Talking Mountains, Thanking Eagles, And lyrics
There are mountains that talk, eagles that thank, and lyrics that speak to non-humans. And I still remember…
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Of Water, Women and Wind: The Three Ws of Eritrea
Semere Andom, the child of the Ontario water, wiring from Toronto–fresh is its breeze! The Water Isaias Afwerki…
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The Saleh Younis Reader: His Craft and Politics
I would bet that most people if asked to introduce Saleh Younis, they would just say one sentence:…
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EU Pays For What It Imported From Isaias
The men and women in the European Union first did what all bureaucracies do: they dithered for months,…
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The Great Relapse
Many people pooh-pooh character assassination. And rightly so, but the same people are indifferent about the assassination on…
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Currency Change: An Absurd Tipping Point For Disobedience
It is absurd to expect the currency change to be a tipping point for disobedience. In keeping with…
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The Adi-Mengonti Speech: A Commentary And Translation
Commentary: I am a jealous person, but it is not what you are thinking. I am jealous as…
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Eritrean Names: An Anguished Search For The “Bleeding-Age”
The subject of Eritreans is a vast subject straddling ethnic groups and religions, and title of this article…
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Thanksgiving Edition: A Ruby Celebrates Sweet Fifteen
The life of an Eritrean in 2015 was riveted by the COIE report, the unprecedented Geneva demonstration against…
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Eritrea VS. Eritrea: One Citizen’s Internal Dialogue
If there is one fallacy that both PFDJ* and anti-PFDJ Eritreans have in common is their belief that…
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Strapping Youth: How Do You Feel About Our Incarceration?
September 18, 2015 will commemorate the 14th year since the G-15 have disappeared into the Eritrean ether. The…
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I Am Right!
Have you ever been to Sudan and ordered “Fool” with “jibnna”, “taemmia”, double sesame seed oil and eggs?…
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Satire: A Speech By A Candidate For Eritrean Presidency
Over the holidays the de-romantics camp received the following speech given by a notable Ghedli Romantic, which has…
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Negarit Reports from Memory Lane: A Fiction
Of Keren and Love Affairs, Negarit Reports from Memory Lane: A Fiction. Over the years I have captivated…
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Ali Salim’s Confessions: A Satire
Many benevolent Eritreans have doggedly asked me to apologize for my past and after dodging this appeal, I…
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Al-Nahda Reports From Eritrea: A Satire
My iPod is glued to my ears, my mind multi-tasking and gestating for block buster articles for the…
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PFDJ Toronto Mourns Its Tax Collector
The moqSel Gibri[i] Collector was dismissed, today members of the Toronto Chapter of the PFDJ gathered to lick…
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