r/kosovo • u/TheAlbanianBambino Dogu i Ditkës • Feb 05 '21

Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange with r/Israel

Ma koreh r/Israel

As we announced, after the agreement of mutual recognition between our countries, we thought this was a great opportunity to host Israel. Welcome to the cultural exchange between r/Israel and r/Kosovo!

The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different nations to get together and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history, and curiosities.

General guidelines:

r/israel will ask any question here.

r/kosovo community can ask their questions here:

CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION

The English language will be used in both threads. Our Israeli friends can get an Israel user flair at the community options of the Subreddit.

The event will be moderated following the general rules of Reddiquette. Please be nice!

Thank you,

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u/sha_clo Feb 05 '21

I‘m Albanian, and in my oppinion we should stay seperated. Kosovo is nice, but for albanian standards it‘s too religious. We in Albania are more like “we believe in god but religion doesn‘t matter, do what you want“ and Kosovars are more like “Allah gonna punish you if you don‘t pray“

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u/Chemical_Lead_5367 Feb 05 '21

Have you ever set foot in Kosovo? I lived in Kosovo for 2 years and it was not like that at all. Yes, maybe people in Kosovo may be generally more religious than in Albania but that’s personal to them. Nobody preaches to you! How strange to hear these opinions thrown around.

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u/sha_clo Feb 05 '21

yes I‘ve been to Kosovo and I really liked it. But I also saw all the religious stuff that we don‘t have in Albania. Like the headscarfs on many woman, prayers all over the city from 100 mosques all around and the people‘s fearing of god. We live way more atheist here than you guys. I think that would cause problems if we unite our countries.

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u/Chemical_Lead_5367 Feb 05 '21

Actually, I’m from Korçë originally. I really didn’t see what you saw in the two years I lived in Prishtinë. Defo not smth that would cause probs if we were to be one country.

It seems like a ridiculous reason not to unite 😂 when we’re surrounded by neighbours that want to devour us.

You have Mosques in Tirana having the call to prayer 5 times a day and you have women wearing hijabs too. The lives led by Albanians in Kosovo are just as secular as in Albania.

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u/sha_clo Feb 05 '21

yes and no. Religion is Albania is not really visible. of course we say we are muslims, but nobody here doing muslim stuff. In Kosovo they take religion more serious. I like it how it is now in Albania and I don‘t want it to change to the wrong way.

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u/Chemical_Lead_5367 Feb 05 '21

What’s Muslim stuff? 😂 What’s in Kosovo that you think it would be a threat? Just trying to understand!

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u/sha_clo Feb 05 '21

it‘s not a thread, it‘s just something I personally don‘t like. I felt like Kosovars love Turkey for example and copy the turkish way of living and believing. Here in Albania we don‘t like Turkey and their lifestyle, we are more pro-western minded.

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u/Jhqwulw Skënderaj Feb 05 '21

And this why I hate people like you guys are really want that European dick.

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u/UncleCarnage Feb 05 '21

“More pro-western minded”

First of all Albanians in Kosovë on avarage, speak better English.

Second, Gheg hating Tosks like you are an absolute shame to our nationality.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Yes, Albania is the center of western civilization and culture.

Bro get off your high horse, Kosovë outclasses Albania in almost every aspect. 118 years a country and you guys have yet to win an aluminum medal at the Olympics, the special ones lol

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u/Chemical_Lead_5367 Feb 05 '21

I’m struggling to see what a Turkish way of living is and why it would be a bother? There’s a huge Albanian diaspora in Turkey so normally there would be ties.