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Insight for Outsiders - Kosovo

Stephanie Kwoll - Omega Contributor

Name: Labinot Veseli

Age: 23

Home Country: Kosovo

Field of Study: Business

Kosovar culture

Three things you need to know about Kosovo:

1. It is the world’s newest country since it became independent from Serbia on Feb. 17, 2008.

2. Ninety-seven per cent of the people in Kosovo are of Kosovo origin, of which 97 per cent are Muslims.

3. It has a lot of beautiful areas that most Europeans don’t know about and it also has a lot of natural resources.

A must see in Kosovo is: Pristina, the capital, and Prizren, the oldest town and cultural centre of Kosovo.

The biggest difference between Canada and Kosovo: That Kosovar are a lot livelier than Canadians.

In Kosovo, never ever: Compare someone to a Serbian!

A wrong stereotype about Kosovo people is: That the country is still destroyed because of the war in 1999.

Kosovar people love: Drinking tea.

Kosovar people hate: Being quiet.

What I like most about Kosovo is: Being able to spend time in the rural areas because it is nice and quiet there.

What I dislike most about Kosovo is: The pollution.

Here in Canada I miss most: My family.

Kosovar cooking for beginners: Baklava

Ingredients:

• ½ kg of ready made puff pastry
• 200 g pressed walnuts
• 1 tsp. of cinnamon
• melted butter
• 3 cups of sugar
• 2 cups of water
• ½ lemon

Instructions:

Roll out half of puff pastry. Sprinkle with walnuts and cinnamon, cover with another layer of pastry. Cut in diamond shapes, sprinkle with melted butter. Bake and leave it to cool. Mix water and sugar in a pot, bring to boil while stirring, boil for five minutes. Add juice of half a lemon. Cool for five minutes and spread over diamond pieces.