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The Virtual Worship Of Unity Is A Ruse
The virtual worship of unity has proven to be a ruse of course; the real driving force has always been self-interest and the pursuit of power, which invariably comes at the expense of other groups. Many factions existed behind the façade of unity and with the first crack of freedom they are showing their many…
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The Virtual Worship Of Unity Is A Ruse
The virtual worship of unity has proven to be a ruse of course; the real driving force has always been self-interest and the pursuit of power, which invariably comes at the expense of other groups. Many factions existed behind the façade of unity and with the first crack of freedom they are showing their many…
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መዝገብ ተኸሰስቲ፡ ኢሰያስን ጭፍርኡን AT
መዘኻኸሪ፡ እዚ ሰነድ’ዚ ተወሳኺ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ዝተረኸበሉ በብግዚኡ ዝመሓየሽ ህያው ሰነድ ኢዩ። ኣብዚ ሰነድ’ዚ ተዘርዚሮም ዘለዉ ሰባት ኣብቲ ዝለዓለ ጽፍሒ ሓላፍነት ዝርከቡ መራሕቲ ህግደፍ ኢዮም። ሓበሬታ ኣብ ዝተረኸበሉ፡ እዚ መዝገብ ተኸሰስቲ’ዚ ኣብ ካልኣይ፣ ሳልሳይን ራብዓይን ጽፍሒ ሓላፍነት ንዘለዉ ሰባት ‘ውን ከጠቓልል ይኽእል። ተኸሰስቲ ሓደ ሰብ፡ ክሲ ቅድሚ ምምስራቱ፡ ከም ተደበለ ከረጋግጽ ከም ዝግባእ ወይ ድማ…
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National Unity Requires More Than Mouthing Slogans
RAMADAN KAREEM & HAPPY ALFATIH MIN SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARY! I will start by clarifying a few things (that I explained repeatedly before) to set the record straight regarding any misunderstanding that might have resulted for lack of better words on my side. Just to make sure that whoever reads this article is on the same…
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September 1: It Is About The Man, Not The Date
Almost every English-language book written about Eritrea over the past four decades– the most recent being Michela Wrong’s I Didn’t Do It For You—is the history of Eritrea as seen by people who belonged, or were sympathetic, to the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF.) It is, to put it charitably, an incomplete story. And sometimes,…
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September 1: It Is About The Man, Not The Date
Almost every English-language book written about Eritrea over the past four decades– the most recent being Michela Wrong’s I Didn’t Do It For You—is the history of Eritrea as seen by people who belonged, or were sympathetic, to the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF.) It is, to put it charitably, an incomplete story. And sometimes,…
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“I Want To Be A Sailor…”
This short essay was written sometime in 2004. If what we knew were the only guideposts for reality, the innocent knowledge before knowing the ugly truths and other side of the coin would be it. That other side hosts the grotesque, the depressing, the confusing, the deleterious… “In Middle Ages—‘MaEkelay Zemen’—people used to believe…
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The Cruellest Decade: in Ten
The decade 2000-2010 hosted milestone events in Eritrea’s recent past; yet mostly disappointing. Coming on the heels of the optimism, pride and peace of 1990s, the decade 2000s, without question, has been a turbulent time for Eritrea and Eritreans. It is more reminiscent of our bloody past than the neighbourly decade. From ‘Salsay Werar’ in…
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Mainstream On Main-Street: Opposition Echo People’s Voices
In our ongoing public discourse, it’s important that we communicate in a clear, simple and- as much as possible- consistent manner. It helps us to avoid any misunderstanding and confusion. Our goal should always be to peel off the layers of confusion and unmask the hidden truth. A healthy public discourse should always be guided…
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Eritrea Is Not An Eggshell
