{"id":13599,"date":"2017-07-07T15:36:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T15:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajetebeqiraj.org\/?p=13599"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:08:10","slug":"because-gjonaj-thinks-of-everyone-albanian-american-political-journey-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ajetebeqiraj.org\/en\/because-gjonaj-thinks-of-everyone-albanian-american-political-journey-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Because Gjonaj Thinks of Everyone&#8221; &#8211; Albanian-American Political Journey (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4685\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4685\" src=\"https:\/\/ajetebeqiraj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mark-Gjonaj-jeta-300x208-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Gjonaj jeta 300x208\" width=\"281\" height=\"195\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Gjonaj &amp; Jeta Beqiraj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3449\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" src=\"https:\/\/ajetebeqiraj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mark-gjonaj-Jeta-beqiraj-NY-1-300x166-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mark gjonaj Jeta beqiraj NY 1 300x166\" width=\"342\" height=\"189\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ajet\u00eb Sh. Beqiraj during reporting in front of the office of Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story presents a sunday gathering with albanian americans and the key moments from the electoral campaign of Mark Gjonaj, the first Albanian-American elected to public office in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1325\">Alongside three other candidates, Mark Gjonaj entered the race for the New York State Assembly and emerged victorious in the New York City Council elections held on September 12, 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1920\">This report was produced in 2017 in New York as part of the autorial project \u201cAlbanian Cultural Heritage in the USA\u201d, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo \u2013 Department of Culture as well as the Network of Albanian Businesses in New York<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1920\">Video link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2PkyAQkPGVQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/2PkyAQkPGVQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1979\"><strong data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1933\">Author:<\/strong> Ajet\u00eb Sh. Beqiraj<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1979\"><strong data-start=\"1954\" data-end=\"1966\">Editing:<\/strong> Afrim Mula<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"2034\">\u00a9 Ajet\u00eb Shaban Beqiraj &amp; RTK<br data-start=\"2009\" data-end=\"2012\" \/><em data-start=\"2012\" data-end=\"2034\">All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story presents a sunday gathering with albanian americans and the key moments from the electoral campaign of Mark Gjonaj, the first Albanian-American elected to public office in the United States.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"\"Because Gjonaj Thinks of Everyone\" - 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