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Ikballe Berisha Huduti
Biography

MSc. Ikballe Berisha Huduti

Biography Ikbale Berisha Huduti was born in 1967 in Prizren, Republic of Kosovo. She finished the primary education in Prizren, in the “Mustafa Bakiu” school, where she also received an evaluation as an exemplary student by a special diploma named “VUKU” (Vuk Karadzic). Her great desire was to study architecture, but despite the fact that she had the absolute right to be registered in each and every school in Kosovo, she could not be registered because at the age of 15 she had willingly decided to wear the Islamic veil (hijab) with desire and obedience, inspired by the teachings of Islam preached by her brother, who was a student at the University of “Al Azhar”, for Islamic Sciences in Cairo. Ikbale as an exemplary student had two choices to continue her secondary schooling, to remove her headscarf (hijab) or to not continue any kind of education what so ever. She wanted to learn about faith and obedience for herself and her family, but not make it a life occupation because she had other ambitions. After there were no more appropriate choices for the right to education, in 1982 she decided to further her education in the Middle Madrasa of “Alaudin” in Pristina, a 4-year secondary-school education (with correspondence), because Ikbale was the only female student in her generation and there was no interest of any kind in forming a women’s class. In 1986 she graduated at the same Madrasah and then dealt with non-binding studies that arouse curiosity for the study of knowledge in the field of religion. A particular trait of Ikbale was that she is the first woman to graduate as a student in the Madrasa “Alaudin” in Pristina, since the establishment of this educational institution (after WWII). Also, her special attribute is that she was the first woman in Kosovo to decide to keep the Islamic veil (hijab), there fore sacrificing many opportunities and facing injustice sand challenges of life. Years passed and in the communist state there still existed an on-going law which stated that women have no right of education if they wear a headscarf, so after a long break of 22 years and after moving from Prizren to live in Pristina, in the year 2008 she finally continue the studies in the University of Pristina , in the department of “General and Comparative Literature,” which she concluded with great success in 2012, taking the highest grade of 10 in her thesis: “Comparative Analysis of the writing “Divan” written by Hafiz Shirazi; and also the “ Eastern-Western Divan” by John Wolfgang Von Goethe. After graduation in this branch, she was enrolled in the branch of Albanian Literature in the same university, where she graduated in 2015. Now, she intends to continue her studies at a tertiary level at the University of Pristina. For the moment, she is pursuing online studies in the theology branch of Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham, UK Activity: • Since 1986 she has been practicing the teachings of the Qur’an in various mosques of Prizren, in the city and its vicinity, as well as various NGO inside and outside Kosovo. • Ikballe is: A lecturer for women, in mosques, facilities as well as in NGOs. • Director of the Cultural Educational Organisation “NISA” for 15 years. • Editor of the magazine “VLERA”(Value), since 2010. • Associate in the Municipal Assembly in Prizren, the Office for Gender Equality. • Member in the Network of Women Groups in Kosovo • Actively participating in conferences abroad, Turkey, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bosnia, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, etc. • Coordinator in the International Research Institute “Naim Frasheri” in Prishtina. • Director of the publishing house “Dielli pas Reve” (Sun Behind the clouds). • Author of many treatises, essays, translations (from Turkish, English, Bosnian etc.) • Author of the book “Fatima Zahra” and “Kurora e Lutjeve (Crown of Prayers)”, while in 2015 she published her first book of poetry, entitled “Eja Shpejt (Come fast)”.
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