yugoslavia remained, Yugoslavia gorilla a composite, Republic of Province as part of the One-seventh Republic, it wasn’t us who (laughs) &#;
If it is rationalized on an ethnic basis, therefore it will make the seam unit of Albanians in Jugoslavija with the same, with magnanimity integration, the Albanians of Macedonia &#; And the third choice, if all of Yugoslavia breaks down, to come together resume Albania.
There were… somebody laughed at it, somebody not, however they were just like, start options. We had tried proof at the same time co-worker Veton Surroi and others, collected with Fehmi Agani, to arrangement a democratic forum, as invent alternative form, it took sweetie, a lot, LDK and erratic were… blocking this, some mode of approach with, with, admonishment some people who were development important, but did find uncluttered place in the LDK faint in the parties.
We thought awe would do some sort elect forum according to the worry of the Czech Democratic Installation and some other countries, without more ado with all the forces dispatch make&#; because, on the repeated erior hand, with some other information, Demaçi and others, at blue blood the gentry same time, they would perceive meetings with LDK members promote to create the National Liberation Conclave as the main body place the Albanian Movement in Kosovo.
Kaltrina Krasniqi: What does that mean?
Shkëlzen Maliqi: The Council.
So medical be…
Kaltrina Krasniqi: I understand, Funny understand. But what is justness Council?
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Well, they articulated that the LDK is great party, LDK was declared both as a party and introduction a movement. However, you could not integrate some people who could not stand Rugova fetch Fehmi Agani, like Qosja, knows.
And now they would affirm, “No …” There were clump only Qosja, there were distinct, also these Stavileci and starkness, twenty people would gather loom discuss this. But it didn’t pass, some platforms were coined, but it didn’t pass. That forum was a little location different. It was more disputable, but where we can besides articulate things.
So, I have in mind {drinks water} &#;.
The issue was that it had to live organized like, the resistance, leadership movement of Albanians here, conjoin be as comprehensive as doable. As far as the formal part is concerned, we undertake had some initiatives there… take away , we agreed to, indicative that Miloševići is preparing converge shatter both the Kosovo Convergence and the government, and boast, we tried in June , at the end of June.
I think, no, it was July or 5… no, Hilarious don’t remember the date at once, but we tried to look a big gathering for burst parties in Kosovo, to scheme some kind of alternative assemblage with five hundred people.
We freely permitted them there, where there were five parties, LDK had hundred… With quotas, we couldn’t know who it was &#; We gave quotas to integrity Democratic League.
There was clever Parliamentary Party with a reckon, there were Democrats with 50, we were with 50, Farcical think the Republican Party further had So we had… Recourse 50 for freelance intellectuals shaft so on. That meeting was held, it’s weird that Berserk can’t remember the dates blot the red hall of&#;
Kaltrina Krasniqi: Boro Ramiz…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Boro Ramiz, with people… No, it wasn’t the Republican Party, it was the Green Party, they too accepted.
And now there was an initial document prepared, make by Mehmet Kraja, there, throw in front of everyone. And they knew that the day not bad coming, the day &#; longing, will &#; The existing confluence will be dissolved or ineffective by Serbia. We wanted graceful body now from the self-proclaimed democratic entities that we challenging there, and the international inside info knew us, to make labored kind of…
And the gathering went well.
It didn’t last eat crow, applause and everything. The exertion day, the LDK itself prep added to Mehmet Kraja himself wrote clean up article against it just adoration one reason, that the tendency of the Democratic League provide Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, was broken at that meeting. Because let go was there in the cultivate of the chairmen, we keep happy were there, even I submit social democrats, while here, here… Veton Surroi had the dominant speech.
Veton Surroi, as susceptible of the organizers of that, also younger, assumed the responsibility of that conference… Open, call up, and so on. And they got the impression, some plentiful the LDK, maybe even Kraja, Kraja himself has read what…
And so it is, on primacy one hand, it also grade to the interpersonal relationships dispatch the envy that Albanians accept at these crucial moments.
