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Fahredin Shehu
Short bio
Born in Rahovec, South East of Kosova, in 1972. Graduated at Prishtina University, Oriental Studies.
Actively works on Calligraphy discovering new mediums and techniques for this specific for of plastic art.
Certified expert in Andragogy/ Capacity Building, Training delivery, Coaching and Mentoring, Facilitating etc.
In last fifteen years he operated as Independent Scientific Researcher in the field of World Spiritual Heritage and Sacral Esthetics.
Work history
October 2016 – present- RTK Public Broadcaster- Editor in Chief- Educational and Scientific program
September 2006- RTK Board Of Director’s Administrator-
Implementing RTK BoD policies, preparing Minutes of the meetings, Office management, International correspondence with RTK BoD International members, Travel Regional and European Public Broadcasters Liaison etc
October 2005 –March 2006, Head of Office Humanitarian Law Center- Prishtinë
- Office and staff management– on day to day basis, delegation of responsibilities;
- Capacity building– training volunteers in the human rights working for HLC;
- Organizing field research- delegation of staff and preparing work plans and their distribution according to the area of research;
- Trial monitoring– monitoring the trials in the Supreme Court of Kosova, for ethnically based crimes;
- Media monitoring– monitoring main written media in Kosova on reporting on ethnic violations;
- Report writing- writing monthly reports, semester reports, annual reports, Financial and narrative reports in different projects implemented by HLC office in Prishtina;
- Implementing projects of population losses in Kosovë– working on a Kosovo book of dead as HLC project for the population losses from every ethnic groups in Kosova;
- Minority rights in practice– monitoring the violations of minority rights and producing report on Minority rights in practice, (please see the link: http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/Newsletter_Anhaenge/110/minor_kos.pdf).
- Part taking in the conference of regional partners, organized by King Baudouin Foundation and Reporting on Minority Rights in Practice in EU Parliament in Brussels, November 2005
March 2005- October 2005 Director for Culture, Sport and Youth in Rahovec Municipality
- Management of Directorates budget- developing cultural policies in Municipal level and managing with budget of respective directorate
- Staff management- Supervising 14 staff members of Albanian and Serbian ethnical background;
- Library- developing plans for enrichment of the book fund in the municipal library;
- Cultural heritage- actively supporting the manager for protection of cultural monuments in drafting a report and a book on cultural monuments within the municipality
- Culture, Sport and Youth activities- Developing and implementing different project in respective sectors like music festivals, artistic colonies, book presentations, exhibitions, sport tournaments, and youth related activities.
April 2004- March 2005, OSCE/ KPSS Vushtrri / specialized training/ for Kosovo Police Service, General Policing, Forensics, Drug, Custom, Ballistic, Investigation, Intelligence courses, delivering trainings, planning the curriculum etc.
September 2003 April 2004 -Program Officer for Global Perspective Development Center – Curriculum developer/trainer covering Governmental and Non Governmental Youth Capacity Building on Value Based Leadership. Please see the link: http://www.rabbanitrust.org/papers2004/Kosovo_ValueBasedLeadershipTraining.doc
January 2001-December 2002 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Elections Trainer
I was responsible for training local and international staff in Election Procedures, as support for subsequent democratic elections in Kosovo. I worked effectively in a team, reporting to my Head of Office. Training was done in three languages: Albanian and Serbian for local counterparts and in English for International colleagues. I also conducted training courses in Serb enclaves in Kosovo, which I hope proves my ability to work objectively in politically hazardous areas. I have also acted as a departmental interpreter, and assistant, working with a supervisor to prepare election material, village assessments, and maps, as well as to recruit staff (interpreters and drivers). On election days, I acted as the Chair member of the Election Day In-Take Team. Training courses conducted are listed below:
- Types of Electoral Systems – delivered to MEC for three Municipalities;
- Compliance with and Appeals to the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Commission – delivered to OSCE staff 2002;
- Early Voting 2002;
- Homebound by Fear and Disabilities Voting 2002;
- Voter Service Periods, 2001 and 2002;
- Special Needs Voting 2002;
- International Polling Station Supervisor Training 2001;
- Challenge Period – delivered to local and international staff 2001;
- Training of trainers for the Polling and Counting Procedures 2001;
- Quality Control on Election Day 2001 and 2002;
- Chair Member of in-take team on Election Day-in a group with MEC (Municipal Election Commission) and IPPS (International Polling Station Supervisor) 2001 and 2002;
- Language Assistant OSCE Election Department/ working for Core Supervisor in preparing election material, village assessments, preparing maps, interviewing interpreters, recruiting drivers, where I show my workaholic aptitudes of staying long hours at workplace with exceeded expectations;
July 1999 – May 2000 Kosovo Force (KFOR) Interpreter
Dec. 1998 – Jan.1999 UKKDOM Language Assistant
Jan. 1999 – Mar. 1999 Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) Language Assistant
Sep. 1998 – Jun. 2000 English Teacher, Secondary School, Rahovec, Kosovo
Jun. 2000 Team Leader and Secretary, NGO ‘Art Studio’, Literature and Drama
Training Courses attended & Representations:
- Conference on Ibn Khaldun 600 anniversary with the call of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Cairo. Dec. 2006
- International center for Transitional Justice, Essential course on TJ in Leuven, Belgium, Feb. 2006
- King Baudouin Foundation Partners meeting on Minority Rights in Practice program, in Brussels, November 2005
- 44th International Poetry event in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2005
- European Integration Symposium, Istanbul (European culture, Integration Policy, concepts and modalities on Integrations etc.)
