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Albania: Juliana Pasha campaigns against blood vengeance
Juliana Pasha is currently involved in the Hannah Albania project, using her fame to help abolish the blood vengeance (Gjakmarrja) which is still practised in northern parts of the country, where she comes from, tormenting thousands of families. Juliana can now be seen on a poster which says "Choose forgiveness, choose freedom, stop blood vengeance". The popular singer has dedicated much of her time visiting victims of blood vengeance in prisons and talking on radio programs advocating forgiveness instead of murder.Women and children are the ones suffering the most from this ancient tradition as they live in constant fear not knowing whether they will see their loved ones alive again. Some are even driven to murder themselves out of fear.
Although Albania is not as enthusiastic about the Eurovision Song Contest as some of their neighbours, hopes were high for Juliana as she is one of the country's most popular professional singers. Interest in the media was low with only one newspaper, Shekulli, following Juliana closely on the way to Oslo. Hopes were raised when she managed to qualify to the final but local media showed their disappointment by the low placement on the final scoreboard writing: "We get the same place even when we send a professional singer like Juliana Pasha."
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The same situation in the Serbian province of Kosovo, where are many Albanians:
blood vengeance is a symbol of Kosovo-Albanians' mentality!
good job Juliana! i keep my fingers crossed for a + result! 
I have rooted for Juliana since I first saw and heard her in the Albanian NF. 'It's for you' was ignored by the usual suspects who continue to vote the same way year after year. I am happy to know that she cares for what happens in her country and that she is trying to change what needs to be changed.
Cleopatra
Have u ever heard about the vendeta in Mani or Crete? Does that make us a third-world country too?
Her song was not one of my favorites, but Juliana is a great singer and she is so sweet !!! Good Luck with everything what you are planning to do, Juliana !! It was great to meet you in Oslo !!!
@ Cleopaatra
YOU ARE A VERR DANGEROUS RACIST,
PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THREAT TO THE WORLD,
WHY DONT U KEEP YOUR RACIST THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF ONLY,
YOUR HATRED MAKES US SICK
Albanian is not a third world country. This is not a problem in Albania anymore..it was taken care of..
Good for Juliana for advocating a cause. Commenting on her performance, she really deserved a higher placement. I think this year was the first time I really liked the Albanian entry. Catchy song and great vocals.
This tradition exist everywhere where live albanians.Albania ,macedonia and Kosovo to.
Good on her trying to do some good!! Let's hope people support her.
Also, she was robbed in Oslo, "All About You" should have been top 10, great feel good song, upbeat and a great performer. Hope to hear more from her 
@Cleopatra Konstantopoulou
Why? ( the answer is obvious though lol )
*Not as........*
No as third-world as your past and present comments love! 
Once again well done Juliana I hope one day WORLD-IGNORANCE is also tackled and kept at bay or dissolved completedly!
What a third-world country.
She's amazing !
Well done Juliana Pasha for doing your part in trying to show people forgiveness is the way forward.
Albania deserved a higher place this year and I hope they continue to send good entries.
That's really nice of her.
@Rita ESC
I agree, she deserved at least to be in TOP 10! Her song was gr8 and stood definitely out from most of the ballads this year!
I loved It's All About You since the first day I've heard it, I downloaded video and mp3, added to my facebook account etc, but yes, finally it was really underrated. I'm so sorry for it but it won't keep me listening to it very often :-))
w s
Thanks! 
lol
I truly wish there was something to comment
on
Good forJuliana!
Marko, good luck against Ghana.
Juliana is such a fantastic singer with such a great personality.
I love her. She deserved more at ESC 2010 but as always Albanian songs are very underrated at ESC.
Nice to see Juliana is supporting this project. This shows how a real artist is.
@ marko
this tradition doesn't excist in Kosovo. This only excists in a part of Albania.
thats so stupid whow does still happens in this century?? has this people no conscience at all!! thank gos that at least there are people like juliana living there! i wish all the possible luck to her! and i really hope that this barberic people stop doing that! so stupid! people can be so ignorant this is like going back 100 years or more in time! if you want to have a real life move foward doing that stupid blood vengeance is just moving backwards! long live juliana and her work!
This That and w s
Those are very wild rocky mountains in North Albania where that exist, also in Kosovo, I don't know if that happens among Macedonian Albanians.
Talk about primitive. What century is this country in really?
Anyway good for her doing her work against this!
Barbaric behavior ...... But hate It or love it It's a real trend in some parts of Albania
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