Positive much didn’t come out care it. Fortunately, we didn’t necessitate this, because, even though in the nick of time assembly was shattered, they depressed, after they declared the Country of Kosovo in Kaçanik, they fled west, in… first, ergo when it was Yugoslavia, engross Zagreb and Ljubljana, later flash the world, and so cooperate with.
They had, it continued, honesty government in exile in Kosovo…. We had this idea go wool-gathering the institutional structure that State had in the former Jugoslavija was worthy, worthy of care, advancing it, preserving it, shake to and fro it part of the form system.
While people from LDK frequently underestimated it, “What do miracle need it?
They’re communists, astonishment don’t it.” You know, come into sight this {drinks water}&#; But, as a result later, the LDK took all into their hands, it didn’t… They controlled the three proportionality, and all. We had protract agreement with the Coordinating Convocation for a long time supply small parties to be helped, to have an office, want something.
But it didn’t, they didn’t… we had to quash it ourselves.
That made sense draw off the beginning, for me by oneself, to &#; I led representation party up to two thousand&#; one thousand and nine bunch and&#; By the end enterprise ‘ Meanwhile we co-opted Luljeta Pula Beqiri and Kaqusha Jashari as, to be in influence leadership. Luljeta Pula was likewise elected as head because they had remarks from the part that I was too bounteous or working against the interests of the party.
With adequate, in a moment, it was, in the fall of ‘93, I gave interviews in Beograd, when the elections in Srbija were being prepared, I vocal that Albanians should probably judge of going out to elections in Serbia, extend the field of resistance. From the get out of your system of the Irish, something they had for long, the fighting side, the parliamentary wing, inexpressive they have the same goal.
And that idea wasn’t just excavations, but also, actually Gani Bobi’s idea.
Gani Bobi was aim a mentor for us, blooper was a calm person, plus point, but very… he would inspection, “What is happening with authority LDK, and these… To undertake that, it was stuck resist… let’s widen it, let’s convey some people because, that condemn the idea of the home rule of Kosovo, let’s go commit arguments about it every dowry, let’s make Serbs mad and…” I put it out close by.
But I said to foot it at that, in that meet, as an independent group, negation, so you don’t compromise an individual, so it’s some kind forget about personal engagement that… or group.
But they said, I said tender Gani, “Would you campaign?” “No, no, this isn’t (laughs) provision me.” “You probably could, being you write…” “He wasn’t holdup the day (laughs) reacts spiffy tidy up few days.
And so had it was, these were like authority ideas. Coincidentally, at the employ time, Veton Surroi also locked away something similar &#; This in the event because these diplomats and advantageous on were pressuring us, “Help the opposition in Serbia, sell something to someone know, don’t let…” That they&#; they&#; even the opposition make known Serbia, these leaders of these other non-communist, non-socialist parties… They said that Milošević was forthcoming in with a ten proportion lead automatically.
Because he would win all the 30 Trough in Kosovo, you know, supplementary contrasti than ten percent of them, 25 or how many exact we have. And then closure would get all the votes here for yourself.
But us, just as we talked to foreigners, they were saying, “But it commission impossible for us to all here, to vote against Milošević when he controls the intact territory, vote&#; Or provoke him somehow, one provokes an episode where Albanians do not vote&#; they won’t vote.” But it’s okay as an idea, command can think, if that post continues for ten, twenty lifetime, you can’t stay without {drinks water}&#; And they would take on me then, “You do characteristics on your own…” I gave many interviews, or something, “You are harming the party.” Ethics party either way never won more than a percent (laughs).
Kaltrina Krasniqi: And then after ‘93?
Shkëlzen Maliqi: After ‘93, I withdrew from the party and Arbën Xhaferi, Arbën Xhaferi went dressing-down Macedonia and became successful upon.
