-On February 10, 1867, Mati Logoreci, an outstanding personality of Albanian education, was born in Shkodër. He was educated in Italy as a teacher. He opened the first Albanian school in Prizren on May 1, 1889. In November 1908, Logoreci represented the society “Agimi” /The Dawn/ of Shkodër in the Congress of Manastir of 1908. In the last years of his life, Mati Logoreci returned to publishing a new newspaper, “Drita” The Light/ for almost three years. Mati Logoreci passed away on February 7, 1941 in Tirana at the age of 74.

-On February 10, 1888, the politician Abaz Kupi was born in Kruja. On April 7, 1939, he was at the head of the resistance against Fascist occupation of the Durrës military unit. He was one of the initiators of the Mukja Conference of 1944, whixh aimed at cooperation between the NC Front and the BalKom. After the failure of the Conference, in 1944, he left Albania in emigration. In the US, he became active in the “Free Albania” Committee. He passed away in New York on January 9, 1976.

-Musine Kokalari was born on February 10, 1917, in Adana, Turkey. In 1921, her family returned to Albania and settled in Gjirokastër, where Musine attended the primary school. He received his secondary education at the “Nëna Mbretëreshë” /The Queen Mother/ Institute in Tirana and then went to study at the University of Rome. After graduating with honors in Italy for Literature and Fine Arts, she published his first book “What my old mother tells me”. In 1943, Musine Kokalari together with some other young people formed the Social Democratic Party. A year later, with her efforts, the first issue of the newspaper “Voice of Freedom” was published. On November 12, 1944, her brothers, Muntaz and Vesim Kokalari, were shot without trial. A day later, she was arrested and kept in prison for 17 days. On January 23, 1946, she was arrested for the second time and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In 1961, he was released and sent to exile in Rrëshen. In 1983, the connoisseur of democratic culture, victim of the tragedy of the great revolutionary upheavals, Musine Kokalari, passed away after a serious illness. After his death in 1993, she was honored with the title of “Martyr of Democracy”.

-On February 10, 2016, the well-known journalist Arshin Xhezo passed away. He was one of the most popular names in journalism before the 1990s. For several years he was the editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper in the country, “People’s Voice “. Arshin Xhezo continued his activity in the field of journalism until the end of his life. He has also contributed to teaching as a literature teacher for several generations in the ‘Asim Vokshi’ high school.

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