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- Blog ! . All commentaries will be published here. [24.10.06]

- The AppleTree.Poem about understanding. [21.09.05]

- To-stemthet. Poem about togetherness. [15.12.04]

- Transforming Ethnic Nationalism - the politics of ethno-nationalistic sentiments in Kosovo published here in full version (205 pages) in PDF format. [31.05.03]

- Is Kosovo Modern Enough? Article written for the JAVA Magazine. [19.04.02]

- Field Research in Conflict Societies - Methodological Problems. Article for the Post-Graduate Student's Year Book 2002. [08.04.02]

- The Potential of the 'Kosovar' Identity in Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Kosovo. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association Conference in New Mexico, USA. [14.02.02]

- The concept of Ethnicity, State and Nationalism applied on Kosovo. Written for JAVA in Kosovo. [28.01.02]

- Chapter 1 - Introduction of thesis on "Transforming Ethnic Nationalism" Draft v. 3.1 [22.01.02]

- Transformimi i Nacionalizmit Etnik-Bashkimit Etnik si dhe Mundësia e Paraqitjes së Identitetit 'Kosovar' [Transforming Ethni Nationalism and the Formation and Potential of the 'Kosovar' Identity]. Published in JAVA Magazine in the Albanian dialect 'Gheg' (as spoken in Kosovo) [02.01.02]

-The Norwegian Language Debate. Written for JAVA magazine in Kosovo that promotes the usage of the Northern Albanian 'Gheg' in Kosovo as opposed to the official Albanian language in Albania.

- Dynamic Classification of Ethnic Incorporation. Revitalising Handelmann's table in order to see changes in ethnic incoporation. [17.12.01]

- Transforming Ethnic Nationalism Draft paper (v.2.9) Published for Public Review (17 p). [16.12.01]

- Photos from six months stay in Kosovo working for the OSCE [16.12.01]

- The usage of the Albanian Flag in Kosovo - traces of transformation in ethno-nationalistic sentiments? One of the key points in my thesis. [April 2001]

- Albansk Nasjonalisme og ideen om Stor-Albania: en oppklaring av albansk regional politikk i Serbia, Makedonia og Kosovo [Albanian Nationalism and the idea about 'Greater Albania': analysing the regional albanian politics in Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo].[April 2001]

We live in a global economy - ATTAC too! Comment about the recent development of the ATTAC movement. [16.04.01]

- Popular Patriotic Songs in Kosovo. Some of the most popular modern songs in Kosovo today translated into english (preliminary translation). [December 2000]

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The AppleTree

Dearest Appletree
you bring me to my knees
Bowed to the ground
To understand the sound
Judgement of being
As to avoid fleeing
From fear and uncertainty
The tainted monocracy
That would tear away the lucracy
Of cherished well being
But let me face evil
With embraced humanness
Empathy and irony
Pride and ignorance
Resilience and blindness
Such as good characters
Are evil in other ways

Let me understand the world
its culture, societies
In good and bad, just as it is
kindness and togetherness
strange beliefs and embezzling politics
let me embrace it all
as they embraced you
to understand their own fruitfulness
and root of their eager fight
over the few apples
that never can satisfy
their desiring souls
of dreams, aspirations and lust
without the bitter taste of shame
that comes with luring apples
from a tree common to all
supposed to feed as well the small

Oslo September 2005