Posts by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AP1kizsaG4zv7CWwhE by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2022-10-28T11:34:19Z
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Mastodon it is. Academics around? #TwitterMigration #academics
(DIR) Post #ASX92Xa0cZXv7qn65Q by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-01-27T10:51:26Z
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The Belgian visa office in Kosovo will not even allow my mom (a teacher in her mid-60s) to apply for a visa, before - wait for it - the Federal Asylum Office in Brussels approves her file first. The feds, we are told, will take 3-4 months to review her file.
(DIR) Post #ASX92YW98Q3C29zWhk by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-01-27T10:53:06Z
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Reason for my mom's 1-week visit to🇧🇪, you ask? Seeing her granddaughter, a🇧🇪national of two academic parents working in🇧🇪universities (not that that should mean anything). The demand for 'others' to prove their humanity speaks about the (in)humanity of those demanding it.
(DIR) Post #ASX94Aat3LGEPoyiye by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2022-11-06T09:14:09Z
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A belated #Introduction.I am Vjosa Musliu, academic studying international relations, the Balkans and the post-Soviet space. Permanently between Kosovo, Belgium and Turkey, now on Mastodon too :) #TwitterMigration
(DIR) Post #ASZijEo4JQZwC4Gzqq by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T11:37:48Z
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Devastating as the isolation of Kosovars is, this story shows how EU embassies continuously violate the Visa Code with Kosovar applicants. The reporting of Aulonë Kadriu w/ a contribution of my own shows the ethical & financial maze of the visa process. https://tinyurl.com/2p8vanc8 Many thanks to Thomas Tombal & @aral for their input!
(DIR) Post #ASZijFOw6M4M2PWRJg by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T11:38:34Z
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Many EU countries have outsourced their visa services entirely to 3 private companies (!) many of which are unclear if not dubious about the harvesting of data of 600.000 Schengen visa applicants from Kosovo. But who cares about GDPR when it comes to non-EU barbarians?
(DIR) Post #ASZijGpCoAg0SAovtw by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-02-10T11:39:05Z
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And while EU embassies and private visa companies shift the responsibility to one another, Kosovars continue to go through lengthy, expensive & degrading visa procedures, only to be rejected in the end. The lack of accountability and checks in outsourced visa centres turns them into spaces of senseless, banal and normalized violence.
(DIR) Post #ASfds6KVrdVnggcD3Y by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2023-02-14T10:45:04Z
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Our reporting shows that many EU countries outsourced their visa services to 3 private companies. What we don't know yet: How do EU govts use the data of Kosovar (& other non-EU) citizens? Who oversees them when they breach the Visa Code? Why Germany outsourced its visa services to a company with HQ in Turkey & Russia?Read the story in @euractiv https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/investigation-reveals-violations-of-eu-visa-code-for-kosovo-citizens/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter And the full investigative story here https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/we-are-in-a-real-ghetto/
(DIR) Post #AjMaqOJmf3Accymowi by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2024-06-16T15:44:53Z
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What is the point? Polly Pallister-Wilkins & Brunilda Pali's brilliant reflection on the institutional apathy and compliance in the genocide. https://www.securitypraxis.eu/what-is-the-point/
(DIR) Post #AxnWmrYLqkGJpPjvpw by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-09-01T11:09:35Z
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"Girlhood At War" made it home!Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)You can order a copy through your local library. Many thanks to friends who have already done so in small bookshops in Lima, Dublin and Istanbul :).
(DIR) Post #AxnWmsbvuuin6oQJ3g by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-09-01T11:12:05Z
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The book is also available online. Beyond the usual suspect, you can find it on less exploitative platforms too. A curated world list is below:
(DIR) Post #Axncl0uUgkrtzjb9yC by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-09-02T15:11:16Z
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@aral @moonhouse I wrote the book but cannot get the links right :). Thanks, Aral!
(DIR) Post #Ayub14KrsSSOtcB7BI by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-10-05T20:27:11Z
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Thinking of Joy in Times of Genocide I encountered the writing of @joynewacc a 23-year-old Palestinian writer and student who wrote her book from tents https://yugoslawomenplus.net/2025/10/05/thinking-of-joy-in-times-of-genocide/ You can access and read her book "By My Pen" for free here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RR5BMFCjmPoTcwLItxVrtrzaf0WJ4n4n/view but please consider making a book donation https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy This will help Joy to evacuate from Gaza and pursue her writing and studies elsewhere.cc: @aral
(DIR) Post #AzXAA0XMFXMm7jUlkW by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-10-09T14:16:59Z
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"Girlhood At War" is going on tour. Details will follow soon along with new dates for other European cities. The book is available across all European and American online platforms. All proceeds from book sales go to the children’s section of the public library in my hometown, Gjilan (Kosovo).These events will be in person - not online.
(DIR) Post #Azb8oxhmGEYzwBbqVc by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-10-24T12:28:14Z
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Friends and colleagues in the London area, I will be talking to Piro Rexhepi at the LSE about "Girlhood At War". 📆 12 November ⏰ 17.00-18.30Info & registration https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/events/2025/girlhood-at-war-interpreting-war-and-liberation-in-kosovo
(DIR) Post #Azb8sX4REH0KUSuZ0q by VjosaMusliu@mastodon.social
2025-10-24T12:29:14Z
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Join me in a conversation with Johanne Rokke Elvebakken to talk about "Girlhood At War" at Litteraturhuset in Oslo. 📅 19 November ⏰ 17.00-19.00 All proceeds from book sales go to the children's section of the public library in my hometown Gjilan (Kosovo). See you in Oslo!