There needs to be a reaction in order to change the (mis)representation of Albanians

Alternative pan-Balkan history textbooks offer a questionable and incomplete documentation of Kosovo.

There needs to be a reaction in order to change the (mis)representation of Albanians

Alternative pan-Balkan history textbooks offer a questionable and incomplete documentation of Kosovo.

Perspectives | History2020.10.22

Although some passages about the burning of villages and the peoples fleeing — as well as data on the victims of all countries during the Balkan wars are presented — there is nothing on Albanians.

Jepen detajisht dëmet materiale të shkaktuara prej sulmeve të NATO-s, por nuk ka absolutisht asgjë për dëmet materiale të shkaktuara prej forcave sërbe.

This way of presentation heavily damages the image of Albanians and Kosovo in countries where these textbooks are used as alternative textbooks in elementary and high schools.

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Shkëlzen Gashi

Shkëlzen Gashi studied Political Sciences at the University of Prishtina and Democracy and Human Rights on the joint study programme of the Universities of Bologna and Sarajevo for his Master’s degree. He is author of many publications (books and articles). In 2010 he published the unauthorized biography of Adem Demaçi (available in English), who had spent 28 years in Yugoslav prisons. Recently, he has published many articles about the presentation of the history of Kosovo in the history schoolbooks in Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Also, he is writing a biography on Ibrahim Rugova, the leader of the Albanians in Kosovo from 1989–2006.

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