Education
University of Houston.
University of Houston.
He acquired his higher education at the University of Zagreb and University of Houston, before becoming involved with hightech in oil and gas industries. Tafilaj has been long devoted to the liberation and independence of Kosovo, has helped the transition to democracy in Albania in the 1990s, and has sponsored over 40 students for their education in the United States. As owner of the Jalifat Publishing company, he has published Kosova"s Independence: Stabilising or Destabilising Factor by Hajredin Kuçi, Në rrugëtim me Kosovën: përpjetat dhe tatëpjetat by Faton Bislimi, Fan Noli"s American Years: Notes on a Great Albanian American by Avni Spahiu, and the poetry collection Aty buzë liqenit by Nuhi Vinca.
Tafilaj is married with three children.
He is a leading member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, while in Texas he is a member of the Republican Party.