22 Responses

1. Avni

   January 24th, 2008 at 10:45 am

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   “She was born and raised in Albania”
   Some Albanians just dont understand what does it mean to be Albanian.
   Shame on her. I was big fan of Eda, but this changed me to be the opposite.
   Shqiptaret qe e shesin veten per gjera materijale dhe per dokumenta ata nuk jane PURO shqiptare.
   Edukata, karateri, morali, Kultura tradita, jane veti qe e perbejn njeriun.
   Albanians like her we dont need anyway. She is a bad role model for many other famous Albanians.

2. elvis

   January 24th, 2008 at 10:57 am

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   Dear Avni,
   I would say that that is not how she thinks of her decision. The fact is that there is a large number of Albanians who have made such a decision for want of a better life for them and their families. Meanwhile, you said “Edukata, karateri, morali, Kultura tradita, jane veti qe e perbejn njeriun.” and in all those things she is Albanian to the core. Personally I have no doubts to that.

3. Fatijon

   January 24th, 2008 at 11:20 am

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   Thanks for pointing that out Elvis,

   It doesnt mean that giving up you Citizenship you give up your identity. Perhaps we should look at the work of many Albanians abroad whom are doing just that, making their Albanian Identity known to the work i.e. the statue of Skenderbeu in the U.S ect, ect

   If you are left in a situtation whereby your country cannot provide you with the freedom of working and travelling abroad, especially allowing you to provide a secure and better future for your children and your family then I think it is more than justifiable to do what it takes to provide such necessities.

   Of course it is always sad to see and hear that fellow Albanians are giving up their Citizenship but I fully support them and keep an open mind as to why they are resutling to this solutions.

4. Gjergj

   January 24th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

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   I cannot understand why such personal choice as citizenship should be a news at all. Everyone had the natural rights to chose its citizenship. At all, ms Zari had to become a German citizen and a European citizen and in any means this is not the kind of national treason.

5. Global Voices Online » Albania: Eda Zari

   January 25th, 2008 at 12:31 am

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   [...] Blogger writes about Eda Zari, an Albanian singer who has recently given up her Albanian citizenship. Share [...]

6. viktor

   January 25th, 2008 at 7:46 am

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   mire o beri. si ti behet me per mire. ca lidhje ka pashaporta me karakterin e njeriut. e keqja eshte kur e fshehin faktin qe kane lindur dhe rritur ne shqiperi. po e nxjerrin te hapur qe jane shqiptare dhe nxjerrin nam te mire per shqiperine le te kene ca do lloj pashaporte. shendet.

7. n

   January 31st, 2008 at 9:28 pm

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   jam dakort me viktorin dhe gjergjin. ajo tashme e ka zgjedhur vendin ku do te jetoje. nuk e kuptoj perse duhet te beje nje sensacion.
   dhe nje fakt tjeter qe nuk ka shume lidhje me eda zarin, nuk e kuptoj perse blogu eshte ne anglisht. perse nuk behen postimet dhe ne shqip.
   ne kete menyre dhe neve qe jemi jashte vendit na ben mire, te mos harrojme gjuhen. aq me teper qe shume postime ne anglisht nuk jane te shkruara mire e ne shqip akoma me keq.
   megjithate, shendet e gjithe te mirat

8. elvis

   January 31st, 2008 at 11:39 pm

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   ke te drejte per gjuhen, ky blog mund te ishte edhe ne shqip, por kjo eshte nje menyre per te qendruar ne kontakt edhe me miqte e mi dhe vizitoret anglisht foles. Per te mos permendur faktin qe shkrimet e mia shpesh kane te bejne me imazhin e vendit, dhe ky imazh nuk eshte me i perlyer te te huajt dhe nga ana tjeter numri i blogjeve ne shqip eshte rritur mjaftueshem.

   faleminderit per mirekuptimin

9. igli

   February 1st, 2008 at 4:26 pm

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   I don’t think you guys are being fare to her. I think in her heart she still is that proud albanian otherwise she wouldn;t share our wonderful music with the world and putting albania in the map for good things, not drugs and prostitution… we moved out of albanian as we need a world without politics a world of security and opportunities.. it’s not us that have give up on our citizenship, is your wonderful goverment that has driven us away.

   igli

   melbourne

10. leandro

    February 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am

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    She did that for herself because her country haven’t done nothing good for her and for any other albanian. Now she has the opportunity to move all over the world without problems and without paying taxes for viza(if she could get). Shame in albanian goverment not her.

11. L

    February 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am

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    Im replying to this in english cuz the majority have…se mos na suleni te na shani se kemi harruar gjuhen e nenes

    I dont understand whats wrong with becoming a citizen of another country. As someone said about, its your characted, your culture and eveything else that makes you Albanian, or whatever other nationality.Being a citizen of another country, its just paper… we are albanians at heart and blood.

    Also, it is her personal decision, as some other people said above. Who are we to judge her? How does that affect us in any way? Just because she became a citizen of another country, does not change her personality or what she represents.

    We have left Albania because we saw no future… we only have one life, and we are only trying to provide ourselved with the necesseties of making this life better for us, and for the future children we will bring into this world.

