Meqerka, Dem Sebaay, Zagir
In 1967, Israel and the Arabs (basically Egypt) fought the Six-Day War; Israel overran Egyptian territories and took…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 min read
Eritrean history
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Giants and Lilliputians: Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki (Part 2)
Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: The Body as a Mirror of Power To understand Isaias Afwerki’s psychology, one…
Semere T Habtemariam34 min read
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The Beni Amretay Boy in Saharti
A struggle-era picture has resurfaced with confusion for some years, and I promised to clarify a few points…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar7 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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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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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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Ageb and Eb, are these words alive in our languages!
I have talked and written hundreds of essays about reconciliation; the website I founded carried the slogan of…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Why Alemseged, Why? In Context
“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our…
Beyan Negash7 min read
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Alemseged Tesfai: Is that all what you are?
Debunking Ethiopia’s memos of late 1940s claiming ‘the return of Eritrea to its motherland,’ Margery Perham, a British…
Woldeyesus Ammar8 min read
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The Fiddle and the Fiddler:
The Fiddle and the Fiddler: How the Arabs and TPLF Undermined the Eritrean Revolution The story goes: when…
Semere Andom (iSem)6 min read
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Review:To challenge the writing of Eritrean history is neither to rubbish nor to denigrate
A reflective piece on personal memories of imprisonment and exile, exploring the resilience of identity under barbed boundaries.…
Tekeste Negash (Prof)67 min read
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Shariati’s Rooster; Honey budger Eritreans (Seramat)
Ali Shariati (Nov 1933 – June 1977) was an Iranian thinker and poet. He was 44 years old…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar5 min read
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Negarit 319: Eritrean Harikari, like The Japanese
In our culture, hurt or shamed persons never blame themselves but seek revenge on those who caused the…
Saleh "Gadi" Johar6 min read
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Woldeab Woldemariam, a Visionary Eritrean Patriot, Biography
Now I know why a monument has been erected for Alexander Pushkin, the renowned Russian poet, in the heart…
Dawit Mesfin7 min read
