Eternal love for the homeland Kosovo

E premte, 29 Mars, 2024
E premte, 29 Mars, 2024

Eternal love for the homeland Kosovo

Everything has remained so warm and fresh perhaps because I keep those days and years of past as precious. Afternoon tea with my father on the balcony of our house in Peja, under the shade and aroma of a hundred-year-old blin and with the magnificent mountains of Rugova in the background do not leave my memory of the soul. The pleasure of shopping with the mother in the Pristina market to select products from local farmers, and then to execute traditional mother and son recipes together. Memorials are the memories in our neighborhood in Prishtina with my brother Flamur, who as a child taught me how to play football, visits to historic Prizren to Uncle Qamil and dinners at the Theranda Hotel, where as a five-year-old I learned how to dance from the band performed there, the stadium where for many years I played handball matches for the Pristina team. When I get there, I still hear the fans cheering my name m when I score goals. The schools and colleges where I studied and where I worked bring me an avalanche of memories every time, I see them. The warmth I feel with old friends every time we meet. For these reasons and many others, but also because of the boundless love I have for the Albanian people and language, Kosovo for me has been, is and will be an irreplaceable treasure.

Lumi Hadri what is the most beautiful event you would like to share with our readers?

I would single out two memorable events which illuminated my life; First of all, I want to remember the celebration of the proclamation of Kosovo’s Independence on February 17, 2008 in my restaurant “Lumi” with activists and leaders of the Albanian-American community. Among them I remember the late president of the Pan-Albanian Federation Vatra, Mr. Agim Karagjozi because I am happy that he experienced this historic event to which he contributed for decades. The celebration was embellished by the presence of many ambassadors such as; Dame Karen Elisabeth Pierce, Ambassador of Great Britain to the United Nations, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner of the United States, Ambassadors of Albania Lubim Dila and Adrian Neritani.

Secondly my wedding day at the Explores Club in Manhattan where my husband Patriv Devine and I were crowned and together with our family and friends we spent a wonderful and memorable holiday night.

What role has the difficult history of state-building in Kosovo played in your personality as well as in your activity?

The difficult state-building history of Kosovo and the role of my father in this process, I think became a key component of my character. Having the privilege of being a part of his life, I became in many cases a witness and admirer of his courage, and in adulthood his consultant. I closely observed over the years the frequent and secret meetings in our father’s apartment with his associates. The late and honored academics Fehmi Agani and Gazmend Zajmi. In these meetings, the idea and effort for an independent Kosovo was conceived.

Did your departure to the US already intensify your role between the two countries, making even more interactive the intellectual and patriotic commitment that remained incomplete after your departure from Kosovo?

For me it was very natural, as is breathing, because now it was an integral part of my formation the need to contribute to the national cause and to follow in the footsteps of my father and brother as unfinished business awaited. On the evening of January 8, 1987, I was forced to leave for the United States after a “visit” and interrogation by the Belgrade special police to the school where I worked as an English teacher. Albanian Youth in the Free World”. When I arrived in the US I asked for that organization, but it was extinguished, so I became a founding member of the Albanian-American National Council. I was very active participating in almost all the protests and rallies. I played the role of “Diplomatic Citizen” organizing in my restaurant important meetings with senior American officials and activists of the Albanian community before, during and after the Kosovo war 1998-1999.

Diaspora activities and lobbying was very effective. The diaspora successfully fulfilled its mission by convincing the US administration to prevent ethnic cleansing and genocide in Kosovo. During 2005-2008 I became intensively active again and organized monthly meetings between activists / leaders of community organizations and Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, the US Special Envoy for the Kosovo final status talks. Ambassador Wisner played a crucial role in negotiating Kosovo’s independence and will always be remembered as a great friend of our people.

You have a very special relationship with Albania which we would like you to describe to us…

My father was born in Lushnje and did his primary education in Tirana, so I as his daughter have the right to Albanian citizenship and I feel at home every time I go to Albania. I have the same love for Kosovo and Albania. During my first non-political visit to Albania together with my husband, after five days stay, we decided to buy our house in Saranda. Saranda was love at first sight.

Saranda, the three islands of Ksamil, Butrint and Gjirokastra for me are places where I completely relax and where my body and soul are regenerated. When I go to the Ksamil islands out of the tourist season it seems to me that I am transported in ancient times, the islands have mythological views when dusk falls and, in my imagination, I see Odysseus and the mermaids. The annual trip to Albania and Kosovo is an event that we look forward to every year.

What is the role of the Albanian American community in protecting and consolidating Kosovo’s sovereignty and prosperity from your proactive perspective?