“It is time to take a break from impersonating someone else; if you find my writing a bit rusty, you have to wait until I immerse myself in the character of Ali Salim!” Lucky me, the Ayni Brur always allege I am behind many pen names, including Mensour Kerrar and Menhot Weldemariam of the past.…
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A Forest Without A Tree
The ongoing mind to mind fight has to land somewhere with a fruit. The issue of land, as some writers used to depict, is neither complex nor a tricky. Land to the legitimate owner, empirically, is a just step that should be fulfilled accordingly. In Eritrea, the one time dignified and respectful citizens, endowed with…
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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 what is loosely defined as the opposition camp. Well, there are three major reasons. Firstly, it is because I am a huge fan of Yosief particularly of his ability to synthesize ideas, which is a…
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Eritrea Is Our Black Stone
He was only thirty five years of age at the time. But, his reputation for justice, impartiality and truthfulness was far and wide. He was widely known as Al Amin; the trustworthy. His real name was Mohammed, and five years later, after the incident I’ll tell in a second, he would embark on a mission…
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Can’t Have Reconciliation Without Truth
Every once in a while, we are required to take a step back and explain to our readers what the mission of awate.com is and why what we do falls within the objectives of the mission. We do not expect all our readers and/or supporters to concur with what we do—but we do hope that they…
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Can’t Have Reconciliation Without Truth
Every once in a while, we are required to take a step back and explain to our readers what the mission of awate.com is and why what we do falls within the objectives of the mission. We do not expect all our readers and/or supporters to concur with what we do—but we do hope that they…
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Whom does Eritrea love? Amanuel Asrat or Yohannes Tiquabo
Generals and tyrants love to dance to the loud tunes of cowardice, oozing betrayal, in that circular formation of followers, until their heads loudly spin with inequity, with madness while wail, yes primal wail of utter silence descends and falls on the hills of ‘Eira-Iro.’ This installment is not so much about ‘romanticizing Amanuel Asrat’…
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The Kind Citizen and ‘Zemen’
I am launching a column in this venerable website, Awate.com. The column’s name is ‘the kind citizen.’ I choose this name because that is my vision for Eritrea, a nation of kind citizens. Citizens who pride in their histories and identities, who know and exercise their rights and duties (mainly rights in these times) and…
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ንጉስ ኢሳያስ: ቃለ-መሕተት ጭንቂ
ሓደ መራሒ ናይ ሓደ ሃገር ባዛዕባ ኣካይዳ ምሕደራ ህዝብን ቁጠባዊ ፖሊስን ዝመልከት ንህዝቡ ከፍልጥ ግቡእ ኢዩ። ሓደ ካብቲ ኣገባብ መግለጺ ድማ ብቓለ-መሕተት ኣቢልካ ናብ ህዝቢ ዝፍኖ ሓበረታ ይኸውን። ብፍላይ ኣብ ሓደ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት፡ ብነጻ ናይ መራኸቢ ማዕከናት(መዲያ) ካብቲ ህዝቢ ዝምንጩ ሓሳባትን ርኢቶታትን፡ ኣዋህሊሎም ነቲ መራሒ ይሓትዎ። ህዝብ’ውን ብግልጺ ይከታተል። በዚ ኣገባብ’ዚ ህዝቢ ነቲ ብሓላፍነት ዝመረጾ…
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ብዶ/ር ዳንኤል ረዘነ:ኣድላይነት ኣምር መሰጋገሪ ፍትሒ
ኣድላይነት ኣምር መሰጋገሪ ፍትሒ (transitional justice) ኣብ ኤርትራ (ብኣጋጣሚ መበል 18 በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ለንደን ዝቐረበ ጽሑፍ) ዝኸበርኩም ተሳተፍትን ኣዳለውትን ናይዚ መደብ እዚ፡ ከመይ ትኾኑ፧ ብርዱእ ምኽንያታት ኣብ “ምሉእ” ሓጎስ ኣለና ክንብል ዘይንኽእል’ኳ እንተዀና፡ ዝዓበየ ሃገራዊ በዓልና ብምዃኑ እንቋዕ ናብ መበል 18 በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣብቀዓና ክብል ፍቐዱለይ! ብቐዳምነት ነዚ ጽሑፍ እዚ ከካፍል ዕድመ…
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ብሃብቶም ዮሃንስ: ነጻነት ኤርትራን ታሚል-ኢላምን
እዛ ሰሙን ኣብ ታሪኽ ሕዝቢ ኤርትራን ታሪኽ ሕዝቢ ታሚልን (“ክፍሊ” ስሪላንካ) ፍሉይ ትርጉም ዘለዋ እያ። ሕዝቢ ኤርትራ ነቲ ድሕሪ 30 ዓመት፡ ዝተጓናጸፎ ነጻነት ኸብዕል ክሸባሸብ ከሎ፣ ሕዝቢ ታሚል ግን ነቲ ልዕሊ 25 ዓመት ዝተቓለሰሉ ገድሊ ብዓወት ዘይኮነስ ብኽስረት : ስለዝዛዘሞ፡ ኣብ ክቱር ጓሂ ይርከብ። እዚ ኣብዛ ሰሙን ኣብ ስሪላንካ ዝተፈጸመ ደማዊ ድምዳመ ቃልሲ ታሚል-ኢላም፡ ንጽምብል…
