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Sunday, November 22, 2009




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

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Saturday, November 21, 2009



Passenger drop-off, Tirana.

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Friday, November 20, 2009



Tirana

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Thursday, November 19, 2009



Downtown living, Tirana.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009



Downtown mosque, Tirana.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009



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

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Monday, November 16, 2009



Government buildings in Tirana.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009




Evening rush time in downtown Tirana.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009



Downtown Tirana

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Friday, November 13, 2009



Equestrian statue of Skanderbeg in downtown Tirana

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Thursday, November 12, 2009




Downtown Tirana

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009



Downtown Tirana

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009



Mural on a government building in Tirana

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Monday, November 09, 2009



Traditional musical instruments in Kruja bazaar

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Sunday, November 08, 2009



Traditional contraptions: Kruja bazaar

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

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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.

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

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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.

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Saturday, November 07, 2009



Souvenirs in Kruja bazaar

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Friday, November 06, 2009



Kruja Fort

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Thursday, November 05, 2009



Sikanderbeg (Iskander Beg) selling in Kruja.

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Wednesday, November 04, 2009



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

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009



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

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Monday, November 02, 2009



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

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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.

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