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وللمرة تلو المرة : شيخنا الحبيب محمد عمر إسماعيل ، أين أنت؟
الشيخ محمد عمر إسماعيل ، علم من أعلام الدعوة الإسلامية في أرتريا، وإبن من أبر أبناء أرتريا ، ومفكر من أخلص مفكريها ، وضحية من ضحايا نظام إسياس القمعي المجرم. ولد في أرتريا ، وغادرها في ريعان شبابه. درس في السودان ومصر ، وتخرج من الجامعة الأزهرية ، وفرغ حياته للدعوة إلى الله عز وجل.…
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Eritrean Refugees: Kidnapped, Tortured In Egyptian Sinai
In this regard, the Eritrean Ambassador confirmed that any person who is a fugitive from his country does not enjoy any rights. He pointed out that this is not only in Egypt but also in any country in the world in order to protect its borders. He added: “We understand very well that the Sinai…
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Coaxing The Variables Of Socio-Political Groups
In medicine a far more promising approach to treating advanced cancer is to coax the immune system to recognize cancer cells as deadly. Similarly in the socio-politics of multi-ethnic society, it is vital to coax the unity of minorities to recognize that “majority supremacy” is deadly to the survival of minority’s identities. I believe this…
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Is Our Brother Mohammed Nur Abrar Dead Or Alive?
We are asking about our brother: “Where is our brother Mohammed Nur now? Is he alive or dead”? This are unanswered questions! Mohammed Nur disappeared sixteen years ago. I was with him at 2pm on December 5, 1994. At 4:30 pm on that afternoon, Mohammed Nur disappeared. It is 16 years since he was made…
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لمسة وفاء شعبية لفقيد الوطن والأمة الزعيم الوطني/محمد سعيد ناود
تنادت مجموعة خيره من الارتريين المقيمين بجدة وفاعلين في العمل الوطني ورفاق الفقيد وبعض الفاعلين في مختلف الفعاليات من المقيمين بجدة وألت على نفسها بمجهود آت شخصية ذاتية بعيدا عن الانتماء الحزبي إن تقدم لمسة وفاء لفقيد الوطن والأمة الزعيم محمد سعيد ناود لأنه كان يمثل الجميع وتشكلت لجنة شعبية من الحاضرين وتكللت إعمالها بالنجاح…
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Eritrea: Peaceful Resistance Or Peaceful Surrender—The New Non-Violence Mantra
The term “non-violent” or “peaceful resistance” has a nice ring to it. It suggests that the person espousing it must be for peace and all others for violence. For those who want to distinguish themselves from the rest of us (run of the mill Eritreans), no other slogan would do as well. Its idealistic charm…
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The Trouble With Eritrea
Some countries are very unlucky to find themselves on the wrong side of the globe. Poland had been one of these in the past with Austria and Russia mauling it from time to time. The nightmare happened one day and this country, for all intents and purposes, disappeared from the map without a trace. And…
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መርድእ (SATIRE)
ኪዳን ዓሪፉ መርድእ ዝሓለፈ ቀዳም 28.11.2010 ዓም ሰዓት 8፡30 ኣብ ፓል-ቶክ ሰሚዕና። መእወዪ: ኪዳነ ሓጎስ። ኣባላታ ኣይሞትናን ኣሎና ክብሉ ኣብኡ ኣይነበሩን እሞ ኪዳነ ሓቁ’ዩ ዝኸውን ኪዳን ሞይታ እያ። እቶም ኢፒዲፒ ከኣ – ማለት፡ እቶም’ኳ ቀደም ተ.ሓ.ኤ.|ሰ.ባ. ዝበሃሉ ዝነበሩ እሞ ድሓር በዓል ኵስቶን በዓል ኵስቶን ዝተሓወስዎም፡ ድሓር ከኣ በዓል ኵስቶ ዝጎደልዎም፡ ያኢ ሽዓ ምሸት ኣብ ጫፍ…
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Djibouti Protests Yemen Media’s Gulf Cup Politics
This year, the Gulf Cup is being hosted by Yemen and the games are played in Aden. Given the political relationship of Yemen to the Gulf nations, no head of state was willing to attend the opening ceremony. To avoid this public embarrassment, Yemeni president Ali Abdella Saleh went calling on his neighbors, Eritrean president Isaias…
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An Eritrean Year Of So Many Alis
Ali Copter When the helicopter first appeared in the Eritrean lowlands, the people mispronounced its name. It became Ali Copter. But that presented a problem to women who were married to men named Ali since tradition dictated that they not utter their husband¹s name under any condition. They had to improvise and they did: Gabsha…