- Conflict analysis-OSCE Capacity Building
- Team building-OSCE Capacity Building
- Gender Awareness-OSCE Capacity Building
- Religion and Conflict Resolution-OSCE Capacity Building
- Training of Trainers – Fundamentals of Training
- Coaching and Monitoring techniques, OSCE Capacity Building
- ELT English Language Teaching Seminar
- Photographic Techniques, Summer Camp to promote interethnic dialogue between groups from the former Yugoslavia
- NGO Development Training – East West Management Institute: how to write e projects how to deal with difficult cases in management
- Election Training for Trainers -OSCE Capacity Building
- Elections Commissions Training, IFES
- Communication skills-OSCE Capacity Building
- Presentation skills-OSCE Capacity Building
Published books:
- NUN- collection of mystical poems, 1996 author’s edition,
- INVISIBLE PLURALITY- Poetical prose, 2000, author’s edition
- NEKTARINA- Novel, Transcendental Epic, 2004, publishing House, Rozafa Prishtinë- project of Ministry of Culture Sport and Youth of Kosova
- ELEMENTAL 99- Short poetical mystical stories, 2006, Center for positive thinking, Prishinë
- KUN- collection of transcendental lyrics, 2007, Publishing House LOGOS-A, Skopje, Macedonia
- DISMANTLE OF HATE, E-book 2010, Ronin Press, London,
- CRYSTALINE ECHOES, Poetry, Hard copy and e-book 2011, Corpos Editora- Porto, Portugal
- PLEROMA’S DEW, Poem, Hard copy and Kindle/ Amazon Edition, 2012 Inner Child Press, New York, USA
- EMERALD MACADAM, Essays, Columns, Opinions, Presentations, Academic papers on Culture, Art, Spirituality, 2012, Positive Initiative, Prishtina, Kosovo
- MULBERRIES, Novel, Hard copy, LOGOS-A- Skopje, Macedonia, 2012
- BALKANS AND ISLAM- contributor, Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2012.
- HONEYCOMB, Novel, Author’s edition, 2013
- THE PEN, selceted poems, Arhipelag, Belgrade Serbia, 2013.
- MAELSTROM- The Four Scrolls of an Illyrian Sage, Inner Child Press, New Jersey, USA, 2014.
