Author: Dr. Bereket Habte Selassie
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ተጋዳላይ ከመዓልካ (ዶ-በረኸት ሃብተስላሴ)
ተጋዳላይ ከመዓልካ ጅግና ተጋዳላይ ሰላም ዶ ክብለካ? መንፈሰይ ይሕደስ ወርትግ ክሓስበካ ናይ ሓርነት ጸዳል ዘብርህ ግንባርካ ኣኽራን ዝቐስቀሰ ሰውራዊ እምነትካ። * ጥውይዋይ ነይሩ መንገዲ ሂወትካ ድኻምን መከራን ናይ ዕለት ቀለብካ ኣቦታት ከም ዝብሉ “ክሳዕ ዝደልወካ ትነብር ናይ ግድን ዓንዴል ተሓቒፍካ” * ዓለም ከይፈለጦ ናይ ናብራኻ ኩነት ኣብ ርእስኻ ዘሎ ከቢድ ሓላፍነት ኣኽሊል እሾኽ ዳንዴር ናይ
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Awate’s Critical National Service, The Public Duty To Help Sustain It
A Funding Proposal by Bereket Habte Selassie The Reason for this proposal I have been a regular reader of Awate.com. The quality and variety of its service has been striking and commendable, making it one of the premier (if not the premier) Media among Eritrea’s Diaspora Media and community. The quality of its offerings reflects
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Book Review: The Burden of Exile
This is a review by Bereket Habte Selassie of the recently published book, “THE BURDEN OF EXILE” by Aaron Berhane. I. The Heroic Pioneer He had been an icon, at once inspired and inspiring. His friends and former collaborators never tired of singing his praise as a dedicated fighter for democracy and freedom of the
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WOLDEAB WOLDEMARIAM: A Biography of a Visionary Eritrean Patriot, by Dawit Mesfin
Review by Bereket Habte Selassie He spent a major part of his adult life fighting for freedom and human dignity, in a passionate struggle on behalf of his people, the forgotten people of Eritrea. His struggle was frequently a lonely one under bitterly disappointing circumstances—under conditions of mortal danger to his life and amid continued
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Omar Jabir: A Wise Elder Departs
The passing of Omar Jabir is like the disappearance of a bright star from the Eritrean Revolutionary Firmament. As I have had occasion to declare in a posting in Awate a few years ago, Omar represents the soft side of the Eritrean character, a side that owns and uses empathy in his dealings with people.
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An Open Letter To The Israeli Embassy
An Open letter to H.E. Mr. Ron Dermer, Ambassador of Israel to the United States of America Embassy of Israel, Washington D.C. Dear Ambassador Dermer, I am writing on behalf of thousands of Eritreans who are in Israel in conditions that raise serious concerns of human rights and humanitarian issues. They have been corralled and
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Book Review: Paths To A Nation
Paths To The Nation: Islam, Community, and Early Nationalism in Eritrea, 1941-1961, By Joseph L. Venos. Review By Bereket Habte Selassie the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Introduction As I read this piece of work, with great interest, I was struck by two significant facts. First, of the top four leaders of Eritrean
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Eritreans Must Unite To Overthrow The Dictatorship
As Eritreans, we find ourselves at a cross-road. Our nation is going through a traumatic time; our people are suffering under a tyrannical regime, led by a narcissistic creature. No offense to army sergeants, but as one Sudanese leader put it, Isaias “has the mentality of an army sergeant who thinks he can rule the
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Un Peace Keeping Operations: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
I. Introduction Peace keeping is one of the most important works undertaken by the United Nations Organization, involving enormous financial burden and the use of military forces coming from different countries. Peacekeeping has become one of the functions for which the United Nations has become well-known, with the blue helmets of its forces patrolling areas
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Beyond Antipathy
Beyond Antipathy: The Concluding Part of Religion, Nationalism and Ethno-regional Politics Much of the public discourse among Eritreans has been characterized by acrimonious exchange of tirades. The underlying spirit in such exchanges can be summed up as antipathy. A legacy of pseudo-Marxist ideology of “class struggle,” which was espoused by a generation of Eritreans that
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State, Religion and Ethno-Regional Politics
Sign of the Times On August 1, 2009, I happened to be in Washington DC, visiting a family friend who was in hospital following a serious surgery. As I was about to leave the hospital, a brother of the patient and a man I have known for many years and regarded as a friend