Eritrea Asks: Are You Sure You Care Enough?
PART I I often feel perplexed by the mismatch I continually feel between our need for change and our efforts
Tefera Gedamu interviews Dan Connell On EBC
“Meet EBC with Tefera Gedamu” interviews Dan Connell on Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation.
Our Lord Hades Is Bitter And Greedy
The following is brought to you from the Awate Forum where it was posted by “Gogo” a few hours earlier.
The Eritrean Woman: Reverie of an Emancipated Eritrean Man
First you need to start with the grand narrative that is constantly quoted to you condescendingly: Your 30% participation in
Paying Homage To Sheikh Hassan Al-Turabi
On Saturday evening, Sheikh Hassan Al-Turabi died in a hospital where he was admitted earlier in the morning. Turabi was 84,
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 where I
“Mistir Leyti”: Secret of The Night
During the struggle (Ghedli), the Tigrinya phrase for “password” was “misTir Leyti”: secret of the night. Usually, it was the
Securing Common Understanding On Our Core Issues
Securing Common Understanding on our Core Issues – National Language, Land Proclamation, Refugee Repatriation, Ethnic and Minority Issues, Developing Human
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 told Eritreans
The Shingrwa Of Eritrean Politics
Just to make things clear first: ‘Shingrwa’ was the American idol of Eritrea, and the word which is borrowed from
They Spoke Truth To Power
There is no dearth of honest, courageous individuals who, at various stages of the evolution of Eritrea’s current dictatorship, spoke
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: Saleh Younis
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, then they
San Bernardino: In Memory of Issac Amanios
Isaac Amanios Gebreslassie, 60, was tragically taken from us on Wednesday December 2, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. He was
The Great Relapse
Many people pooh-pooh character assassination. And rightly so, but the same people are indifferent about the assassination on life. Both
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 its founding
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 in “zeyqen’e
From The Teachings Of The Late WelWel
The following was translated by the Awate Team and published as part of the set of launching content of awate.com
A Fish Rots From The Head
Games of Financial Choke-hold: Prima facie, there may not appear to be direct connections to the new tender note that the
Eritreans Will Repeat Geneva In New York
Earlier this summer Eritreans the world over spoke in unison in their unequivocal support for the UN commissioned CoIE report,
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