After the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, embassies were opened and as a result the Diaspora did not continue to play a proactive role in terms of lobbying. The focus was more on investment. Why this happened and who caused the disconnection of the US Diaspora is debatable. Since the state of Kosovo even after 20 years has not yet been consolidated, it is evident that there is a vacuum and that again the Diaspora should be mobilized to help conclude this process with the support of the US Administration. In terms of prosperity our efforts have never stopped.

We cannot part from the Lumi Hadri without browsing a bit from the rich history of the Hadri Family where you list not one but several things that became guides in your life and activity.

When during the demonstrations in 1968 I saw my now deceased brother Dr. Flamur Hadri who at the age of 13 was protesting against the Yugoslav apartheid by riding on the overturned bus in front of the National Theater in the center of Prishtina, I could not help but take a deep breath. I stop, cry and reflect deeply.

He was wearing a red shirt with a double-headed eagle which covered his entire chest, an eagle he had drawn and embroidered by his mother.

On the same day, my late father, academic Ali Hadri, unfurled the giant red and black flag from the twelfth-floor window of our apartment which was located in front of the protesting student dormitory as a sign of solidarity and encouragement for them.

At that time, I was just a child but I knew and felt instinctively that this event would profoundly affect not only my feelings but also my life thus igniting the eternal love for our flag banned by the Yugoslavs. Then when as a student I took part in the 1981 demonstrations and told my father, in the expression of my eyes I noticed that this event had matured and profoundly changed me. He proudly called me “Daddy’s Revolutionary.” I also cannot help but remember the event of a cold winter night in 1981 when people from the Belgrade UDB came and took my father from our house against his will. For three days and three nights we family members were in agony because we did not know where he was and whether we would see him again. Luckily after three days he returned home and the next day during our trip from Peja to Prishtina he told me that they had brought in the Sharr Mountains in Brezovica, they tried all the time to force him to give up his activity and beliefs. First, trying to corrupt him with various offers, when this did not work, they tried to intimidate him with dismissal from work and with the judiciary, as even this did not work, they threatened him saying “if you do not cooperate, we will end your future”. Ali Hadri replied “I have been the lord of my past, I am the lord of the present with and I will be the lord of my future, because I know very well the consequences of my attitudes and activities”.

So Ali Hadri acted and wrote history in very difficult times for the Albanian people within Yugoslavia always in order to advance the national cause. My father had an acute awareness of his life mission which was to serve his people until the final sacrifice. His figure became immortal in the institutions that bear his name and in the squares in the squares of Kosovo. His influence has been great, but so has the pride I feel for him. Also, my mother Nazmije Qata-Hadri veteran of Kosovo education has played an irreplaceable role in educating and shaping my personality. Undoubtedly, since I was exposed to such events, they have had a radical impact on the formation of my character and especially the influence of my father and mother who lived a dignified life as idealists and dedicated who dedicated their lives to the emancipation of new generations and the cause. national. Their impact on my life is tremendous and the way in which they inspired me even today are clear examples of guidance and guidance in my journey which I make with high awareness and care to preserve forever the precious legacy left to us by our parents.

It is a real blessing.

Everything has remained so warm and fresh perhaps because I keep those days and years of past as precious. Afternoon tea with my father on the balcony of our house in Peja, under the shade and aroma of a hundred-year-old blin and with the magnificent mountains of Rugova in the background do not leave my memory of the soul. The pleasure of shopping with the mother in the Pristina market to select products from local farmers, and then to execute traditional mother and son recipes together. Memorials are the memories in our neighborhood in Prishtina with my brother Flamur, who as a child taught me how to play football, visits to historic Prizren to Uncle Qamil and dinners at the Theranda Hotel, where as a five-year-old I learned how to dance from the band performed there, the stadium where for many years I played handball matches for the Pristina team. When I get there, I still hear the fans cheering my name m when I score goals. The schools and colleges where I studied and where I worked bring me an avalanche of memories every time, I see them. The warmth I feel with old friends every time we meet. For these reasons and many others, but also because of the boundless love I have for the Albanian people and language, Kosovo for me has been, is and will be an irreplaceable treasure.

Lumi Hadri what is the most beautiful event you would like to share with our readers?

I would single out two memorable events which illuminated my life; First of all, I want to remember the celebration of the proclamation of Kosovo’s Independence on February 17, 2008 in my restaurant “Lumi” with activists and leaders of the Albanian-American community. Among them I remember the late president of the Pan-Albanian Federation Vatra, Mr. Agim Karagjozi because I am happy that he experienced this historic event to which he contributed for decades. The celebration was embellished by the presence of many ambassadors such as; Dame Karen Elisabeth Pierce, Ambassador of Great Britain to the United Nations, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner of the United States, Ambassadors of Albania Lubim Dila and Adrian Neritani.

