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About Salyounis

Saleh Younis (SAAY) has been writing about Eritrea since 1994 when he published "Eritrean Exponent", a quarterly print journal. His writing has been published in several media outlets including Dehai, Eritrean Studies Review, Visafric, Asmarino and, of course, Awate where his column has appeared since the launch of the website in 2000. Focusing on political, economic, educational policies, he approaches his writing from the perspective of the individual citizens' civil liberties and how collectivist governments and overbearing organizations trample all over it in pursuit of their interests. SAAY is the president and CEO of a college with a focus in sound arts and video games and his writing often veers to music critique. He has an MBA from Golden Gate University and a BA from St Mary's College.

“Wey Gud” Is Not A Good Strategy

Writing for dehai.org and, undoubtedly speaking for many Eritreans, the astute and well-read Ghidewon Abay Asmerom has dismissed the role

What Springs Eternal

My business partner just sued me for a $1,000,000.  He says we have a deal, detailed in a contract, in

Injustice & The PFDJ Way

I was introduced to a young Eritrean: Vasco da Gama, was his name. Not his given name of course, but

Let’s Build A Monument To Paranoia

I was introduced to a young Eritrean: Vasco da Gama, was his name. Not his given name of course, but

Injustice & The PFDJ Way

Justice is derived from customs, culture, and faith, which in civilized societies, are codified into law. Ask a conservative American

Those Who Can’t, Diss

Many of my correspondents ask why I am focusing on the writings of Yosief Ghebrehiwot when we are both in

Recruit All Day; Dance All Night

Years ago, in 1977 to be exact, I was visiting the just-liberated Keren.   Initially, Kerenites were not in a celebratory

For The Man You Are

You are thirteen years old, and your father reads you a poem.  You are asked to memorize it, because there

Goodbye, friend

You have influential friends whose presence changes your life and you have taken-for-granted friends whose absence changes your life.  And

“No Problem. Any Time.”

Shigir yelen: abzkone gzie. Those were the last words of President Isaias Afwerki in his “interview” with Shaebia.org staff.  Some

The Language of Authoritarians

As everyone knows, there are nine languages spoken in Eritrea.  And, as everyone knows, the Government of Eritrea continues to

shaEbia ktHaqiq alewa (PFDJ Should Dissolve Itself)

Earlier this year, around Feburary 2001, the editors of Hwyet magazine, a quarterly Eritrean newspaper published by one of the

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