Kurti: The exhibition featuring Hazir Reka’s photographs revives the memory of decisive moments in our history

At the personal exhibition “Dalja n’dritë,” featuring photographs by Hazir Reka, acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that these images take the citizens of Kosovo back to some of the most significant events in the country’s recent history.

He made these remarks on Tuesday evening in Prishtina during the exhibition’s opening ceremony, where he highlighted the artist’s contribution to documenting historical episodes in Kosovo.

“The photographs on display take us back to 1988 and 1989, to the time of the miners’ protests and strikes, when the call for freedom and justice, dignity and equality echoed throughout the country and beyond. Before us appear scenes from the 1988 protests, when miners across the country became part of a broad civic movement with powerful popular demonstrations,” Kurti said.

According to him, through the lens of his camera, Hazir Reka has built an archive of special value for collective memory, preserving important testimony from Kosovo’s modern history.

Kurti also stressed that this exhibition represents a tribute to the miners and their resistance, as well as to all those who contributed to the long journey toward freedom and the Republic, while at the same time expressing gratitude for the author’s work.