Giants and Lilliputians: Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival Beyond Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias AfwerkiThe centralizing dogma…
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In today’s Negarit 254, I will tell you about the late Goitom, in addition to other stories of…
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Author’s Note This essay examines a recurring pattern in Tigray’s post-war political culture: the public’s tendency to celebrate…
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The previous night we met Petros Solomon and Ali Sayed Abdella, and I discovered the much hoped for…
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In 1967, Israel and the Arabs (basically Egypt) fought the Six-Day War; Israel overran Egyptian territories and took…
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On a summer day in Cairo, I went to the zoo in the Giza area with my older…
Ismael Ibraheem Al-Mukhtar9 min read
Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki The Formation of Isaias Afwerki’s Political Character Isaias Afwerki’s rule embodies…
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The late Abdulkadir Ramadan and Tesfay Tekle were conducting TekhliT (dagmay srrE) around Himberti when Tesfay caught my…
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Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: The Body as a Mirror of Power To understand Isaias Afwerki’s psychology, one…
Semere T Habtemariam34 min read
The conversation on trust began in Arabic, when Abdulrazig Karrar invited readers to reflect on how a wounded…
Beyan Negash7 min read
A struggle-era picture has resurfaced with confusion for some years, and I promised to clarify a few points…
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تذكرني حالة شبابنا اليوم بمسرحية مرت علي في حياتي الدراسية، وهي مسرحية “ Look Back in Anger –…
Zein Shokai8 min read
The state of our youth today reminds me of a play I came across during my time as…
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ኣስመራ ንግሆ ክትንገድ ዘለዋ ከተማ ተባሂላ ክትፍለጥ ኣለዋ እንዳ በልኩ፡ ኢደይ ኣብ ጁባይ ኣእትየ ከይሰልቸወኒ ኣብ ዕድል ዝረኸብክለን…
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Two Towering Figures–Giants and Lilliputians (Part 1) Across the sorrowful and entangled histories of Ethiopia and Eritrea, two…
Semere T Habtemariam11 min read
Most Eritreans do not know about the Eritrean Black St. Mary, but many have heard of Mariam Daari,…
Awate Team5 min read
I have written and spoken about Ona—a turning point in my life and among my peers. I thought…
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Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Dallas, Texas | October 3–5, 2025 In a hall radiant with camaraderie,…
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ዓርቢ ንግሆ፡ “ቀይሕ ዘመን” ናይ ተስፋዮ ገብርኣብ ኣብ ኢደይ ሒዘ ናብ‘ታ ኣብ ፊት ህዝባዊ ቤት ንባብ ዘላ እንዳ…
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