1 Albanian 1 Life
't1 ---· -- . ... .-.-~---·"( 1 ALBANIAN 1 LIFE r l No.25 _No. 2 , 1983 J_ ____________________, CONTENTS SPORT IN ALBANIA, by Besnik Dizdari, Ismet fullova and Osman Palushi . p. THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY AT APOLLONIA, by Gjergj Frash~ri p. 6 NEW LITERATURE AVAILABLE . • p. 15 "TiiREE GIRLS", a poem by Vorea Ujko p. 16 Cartoons : "HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM TIRANA" p. 17 "nlE SHADOW", a short story by Elena Kadare p. 18 ALBANIAN SOCIETY MEETINGS p. 25 TiiE SHKODRA-TITOGRAD RAILWAY p . 26 CORRECTION to text of Prof. Martin Smith's lecture p. 26 SPIRITUALITY IN ALBANIAN POETRY, by Martin Rogan . p. 27 CORRESPONDENCE from Vivien Pixner, Margaret Arkwright p . 32 A~B/\NIAN NEWS (November 1982 - January 1983) . p. 40 BOOK REVIEWS: . "PORTRAIT OF ALBANIA", reviewed by Steve· Day p. 44 "ALBANIA : ATRAVEL GUIDF", by Philip Ward, reviewed. by Tom Blake p . 45 "THE HAND OF LENIN", a poem by Muharrem Jakupi . .p. 48 Bas-:elief on the Church of St. Nicolas in Mesopotam (Saranda district) SPORT IN ALBANIA by Besnik Dizda\·i, Ismet Bellova & Osman Palushi ,. .. ~ :-~·-:-;:-·~~nwrtm~ Prior to Liberation, . :':';··· , ,,:· ... ... .. --:----- 2'! opportunities for , , . ·:: " ·1 •. ..• .. ::"",-.-·~ • • •• · : i sport in Albania · · ' ·· were extremely lim- ited. The Zog reg ime brought over some fascist inst ructors from Italy, but placed the main emphasis on utilis ing sport to incul cate "obedience" in ,,. ..,,,,.,... .., the youth . In 1938 there were in the whole country only 27 physical educat ion instructors , 15 M@.!Kf'!:l:.!I football pitches !.a:dH::ilif.tjll and 30 fields for volleyball and bas- ke tball. Total membership of sports clubs was on ly 1,200.
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