Celebrating Dr Saeed Forma
The last time I eulogized my friend Mebrahtu, I didn’t think I will do another one for a…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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My Uncle Malik Amber
The Siddis-Ahbash in the Gujarat and Maharashtra regions of India are of African ancestry. They were brought to…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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Singers and Poets
About ten years ago there was a popular singer named Tarreqe. He had a unique voice. Until his…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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Proclamation No. 1
Last Friday, Abiy Ahmed released a few prisoners of conscience who posed a risk to his control of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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Teashop culture
I have a habit of reading the ads on the Starbucks bulletin board as I wait for my…
Awate Team9 min read
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The Story of the #BlueEritrea Flag
Today, I hope the restless would stay calm as I narrate a basic history of the Eritrean flag–the…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar11 min read
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“Goush the Shepherd Did It”
In a village council, when it was on a consultation break, a restless young man interrupted and said,…
Awate Team9 min read
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Tug Of War
When a country faces a risk of war and invasion, the best precaution is to strengthen is national…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar10 min read
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Eritrea, Ethiopia’s Hostage
Anyone who went through the miseries and cruelties of the successive Ethiopian occupation (Haile Selassie’s and Mengistu’s) followed…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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The Era of PFDJ-Stupidity
This is excerpts from my Negarit 151, a presentation of Carlo Cippola’s book, “The 5 Basic Laws of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
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The Six-Husbands of Eritrea
In the Tigrinya language we do not have separate words for sebay, as in husband, and sebaay, as…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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Eritrea and the Ethiopian Civil war
[9 mnts. reading] Writers or speakers who discuss everything under the sun should not shy away from raising…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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Negarit 148: ብሰላም ዕረፍ – Remembering a friend – ارقد في سلام
Eulogy for a departed friend, mourning in my own way and cursing the PFDJ//Saleh
Saleh "Gadi" Johar1 min read
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Casualty and Effect
Living in Eritrea, far from the Sea, I only knew canned Sardines. Then I went to Massawa and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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“The World Is Against Us,” Eritrea’s St Alamin
A few people were mad because I criticized Saint Alamin, the Secretary of the PFDJ. They insisted that…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar20 min read
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The Hyena-leg, Egri Zb’ee
When I was a child, there was a man who had a big funnel-shaped wooden leg. His steps…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar8 min read
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“May You Beget A Black Cat”
In 1986 a border conflict erupted between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of the Hawar Islands (Fisht…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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The General’s Bad Lessons
A longtime ago in the environs of Kulentebai, the late Tesfai Tekhle, the liberation era commander, told a…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
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Please Come and Invade Us!
A fringe racist, bigoted, and servile group has been trying hard to undo Eritrea and what its people…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar10 min read
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Eritrea: “A Foolish Undertaking”
Over the years I have come across many views; some I learned from, others I were a waste…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar9 min read
