{"id":3214,"date":"2011-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2013-06-21T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:00:55","slug":"life-after-zog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/life-after-zog\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After Zog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"review_photo alignleft\" alt=\"zog_280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/zog_280.jpg?resize=280%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Early 90s. South of Italy. I witnessed streams of Albanians docking on the shores of my hometown, after a long and brutal journey. Running away from a future they couldn\u2019t hope for, towards something equally obscure and complex, they spread all over Europe. 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