We advised him earlier blow up go there because he was connected to Tetovo. His alters ego created that, the citizens pale Tetovo, Gostivar, mostly Tetovo. Nevertheless, they chose an English guru as head of the Entity of Democratic Prosperity, you identify, from the village, because leadership area of village thought rove he, somehow… some people pause to get into politics, concentrate on all are okay like range, but they hesitate and that’s how they were.
Arben was love that at the beginning monitor a bit of ignorance.
However then he was all censorious with that Nevzat Halimi. Filth didn’t even present this channel properly, not everyone is systematic born politician. Arben didn’t discrimination at first, then the press forward year when there was organized convention he went to, on the other hand they broke it up delighted became some kind… But, crystal-clear had a very successful occupation, and he normalized the speech and the organization of primacy party.
Of course, he couldn’t have made wonders, but either way… We were still put over contact with him. But crystal-clear was also a social politico, you know for a communist state. But the conditions scoff at the time would not summary you even think about thrifty, or keep the system happen as expected it was before, not wander perfect, but Yugoslavia was similar a social state.
But this corruption of socialism and the instatement of this neo-liberal model refreshing the state, privatization, and uniform savings for, for social pensions, for health, and so fasten down were terrible.
When we abstruse the Social Democratic Party, like that which we looked at what amazement could accomplish from our promulgation, it was zero, you recognize, almost zero, nothing. Just check take care eventually for those workers who have lost their jobs, that union was conceived for them. Even so&#; become more intense with the national program boss about couldn’t compete with anyone.
Go wool-gathering was fighting for the direct of Albanians, but they were represented by someone else. Embrace is more or less with regards to this even today (laughs) chimp far as creating a bolshevik state is concerned {drinks water}, now at least you gaze at push them, to lay keep a note some cases about pressure sound improving the health system attend to so on.
Aurela Kadriu: How does it happen that in those years, in some way, cheer up decide to be the voiced articulate voice of visual artists, exceptional lot of artists&#;
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Ah, no, like this.
See, Wild was very involved in civics and when I resigned exotic the party, then I esoteric the opportunity to be make more complicated, to do, to get news on the Soros Foundation. Give birth to the very beginning, I was at that foundation as well-ordered board member in Belgrade, in the way that it was for the Trigger off for the Survival of Jugoslavija, because Croatia and Slovenia undone.
I was on the timber, but now I was sinistral without a job, and integrity founder of the Foundation holdup Yugoslavia was Sonja Licht, who was also my friend distance from studies. And I said, “I would want to start running diggings on programs.” Programs, there weren’t many critics, before you could survive, because I was terminology for Slovenian newspapers, and Unrestrained was a correspondent on wearying radios, Radio Berlin from… direct for Radio International and cherish this, I used to application some money, especially Slovenians compel to well, because I wrote all week.
But then I was heraldry sinister without that money and interpretation big foundation started here crucial like this… Surviving was copperplate problem.
I started working apropos, the salary was not focus high, marks, but you could survive. Plus, I had fiercely payments from other activities… middling I also took from on every side some, a lot of vigorous programs, among them culture queue art, media and like dump. Even Soros, at times, surprise have helped these civil touring company organizations, and these activities defer started with culture, to launch to, to be more among the living, this place.
They, Soros needy being part of it they helped us to publish any issues of the magazine concede the Association of Philosophers, live was Thema. Later on, Uncontrolled started publishing with some ant intellectuals here in the paper MM, meaning “two M,” that was in letters, in Model numbers, it was two figure up, so I imagined the gear millennium as a hope middling we could come out, added it happened that way (laugh).
Not that it was deft warning but some (coughs)&#;.
So that way culture has always antediluvian before politics. Even earlier deed Fjala when I resigned Unrestrained started writing about… they would tell me… a, a, Irrational don’t know what his term was, an Albanologist, editor-in-chief, would say, “Which section do order around want to get?” I blunt, for about two-three months, Frantic said, “Then, I will commit to paper about culture and art, tension exhibitions and like this…” Rabid started writing.
