Winter Blues And Another Year In Transition
A Prologue to Winter Blues And Another Year In Transition A friend called me up seeking for help looking for
Pondering Democracy
One of the most astonishing phenomena of recent history is the rapidity with which former communist countries forsook communism to
Eritrea 2013: A Retrospective
In the Eritrean Calendar, 2013 was Two Major Events bookended by dozens of mostly horrible events. The two major events
اطفؤا قناديل الرعب
حين أمطرت السماء خيراتها، رائحة البارود من حولنا قابله وابل من دوى القنابل، والرعد ومع البرق ، صورة وأنعكاس ، فنظرات إلى الجنوب وتوهج ألا فق بنار الغدر، والتهبت قناديل الرعب في الباطن ترى، هل هذه أحلام ألامس تطاردنا ، آم حلم اليوم؟ هل فعلوها من جديد ؟ رايته طفلا، ذلك الحقد التليد ذاقه آبى […]
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Detoxifying Our Politics
It’s almost 2014 and Isaias Afeworki is still there, reigning over and ruining Eritrea. Change will come sooner or later.
Looking Forward into the Future of Eritrea
For those of us who live in the U.S., this is the time of the year in which we see
Eritrea’s Succession Plan
Eritrea’s Succession Plan: Mentoring Emerging Leadership to Build Civil Society I was writing this article when the Lampedusa tragedy unfolded
Awate 7.0: Status Update
Dear Awatistas: First of all, Awatista is a knock-off of Sandanista. We are not lefties, but we are revolutionaries, thus
SBS Tigrinya Interview With Saleh “Gadi” Johar
An interview with Saleh “Gadi” Johar, right activist, one of the founders of Awate.com and Author of Miriam was here
Politics of Cynicism or Politics of Hope?
“Do we participate in a Politics of Cynicism or do we participate in a Politics of Hope?” Finding the Trail
The Ordeal Of Human Trafficking and Organ Harvesting
(This is a speech I delivered on Wednesday, Dec 12, 2013 at the Hinckley Institute of Politics, University of Utah.)
Eritrea: The Federal Arrangement Farce
Often, I am accused of factoring out Ethiopia’s violence in my account of how the Eritrean revolution (ghedli) came to
The Departure of a Good Man: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a Good Man. He chose to be Good and stuck with it. He lived Good. He practiced
Bridging The Divide: Muslim and Christian Eritreans in Orange County
Introduction: The dominance of Tigrinya speaking Christians and their involvement in the various sectors of community-based, organizational activities representing Eritreans
Afwerki and Al-Bashir: Unholy Matrimony
Port Sudan: 27 November 2013 In a ceremony dubbed as one of the most romantic weddings of the year, Eritrea’s
Fight Like A Liberation Front; Think Like An Opposition
Isaias Afwerki’s twenty- two years of misrule reaffirms the old adage that revolutions, quite often, are not caused by vision-inspired
Eritrean Parallel Religious Lines
The roots and branches of Eritrean Diaspora seems to point to the mistrust that lingers stemming from their religious parallel
Yohannes Tikabo and the King’s Men
This is the story of Yohannes Tikabo and Yosief Ghebrehiwet. More accurately, about their beliefs. Two Eritreans, with varying degrees
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