Author: Saleh “Gadi” Johar
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Isaias Afwerki’s “Secret Letter” To Donald Trump
[This article was first posted on November 9, 2016 under a title “Mistirawit Debdabe.”] Eight years ago, on November 8, 2008, I published Isaias’ congratulatory letter to the then president elect, Obama. Today I am publishing Isaias’ congratulatory letter to president elect Donald Trump. You will notice the two letters seem to have been written
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Major Dawit Invites Me to Dr. Abiy’s Addition Class
This article first appeared on Jul 16, 2018. It was republished in December, 2019 with the hope it will evoke a reflection. It finally did: Major Dawit Woldegiorghis has changed his position. He has become so critical of Dr. Abiy’s performance he is branding Ethiopia “a terrorist state”. I do not claim to see the future, but I
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The Endangered Brown Frog Of Eritrea
“Robbing Paul to pay Peter, is a common saying. Our Dellalas (brokers and careerists) pretend be Paul and Peter in on. The article below was written in Jan 12, 2011; I think it’s till relevant. My apologies to the few (very few) that I respect who made the last pilgrimage to London, including Profs Kjetil
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Crossed Over and Met Seyoum
[I wrote this article more than 12 years ago (April 25, 2006). I remembered it when I was talking with a friend two days ago and read it. I am republishing it because I think it is still relevant.] I was always intrigued by the idea of talking to the dead. It is even more
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Terrerti And Their MP Aunts
[this is an archive edition of Negarit from August 2, 2004, and again today Nov. 29, 2018, maybe you could see how today is what it felt 15 years ago.] I keep thinking of my aunt because some people call home, talk to their aunties and use them as proof that their single voice is
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ነጋሪት ቪድዮ 7ይ ክፋል: ውግእ ክልተ ጀበና
ውግእ ክልተ ጀበና: ጀበናታት ተባኢሰን: ጀበናታት ተዓሪቀን: ሰላም የውርደለን::
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ድሕሪ በዓላት ቀጨውጨው
ድሕሪ በዓላት ቀጨውጨው ይብለኩምዶ? ኣብ ሃገርና ብየማነ ግብረኣብ ዝምራሕ ሚኒስትሪ ጉዳያት ዓበይቲ ዓርገናት ከምዝተመስረተ ፈሊጥኩምዶ? ረጋቢት ምስሪ ትፈልጥወንዶ?
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ነጋሪት ቪድዮ 5ይ ክፋል: ጽልግልግ መዓልቲ ናጽነት
ርሑስ በዓል መበል ዕስራን-ገለን ናይ 700,002,017 ካብ ዓመተ ልደት ዓባይና ነጃት እታ ኣልኣሚን ሞታ ዘርዳኣና:: እቲ ባዓል ሎሚ ‘ዩ ግና ጓይላ ንቀዳም ስልዝኾነ ነቶም ንኺድ-ኣይንኺድ ክትብሎ ተጨኒቅኩም ዘለኹም ገለ ርእይቶ ክህበኩም እየ ምእንቲ ቀሲንኩም ኣመት ጓይላኹም ክትገብሩ:: ጽልግልግ ዘይብሉ ምሸት ጓይላ ይግበረልኩም::
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ነጋሪት ቪድዮ 4ይ ክፋል: ዛንታ ሓቅን ሓሶትን
ሓሶት ናብ ሓቂ፥ ሓቂ ድማ ናብ ሓሶት እንተቀየርናዮ እንታይ ጸገም የምጽእ? ኣሰከረን ርኢኹም ሓጠቅ-ሓጠቅ ኢሉኩም ይፈልጥ ዶ? ታሪኽ ካብ መዓስ ይጅምር? ኣደይ ተኸኣ ትፈልጥዋ ዶ? ኣብ ከረን ተወሊዱ ኣብ ከረን ዝዓበየሞ ብለን ዘይክእል ሰብ ማሕቡሰ ዶ ይውሕዶ? ናይ ሎም ዘመን መዓልቲ ናጽነት ካብ ልደተ ዓባይና ነጃት ጀሚሩ ስለዝቁጸር፥ ዝበዓለሉ ዕለት ግንቦት 24, 70,002,018 ድሕሪ ልደት
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Negarit Episode 2: Yemen Under Fire
Imperial Britain occupied South Yemen for 106 years. In 1918 the Ottoman Empire left North Yemen which. In 1967, after four years of Yemeni rebellion, the British left South Yemen—and many Yemenis who lived in Eritrea and many parts of the world returned and settled in South Yemen, mainly in and around the then flourishing
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The Arsonists’ Fire and a Bucket of Water
Into the noise with a small bucket of water, trying to help put down the fire that the arsonists started. If you like the water in the bucket, well and good. If you don’t, “you are forgiven”. If you like what you watch, be prepared for more. Also, kindly do not forget to like, share,
