Wessel recalls Sokolin Fates: The Artist Who Challenged Patriarchal Standards

Kosovo Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli has commemorated renowned Albanian singer Fatime Sokoli on the 32nd anniversary of her death.

He in a Facebook post writes that Sokoli was also a feminist emancipation model for Gjakova Malthia and all Albanian lands.

“Fatime Sokoli challenged that mentality by shining through scenes in and out of the country and singing to the heroes of history with the two strings of couples at the time when most rhapsods were men”, writes Wessel.

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Perhaps for new generations today, the name of Fatime Sokool, who died on August 12, 1987, does not mean much to my generation, but it has been one of the most inspiring singers who sang to the national pain and pride. Her patriotic songs, like many others, were heard on Radio Tirana or Radio Kukesi. They were one of the main factors that raised it, bromos, educated and taught our youth and our people patriotism. It was also a feminist emancipation model for the Malthia of Gjakova and all Albanian lands because it went beyond patriarchal standards. She showed that the woman was not just to give birth, raise and educate children, to chores, and to submit to her husband's power, but much more. Fatime Sokoli challenged that mentality by shining through scenes in and out of the country and singing to the heroes of history with the two wire of the pair at the time when most of the rhapsods were men.