Xhevdet Mustafa The witness and his brother speak Gani Mustafa, Xhevdet’s brother

On pages 2–3 In the photo, Isana Pocesta, who is ill with AIDS. The woman was admitted to the hospital for the first time on 24 April 2000, only to be discharged again a few weeks later. The doctors at the Infectious Diseases Hospital said they no longer needed to keep her and that she had 8 months of life left

“Albania is difficult for normal people; imagine what it’s like for me” Fredi Zeneli, the life of a different 32-year-old, who dreams day after day but finds it difficult to achieve anything here. His clothes are simple and somewhat unusual. “I usually buy them in children’s shops, but also in adults’ shops, and then I shorten them myself with a sewing machine. “I don’t know whether my life will be short or long; I have to live it with the means I have, but I pray that just for one moment I can feel like everyone else” On pages 12–13 PROFILE/ Fredi Zeneli