|
Albanians In Bosnia And Herzegovina
The Albanians of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sq, Shqiptarët në Bosnje dhe Hercegovinë; ) are people of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are an ethnic group recognized by the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Albanians came to Bosnia in various historical periods. During Ottoman times many Albanians came to work or rule as pashas, and in modern time they came as seasonal workers, war refugees or sportspeople. Many people descended from earlier waves of Albanian migration bear surnames of linguistically Albanian origin, but do not speak the language and are not considered to be Albanians therefore the number of 2800 seems a bit lower than expected. Clans Burmazi were an Albanian clan with a presence in Herzegovina. Around 1300, the Burmazi clan emerged in the region as a semi-nomadic clan in the area near Stolac and Trebinje. History Middle Ages In the Middle Ages, Albanians lived in the Dalmatian-Herzegovinian hinterland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the Muhammad in Islam, main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) "[T]he Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the Major religious groups, world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostar
Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country. Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (''mostari'') who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva. The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ottomans in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. History Ancient and medieval history Human settlements on the river Neretva, between Mount Hum (Mostar), Mount Hum and the Velež Mountain, have existed since prehistory, as witnessed by discoveries of fortified enceintes and cemeteries. Evidence of Roman people, Roman occupation wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Bajrami
Selma Bajrami (born 4 July 1980) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian pop-folk singer. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager with the release of her first studio album ''Kad suza ne bude...'' in 1998. Early life Bajrami was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia to a Bosniak mother and Albanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albanian father. She grew up in the nearby village of Mramor, Tuzla, Mramor. Bajrami spent the entirety of the Bosnian War (1992–1995) in Mramor, during which Bajrami first began singing in kafanas.In 1996 she moved to Tuzla Career In the beginning of her professional career, she was a member of a music group called If, which she later left. Her first solo studio album, ''Kad suza ne bude...'', was released in 1998 through the record label Nimfa Sound. The album was recorded in Belgrade and was, for the most part, written and composed by Milić Vukašinović. Bajrami's second album ''Ljubav si ubio ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrijana Kurtišaj Bikić
Adrijana is a given name of Slavic origin, meaning Adriana. Notable people with the name include: *Adrijana Delić (born 1996), Serbian footballer *Adrijana Hodžić (born 1975), Kosovar politician *Adrijana Knežević (born 1987), Serbian basketball player *Adrijana Krasniqi (born 1997), Swedish singer of Albanian-Macedonian origin *Adrijana Lekaj (born 1995), Kosovan-Croatian tennis player *Adrijana Mori (born 2000), Slovenian footballer *Adrijana Pupovac Adrijana Pupovac ( sr-Cyrl, Адријана Пуповац; born 1984) is a politician in Serbia. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2020 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party. Private career Pupovac was born in Bor, ... (born 1984), Serbian politician {{given name Slavic given names Serbian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajram Zenuni
Bajram might refer to: Holiday *Eid People *Bajram Curri (1862–1925), ethnic Albanian nationalist from Kosovo *Bajram Fetai (born 1985), Danish-Albanian professional football forward * Bajram Franholli (born 1968), former Albanian footballer who played as a left-wing midfielder *Bajram Haliti (born 1955), celebrated Roma scholar and author from Kosovo, active in Romany causes *Bajram Kelmendi (1937–1999), Kosovar lawyer and public figure * Bajram Kosumi (born 1960), ethnic Albanian politician in Kosovo *Bajram Nebihi (born 1988), Kosovan professional footballer of Albanian descent, who plays as a striker * Bajram Rexhepi (born 1954), politician and the first elected post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo *Bajram Sadrijaj (born 1986), professional footballer of Albanian descent Places *Bajram Curri (town), town in Northern Albania on the border with Kosovo *Bajram Curri Boulevard Bajram Curri Boulevard is a major boulevard of Tirana, Albania. It runs in a west–east direction and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinka Kurti
Tinka Kurti ( Thani; born 17 December 1932) is an Albanian actress. Her body of work, spanning 60 years, includes more than 50 feature movies and 150 theatre plays has been awarded her with the People's Artist of Albania medal. Biography Tinka was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia) to an Albanian father and Hungarian mother. She was the oldest of four children. At a young age her family returned to the city of Shkodra in northern part of Albania. It is in Shkodra where she would spend most of her life and join the theatre at a young age. In 1947 she was expelled from the Liceu Artistik (School of Arts) in Tirana and was never able to graduate. However, this did not stop her from pursuing her acting career. She made her first theatre appearance at the age of 16, a minor role, in the play Dasma Shkodrane (Wedding from Shkodra.) From 1949 she became a member of the Theatre Migjeni in Shkodra where she was part of over 120 plays (dramas and come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bekim Fehmiu
Bekim Fehmiu (; ; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War. Biography Early life Fehmiu was born in Sarajevo, into an ethnic Albanian family originating from Gjakova, Kosovo. His father Ibrahim adopted his high-school nickname Fehmiu as a surname replacing the original Imer Halili. The family moved to Shkodër, Albania, where they spent three years, and in 1941 returned to Prizren where Bekim spent his childhood. He was part of the acting club at his high school in Prizren, and after graduation he became a member of County Popular Theatre in Prisina, the only professional Albanian language theatre in Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) in Belgrade in 1960. Acting career In 1960, Fehmiu became a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, which he left in 1967, citing bad treatment, to become a free ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shvarc
Robert Shvarc (10 December 1932 – 25 April 2003) born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, was an Albanian translator, writer and poet, recognized as one of the best translators from German of the 20th century and beginning of new millennium. His mother was from Elbasan and his Jewish father was from Austria, and they lived in Shkodër, Albania. There, Robert Shvarc grew up as a lover of his Albanian mother's language and is the first who brought to the Albanian reader some masterpieces of literature such as the novels of Gabriel García Márquez, Erich Maria Remarque, Lion Feuchtwanger, dramas of Bertolt Brecht; books of poetry from Goethe, Schiller, and Heine. Also Shvarc translated into German many books of prominent Albanian poets and writers. Prizes and awards * 1995 – Embassy of Germany in Tirana, Albania awarded Shvarc the prize " German Federal Cross of Merit" – "Kryqi i meritave gjermane", which was practiced for first time in this country of Balkans. * 2002 – Shvarc was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zef Kolombi
Zef Kolombi (March 3, 1907 – January 23, 1949) was an Albanian painter. Early life Zef Kolombi was born in Sarajevo to John Kolombi and Francisca Hajdovnik-Kolombi. His father was Albanian and his mother was of Slovene descent. His father, John, was the owner of an hotel in Sarajevo; he died in 1910, and a year later, his mother died. Kolombi, along with his sister Vera, moved to Shkodër with their grandmother, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. After the death of his grandmother, the two children were in the care of their godfather, Sokrat Shkreli. His sister Veronika Kolombi is the grandmother of the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama. Career In Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkod ..., he finished elementary school-orphanage opened by the Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ('' sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (''hadith''). With an estimated population of almost 1.9 billion followers as of 2020 year estimation, Muslims comprise more than 24.9% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each continental landmass stands at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia and Oceania (collectively), 6% of Europe, and 1% of the Americas. Additionally, in subdivided geographical regions, the figure stands at: 91% of the Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of the Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Islam")
