How a soprano singer in Kosovo is restoring humanity during the pandemic

Soprano singer Jashari said it was the compassion of strangers that made her understand that kindness should be paid forward. Photos: AP

Helping her elderly father beat his coronavirus infection on her own taught Arta Jashari how the power of one can offer hope to others and change things for the better.

The 32-year-old soprano took it upon herself to treat her father, Baki Jashari – the Kosovo Philharmonic’s maestro who suffers from diabetes and a heart ailment – after she discharged him last June from the country’s overwhelmed Pulmonological Clinic.