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Photo gallery of
Albania, Europe's only Muslim culture
by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library)
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this Article • About
the Author • Bibliography/Sources
This is a rare inside experience
into Albania, a strange European country like no other, with
a bizarre language of its own, as Europe's second-poorest
nation and the continent's only Muslim culture, populating
Albania and Kosovo. To read the essay from my inside experience,
click here. The photos were
taken by me during my 2007 vacation.
Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who ruled Albania for
decades
the city of Sarande from above.
the broken houses from above the backdrop of the lush valley.
a dilapidated housing tract.
a bored Albanian man near a broken-down house.
a traditional Albanian home.
the town center over the destroyed synagogue from the Roman
period.
Skanderbeg, Albania's Christian defender against the Jihad
one of Albania's few churches after the Turkish Jihad and
Communist periods.
the town's sole notable mosque. Sunni and quite plain.
the Albanian sunken toilet, Turkish-inspired.
dilapidated Albanian housing.
an Albanian "family" pillbox bunker.
the beautiful Blue Eye spring.
clothes hanging to dry atop a broken and ruined home.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
James Mayfield is the owner
and Chairman of the European Heritage Library. I am working
for a doctorate in history, with a specific emphasis on Islamic
and European histories. I am well versed in all world cultures,
ethnicities, religions, languages, politics, and historical
evolution in relation to and against each other.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/SOURCES
USED:
None used for this article
(personal experience & photographs).
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