Conditions Required for Trust-Building Efforts
The state of our youth today reminds me of a play I came across during my time as…
Zein Shokai10 min read
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ምርቃ ኣብ ጎደናታት ኣስመራ
ኣስመራ ንግሆ ክትንገድ ዘለዋ ከተማ ተባሂላ ክትፍለጥ ኣለዋ እንዳ በልኩ፡ ኢደይ ኣብ ጁባይ ኣእትየ ከይሰልቸወኒ ኣብ ዕድል ዝረኸብክለን…
awatestaff4 min read
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Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki
Two Towering Figures–Giants and Lilliputians (Part 1) Across the sorrowful and entangled histories of Ethiopia and Eritrea, two…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
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Muslim and Catholic Fatimas
Most Eritreans do not know about the Eritrean Black St. Mary, but many have heard of Mariam Daari,…
Awate Team5 min read
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Netsereab Azazi’s Book—Ona and Besekdira
I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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The Tenth Anniversary of the ELF Reunion and Reflection
Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Dallas, Texas | October 3–5, 2025 In a hall radiant with camaraderie,…
Semere T Habtemariam21 min read
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ኣስመራ ምንጪ ሕውስዋስ ስምዒት
ዓርቢ ንግሆ፡ “ቀይሕ ዘመን” ናይ ተስፋዮ ገብርኣብ ኣብ ኢደይ ሒዘ ናብ‘ታ ኣብ ፊት ህዝባዊ ቤት ንባብ ዘላ እንዳ…
Awate Team7 min read
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The Faucet Festival
A satirical take on Isaias Afwerki’s mysterious faucet sculpture, comparing it to Pharaoh Khufu’s pyramid and the Syrian…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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The Refugee Act of 1980 and the Quiet Burial of the ELF
The U.S. Refugee Act of 1980 is occasionally invoked—most notably by Eritreans, and rarely in writing, and, at…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
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Reflection on the North Star
Editor’s note: the byline data is corrupted; so far we couldn’t resolve the technical problem. The writer of…
awatestaff7 min read
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Blame It on Moses
A young student and her classmate graduated together; she became a geography teacher, while her bright classmate was…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Ts’əmdi and Ts’imdo: Joined for Utility, Not Unity
In the semi-fertile soil of Tigrinya, the words ጽምዲ (Ts’əmdi) and ጽምዶ (Ts’imdo) bloom with layered meaning—practical, poetic,…
Semere T Habtemariam14 min read
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Refugees Speak Back: Unsettling Exile and Home
In 2007, the Red Sea Press published Sadia Hassanen’s Repatriation, Integration, or Resettlement? The Dilemmas of Migration among Eritrean…
Beyan Negash5 min read
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Penicillin Overdose Killed the Camel
Dr. Abiy Ahmed keeps me thinking these days, though not in the way I wanted to. During the…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Downfall of an Emperor: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
Book Review By Semere T Habtemariam Downfall of an Emperor: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Derg’s Creeping…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
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A Return of Sorts to Religion
In a much-publicized recent religious event at the Anda Mariam Tewahdo church, many of the top Eritrean officials…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar6 min read
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Nepal: A Lesson for the PFDJ and the Youth
Every era popularizes certain names—mainly names of rulers and prominent people of the time. Since the nineteen-forties and…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Sept. 18, 2001: The Day Memory Was Criminalized
Eritrea’s Day of Infamy: The Day Liberty Died Some days do not merely pass into history—they haunt it.…
Semere T Habtemariam21 min read
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A Shepherd, A Tiger Cub, and A Village
A shepherd boy, bored while tending his goats on the edge of a village, cried, “HELP! A tiger…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar4 min read
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Horn of Africa: A Unity Deferred: Between Memory and Possibility
The Horn of Africa remains one of the world’s most fragile political landscapes. State legitimacy is contested, nation-building…
Semere T Habtemariam8 min read
