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Eritrea: Musicians Denied Entry Visa to Australia
In an attempt to maintain the support of Diaspora Eritreans, the Eritrean regime holds yearly festivals in different parts of the world. The festivals are held under the pretext of “national defense” and development campaigns. Usually, Diaspora Eritreans who have affairs and need to travel to Eritrea are blackmailed to attend those festivals for fear…
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ጸጸርና ንደርቢ
ህይወት ብህርመት ዝተቓነየት ኢያ፡፡ ነፍሲ ወከፍ እተድምጾ ድምጺ ውጽኢት ህርመት ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ከበሮ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ክራር ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ዋጣ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ሻንብቖ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት መለኸት ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ንፋስ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ማዕበል ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ዝናም ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት ልቢ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ህርመት እስትንፋስ ንበይኑ ኢዩ፡፡ ኮታ ህይወት ብህርመት ዝተዓስለት…
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Eritrea: The Final Push (Part II)
The idea espoused by some, that the PFDJ regime is a colossal and a formidable military force is just too farcical of an idea which only the naïve – the regime’s supporters and those who would like to confine Eritreans to debilitating inaction – the arrogant exclusionists would entertain. In that regard, the PFDJ regime’s…
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A profile of A Poet: Kiros Yohannes
Some say he is a reincarnation of the late poet Dr. Reesom Haile; others say he is a case of the student surpassing his teacher. But however you see him, Kiros Yohannes is a talented poet. He was born in Asmara in 1973. He completed his elementary schooling at Amanuel (now called Awet); his…
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End of Year Message
In my end of year article, I have chosen to remind Awate.com readers about President Barack Obama’s landmark speeches for the purpose of drawing some important lessons. It is customary that people at the end of each calendar year make New Year’s resolutions to change their bad habits and continue strengthening their successful habits. In…
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Eritrea: The Madness Of King Isaias Afwerki
“In views the President expressed regarding the confidential secretes [sic] leaked by the Wikileaks online network, President Isaias noted that the issue is not something surprising. “For some countries, diplomacy means lies, intrigue and hegemony, and as such an exposure of this type only demonstrates concrete evidence,” he elaborated. The President underscored that the dissemination…
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Plagiarism And Quotation Marks
On Dec. 14, 2010, Mr. Goitom Emam, in an article which appeared at harnnet.org, (EPDP’s official website), accused one of our columnists, Amanuel Hidrat, of plagiarism. Amanuel has explained his position in his article of today, Dec. 29, 2010. Some writers have an understanding contrary to our understanding of plagiarism. We have informed Amanuel that our editorial…
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Eritrean History: A Transaction Of Bad Politics (Part-I)
In my debut of “Tebeges” on Sept 14, 2010 as a columnist at awate.com, I have promised my readers that I would tackle four different issues that are relevant to the transaction of our current socio-political query. One of them was “responding to any distorted historical accounts.” As planned, this topic will be presented in…
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Zereba Abeyti (Words of Wisdom)
Soon after my last article Halaf’Mengedi was published brothers B.Y. and SY (I have no permission to mention B.Y.’s name – so the initials) wrote me e-mails to draw my attention to a few sentences that they thought were culturally and ethically insensitive to the late Dr. Russom Haile (May God bless his soul!). The…
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Eritrea Every Year: “We Will Get’em Next Year”
In five months, Eritrea will be celebrating 20 years of freedom from foreign rule. Unfortunately, that is all we will be celebrating because, certainly, we won’t be celebrating freedom. For the last 19 years, the Eritrean tyrant has addressed the nation by expressing false progress for the year that just ended and making empty promises about…
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Eritrea: Ten More Years Of Dictatorship
Let’s get down right to it. Who among us honestly believes that the PFDJ regime will collapse or get toppled in the year 2011? How about 2012? Maybe? It’s a blind guess, isn’t it? Barring any unforeseen circumstances, there is little indication that the system is in an imminent danger of caving in. Yes; definitely…
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On Christmas, Christianity And Islam: Basic Similarities And Differences
Tomorrow more than a billion Christians will be celebrating Christmas all over the world. For Tewahdos, the big day falls on January 7. A day of intense joy for some; a quite day of contemplation and prayers for others; still a nightmare for others, Christmas – whatever secular accretions it has acquired over the years…
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N’gdet Abuna-Qudus Claus
….Christmas has come a long way from its Pagan origins. Hmmm! May be not….. Ruhus beAl Lidet ! “…A child will be born to us, a son will be given to us.” Is. 9:6. I have always loved Christmas. That is not what I meant. I have always loved ‘Lidete- kristos.’ Growing up in Edagahamus,…
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Isaias Afwerki And The Eritrean People (Part 2 of 3)
To recap, in Part 1, this column argued that one of the primary reasons that Eritrea is in the mess it is in, is because of the Isaiasness of Isaias Afwerki. Thanks to wikileaks, the whole world is now getting a much more detailed, and frightening, glimpse of what every Eritrean knows: that the man…
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Halaf’Mengedi (Passerby)
I don’t know how to start or where to start or whether I should start at all. I probably should begin by saying “yigermal yesew neger!” to those who noticed my absence and were kind enough to ask including my good friend SG – who essentially counted me among the ‘dead of the year’ in…
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A Noisy Village Is Our World
Our world is fast shrinking thanks to the Internet, mobile phones, sat dishes and high-speed planes. Now, in this small village, people can simply stick their necks out from their respective windows and shout at each other, hurling curses and complaining at the world’s deplorable situation. Those with shady characters would stand behind their fences…
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Eritrea: The Final Push (Part I)
It is no secret that the PFDJ regime has long been dead and that whatever is left of its gaunt structure is teetering on the edges of a cliff waiting for the mercy of a final push. This may sound a bit ironic, but by the looks of it, even the dictator himself and his…
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WikiLeaks, Rashaida and Egypt
Which is more real? WikiLeaks cables concerning Eritrea and its ruling clique, although amusing, has around it an air of fantasy as seen by an Eritrean eye; what is ‘ honey-glazed-Swa-fermented-grilled-goatmeat’ to Eritreans? To hungry Eritreans it may even sound as if it is a story jumping to his consciousness out of the leaflets of…
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Infestation Of Psycho Spiritual Malaise
“…….I don’t know how it is today, but in the not-too-distant past, there were distinguished people to whom abusing and denigrating victims afforded feeling similar to those of the Marquis de Sade and the marquise de Brinsvilliers. I think that there is something in these sensations that, in these people, make their heart stop in…
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The Evil That Men Do
A Persian sage once said that the greatest oppression a person experiences in life is mental oppression. The body is but a chariot and takes us to where the mind or soul leads it; it executes thoughts and aspirations and as it finally crumbles down into dust, the soul merges with the Absolute and continues…
