Arbër Qerka-Gashi: A multitude of narratives can be explored on the platform
Balkanism founder talks about launching first print edition.
One-on-one | Arts & Culture2025.01.08
I think Balkanism is really unique in the sense that a lot of Balkan spaces on social media are dominated by Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia.
We went from 300 followers to 10,000 in a couple of days, which was quite crazy.
And so there was a real necessity to make sure that we were creating and curating spaces for all Balkan people within this space.
Ellie Destani
Ellie Destani is the former English copy-editor at K2.0. She holds a BA in English and philosophy and an MA in English literature from the University of Sussex.
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