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- ↑ Knaus, Verena; Warrander, Gail (2011). Kosovo, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84162-331-3.
- ↑ "Tingulli 3nt Biography" (in Albanian). Tekste Shqip. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ↑ "Skenat e nxehta çensurojnë klipin e Tingullit 3nt dhe Ermal Fejzullahut" (in Albanian). Gazeta Panorama. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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