Saliu Salutes The United States Veterans
By: Valon Xoxa November 14, 2014
Read on the great story of giving back, where Nazim Saliu, a Kosovo refugee, found a way to thank the United States Veterans for their contribution to Kosovo. The story was published by Eye Witness 3 News and could be found here.
A Kosovo native, who is a barber in Rocky Hill, said he was brought to the United States with the help of American soldiers.
On this Veterans Day, Nazim Saliu gave back to them by cutting their hair for free on Tuesday.
Saliu, also known as “Noli,” is a barber who is living a dream in his Rocky Hill salon. It’s a dream that didn’t seem possible when he was in his native Kosovo in the late 1990s.
“When I was in a refugee camp, how they help me and brought me here,” Saliu said. “It’s my favor to do.”
Saliu and his family were chased out of their native Kosovo where war was leaving thousands dead. The United States Military came to the rescue and Saliu got a new chance in this country.
After living in Minnesota for about nine years, Saliu said he knew it was time to make some kind of change and that’s what ultimately brought him to Connecticut where he has been living with his family and cutting hair now for almost seven years.
That is why Saliu offered free haircuts to any veteran, police officer or firefighter all day on Tuesday at his salon Noli’s.
“I like to help pay back whenever they need me,” Saliu said.
Read more: http://www.wfsb.com/story/27355829/rocky-hill-barber-to-give-veterans-free-haircuts#ixzz3J3WNN8Ng
Valon Xoxa
Valon Xoxa is a staff member of Kosovodiaspora.org. He holds a bachelor degree from Westminster College (MO) in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology. Currently resides in Prishtina, and is a freelance contributor and editor at KosovoDiaspora.org. With an interest in contemporary culture, he seeks to find and incorporate articles from the Kosovar Diaspora that would shed light upon the interesting characteristics of this important global community. He has published a research article through UNDP’s School on Human Development titled “Mobility and Public Participation: A Case Study of the Kosovar Diaspora”, where a rather interesting Andersonian perspective is taken at understanding the Internet as a national identity creation medium.
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