Long Study Tour: KOSOVO part. 2

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Ikran Noor

<i>"Hello" in your host country's language:</i> Hej! <i>Home Institution (your U.S. University/College):</i> Macalester College <i>Expected graduation year:</i> 2024 <i>Destination city & country:</i> Copenhagen, Denmark <i>Program provider:</i> DIS <i>Major/minor:</i> American Studies / Political Science / Legal Studies & Humanitarianism <i>Demographics:</i> African American/Black, Immigrant, First-Generation College Student, First-Generation American <i>Future career aspirations:</i> Attorney (JD) Law Professor (JD/PhD) <i>Top 3 goals for your time abroad:</i> (1). Explore the country/cultures (2). Meet new people (local and students alike) (3). Get out of my comfort zone

A Kosovo photo diary:

1. A bookstore, and the monument to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa is a celebrated and well-loved figure in Kosovo. There are numerous monuments to her just in Prishtina alone. Mother Teresa actually lived in Kosovo after her family left Macedonia. She is of Albanian descent and is revered by Kosovar Albanians, Muslims, and Christians alike.

2. The Gracanica Monastery. A 13th-century Serbian Orthodox Church and one of King Milutinโ€™s last monumental endowments. The monastery is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.