Editor's word

This new issue of the magazine is coming out in severe circumstances of the COVID-19 that took over the world and dictated views in every segment of life, which was naturally reflected in our work. However, we thought it best to release this issue earlier, in the summer of each year, hoping that the next issue will be better with the normalization of life in the world. On this occasion, we express our deep sorrow for the friends and colleagues we lost in every country, as a result of this situation that gripped the world.
On the other hand, this issue is coming out to express a transition in the Institute of Oriental Studies and in the journal Studime Orientale, from one generation to a younger generation. After Prof. Fetiu Mehdi completed his term as the first editor-in-chief, the second term fell to me (2018-2021), and now the magazine is passing into the hands of the new generation with its own visions that will naturally bring innovation. In this transition, Abdulla Rexhepi, professor of Persian language and literature in the Department of Oriental Studies at UP, who had a valuable contribution to the issues of this magazine, as it was made under the umbrella of the Institute, is now appearing in this issue as co-editor. for Oriental Studies.
Mentioning the Branch of Oriental Studies, it is worth mentioning that it was founded on the initiative of the late Hasan Kaleshi (1922-1976), so now we are on the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the founder and the 50th anniversary of the foundation, which will be accompanied by various activities scientific.
Thus, in this issue we have a study by Hasan Kaleshi "Progressive ideas of some ideologues of the Albanian nationalism movement in the second half of the 19th century in cooperation with the peoples of the Balkans" as well as a chapter from the book of Prof. Ekmeluddin Ihsanoglu about the life of Ihsan Efendi in Egypt and his friendship in that country with the Turkish poet of Albanian origin Mehmet Akif Ersojin (1873-1936), who is now celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Independence March.
In the Turkish section we have the paper "Modern theological thought in Iran and the main representatives" where the opinions of prominent figures such as Ida are presented. In the English section we have an unpublished manuscript of an Albanian born in Kosovo who was displaced with his family in Syria as a result of the Wars Balkan, where some valuable data of the first decades of the Albanian colony in that country are presented.
In the Arabic sector, we have an original work of an Egyptian history about the presence of Albanians in the well-known city/port of Roseta in Egypt and their role in the economic and social life in the century. XX, which brings unknown data until now and which should be published as soon as possible in the Albanian language.
Of course, as in every issue, we have here some glimpses of new books published in different languages, while In Memoriam sadly commemorates the death of the Bosnian professor and translator Muhmud Kralić (1950-2021), who was awarded the Prize of Sheikh Hamad for translation and international understanding in Doha.

Prof. Muhammad Mufaku