Author: Haile S.
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PM Abiy & Co, bullying, belaboring, and big lies
“What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” (Sir. Walter Scott, 1808) Towards the end of his talk to his parliament (November 14, 2023) on the Red Sea controversy of his own creation, PM Abiy made a clarion call for the media outlets to sound the drums of “war” in a…
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ስቕታ፡ ኣብ ምስላ ኣብ ያታ
ስቕ መሪጽና ተግባር መራሕትና ናይ ሎሚ መለዓሊ ዘረባና ኣብ ሙሉእ ዓለምና ብሕልፊ ኣብ ኤርትራና ንኣብነት ኣብ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ብጣዕሚ ይምጎስ ይፍቶ ስቕተኛ ንህቦ ንስቕታ ዓቢ ክብረት ይቑጸር ዝበለጸ ልዕሊ ንብረት ናይ ስቕታ ልዕልና ንምጉላሕ ምስላኡ ንምጥቃም ንብል ላሕ ንጥቀም ብዝሕ ዝበሉ ኣበሃህላ ምስላ ነእቱ ኣብ ብዙሕ ዘረባ ክኢላ በሉ ምስ ገለ ምስላ፡ እስኪ ንግበር ሌላ፤…
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Eritrea’s Mendelai (መንደላይ), Manhood & Cobra
Author and singer Melake Abraham’s song entitled Mendelay, with close to 3 million views on YouTube, popularized the word Mendelay. Mendelai ending in “ai” will be used throughout this article for reasons the reader will understand. Based on the lyrics, and an interview of the video producer Daniel Teame, Mendelai was used in its Tigrigna…
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Pasha René, Bezbez Kassa, Bogos, and More…
Although Italian occupation of Eritrea started in Assab and its coastal areas, it was also in Bogos and its surroundings, the turmoil that culminated with the organization, colonization, and eventual independence of Eritrea, was boiling. Around the mid-1800s, all the ingredients poured onto that region. These included, change of hand from Turkey to Egypt, the…
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Eritrean Regime’s Endless Recoiling
Let me start by saying while we should hope Ethiopia will never be threat to Eritrea, we should not bet on Ethiopia’s tension or its disintegration for Eritrea’s solidification, which must solely depend on Eritrean’s will alone. Having said that, I understand some reservations regarding Ethiopia, as in the saying, “old habit dies hard.” As…
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Maryam Asmereyti
One of the unfortunate victims of the Tigray whirlwind, especially in its subsiding phase when Tigray intellectuals, its diaspora tentacles and their sympathizers recoiled & huddled physically or mentally in Mekelle, was the capital city of Eritrea, Asmara, and particularly its ancient church of St Mary or Enda Maryam also known as Maryam Asmereyti. These…
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What Is the Source of Change in Eritrea?
NB: This post was brought from the Awate Discussion Forum, with minor editing to make it readable by the general public/Editors] In the prayer of the Tewahdos, ብስመ-ኣብ (in the name of God), there is a phrase, እክህደከ ሰይጣን (I reject you Satan). Be happy, I am saying it loud, እክህደከ ኢሳያስ (I reject you…
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The Emperor’s Daughter and her Namesakes
ወለት ሓጸይ, ጓል ሃጸይ, the emperor’s daughter, la fille du Negus, la figlia del Re, la figlia dell’Imperatore or la Principessa are names coined by the locals and foreigners to the legendary figure located in the middle of the Gheleb basin (Eritrea). She fascinated the poetic people of Mensa’e (መንሳዕ) and attracted the curiosity of…
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Of Guerilla Diplomacy and Granary Courtship
Of Guerrilla Diplomacy and Granary Courtship (ኩሽማን ደርሆ ኣብ ኣፍ ቆፎ) on Eritrean American mask-less diplomacy, with satirical flair (ዋዛ ምስ ቁምነገር)… The “je t’aime, moi non plus” (I love you, me neither) tic-tac exchange between the Eritrean Tweet and the American Facebook (in Eritrea) has of course nothing to do with Jane Birkin’s &…
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ERITREA: WHAT IN A NAME
A self-contemplation that was circulating for some-time in my head was brought to surface when the curious touche-à-tout Saleh Gadi Johar humorously discussed the origin of the name Eritrea in his Negarit No 123 entitled “Eritrea and Eretria”.1 Where did the name come from? And who coined it? Johar did his own research. He was…
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David and Goliath Not a Myth
As a reaction to what appeared on Negarit yesterday under the title, “Eritrea, the not-so-tiny-Tiny Country”, Haile S., an active awate forum member made the comments below that we found worthy of more exposure. Haile built on what appeared on Negarit and expounded on it with additional, and new, explanations regarding what ails Eritrea. His addendum will certainly enrich the original…
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ካብ ሳዕሳዕካስ ጾርካ ኣጸቢቅካ ተሓንገጦ
(እዚ ጽሑፍ ካብ ናይ ዓዋተ ናይ ክትዕ ገጽ ዝተቀድሐ እዩ) ትብጻሕ እዛ ደብዳበ ናብ ኩቡር ሓው ማሕሙድ ሳለሕ፡ ምስ ሙሉእ ሰላምታ። ማሕሙድ፡ ኣብ መድረኽ ዓወተ ስለዘይረኸብኩኻ፡ እስኪ ኣበይ ሓኪሉ ኢለ መስከረም ግንጽል እንተበልኩስ፡ ኣሰርካ ኣብኣ ረኺበዮ። ንስኻ ካብ መድረኽ ዓወተ እንተጠፋእካ፡ ኣብ መስከረም ትርከብ፣ ኣቦይ ሃይለ (ኣነ ኣይኮንኩን፡ ናይ ብሓቂ ታሪኽ ስለ ዝኾነ ሽሞም ብስመይ…
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A Glimpse at Gedli Boulevard, From the sidewalk
Exactly a year and a few weeks ago I wrote a draft article to post on Awate in the form of a letter to Tzigereda. It was a kind of encouragement and response to her after she wrote “Gejeret 1975: Life Under Mengistu’s Derg.” Seeing people criticising her on writing personal stuff as well as…