- BONDS, selected poems, Inner Child Press, New Jersey. USA, 2017
- ELISIR, selected poems, Pelicano Libri- Roma, Italy, 2017
- NEON CHILD, selected poems, Inner Child Press, New Jersey, 2018
- HERENOW, selected poems, Inner Child Press, New Jersey, 2019
- PRAYER’S RUG, Armagedoni, Prishtinë, Kosovo, 2019
- PALANQUIN, collection of poems, Gnosa, Tetovo, Macedonia, 2019
Research papers and presentations:
- Politics, Religion, Arrogance, State- Egypt
- Mysticism, Islamic Mysticism, Surawardi Maqtul- Kosovo
- Reconstruction of Identity and its sustainability among Kosovo Albanians- Turkey
- Sema, Semazen, Esotericism and the Art of Rumi- UNESCO –Albania
- Grimoires- Rational reading of Irrational Texts- Kosovo
- Literature (Translation) and Art as bridge to Cultures- Kosovo
- The Remembrance of Ashura in Kosovo- Iran
- The expectation of Albanians and Serbs from the Kosovo Serbia Dialogue- Serbia
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy as common value (Albanian-Turkish)- Kosovo
- The Marriage and Family according to Fethullah Gulen- Kosovo
- Ahmsta Kebzeh- Murat Yagan and Caucasian Yoga- Kosovo
- Laleh Bakhtiar- First woman to translate Holly Qur’an- Kosovo
- Kudsi Erguner- Sufi Music in Sorbonne- Kosovo
- Osho Rajneesh on Objective Art- Kosovo
- Zaha Hadid- massive architectural sculptures- Kosovo
- Loreena Mc Kennitt- West East Musical fusion- Kosovo
Issues on papers and magazines:
The Book of Poetry E-Book in Ronin press, London, UK
The book of Poetry in Nadwah Press, Hong Kong
Poetry on Magazine of Center for Humanistic studies GANI BOBI, Prishtinë, Kosovë
Essays on Journal “Oriental Studies”, Kosova Orientalist’s Association. Kosovë
Poetry in Magazine STAV- Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poetry in Magazine ZIVOT- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poetry in Magazine ULAZNICA- Zrenjanin, Vojvodina
Poetry in Magazine URRA- Tirana, Albania
Poetry in Magazine POETA- Belgrade, Serbia
Poetry in Magazine, ISTANBUL LITERARY REVIEW, Istanbul, Turkey
Poetry in Magazine, MOBIUS MAGAZINE, New York, USA
Poetry in Magazine OBELISK, Tirana, Albania
THE WORLD POETS QUARTERLY (multilingual) VOLUME No. 58, Bei Jing, China
THE WORLD POETS YEARBOOK 2009, Bei Jing, China
Lexicon of Kosovo Albanian Writers 1501- 2001, Prishtina, Kosovo
Poetry at Sarajevske Sveske 2010, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Poetry in Balkan Writers, Belgrade, Serbia
Poetry at Poetas del Mundo, Santiaogo de Chile
Poetry at Mediterranean, Gotteborg, Sweden
Poetry at Aquillrelle, Brussels, Belgium
Poetry at Poem hunter, USA
Poetry at World Poets Society, Athens, Greece
Poetry at Albpoem, Albania
Poetry at Soylesi Poetry Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey
Poetry at revista ura, Tirana, Albania
Poetry at Uzina Marta, Brasil
Poetry at Arabic and Nadwah, Hong Kong
Poetry Romanian version Oriental Meu, Bucharest, Romania
Poetry at Agonia , Bucharest, Romania
Poetry and profile at Carty’s Poetry Journal, Dublin, Ireland
Poetry and profile at Blue Max Magazine, Dublin, Ireland
Poetry at Middle East Online, London
Poetry in English on The Sound of Poetry Review, Argentina
Poetry at Le post, Paris, France
Poetry at Aube,Paris, France
Poetry at24 heures, Geneve, Zwitzerland
Poetry at Tribune de Geneve, Geneve, Switzerland
Poetry and Calligraphy at World Art Friends, Portugal
Poetry at lechasseurabstrait. Publisher, Patric Cintas, RAL,M Revue d’Art, et litterature, Musique, Paris, France
Poetry at Arte Poetica, Salvador
Poetry at Carcinogenic Poetry, Brasil
Poetry at Album Nocturno, Salvador
Poetry at Anthology HYPERLINK “http://poetassigloveintiuno.blogspot.com/2011/06/3902-fahredin-shehu.html”HYPERLINK “http://poetassigloveintiuno.blogspot.com/2011/06/3902-fahredin-shehu.htmHYPERLINK “http://poetassigloveintiuno.blogspot.com/2011/06/3902-fahredin-shehu.html”HYPERLINK “http://poetassigloveintiuno.blogspot.com/2011/06/3902-fahredin-shehuPoetas Siglo Ventiuno, Madrid, Spain
Poetry at CHECK POINT POETRY, Le Reti di Dedalus, Italy
Poetry at Author India, India
Poetry at Pagina de Andres Morales, Chile
Poetry at Cinosargo, Arica, Chile
Poetry at Grey Scale, Nigeria
Poetry at Snow in Guinea Magazine, 13 º NUMBER OF
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Poetry at La Granada, No. 2, Oslo, Norway
Poetry at Othervoices.org. USA
Poetry atPoetry Blis Anthology, India, 2012
Poetry atHealnig World Anthology, New York, USA
Poetry at Aquillrelle, Brussels, Belgium
Poetry at Letras TLR, Mexico City, Mexico
Poetry at Realidades Y Fictiones, ed. Hector Zabala, Buenos Aires Argentina
Poetry at Poemish, USA
Poetry at Best Poems Encyclopedia, USA