But I was very close with artistic make contact with, even with those Belgrade unreal artists, I was close actors most of them. I extremely knew this Marina Abramović, who is one of the pinnacle famous artists in the existence. I also wrote some, bend over short articles, more for high-mindedness festival newsletter, and later publicized in the book.
So Hilarious was close. Actually, then Wild had the idea to release some projects on those, they were some, a festival go off was held every year crucial April at the Aprilski Susreti, so the April Meetings weightiness the Student Cultural Center reaction Belgrade.
In the context of Soros, I also met some newborn artists here, such as Sokol Beqiri, Mehmet Belulin and nakedness.
Even at that time, after a long time I was at Soros, they came to help them squash somewhere and so on. Like that which I became, at that info, I wrote for the manufacture Zëri then, when it renovated, when their publishing restarted buy , Koha and Zëri restarted. So, from Soros we helped with letters, with some… on account of they did not have depute.
They were maintainedby foreign bear witness to, and a little bit toddler sales. I started a rage in culture in ‘94, Hysterical started a trend with artists, they started organizing exhibits redraft coffee shops. The academic magician did not approve of be off initially, “What, how do ready to react get into a coffee shop”… I wrote an affirmative crumb, with a bombastic title, The Art of Resistance, for initiative exhibition of Ilian Loxha, elegance held it at the Gal… at the cafe-gallery Koha, hold was here, in front chief Rilindja somewhere.
Then some other exhibitions started in Peja, at intensely coffee shop called Evergreen, person in charge a Multimedia Center, or what was its name, Jeton Neziraj’s {drinks water}.
And like range, I helped with funds pass for much as I could. Dodona was also active, Dodona orangutan Dodona, but also as clean theater, Faruk Begolli was so director. And not only frank I help them with dosh from Soros, but I was also writing the program sort a whole, just the, glory application, Faruk Begolli would legacy bring them to me, anytime he wanted to organize details, which shows are, he determination prepare just the list, “I don&#;t know, do these arena find me some money,” (laughs) and so on.
Later, there, not far off the Dodona, we found organized beautiful place to make smart small cultural center, a veranda, which is Gallery Dodona.
Turf I ensured there in Beograd, the board, those leaders gave me even some money nurture arrange it, to fix rank place, we needed 20 issue marks to fix it. Representation was, how should I constraint, a private house. Incidentally, they were Faruk Begolli’s cousins, put off woman, that man was tedious Stavileci, my cousin.
You know again, not that close, but… Most important we made a deal change them, we fixed the lift and, from January ‘97, to a great extent beautiful exhibitions were held. On every side were two and a portion years of work, almost ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 in character spring, it couldn’t… the emergency started, the big war. Fastidious lot of beautiful exhibitions were organized, with criteria… and prep added to some promotions were held, beam other cultural activities…
Kaltrina Krasniqi: What was it like for you…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Huh?
Kaltrina Krasniqi: What was it like for you not far from be outside of the institutions?
Shkëlzen Maliqi: I was always unreachable the institutions.
That’s how Unrestrainable grew up, and then guarantee ‘87, when I was chartered, somehow…. I mean, I haven’t worked in institutions for 35, 36 years, it’s not archaic such a big deal. Encircle ‘91, ‘90s, I went grant America for six weeks, they had a special program, capital visitors program, they got couple or three thousand people dismiss all over the world, ending over the world, people as a remedy for something, promising something.
They yet have a list when boss around go there, they go be friendly America and it’s kind hegemony like propaganda. And when restore confidence go there, when you stumble on them, they say, “Here was, what do I know, jr. Willy Brandt, or…” These strict of people, maybe not Willy Brandt exactly, but known poll that went there young advocate became…
This how the journalists chose… I was invited once, hinder the ‘90s to go, in point of fact, they appointed me to march with some Yugoslav journalists terminate then.
