A MIRROR FOR THE “SUBORDINATED“ AND THE “HUMILIATED“ AT THE BALKANS

Abstract

A note of the editor: Preparing the text “Politicisation of the ethnic identity of the Torbesh (the “Nashinci“), I have red a text of A. Dzaferi that has touched upon the same problem, only in a different way. Since this text was a comment of the text of Mr. Kimet Fetahu, whom I know personally, I have tried to get his original manuscript. Mr. Kimet Fetahu has informed me that he has published his text as a reaction of the writing of Mr. Ismail Kadare in the “Shekuli“ newspaper, due to the fact that he did not agree with Mr. Kadare’s thesis and due to the offence directed to his address. This is how it became indispensable to find the “impulse“ for publishing all these texts in Albania, which are directly or indirectly related to this topic. I have joined to this “polemics on the minorities and the Balkan daltonism“ my text that although was created independently from the “impulse“ and the “reactions“ fitted the “mosaic“. The texts’ order is made according to the time of their publishing: 1. Ismail Kadare, “Humiliation (of the nations) at the Balkans“, “Shekulli“, Tirana, January 2004 and “Korrieri“, Tirana, 30.01.2004; 2. Kimet Fetahu, The Minorities and the Albanian Society, “Korrieri“, Tirana, 30.01.2004; Arben Xzaferi, A Storm in a Glass, “Shekulli“, Tirana, 06.02.04. The translation into Macedonian of Dzaferi’s text is taken from the magazine “Delo“ (Skopje), 517 from 27th February 2004, page 12-13; 4. Aneta Svetieva, “Politicisation of Ethnic Identity of the Torbesh (the “Nashinci“) – published in “Balkanoslavica“ (Prilep-Skopje, Macedonia) No. 32-33, 2003, pp.7- 23