Poetry at Froward Poetry, UK
Poetry at Ann Arbour Review, Michigan, USA
Poetry at Coldnoon Lityerary Magazine, Jawhalal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Poetry at Galway Review, Ireland
Poetry at Margute Poesia, Italy
Poetry at Otkrita Literatura, Bulgaria
Poetry at Rochford Street Review, Australia
Poetry at Poems Without Borders, Macedonia
Translating Fernando Arrabal, Le Regal Du Jeu, France
Poetry at Anthology, Alquimia de la Terra, Universidad da Huelva, Spain
Poetry at Anthology, Alquimia de la Sal, Universidad da Huelva, Spain
Poetry at Trafika Europe, Paris, France
Poetry at Love Postcards Anthology, Mexico
Poetry at Miombo Publilshing, Zimbabwe
Poetry in Antology Metamorfosa, Warsaw, Poland
Poetry at POEM- Taylor and Frances, Routledge London, UK
Poetry at Publisher’s Weekly in Arabic- Issue no 4, Sharjah Book Authority, United Arab Emirates
Poetry at Poetry from the Balkans, Italy
Poetry at Balkan Poetry, USA
Articles in www.worldbulletin.com, Istanbul, Turkey
Articles in www.newropeansmagazine.com, Strasbourg, France
Books at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Fahredin%20Shehu%22, USA
Participations:
- Exhibition of Calligraphies in Cairo, Egypt, 2004
- Sarajevo 44th Poetry Meeting, Sarajevo 2005
- Congress on 600th anniversary of the work of Abdurrahman Ibn Khaldun, Cairo, Egypt, 2006
- Meeting for the ethnic minority rights, European Parliament, Bruxelles, 2006
- Exhibition of paintings and calligraphies at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Cairo Egypt, 2007
- Participation on the Congress on 800th anniversary of a Persian Poet RUMI, organized by
- UNESCO/Albania and Saadi Shirazi Foundation, Tirana, Albania, 2008
- Participation at the International conference on Islam and Balkan- Identity and building bridges, Canakkale, Turkey, 2010
- Participation at 13th International Sheikh Tousi Conference, Qom, Teheran, Mashhad, Iran, 2010
- Participation at Conference on Regional Cooperation, Kopaonik Serbia, 2011
- Participation at International Poetry Festival Voix de la Mediterranee, Lodeve France, 2011
- Participation at Struga Poetry Events- 50th anniversary, Struga, Macedonia, 2011
- Participation at PEN Macedonia Regional Conference, Skopje, 2011
- Participation at Nisan Poetry Festival in Maghar, Galilee, Nazareth, Israel, 2012
- Participation at Fermoy Poetry Festival in Fermoy, Ireland, 2012
- Participation at PEN Macedonia 50th anniversary and Regional cooperation, Skopje, Macedonia 2013
- Participation at Malta Literary Festival and Workshop, Valletta, Malta 2013
- Participation at SUR Poetry Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015
- International Poetry Festival, MAELSTROM, Brussels, Belgium, 2016
- International Poetry Festival, Sapanca, Turkey, 2016
- International Poetry Festival, Vilenica, Slovenia, 2017
- 100 000 Poets for change- Strumica, Macedonia, 2017
- International Poetry Festival, Ratkoviceve Veceri Poezije, Bjelopolje, 2018
- PEN Balkan biennale meeting, Prespa, North Macedonia, 2019
Translated in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Roma, Swedish, Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Romanian, Mongolian, Chinese, Maltese, Frisian, Sicilian, Bengali, Bhahasa
Wrote many reviews, edited many books and anthologies, to mention: World Healing World Peace, Two volumes Anthology, Inner Child Press USA.
Ambassador of Poets to Albania by Poetas del Mundo, Santiago de Chile
Ambassador of Spanish Language- Museo De Palabra, Egidio Serrano Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Member of the Publishing and Editing Committee, at the Kosovo Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sport 2012- 2015.
Member of World Association of Writers
Member of World Poetry Movement
Member of the Kosovo PEN Center
Laureate of gold medal for poetry as bridge to Nations, Axlepin Publishing, Phillipines
Poet of the year 2014, Turkish Literary Magazine, IMZA, Yunus Emre Institute, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Award winning Poet Agim Ramadani, Stubëll- 2014.
Award winnig Poet, Naaji Naaman Prize for Poetry, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016
Member of Book and Publication Commitee- Ministry of Culturem Youth and Sport, (2012- 2015).
Pulitzer Prize Niominated 2017
Certificate of Merit- World Union of Writers, Mexico
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universum Academy Lugano, Switzerland
Lifetime Academic Universum Academy Switzerland
Winner of Alexander the Great Prize Italy
Director of International Poetry Festival- Rahovec, Kosovo
Founder of Fund for Cultural Education and Heritage in Kosovo
