What are we, Grandpa?
The Ashkali’s efforts to recognize their identity.
|2025.07.30
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Ashkali are often lumped into a common category with Roma and Egyptians. This reduction does not contribute to the recognition of Ashkali identity.
There is a fear that opening the discussion [of belonging] would fuel tensions within the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities.
Bajram Ilazi
Bajram Ilazi is a human rights activist committed to the empowerment and representation of the Ashkali, Egyptian, and Roma communities, with a focus on education, social equality, and institutional inclusion.
This story was originally written in Albanian.
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