I-Searchwork: Have You Ever Wondered About Albania

Jasmina Dabeca

Bernard

Argumentative Literacy, per 2

4/11/2016

Albania

My Search Story

Do you ever wonder what other nationalities do? Have you ever wondered about Albania. In my I- search work project I am researching about Albania. I researched about this topic because i want to learn more about myself as an Albanian, the culture; and something that i did or didn't know. What i know so far about albania is, some of the food they eat, daily activities and how they greet each other, desserts they make and what they wear for some occasions, holidays. The food that they eat is lamb (brain, liver, heart, kidney, and whatever organs are left), pite, byrek, Qofte. Some activities that they like to do is go swimming, hiking in the mountains and

For occasions in the text it says “they usually wear traditional costume clothes”. The holidays that they celebrate is Ramadan which begins a month of fasting at the end of the fasting period, Eid al-Fitr. They fast from sunrise to sundown. Eid al Fitr is also called small byram when families and friends come together sing and dance, play, play traditional music and feast on food prepared according to old family traditions, and we also go to our families home, stay for a little then get money and candy. Weddings, birthdays are causes for people to sing, dance, and eat traditional

In the book cultures of the world Albania it says “today Albania is emerging democracy struggling to adjust to a world its people were shut off from for 50 years. With More Albanians now living outside the country that within and Balkan Warfare raging all around Albania faces many challenges- economic, social and governmental.” This book answered many of my inquiry question even the questions i had in my head. It helped a lot with my research, especially finding the facts when i did not have internet. I found many facts to my 1-5 inquiry questions. I’ve gained so much knowledge about this topic all this research that i did has helped me understand something that got me stuck.

For my 1st question i had was Is Albania a safe country? During my research “Albania Frequently asked question guidebook” in the text i found that “Albania was separated from the rest of the world.. The truth is, and I also truly believe it, that Albania is a very safe country. well, when you are walking ‘on the other side of the tracks’ crossing some suspicious districts at night you might be, in fact, running some risk but the same could be actually any where around the world.” today, Albania is a very beautiful country, safe and a place where you can enjoy with your family and have