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Author: agim

Linguist, artist, poet, and teacher from Prizren, Kosovo. Agim studied linguistics and art at the University of Prishtina. He moved to Britain in the 1990s, after Serbia occupied Kosovo. He is a proponent of reforming the standard Albanian language to better balance the two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk.
On true heroes and so-called writers

On true heroes and so-called writers

A shamefully biased article about Prishtinë’s cityscape appeared last week on the Kosovo 2.0 magazine online edition. Author Cristina Marí tops it all by calling the nation’s respected warrior Adem Jashari a ‘so-called hero’.

And while I’ve tried to understand …

Posted on 2015-11-032015-11-03Author Agim MorinaCategories History, StatecraftTags Kosovo, Kosovo war, media, World War IILeave a comment on On true heroes and so-called writers
I As a Knight

I As a Knight

1.
Once I rode
Once the horse rode me
All the way to Madrid
To Madrid, to Madrid
Up to Morelight.

In a kiosk, oh, in a kiosk
They were selling hamburgers
They were selling hamburgers
And I bought one,…

Posted on 2014-11-072015-11-03Author Agim MorinaCategories Art & LitTags poetry, translationLeave a comment on I As a Knight
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