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An Envious Eritrean Congratulating Ethiopia
Americans do not declare something over, “until the fat lady sings”. It’s a colloquial language referring to a fat lady who apparently used to sing before the end of Operas. For the last six-weeks, everybody was waiting for the Ethiopian Parliament to sing and officially declare a prime minister. It did, and as many expected,
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Mahmoud Kannoni: Rest In Peace My Great Teacher
A bright educator has passed away. A great teacher who left his marks on our personalities has passed away. Ustaz Mahmoud Mohammed Ali has died. May he rest in peace. Almost sixteen years had passed when I visited Ustaz Mahmoud in his house in Abu Dhabi together with my late friend Sheikheddin Yassin. He didn’t
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Beware Of Warmongers
(Due to the never-ending bickering concerning the Nile River (more accurately, the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), today we decided to republish this archive content from June 17, 2013) If you notice, most fires of war are fueled by those who would not be burned by it. To them, it is just like a movie, you cheer one
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Abdurahman Younis: My Proud Friend Moves On
A famous commercial tagline goes, “Never let them see you sweat.” And there was a man who never let them see him sweat. A free-spirited man who faced adversity, jail, and deprivation, but never capitulated. How could he? How could he when he was blessed with a free, stubborn soul that refused to depart except
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What Ethiopian-Eritrean “Friendship” ?
(This is a speech delivered on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at a conference organized by the Eritrean Ethiopian Friendship Forum in San Jose, California: “Ethiopia & Eritrea: Healing Past Wounds and Building Strong People-To-People Relationships.” March 27, 2017) One night a man came upon a child who was searching under a street lamp for a coin he
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Ahl Al-Kahaf: The Sleepers of Ephesus
Let me begin by wishing success and fruitful discussions for the organizers and attendants of the Sheffield Meeting, planed for tomorrow, Saturday, July 22, at 2pm. The two honorable men in the picture are Shiekh Mohammed Juma Abu Rashid, and Abba Shenoda Haile. The “Eritrean Justice Camp” knows both men who are visible in demonstrations
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Eritrean Prisoners: Judge Mranet as a Sample
The 14th of April is when the Prisoners’ Day is commemorated. It’s a day that Eritreans remember their prisoners to spread awareness of the plight of their loved ones, and they remember so many of them. Some who grew old in the dungeons of the cruel Eritrean regime, others rumored to have died in captivity,
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The Chocked Asseb Port
Today’s edition of Negarit consists of an extended part from a June 3, 2011 article, “Unusual: Imagining Asseb Through Djibouti”, and a chapter from an article, “Could we be heading to Assab?”, dated June 21, 2011. My flight from Djibouti to Addis had to do a stopover at Dire Dawa (Dire Daba as the Somalis
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The New Wave of Muslim Preachers
The last decade or so has been difficult for Muslims in many countries, but Muslims are still suffering the most in their own countries due to bad governance, low literacy rates, and poverty. If many non-Muslims are anxiety stricken by the savage actions of some bloodthirsty fanatic Muslims, it is helpful to remember the victims are