Secondly my wedding day at the Explores Club in Manhattan where my husband Patriv Devine and I were crowned and together with our family and friends we spent a wonderful and memorable holiday night.

What role has the difficult history of state-building in Kosovo played in your personality as well as in your activity?

The difficult state-building history of Kosovo and the role of my father in this process, I think became a key component of my character. Having the privilege of being a part of his life, I became in many cases a witness and admirer of his courage, and in adulthood his consultant. I closely observed over the years the frequent and secret meetings in our father’s apartment with his associates. The late and honored academics Fehmi Agani and Gazmend Zajmi. In these meetings, the idea and effort for an independent Kosovo was conceived.

Did your departure to the US already intensify your role between the two countries, making even more interactive the intellectual and patriotic commitment that remained incomplete after your departure from Kosovo?

For me it was very natural, as is breathing, because now it was an integral part of my formation the need to contribute to the national cause and to follow in the footsteps of my father and brother as unfinished business awaited. On the evening of January 8, 1987, I was forced to leave for the United States after a “visit” and interrogation by the Belgrade special police to the school where I worked as an English teacher. Albanian Youth in the Free World”. When I arrived in the US I asked for that organization, but it was extinguished, so I became a founding member of the Albanian-American National Council. I was very active participating in almost all the protests and rallies. I played the role of “Diplomatic Citizen” organizing in my restaurant important meetings with senior American officials and activists of the Albanian community before, during and after the Kosovo war 1998-1999.

Diaspora activities and lobbying was very effective. The diaspora successfully fulfilled its mission by convincing the US administration to prevent ethnic cleansing and genocide in Kosovo. During 2005-2008 I became intensively active again and organized monthly meetings between activists / leaders of community organizations and Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, the US Special Envoy for the Kosovo final status talks. Ambassador Wisner played a crucial role in negotiating Kosovo’s independence and will always be remembered as a great friend of our people.

You have a very special relationship with Albania which we would like you to describe to us…

My father was born in Lushnje and did his primary education in Tirana, so I as his daughter have the right to Albanian citizenship and I feel at home every time I go to Albania. I have the same love for Kosovo and Albania. During my first non-political visit to Albania together with my husband, after five days stay, we decided to buy our house in Saranda. Saranda was love at first sight.

Saranda, the three islands of Ksamil, Butrint and Gjirokastra for me are places where I completely relax and where my body and soul are regenerated. When I go to the Ksamil islands out of the tourist season it seems to me that I am transported in ancient times, the islands have mythological views when dusk falls and, in my imagination, I see Odysseus and the mermaids. The annual trip to Albania and Kosovo is an event that we look forward to every year.

What is the role of the Albanian American community in protecting and consolidating Kosovo’s sovereignty and prosperity from your proactive perspective?

After the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, embassies were opened and as a result the Diaspora did not continue to play a proactive role in terms of lobbying. The focus was more on investment. Why this happened and who caused the disconnection of the US Diaspora is debatable. Since the state of Kosovo even after 20 years has not yet been consolidated, it is evident that there is a vacuum and that again the Diaspora should be mobilized to help conclude this process with the support of the US Administration. In terms of prosperity our efforts have never stopped.

We cannot part from the Lumi Hadri without browsing a bit from the rich history of the Hadri Family where you list not one but several things that became guides in your life and activity.

When during the demonstrations in 1968 I saw my now deceased brother Dr. Flamur Hadri who at the age of 13 was protesting against the Yugoslav apartheid by riding on the overturned bus in front of the National Theater in the center of Prishtina, I could not help but take a deep breath. I stop, cry and reflect deeply.

He was wearing a red shirt with a double-headed eagle which covered his entire chest, an eagle he had drawn and embroidered by his mother.

On the same day, my late father, academic Ali Hadri, unfurled the giant red and black flag from the twelfth-floor window of our apartment which was located in front of the protesting student dormitory as a sign of solidarity and encouragement for them.