12. r2t

    February 6th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

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    I lexova keto llafet e shumta ketu per “te drejten e saj per te ndruar nenshtetsi, jete me te mire, mundesira me te shumta e me the e te thashe”. broculla, justifikime te njerezve qe gjenden ne te njejten pozite me kete bukeshkalen dhe kerkojne ti justifikojne vetes se nuk kane bere ndonje gabim, kur dhe brenda vetes e kuptojne se hapi qe kane mare eshte hap frikacaku, hap dezertori, hap i dikujt qe eshte i paafte te perballoje jeten sic i ka rene ne pjese.

    Patriotizmi nuk mbaron te flamuri ne makine, tek prija e rakise apo dergimi i $20/muaj ne Shqiperi. Po tek shumica patriotizmi kombetar eshte kthyer ne patriotizem financiar. Prostitutat me Grate e ndershme nuk i ndajne mundesirat e ndryshme, nuk i ndan deshira per te qene me mire, nuk i ndan deshira per te patur leke apo per te patur nje jete me te mire. Kurva dallohet te paaftesia per te perballuar rrugen me te veshtire, rrugen me me pengesa, rrugen me me pak fitime financiare, te njejten rruge qe do i mbante koken lart, qe do e bente krenare e qe nuk do ja trazonte gjumin naten. Fatkeqesisht per ne, kombi yne eshte mbushur me kurva, e kjo kurveri na i paska zene deren kaq shume sa nuk po e konsiderojme me “felliqesire” ti heqim vetes emrin Shqiptar.

13. Rosie

    February 7th, 2008 at 8:41 am

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    Hello guys,

    I’m albanian, too.. I think we’ve all lost our fatherland, and we’ll search it until we perish..so far, US is not my homeland, and, sad to say, neither Albania is anymore.

    we’ll gonna feel that later in life, within our empty beings

    sad, sad

    (sorry, I don’t have anything to comment on her)

14. spring

    February 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

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    hello everyone,

    I am albanian but married to an english guy (for LOVE).
    I am sorry to say but what is wrong with taking a different citizenship???
    Whe our government is F**** up???

15. spring

    February 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

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    continue….as i pressed the wrong button.
    I think she has done the right thing. I will tell you an example:
    I gave birth to my son last year and i wanted my mother to be here in UK before i gave birth. She applied for a visa and never got it!! What was the reason ???? NO reason. Full stop.

    I am proud of being AL but not proud of our Law and government!

    Love to all Al,

    Spring, United Kingdom.

16. Zeci

    February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

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    Good on you girl. You did the right thing.
    Welcome to the EU.

17. Dee

    February 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

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    Na fiku deren. :S Nuk di a do me zej gjumi sonte …

18. Dace

    February 11th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

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    I did not see anywhere that anybody is calling the German government stupid. But I think the biggest blame goes with it and their stupid rules which rule out double-citizenship. In my opinion in this totally globalized world multiple citizenships should be allowed.

    Random reader

19. elvis

    February 11th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

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    Dear Dace,
    I have to say that I agree with you very much that this should be an option for all those like Eda who would like to get their citizenship elswhere. However, the issue remains that this does not diminish the blame of our government’s foreign and domestic policies.

20. Dace

    February 12th, 2008 at 11:52 am

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    Elvis, why don’t you go and run for next elections?
    What is the blame of your government? It is a normal transition government… you cannot expect that 50 and more years old mistakes can be fixed in a fortnight. Unluckily you cannot erase the history and remake it, and generations need to change for people’s mentality to change.

    But we live now and here. You can blame noone that he or she chooses a better life, better carreer prospects, love after all (romantic or whatever). There are so many stories why people end up with one leg in one country and with another leg in another one. Paperwork and bureaucracy is just paperwork and bureaucracy, though very annoying when you have to deal with it just to live and do what you like. Eda is still Albanian, but because of German bureaucracy Albania is losing one more citizen. And of course of your government’s mistakes, but already so outdated ones that there is no more point to talk about them. Vorbei ist vorbei.

21. elvis

    February 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

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    Dear Dace,
    I agree with you when you say that it’s not just the government to blame, but in large part it is. However, I am not a pessimist nor am I so idealistic that I fail to understand the transition process.

    As regards the second part of your comment, my response is already posted: “Beyond the details behind Eda’s decision, I am sure that she will continue to be a great Albanian symbol wherever she goes.” So obviously I do not blame her. That’s it.

22. Ptoleme X. Xhuvani

    February 13th, 2008 at 3:28 am

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    Today is a sad day and chances are such great event as Eda Zari relinquishing her Albanian citizenship will send shock waves through my spine, distorting my train of thought and torturing me with amnesia for over a week. How could this happen?

    In other words, Eda Zari’s “personal” decisions are quite telling, at least making me allege that her “glorification” of Albanian is only done in vain, and yes, for “personal i.e. financial” matters.

    I’m gonna go ahead and allege that Eda Zari is a man. I am starting this news. The burden of proof that she is allegedly a “woman” rests on Eda Zari. Let’s see if she objects.