Sabiha Kasimati, biologist, scientific worker, was shot without trial. She was born in Edirne (Adrianopole) of European Turkey, in a family from Libohova. In 1927, she returned to her homeland with her family, settled in Korça, and graduated from the National High School. She worked as a teacher in the girls’ school in Korça and in the American Agricultural Secondary School in Kavaja (1931–1936). In 1936, she began higher studies in biology (in the field of ichthyology) at the University of Turin. In 1941, she defended her doctorate and returned to her homeland. She worked as a biology teacher at the “Nëna Mbretëreshë” Women’s Institute in Tirana (1941-1945). She started working as a scientific researcher at the Institute of Studies, since its establishment (1946). She published several scientific articles in the “Buletini i Institutit të Shkencave” (Bulletin of the Institute of Sciences) magazine. She collected a rich material about the ichthyology of Albania, on the basis of which she would write a monograph. On February 20, 1951, was arrested in connection with the bomb incident at the Soviet Embassy along with 21 other people arrested for the same incident. (In the photo: Sabiha Kasimati, year 1942.)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 2, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 1130.
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