Bus stop ad, Tirana. [All day, all night zero Leke.]

Passenger drop-off, Tirana.

Tirana

Downtown living, Tirana.

Downtown mosque, Tirana.

Quranic inscription at the entrance of the downtown mosque, Tirana.

Government buildings in Tirana.

Evening rush time in downtown Tirana.

Downtown Tirana

Equestrian statue of Skanderbeg in downtown Tirana

Downtown Tirana

Downtown Tirana

Mural on a government building in Tirana

Traditional musical instruments in Kruja bazaar

Traditional contraptions: Kruja bazaar

DIL's program concluded with a musical performance by Pakistan's prominent vocalist Tahira Syed.

DIL Fundraiser's special guest of honor, Greg Mortenson, got sick and could not make it to the program. Dr. Abdul Jabbar associated with the City College of San Francisco and on the board of the Central Asia Institute (a non-profit established by Mortenson, building schools in Pakistan) spoke in place of Greg Mortenson.

ناسازئی طبیعت کی وجہ سے گریگ مورٹینسن دل کے پروگرام میں شرکت نہ کر پائے۔ ان کی جگہ سینٹرل ایشیا انسٹی ٹیوٹ کے بورڈ ممبر ڈاکٹر عبدالجبار نے حاضرین سے خطاب کیا۔

The duo of Paru Yusuf (R) and Ambreen Jamal emceed the program.

Over 200 people attended the fundraiser arranged at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto.

Dr. Adil Najam, Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy at Boston University and a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, was the keynote speaker at Developments in Literacy’s annual fundraiser on November 7.

Souvenirs in Kruja bazaar

Kruja Fort

Sikanderbeg (Iskander Beg) selling in Kruja.

Polka dots do add zest to these otherwise middling residential buildings۔

Tirana residential buildings--concrete structure with red brick walls.

An on-the-go lawyer's office in Tirana

Leaving our laundry at the reception, we left for the historical city of Kruja. This is the van that took us from Tirana to Kruja.