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LOOKING FOR HIS FATHER
RAFFAELLA FUSO © 2019 - ALBANIAI've been walking around Albania with these simple words in my pocket :
“Albania suffered one of the most brutal communist regimes of the “old continent” under the rule of Enver Hoxha, the dictator who led Albania and her people from 1945 to 1990.
In 1967, the Peoples Republic of Albania constitutionally declared herself an atheist country and religion was prohibited.
Those persons who broke this law could go to jail and face a life sentence or, in the worst-case scenario, a death penalty.
One of the more bizarre laws of the 1967 Constitution was the law which restricted an Albanian citizen from displaying any influence of western culture, which included listening to or watching foreign music and television shows, or even having a beard or a certain type of hairstyle.
My father Agron Sulejmani, along with his entire generation, suffered this brutal restriction for almost half of his life. He confesses that during those times people used to watch foreign television or listen to foreign radio illegally, risking prison if they were caught.
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This is just a taste of what my parents’ generation had to suffer during Hoxha’s regime. I am lucky to have been born and to live in a free democracy regime which, even though it has his own problems including corruption, unemployment and crime, cannot be compared to what we have had to suffer before.
My generation is free to believe what it wants, to wear what it wants and to have the hairstyle it wants. And now, finally, my parents’ generation is free to voice its opinion and to listen to its favourite foreign music without being worried about going to jail for it.”
BY: Mirjan
“Beard and haircut restriction during the Enver Hoxha regime in Albania (1945-1990)”
READ MORE: http://heritagetimes.eu/beard-haircut-restriction-enver-hoxha-regime-albania-1945-1990/
In 1967, the Peoples Republic of Albania constitutionally declared herself an atheist country and religion was prohibited.
Those persons who broke this law could go to jail and face a life sentence or, in the worst-case scenario, a death penalty.
One of the more bizarre laws of the 1967 Constitution was the law which restricted an Albanian citizen from displaying any influence of western culture, which included listening to or watching foreign music and television shows, or even having a beard or a certain type of hairstyle.
My father Agron Sulejmani, along with his entire generation, suffered this brutal restriction for almost half of his life. He confesses that during those times people used to watch foreign television or listen to foreign radio illegally, risking prison if they were caught.
(…)
This is just a taste of what my parents’ generation had to suffer during Hoxha’s regime. I am lucky to have been born and to live in a free democracy regime which, even though it has his own problems including corruption, unemployment and crime, cannot be compared to what we have had to suffer before.
My generation is free to believe what it wants, to wear what it wants and to have the hairstyle it wants. And now, finally, my parents’ generation is free to voice its opinion and to listen to its favourite foreign music without being worried about going to jail for it.”
BY: Mirjan
“Beard and haircut restriction during the Enver Hoxha regime in Albania (1945-1990)”
READ MORE: http://heritagetimes.eu/beard-haircut-restriction-enver-hoxha-regime-albania-1945-1990/
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RAFFAELLA FUSO © 2019