At that time, I was just a child but I knew and felt instinctively that this event would profoundly affect not only my feelings but also my life thus igniting the eternal love for our flag banned by the Yugoslavs. Then when as a student I took part in the 1981 demonstrations and told my father, in the expression of my eyes I noticed that this event had matured and profoundly changed me. He proudly called me “Daddy’s Revolutionary.” I also cannot help but remember the event of a cold winter night in 1981 when people from the Belgrade UDB came and took my father from our house against his will. For three days and three nights we family members were in agony because we did not know where he was and whether we would see him again. Luckily after three days he returned home and the next day during our trip from Peja to Prishtina he told me that they had brought in the Sharr Mountains in Brezovica, they tried all the time to force him to give up his activity and beliefs. First, trying to corrupt him with various offers, when this did not work, they tried to intimidate him with dismissal from work and with the judiciary, as even this did not work, they threatened him saying “if you do not cooperate, we will end your future”. Ali Hadri replied “I have been the lord of my past, I am the lord of the present with and I will be the lord of my future, because I know very well the consequences of my attitudes and activities”.

So Ali Hadri acted and wrote history in very difficult times for the Albanian people within Yugoslavia always in order to advance the national cause. My father had an acute awareness of his life mission which was to serve his people until the final sacrifice. His figure became immortal in the institutions that bear his name and in the squares in the squares of Kosovo. His influence has been great, but so has the pride I feel for him. Also, my mother Nazmije Qata-Hadri veteran of Kosovo education has played an irreplaceable role in educating and shaping my personality. Undoubtedly, since I was exposed to such events, they have had a radical impact on the formation of my character and especially the influence of my father and mother who lived a dignified life as idealists and dedicated who dedicated their lives to the emancipation of new generations and the cause. national. Their impact on my life is tremendous and the way in which they inspired me even today are clear examples of guidance and guidance in my journey which I make with high awareness and care to preserve forever the precious legacy left to us by our parents.

It is a real blessing.

Everything has remained so warm and fresh perhaps because I keep those days and years of past as precious. Afternoon tea with my father on the balcony of our house in Peja, under the shade and aroma of a hundred-year-old blin and with the magnificent mountains of Rugova in the background do not leave my memory of the soul. The pleasure of shopping with the mother in the Pristina market to select products from local farmers, and then to execute traditional mother and son recipes together. Memorials are the memories in our neighborhood in Prishtina with my brother Flamur, who as a child taught me how to play football, visits to historic Prizren to Uncle Qamil and dinners at the Theranda Hotel, where as a five-year-old I learned how to dance from the band performed there, the stadium where for many years I played handball matches for the Pristina team. When I get there, I still hear the fans cheering my name m when I score goals. The schools and colleges where I studied and where I worked bring me an avalanche of memories every time, I see them. The warmth I feel with old friends every time we meet. For these reasons and many others, but also because of the boundless love I have for the Albanian people and language, Kosovo for me has been, is and will be an irreplaceable treasure.

Lumi Hadri what is the most beautiful event you would like to share with our readers?

I would single out two memorable events which illuminated my life; First of all, I want to remember the celebration of the proclamation of Kosovo’s Independence on February 17, 2008 in my restaurant “Lumi” with activists and leaders of the Albanian-American community. Among them I remember the late president of the Pan-Albanian Federation Vatra, Mr. Agim Karagjozi because I am happy that he experienced this historic event to which he contributed for decades. The celebration was embellished by the presence of many ambassadors such as; Dame Karen Elisabeth Pierce, Ambassador of Great Britain to the United Nations, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner of the United States, Ambassadors of Albania Lubim Dila and Adrian Neritani.

Secondly my wedding day at the Explores Club in Manhattan where my husband Patriv Devine and I were crowned and together with our family and friends we spent a wonderful and memorable holiday night.

What role has the difficult history of state-building in Kosovo played in your personality as well as in your activity?

The difficult state-building history of Kosovo and the role of my father in this process, I think became a key component of my character. Having the privilege of being a part of his life, I became in many cases a witness and admirer of his courage, and in adulthood his consultant. I closely observed over the years the frequent and secret meetings in our father’s apartment with his associates. The late and honored academics Fehmi Agani and Gazmend Zajmi. In these meetings, the idea and effort for an independent Kosovo was conceived.

Did your departure to the US already intensify your role between the two countries, making even more interactive the intellectual and patriotic commitment that remained incomplete after your departure from Kosovo?

For me it was very natural, as is breathing, because now it was an integral part of my formation the need to contribute to the national cause and to follow in the footsteps of my father and brother as unfinished business awaited. On the evening of January 8, 1987, I was forced to leave for the United States after a “visit” and interrogation by the Belgrade special police to the school where I worked as an English teacher. Albanian Youth in the Free World”. When I arrived in the US I asked for that organization, but it was extinguished, so I became a founding member of the Albanian-American National Council. I was very active participating in almost all the protests and rallies. I played the role of “Diplomatic Citizen” organizing in my restaurant important meetings with senior American officials and activists of the Albanian community before, during and after the Kosovo war 1998-1999.

