Deposit Your Money or Else: Eritrea’s Banking Ultimatum
Eritrea's latest directive orders citizens and businesses to deposit cash into banks by July 31 or face legal…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
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The Citizen Before the Bloc: A Critique of Younis Omer’s Politics of Equilibrium
I come to this discussion with humility. I am still a newcomer to the Awate forum, and I…
Dr. Filmon Wolde13 min read
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The Gettysburg Lesson Eritrea Never Learned
What separates genuine leadership from the exploitation of sacrifice? Using Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as a historical reference…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
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From Geneva to the Present: The Long Arc of International Scrutiny on Eritrea
When Eritrea appeared before the United Nations Human Rights Council for its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
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The Sea Between Selves: Exile, Transformation, and the Blin Soul
Exile is conceptualized as an existential condition structured around four foundational archetypes the grave, house, shield, and sea…
Dr. Sadia Hassanen6 min read
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My Fatherly Plea to Every Eritrean in the Diaspora
My Fatherly Plea to Every Eritrean in the Diaspora Who Dreams of a Bright Future for the Eritrean…
Prof. Araya Debessay,8 min read
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Dr. Kebire, The Man We Called Uncle Camera
Last week, we lost an exemplary and peaceful person endowed with a kind heart and a beautiful soul.…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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The Extraction of Heroic Capital in Eritrea
Abstract: This essay examines how the Eritrean state converted the moral authority of the armed struggle into a…
Dr. Filmon Wolde8 min read
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Sarigoble, the Woven Shield of Siolidarity
What can a song teach us about belonging? Through the celebrated Saho composition Sarigoble by Ali Abdullah Ahmed,…
Dr. Sadia Hassanen7 min read
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A New Political Imagination for Eritrea
A compelling call for a new political imagination in Eritrea, outlining how the opposition can overcome fragmentation through…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
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Why the Eritrean Diaspora Must Belong to Its People, Not the State
Introduction When a civic association, religious institution, or cultural space fractures in the Eritrean diaspora, the formal debate…
awatestaff7 min read
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The Merchants of Division: Faith, Fanaticism, and Rationality
For decades we have appealed for national unity, peaceful coexistence, and rational public discourse. Yet fanaticism, intolerance, and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Eritrea at 35: A Regime Out of Words, Out of Time
A sharp, uncompromising critique of Eritrea’s 35th anniversary narrative, exposing the regime’s empty propaganda, extractive elite, and decades…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
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A Refugee in My Own Country
The House That Remains, Exile, Return, and the Stratified Self This article is dedicated to Eritrean veterans, both…
Dr. Sadia Hassanen5 min read
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The Covert Civic Vulgarity Beneath Our Nationalist Songs
I recently came across a song by Meron Estifanos, freshly uploaded to YouTube and already making its way…
Dr. Filmon Wolde13 min read
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Archived Interview With Mohamed Taha Tewekel
Introduction The following interview with Mohamed Taha Tewekel was originally published by Awate.com on Sep 12, 2003, at…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar45 min read
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A Regime We Hate, an Opposition We Despise: Why Eritrea Needs a New Political Imagination
Eritrea, Eritrean politics, regime and opposition, political imagination, national service reform, indefinite national service, Eritrean youth, civic renewal,…
Semere T Habtemariam10 min read
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Eritrea is Suffering From Shortage of Water
Thirty-Five Years On, Asmara Still Struggles for Water Thirty-five years after independence, residents of Asmara continue to endure…
Gedab News6 min read
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ኣብ ም’ንቲ ም’ንታይ?
ቅድሚ ናብ ካልእ ስርሐይ ምኻደይ ክረኽቦ ዝደለኹ፡ በዲኡ ኤርትራዊ በብኡ ክኣ ሱዳናዊ ሓዱሽ ዓርከይ (ዕድሚኡ እኳ ካብ ኣቦይ…
awatestaff5 min read
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The Dead Now Require Airplane Tickets
A Tigrayit song, exile, and the geography of remembrance. The song found me on an ordinary evening. Outside my…
Dr. Sadia Hassanen5 min read
