(To confined Eritrean journalists and writers) You are there, where No word, no light, no hope comes from, Jailed by cursed men Who are enjoying Your incessant pain. You are there, where, Your vintage-young photos in mind, We try to envisage about Your interminable pain, Caused by your gallant pen. And you
ደሳሌ በረኸት ኣብርሃም* ለበዝሐ ወቅት “እስታዝ”፡ መዓልም አው ሙደርስ ዶል እምብል፡ እግለ እት መድረሰት ምህሮ አካዳምየት ለለሀይቡነ መዐልሚን አው ሙድርሲን ሌጠ ነሐስቡ። ተዕሊም አው ምህሮ ላኪን፡ እሊ ለዲብ ፈስል እንዴ ትገሴነ ለእንስኡ ሌጣ ኢኮን። አማንተ፡ እሊ ለዲብ ፈስል እንዴ ትገሴነ ለልትሀየበነ ሕዱ’ድ ተዕሊም አው ምህሮ፡ ለዲብ ሐያትነ አምበል ንዝምት ገበይ ለእንርክቡ ተዕሊም ወተጃርብ ሐያት በዝሕ።
Friends, have you ever played With the head of the coin in your palm Either you lose or you get away with it Lo, I did play one today Two things, just two only Saw him blindfold me After knocking me down, I was overjoyed, thanks to PRA Behold to the saga
Tedros Abraham* My memory of that day is as vivid as reality itself. Fear had never infected me, nor did I have even the slightest suspicion that the day would conclude the way it did. Here is how it happened: Tsegay Chichi walked in, dressed in his iconic black leather jacket, the waist pocket flaps
መናእስተይ ናይ ብርዒ መቑርሰይ እንካ ሰላም ካብ’ዚ ጸላም። ካብ ዘይትኣስረ መንፈስ፡ ዝተኾርመየ ብርኪ ካብ ዝጠልቀዐ ከብዲ ፡ ዘይደረቐ ልቢ ካብ ዝጎለበ ሕቖ፡ ዘይቀነነ ብርዒ ካብዚ .. ፍረ ሓሳባት ኣብ ዝዕጸደሉ ቀውዒ፡ ብርኩት ምህርቱ ዝተሰርቆ ጸሓፊ.. ዝቓደረ ልብታት ብዝበለሐ ብርዒ ፡ብጸግኢ ብኣይሚ ስምዒታት ዝዘርአ ህርኩት ገጣሚ እንካ ሰላምታ፡ ሰላምታይ ዘይተጨዋዪ፡ ሰላምታይ ዘይተቐያዲ፡ ዘይተሰራቒ ።
ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* “ነቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብ 2001 ኣትሒዞም ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣስካሕካሒ ህይወት ቤት ማእሰርቲ ዝሳቐዩ ዘለዉ ጸሓፍትን ጋዜጠኛታትን ዝዝክር፡ ኣብቲ እዋን’ቲ ንስለ መሰል ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት ደው ምባሎምን፡ ንስለ ዝኣምንሉ መትከል ሕጂ’ውን ዝኸፍልዎ ዘለዉ ዋጋን ደጊምካ-ደጋጊምካ ክብሪ ንምሃብ ዝዓለመ ወፍሪ ምጽሓፍ ደብዳበታት፡ ግጥሚታት፡ ዓንቀጻት ወዘተ ከነካይድ ኢና” ዝብል ትሕዝቶ ቀዳማይ ሕጥበ-ጽሑፉ ገይሩ፣ ንኣበርክቶ ኵሎም ኣባላት
Is it a choice? One window for the twelve imprisoned we peep in, and we see a poet, and three writers, and two playwrights an actor, a songwriter, a comedian a lawyer, an art critic, a translator a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist a Journalist
Publisher Kassahun Checole, the founder of the world-known Africa World Press and the Red Sea Press, has been named the winner of PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award 2023. This year’s Awards Committee comprised Habtom Weldeyowhaness, Yirgalem Fisseha and Yonatan Tsighe (Dr), received a long list of contestants, and after an in-depth examination of
መስራትን ወናኒን ቤት ማሕተም መጻሕፍቲ ኣፍሪቃ ወርልድ ፕረስን (Africa World Press)፡ ረድ-ሲ ፕረስን (The Red Sea Press) ካሳሁን ቸኮል፥ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ 40 ዓመታት ብኣሽሓት ኣርእስቲታት ዝጽውዑ መጻሕፍቲ ብምሕታምን ብኣማኢት ኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ቅዳሓት ብምዝርጋሕን፡ ስነጽሑፍ ኣብ ምድንፋዕ ብዝተጻወቶ ዕዙዝ ተራ፤ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ኤርትራ ደሞክራሳዊ ስርዓት ንምትካል ብዝገበሮን ይቕጽሎ’ውን ዘሎ ዘይተባተኸ ቃልሲ ተዓዋቲ ሽልማት ናጽነት ምግላጽ