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Valentina Korçari Muka was born on September 15, 1958, in Kuçova, Albania. In 1982, she graduated from the Veterinary Faculty at the Higher Agricultural Institute, Kamëz, Tirana. For 23 years, she worked as a veterinary specialist in the Poshnja Agricultural Cooperative, at the Agricultural Directorate of the District, and in the Municipality and Customs of the city of Berat. Valentina has been living in Toronto, Canada, for over 20 years. But her connection to her hometown, Kuçovë, remains alive even after 20 years in Canada. Valentina Korçari Muka published her first novel, “Eve’s Paths”, in 2023. She republished the book in 2024, and translated it into English. Valentina also writes portraits of well-known Albanian figures on social media. ___________

The Orient and the Occident — EXCERPT FROM NOVEL 𝒃𝒚 Zekerija Idrizi

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  • Zekerija_Idrizi_Macedonian_Albanian_Poet_Albanian_Writer

    Zekerija Idrizi is a theologian, researcher, publicist, essayist, playwright, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He was born in 1969 in the Dizhon neighborhood of Skopje, North Macedonia. He completed his primary and secondary education with excellent success at the “Isa Beu” Madrasa in Skopje. He pursued higher education at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Philosophy in Sarajevo. Between 1993 and 1997, he worked as an education officer within the Islamic Religious Community in Skopje.

    Zekerija Idrizi has published hundreds of articles in the cultural, scientific, and informational magazine Hëna e re (“The New Moon”), Macedonia. He also published academic, essayistic, and journalistic writings in other Albanian newspapers. Some of his  noteable books are: ESSAYS: Letter to My Daughters - 2017; In the World of Art - 2017; Aesthetic and Literary Views, (Literary Criticism) - 2019; Spiritual Conversation with Mother Teresa - 2020; Portraits of Writers (Volume-I) -2024, (Volume-II) 2025; Literary and Study Reflections - 2025; Deep Approach to the Works of Genius Leo Tolstoy (under-process); Literature And Politics (under-process); NOVELS: Escape from Death - 2017; Oh, This Tragic Death! (under-process); DRAMAS: By the Grave of the Messenger of God, Muhammad - 2025; The Holy War (under-process); Dossier Xhemal Farka - Darkness On The Erzen River (under-process); POETRY: CHAOS (under process).

    Zekerija Idrizi has also translated two books from Bosnian: “Islamic Law” by Dr. Jusuf Kardavi, and as co-translator from Arabic, “The Essential Truths of Islam” (El-Hakaikatul-Esasijjetul-Islamijjeh) by Dr. Abdullah Sead.

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  • Valentina_Korçari Muka_Albanian_Writer_Albanian_Translator

    Valentina Korçari Muka was born on September 15, 1958, in Kuçova, Albania. In 1982, she graduated from the Veterinary Faculty at the Higher Agricultural Institute, Kamëz, Tirana. For 23 years, she worked as a veterinary specialist in the Poshnja Agricultural Cooperative, at the Agricultural Directorate of the District, and in the Municipality and Customs of the city of Berat. Valentina has been living in Toronto, Canada, for over 20 years. But her connection to her hometown, Kuçovë, remains alive even after 20 years in Canada.

    Valentina Korçari Muka published her first novel, “Eve’s Paths”, in 2023. She republished the book in 2024, and translated it into English. Valentina also writes portraits of well-known Albanian figures on social media.

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The_Orient_and_the_Occident_Excerpt_from_Albanian_Novel_by_Zekerija_Idrizi

I took some photographs to look at when I was younger and before my injury. Nostalgia. My heart jumped violently in my chest as if it would come out of my body…