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Tweedledum & Tweedledee: lqqi chflqqi
Tweedeldum and Tweedeldee are characters in an old poem by the English poet John Byrom. Over time, the characters were adapted in nursery rhymes and cartoons and became the equivalent of “Dumb & Dumber”. Searching for an Eritrean equivalent of Tweedeldum & Tweedeldee I found a perfect traditional Tigrinya rhyme: Nora Msqora– well, it is…
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Italy-Bound, 15 Eritreans Die in the Mediterranean
Earlier last month, at least 15 Eritreans, heading from Libya to Italy, were killed when their boat encountered a storm in the Mediterranean Sea. Most died while attempting to transfer from their small boat to a Maltese ship that was dispatched to rescue them. The identity of those killed is not known, but most are believed to be Eritrean…
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Press Release: Eritrean Anti-Tyranny Global Solidarity
On Wednesday, March 29th 2006, the Eritrean Anti-Tyranny Global Solidarity 1, a task force composed of 15 associations, media outlets and human rights advocacy groups, submitted a petition 2 signed by 4,781 Eritreans and friends of Eritrea to the government of the United States. Similar petitions are simultaneously in the process of being submitted to the…
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Gift of Incense: A Book Review
The Book: Gift of Incense ($ 24.95) Author: Judith Ashekeh Publisher: The Red Sea Press (2005) Available at: Amazon and Countrybookstore Review by: Saleh Gadi Popular melodies are just remembered and hummed by many without the knowledge of the geniuses behind them. The songwriters and the musicians are barely known; the vocalist gets all the glory. Here’s a test…
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ሹም ገደደን ቆርበትን
እዚኣ ዛንታ ነቶም ብሓይሊ ዝተዓስከሩ ግዳያት ዘይኮነ ነቶም ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጸፍሒ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ዝተጻሕፈት እያ። ሓደ ሰብኣይ ንሓንቲ ጽብቕቲ በዓልቲ ሓዳር ሰበይቲ ሰለዝደለያ፡ ሓደ እከይ መደብ ኣውጺኡ፡ ሸያጥ ጠስሚ ተመሲሉ ማዕጾ ገዝኣ ኳሕኲሐ። ብዓል ቤታ ማዕጾ ምስ ኸፈተ አብ ቆርበት ዝተመልአ ጠስሚ ብኣዝዩ ሕሱር ዋጋ ከም ዝሸይጥ ዘሎ ነገሮ። እቲ በዓል በት በቲ ሕሱር…
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እዚኣ ዛንታ ነቶም ብሓይሊ ዝተዓስከሩ ግዳያት ዘይኮነ ነቶም ኣብ ላዕለዋይ ጸፍሒ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ዝተጻሕፈት እያ። ?ደ ሰብኣይ ንሓንቲ ጽብቕቲ በዓልቲ ሓዳር ሰበይቲ ሰለዝደለያ፡ ሓደ እከይ መደብ ኣውጺኡ፡ ሸያጥ ጠስሚ ተመሲሉ ማዕጾ ገዝኣ ኳሕኲሐ። ብዓል ቤታ ማዕጾ ምስ ኸፈተ አብ ቆርበት ዝተመልአ ጠስሚ ብኣዝዩ ሕሱር ዋጋ ከም ዝሸይጥ ዘሎ ነገሮ። እቲ በዓል በት በቲ ሕሱር…
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Eritrea Arrests Two More American Embassy Employees
[Republished from the archives] The Eritrean government has arrested two more US Embassy employees last month. Mr Fitwi Gezae, who was the webmaster of the US embassy in Eritrea and Mr Biniam Girmay, who was its Facility Management Assistant, were detained by Eritrean security officials. Fitwi Gezae, who had served in the Eritrean Defense Forces and was demobilized in 2005…
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Towards the sixth year
awate.com is five years old. It was on September 1, 2000 that this website was launched with the aim of contributing to the Eritrean struggle for the respect of human rights, democratic governance, reconciliation and justice. Today, as on each September 1 for the last five years ago, we renew our commitment to continue struggling…
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Between Mirqaniya & Wahabiya
In Defense Of Secularism My subject today is triggered by the inhumane, tragic and criminal incidents that London went through. To the population of the world who are unfamiliar with Eritrea, the name “Ibrahim Mukhtar Said” an accused terrorist, is now synonymous with Eritrea. In this issue of Negarit, I will speak about the Islam I grew…
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Recruit All Day; Dance All Night
Years ago, in 1977 to be exact, I was visiting the just-liberated Keren. Initially, Kerenites were not in a celebratory mood; being an outsider (and very young), it took me a while to grasp the skepticism: they were waiting for the other “deqna” to show up. Ingrates! The EPLF had a simple plan on how…
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For The Man You Are
You are thirteen years old, and your father reads you a poem. You are asked to memorize it, because there would be a test. You don’t remember the test, but you remember part of the poem: I had a dream tonight As I felt asleep Oh, the touching sight Makes me still weep Of my little…
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The Birth Of Despotism
I believe it was a telltale sign for what was to become an everyday act of terror and cruelty. If not a sign then it might have been the birth of brutality. If not a sign or birth, then it must have been the revelation of what was suppressed since adulthood of the one who…
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Responses to Our Call To The Moderates
On October 20, 2003, we published “A Call To The Moderates of The Horn Of Africa”. Obviously, although the call was addressed to moderates from the whole Horn Of Africa in general, it was mainly addressing Ethiopians. We described our effort as taking a leap with the only safety net to be provided by moderate Ethiopians.…
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A Call For Sober Dialogue
In 1967, the United Nations Security Council passed “Resolution 242” whose first call was for the “withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict.” For 36 years now, Arabs in general and Palestinians specifically have been quoting “242”—sometimes using it as a battle cry, sometimes as diplomatic shorthand–to legitimize their request…
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Goodbye, friend
You have influential friends whose presence changes your life and you have taken-for-granted friends whose absence changes your life. And sometimes, they are the same person, the same friend, in-and-out of your life as you drift in-and-out of their presence. You try to make sure that the last thing you remember is not a scene…
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95% Of Eritrea’s 12th Graders are Male
The government of Eritrea’s decision to centralize the nation’s 12th grade level at Sawa, the military training camp, has resulted in a disproportionately large male population. According to a source, the female student population at Sawa High School is “no more than 5 out of 100.” In the current academic year, an estimated 10,000 students are enrolled…
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From The Persian Gulf to Badme
Suppose you bought a flat in the third floor of a building. Then, the owner of the flat below your flat, on the second-floor, wanted to take his flat away- wouldn’t your flat be left hanging in mid-air? Adil Imam, the famous Egyptian comedian, popularized this illogical-logical idea in a hilarious play. This joke is…
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“No Problem. Any Time.”
Shigir yelen: abzkone gzie. Those were the last words of President Isaias Afwerki in his “interview” with Shaebia.org staff. Some hyper eager folks have called Isaias Afwerki Eritrea’s “George Washington.” Actually, they should call him Eritrea’s first Sahel-bred person who speaks Tigrigna as if English is his first language. Offered thanks, a Tigrigna-speaking Eritrean might…
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The “Executed”: No Smoking Gun, but plenty of circumstantial evidence
A Investigative Report On The Alleged Massacre of 150 people Gedab Investigative Report On January 23, 2003, TV-Zete, a television station founded by the Eritrean Action group in Sweden in November 2001, announced the news of a mass-massacre perpetrated by the government in Eritrea against its own citizens. Awate.com feels that this announcement, which has…
