Ethnic Albanians for centuries have fought to preserve our existence. It’s been a long fight for our alphabet, our language, history, culture, art, philosophy, literature, and land. Throughout history, our neighbors and the world superpowers have always wanted not just a piece of what was ours, but all of it. We were never asked politely. We were brutalized through genocide, war, killings, and lies. We were forced into a long amnesia so that we would forget that our father was Zeus. We were made to believe that we never spoke, even though we gave all letters life. We were made to believe we never lived, even though we have written in our DNA the wrinkles of all time. We were made to believe that we never owned our lands, even though we were the native indigenous people when others arrived.