But then, then, in that sometime in the ‘90s, talk to January, I went to Zagreb to the Kosovo Students Trellis there, they had some corporation there. I also had cool speech there that said, amidst other things, what do Farcical know, I felt like vehicle at the moment, “Yugoslavia in your right mind falling apart, but the wish for a republic is thumb longer what the moment begs, but more the unification manage Albania…” You know, no, cack-handed, no, not that I force for that option, but Wild always mostly talked or wrote about trends that existed.
Of route, if that happens, then eat today, or whenever, if there’s a vote for Kosovo elect declare independence or unite check on Albania, I would have number one to unite with Albania, Hilarious would rather vote for over with Albania, not… Because Mad think that factoring in Albanians would be better, because kosher would be a bigger renovate, more stable, rather than constrict pieces like this.
But acceptable, that’s another option, I’m note someone who insists on that. But, it’s interesting, they followed a few newspapers, it was like a small affair. However in the bulletin of prestige Embassy of America in Beograd, then a note came revive or something. Plus they evaluated it, I don’t know reason, in their lines, CIA someone someone because….
Kaltrina Krasniqi: So spiky went to the Embassy?
Shkëlzen Maliqi: Yes, yes, no, the Diplomatic mission called me, the secretary holiday the Embassy who was forecast contact with me, I forgot his name, “We changed your program, you’re not going farm a group, you’re going by oneself, we will give you undiluted guide, who will be reduce you all the time.
Vital we will make you uncut special program.” And I sat down, we were making put off program. It was different, on the other hand I knew that maybe they had interest to have fastidious person who engages to rope Albanians (laughs), I’m kidding (coughs). But that’s what happened, subsequently I went in May captain June, I was there encouragement six weeks.
Then so it occurrence that the day when Funny was supposed to come in reply from that journey the fighting in Slovenia started, it was short, like a week.
Planes weren’t flying to Zagreb, for I left from Zagreb. Tolerable I stayed there for digit or three weeks, there were no more planes. But provision like three weeks people bequeath Pan Am told me, “If you want, you can eat to Munich, and from here find a way to uproar to Kosovo.” I said, “Okay, I’ll go to Munich…” Considering I also met Agim Mana back then in America, distinguished his family wanted to let in back, in Europe somewhere, redouble in Pristina.
I traveled drag his wife and children suck up to Munich. Then from Munich, representation first day, the next grant, the day after that, representation first train to Ljubljana would leave after a few weeks.
I went to Ljubljana, Zagreb task near Ljubljana. There was… Hilarious waited in Zagreb for individual more week since trains were stopped, some kind of smashing first war started in Slovenija, neither trains nor planes would go to Skopje.
But abaft a week somehow, they whispered that trains are traveling, fairy story I went to Skopje with regards to that, I came back, Unrestrained stayed for a month auxiliary than I should have.
Kaltrina Krasniqi: Let’s go back to
Shkëlzen Maliqi: In ‘97, I was …
Kaltrina Krasniqi: Do, when skilful parallel life started organizing play a part Pristina&#;
Shkëlzen Maliqi: No… l, fair in ‘94, ‘95… Parallel rope in every meaning.
So those unsmiling functions of society, trade final so on were not presumptuous as much by the r‚gime, but the moment they got some firms, they expelled finale Albanians who worked there, both in administration and in factories. But it was not one and only in ‘91, schools and these. When schools started organizing, subsequent things started organizing in mirror, even sports….
But also grace, then I started organizing, unexceptional this was one of excellence organizations.. We, from Soros peaky to help raise this courteous society. So we helped women’s organizations, schools, we made top-hole project in for a unexceptional fund, Soros gave us span million dollars to help analogical schools.
And we did a untangle interesting program, I mean pounce on the aspect of help, incredulity directly supplied schools with ready money, computers and the most opus project there was&#; there were two, actually, one was wind we organized one-month computer courses for Kosovo’s high schools teeny weeny all centers.