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Of Kings And Bandits: Honoring The Author
On Saturday, November 13, 2010, Eritreans in the San Francisco Bay Area organized an event to honor Saleh “Gadi” Johar’s and to celebrate the publishing “Of Kings And Bandits.” Commencing as scheduled at 5:00 PM, the festival, which had a theme of “A Reflection Of Our True Hstory”, was held at La Quinta Hotel in…
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ሕጂውን ንሃግራዊ ጉባኤ ንዳሎ
“ብዕራይ ናብ ዘበለ የብል፡ ዕርፊ ጥራይ ነጽንዕ” ይብሉ ህግደፋውያን። እዚ ከኣ ህዝቢ ዝኸፍአ ይኽፋኣዮ ንሕና ጥራይ ንቕድሚት ንኺድ ማለት ኢዩ። እዚ ኣበሃህላ’ዚ ኣብ ውሽጢ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝቕረጽ ኣምር ኢዩ። መትከልና ግን ከምኡ ኣይኮነን። “ዝኸኣለ ይሰጉም። ዝደኸመ ይሳለ። ጭራሽ ዘይከኣለ ይጸበ። ንሕና ግን ንቕድሚት ንሰጉም። እዚ ጭሮሖ’ዚ ኣብ ዝኾነ ሰውራ ልሙድ ኢዩ። ኣብ ሓደ ህዝባዊ ቃልሲ…
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Towards Sustainable Peace And Justice In Eritrea: Introductory Article (I)
Author’s Comment: – This article is not designed to serve as a framework for the analysis of specific ideas. Rather, its purpose is to touch on issues of broader relevance to the state of Eritrean politics. In sequence, the word ‘peace’ precedes ‘justice’ in the title of the article; I understand for some justice is…
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Eritrea And Its Unusual Embassies: Part 3
Four years ago, the United States imposed travel restrictions on Eritrean diplomats and consular staff in retaliation for the Eritrean government’s restriction on the movement of American consulate staff in Eritrea, and the opening and inspection of diplomatic pouches. The Eritrean embassy staff were restricted to remain within a 25 mile radius of the Eritrean…
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At The Crossroads (Part 1)
“April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience very much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter after him, first you saw wallowing along in the…
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Tragic Tales Of Eritrean Families: Mengistab Gebretinsae
It was in the eightie that I first met Mengistab Gebretinsae when he visited our house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. When I was very young, I have been to his house in Asmara, with my mother and spent time with his children, but I don’t remember much of those days. I just knew that I…
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Formal Split: EPDP Wing Reorganizes Itself
November 23, 2010: In a meeting held today, an Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) wing reorganized itself and elected an eleven-members executive body. Dr. Tesfai Sebhatu was elected as chairman and Haj Abdenur as vice chairman. The Eritrean People’s Movement (EPM), the Eritrean People’s Party (EPP) and the Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP) had formed the EPDP in a merger…
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“ጽባሕ” ሓጸርቲ ግጥምታት ትግርኛ: ብ ኻልድ ዓብዱ መሓመድ ስዒድ
መቅድም: እዚ ኣብዛ መጽሓፍ’ዚኣ ሰፊሩ ዘሎ ግጥምታት፡ ነቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ውድዓዊ ኩነታት ናብ ቅድሚት ብምምጻእ፡ ነቶም ብፍላጥ ኮነ ብየዋህነት ዚድግፉዎን ዚሕለቑሉን ኣብ ወጻኢ ዚቕመጡ ኤርትራውያን ከኣ ብምልላይ፡ ነቓፊ ርእይቶን ተግሳጽን ምዕዶን ዚህብ ኮይኑ ብውሕሉል ቃላት እተነድቀ መልእኽቲ ኢዩ። እዚ ግጥምታ’ዚ፡ እተፈላለየ ኣርእስቲ ዝሓዘ ኾይኑ፡ ገለ ብኣስተንትኖኣዊ፡ ገለ ድማ ብመዘናግዒ፡ ገለ ኸኣ ብምሁራዊ መገዲ ተጻሒፉ ኣሎ።…
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2010: A Turning Point In Eritrean Politics
This website has been observing and reporting on the state of Eritrean opposition for the last ten years. In our view, the event with the most impact on the development in Eritrean opposition over the last ten years happened this year in Addis Abeba: the convening of the National Congress for Democratic Change (NCDC). 2010 is…
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Eritrean Nicknames And Diminutives
What could be the reason for the mushrooming of nicknames in our society? Is it a long-standing tradition? The other day someone told me that nicknames are as old as the history of our country with nobles who went around with embarrassing monikers such as Abak (suffering from scabies) and Betki (good-for-nothing), etc.. Anyway one…
