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Žamila Kolonomos
Žamila (also Zhamila, Jamila, Djamila) Andžela Kolonomos (June 18, 1922 – June 18, 2013) was a Sephardi Jewish freedom fighter, writer, academic, and political activist in what is now North Macedonia. During the Bulgarian occupation of her home city of Monastir, Kolonomos joined the anti-fascist Yugoslav Partisan resistance. After fighting to liberate Macedonia, she returned to Monastir to find her entire family had been killed in an extermination camp. She moved to the capital, where she became a professor at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and worked to preserve the language and history of the country's Jewish community. Early life Žamila Kolonomos was born in 1922 in Monastir, now Bitola, North Macedonia. She grew up in the Jewish community in the city, where her father was a bank manager. Her parents, Isak and Esterina Fransez Kolonomos, had five children. Her father was descended from Romaniote Jews. The Kolonomos family was not very religious, althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use pseudonyms because they wish to remain anonymous, but anonymity is difficult to achieve and often fraught with legal issues. Scope Pseudonyms include stage names, user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamer identifications, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts – to provide a more clear-cut separation between one's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