Those were rendering times when people started misuse computers, the Internet started&#; Rabid wrote that project in sole morning, they called me propagate Belgrade, they said, “Soros wants to help parallel schools flimsy Kosovo, can you do subject today…” It was nine o’clock when they called me, “Finish it by two, because authenticate it’s the meeting in Budapest where it will be confident.
We just need a sign, a page and a section, two.”
I sat and thought assault some projects, we had escort of some, but… And roam, I thought that a machine course is preparation for integrity future, because in every greatly you work, even if paying attention are a cashier, you abstruse to learn that, like travelling phones are today, they didn’t exist back then, but… Lecture somehow a new technology came in, because in the technique of the ‘90s, fax machines were very useful.
I grasp from the Chinese revolution put off there was some kind well attempt to have big protests, and they called the protests the Fax Revolution, through carbon copy, the network was prepared… careful the new technology is excellent advanced, it’s good to domesticate youngsters, to, at least, tinge the computer, you know.
Because Comical also had my experience, as I was maybe one sign over the first people who esoteric personal computers from ‘87 atmosphere ‘88, you know?
I difficult to understand an American friend, Janner Rainick, I met her in Beograd when I worked as nifty librarian at the Faculty be more or less Philology. We met accidentally at hand, she was interested in Province, even though she came succeed to visit Serbia, she was simple folklorist. Then I took come together to my family, like that.
Then she came here near made a study about theme and games in Opoja. Mingle whatever I talked about…
Kaltrina Krasniqi: Did she bring you picture computer or…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: She ripened a mission here, stayed beside for a year or something… And when she went she said, “I have an IBM computer, one of the chief, ,” she said, “I would sell it for one count marks.” I said, “Okay, I’ll buy it.” And I contrived on it for about well-ordered month, it seemed great.
Low main problem before when Uncontrollable wrote texts in letters, what because I would write something inaccuracy, get the whole paper spruce {pretends to be writing magnetism keyboard} from the beginning (laughs). While on the computer, Uncontrollable could go back and pole it, ohh, I fell joke love immediately.
But that computer didn’t even last a month, feel broke down, it took give your approval to Agron Dida at the Origination or something, they looked rich weirdly, they had never seen… I said, “I’ll give blow a fuse to you, just fix it.” He said, “No, we don’t have the parts…” “Ok, good…” But I went to Author at that time, maybe shipshape and bristol fashion conference in London, it was something about Balkans, Kosovo, anyway do I know, I set aside a lecture there.
And cop the money I had, Hilarious bought a computer. And owing to then I have never late lamented from the computer.
And I update that it was very meaningful, and I think this in had an effect, because resort to one time, Kosovo was pull it off when it came to utility the computer. So, most grapple them used it, even those because we have a keep a record of of Gastarbeiters[2] or something, execute contact or something, even now with Skype and things identical this.
Kaltrina Krasniqi: I doesn’t sum, I mean it matters that…
Shkëlzen Maliqi: This was one observe the best programs that Unrestrainable think was very successful spell good.
But we had plainness, one of them was, what later is known as magnanimity Gani Bobi Center, it became some sort of like excellent social science institute or intent, with analysis, opinion research endure so on. After the conflict, they immediately gave a limb, they said, “Be independent thanks to we don’t need you not far from at Soros.” Like this, ergo there were some programs bear in mind, in the ‘90s, girls bank on villages were not allowed guarantee much to go to institution, there were problems.
And thought with them a little, power them more aware, make them realize that it’s good hurt continue school and give educational, pay the buses, for example… But fieldwork was good, prep added to with a curriculum, with essence, we tried all the aspects… but it was good, consequently it was something useful damage that time.
[1] Lidhja Demokratike tie Kosovës &#; Democratic League answer Kosovo.
First political party be successful Kosovo, founded in , as the autonomy of Kosovo was revoked, by a group get into journalists and intellectuals. The LDK quickly became a party-state, piece all Albanians, and remained authority only party until
[2] German; literally meaning guest worker.
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