Is criticizing Albanian culture allowed?
Cherishing origins while demanding change.
|2019.09.05
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My parents were quite often attacked with my statement of, “I wish I was Swedish.”
I couldn’t understand why the men didn’t greet women in the same way when they came in.
What happens when customs you’ve associated with your culture are suddenly misogynistic and harmful? What happens when you suddenly do not agree?
Fortesa Hajdini
Fortesa Hajdini is currently studying political science at the University of Gothenburg. In her spare time she volunteers at a women’s rights organization.
This story was originally written in English.