Diaspora activities and lobbying was very effective. The diaspora successfully fulfilled its mission by convincing the US administration to prevent ethnic cleansing and genocide in Kosovo. During 2005-2008 I became intensively active again and organized monthly meetings between activists / leaders of community organizations and Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, the US Special Envoy for the Kosovo final status talks. Ambassador Wisner played a crucial role in negotiating Kosovo’s independence and will always be remembered as a great friend of our people.

You have a very special relationship with Albania which we would like you to describe to us…

My father was born in Lushnje and did his primary education in Tirana, so I as his daughter have the right to Albanian citizenship and I feel at home every time I go to Albania. I have the same love for Kosovo and Albania. During my first non-political visit to Albania together with my husband, after five days stay, we decided to buy our house in Saranda. Saranda was love at first sight.

Saranda, the three islands of Ksamil, Butrint and Gjirokastra for me are places where I completely relax and where my body and soul are regenerated. When I go to the Ksamil islands out of the tourist season it seems to me that I am transported in ancient times, the islands have mythological views when dusk falls and, in my imagination, I see Odysseus and the mermaids. The annual trip to Albania and Kosovo is an event that we look forward to every year.

What is the role of the Albanian American community in protecting and consolidating Kosovo’s sovereignty and prosperity from your proactive perspective?

After the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, embassies were opened and as a result the Diaspora did not continue to play a proactive role in terms of lobbying. The focus was more on investment. Why this happened and who caused the disconnection of the US Diaspora is debatable. Since the state of Kosovo even after 20 years has not yet been consolidated, it is evident that there is a vacuum and that again the Diaspora should be mobilized to help conclude this process with the support of the US Administration. In terms of prosperity our efforts have never stopped.

We cannot part from the Lumi Hadri without browsing a bit from the rich history of the Hadri Family where you list not one but several things that became guides in your life and activity.

When during the demonstrations in 1968 I saw my now deceased brother Dr. Flamur Hadri who at the age of 13 was protesting against the Yugoslav apartheid by riding on the overturned bus in front of the National Theater in the center of Prishtina, I could not help but take a deep breath. I stop, cry and reflect deeply.

He was wearing a red shirt with a double-headed eagle which covered his entire chest, an eagle he had drawn and embroidered by his mother.

On the same day, my late father, academic Ali Hadri, unfurled the giant red and black flag from the twelfth-floor window of our apartment which was located in front of the protesting student dormitory as a sign of solidarity and encouragement for them.

At that time, I was just a child but I knew and felt instinctively that this event would profoundly affect not only my feelings but also my life thus igniting the eternal love for our flag banned by the Yugoslavs. Then when as a student I took part in the 1981 demonstrations and told my father, in the expression of my eyes I noticed that this event had matured and profoundly changed me. He proudly called me “Daddy’s Revolutionary.” I also cannot help but remember the event of a cold winter night in 1981 when people from the Belgrade UDB came and took my father from our house against his will. For three days and three nights we family members were in agony because we did not know where he was and whether we would see him again. Luckily after three days he returned home and the next day during our trip from Peja to Prishtina he told me that they had brought in the Sharr Mountains in Brezovica, they tried all the time to force him to give up his activity and beliefs. First, trying to corrupt him with various offers, when this did not work, they tried to intimidate him with dismissal from work and with the judiciary, as even this did not work, they threatened him saying “if you do not cooperate, we will end your future”. Ali Hadri replied “I have been the lord of my past, I am the lord of the present with and I will be the lord of my future, because I know very well the consequences of my attitudes and activities”.

So Ali Hadri acted and wrote history in very difficult times for the Albanian people within Yugoslavia always in order to advance the national cause. My father had an acute awareness of his life mission which was to serve his people until the final sacrifice. His figure became immortal in the institutions that bear his name and in the squares in the squares of Kosovo. His influence has been great, but so has the pride I feel for him. Also, my mother Nazmije Qata-Hadri veteran of Kosovo education has played an irreplaceable role in educating and shaping my personality. Undoubtedly, since I was exposed to such events, they have had a radical impact on the formation of my character and especially the influence of my father and mother who lived a dignified life as idealists and dedicated who dedicated their lives to the emancipation of new generations and the cause. national. Their impact on my life is tremendous and the way in which they inspired me even today are clear examples of guidance and guidance in my journey which I make with high awareness and care to preserve forever the precious legacy left to us by our parents.

It is a real blessing.