Author: Prof. Araya Debessay,

  • Perspectives on Effective Teaching: 38 Lessons Learned

    Perspectives on Effective Teaching: 38 Lessons Learned

    Perspectives on Effective Teaching: 38 Lessons Learned from 50 Years on the Job Professor Emeritus Araya Debessay 1 University of Delaware December 2025 Abstract In this manuscript, I share firsthand reflections on the successes, challenges, and lessons I experienced over my 50-year professional life as an educator at the University of Delaware. The manuscript presents

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  • Open Letter to the Organizers of the August 30, 2025 meeting.

    Open Letter to the Organizers of the August 30, 2025 meeting.

    A meeting is planned for August 30, 2025, to form a Registration and Election Commission with the objective of electing a legitimate global representative body to represent justice-seeking Eritreans in the Diaspora. Dear Members of the August 30, 2025 Organizing Committee: I understand you have planned a meeting on August 30, 2025, whose primary objective

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  • Unsolicited Advice to Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH)

    Unsolicited Advice to Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH)

    Introduction. The birth of Brighed N’Hamedu (BNH), in Cologne, Germany, in 2022, has greatly energized justice-seeking Eritrean youth in the Diaspora. It has been one of the current encouraging developments. The BNH slogan from” Diaspora to Asmara” has given a renewed hope and breath of fresh air to all those who aspire to see regime

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  • Supremacists Agitating for Violence Against Eritrea

    Supremacists Agitating for Violence Against Eritrea

    It is with great dismay that I hear the beating of war-drums by some segments of the Ethiopian intelligentsia, apparently aiming at steering public opinion towards war.  Their writing and talks are reminiscent of the past regimes of Emperor Haile Selassie and Colonel Mengistu. Yes, like the leaders of these two regimes, some nostalgic individuals,

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  • ماذا بعد كفاية

    ماذا بعد كفاية

    بقلم البروفسور  أرايا  ديبساي ترجمة: م. برهان إدريس (برهان) امانوئيل كفلي (دوحا) شاب من مدينة واشنطن اشعل روح الإرترين في كل مكان برسالته ” كفاية” القوية التي مازالت تنتشر كالهيب. ولقد استيقظ  الجميع الآن حتى الذين فقدوا الأمل في إرتريا  وايضا الكثير من مؤيدي النظام . أنه لشئ مُفرح أن ترى الإرترين في كل مكأن

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  • Enough Is Enough: What Is Next?

    Enough Is Enough: What Is Next?

    Amanuel Kifle (Doha), the young man from the Washington DC area, has ignited Eritreans everywhere by his powerful, “Yiaakle” (Enough) message that is spreading like wildfire. Even those silent Eritreans who have given up on Eritrea and many of those who have been supporting the regime are now awakened. Much as it is heartwarming to

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