Response to COVID-19 and One Day Eritrea series 3 الإسم:أفراح اسماعيل مَرت تِسعةُ أشهُر علي قدومي لمصر…… بعد شهرين إذ بجائِحة كوفيد 19 تعم العالم….. لم أهتم بها في بادئ الأمر، إلي أن اصبحت تقتل المِئات من البشر…. هذا ما تم تداوُله في وسائل الإعلام كافة . في ذلك الوقت كُنت قد بدأت العمل في
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Nov. 18, 2020. Desta Hailé is the daughter of Reesom Hailé, Eritrean poet laureate, as well as a celebrated creative in her own right. A vocalist, songwriter, and educator, she recently won the inaugural writing competition, “To Speak Europe in Different Languages.” This competition was launched by the Asmara-Addis Literary Festival (in Exile) and Specimen
Response to COVID-19 and One Day Eritrea series 2 ዮኤል ተወልደ Nov. 16, 2020 ሓደ ንግሆ ታሕሳስ 1999 ካብ ቤተይ ናብ ስራሕ ቅድሚ ምውጽአይ፡ “እውይ ይገፉ ኣለዉ!” ሰማዕኩ’ሞ፡ ኣይምልከተንን’ዩ ብምባል ደረተይ ነፊሐ ካብ ቤተይ ነቐልኩ። ቅጽበት፡ “ደው በል!” ሰማዕኩ። ኣይሰጋእኩን። እታ መንግስተይ ኣሚኑ ዝሃበኒ ብ‘ሽዳ’ እትፍለጥ መንቀሳቐስየይ ክጥቀመላ ምዃነይ ቍሩብ ሓጐስ ተሰምዓኒ’ሞ፡ ምሽት ኣቢለ ሃብኩዎ።
Response to COVID-19 and One Day Eritrea series 1 ከዲጃ መሐመድ Nov. 14, 2020 ሼኽ ሓምድ እግለ ሸቃለ፡ “ግድም አነ ፈጅር ህዳይ ህላ ዲቡ እግል እትአኸር ቱ። ለጃርዲን ማይ ለተሐዜ አስቱ ወሱግማ ለትገይስ እንዴ አዳሌኩመ ጽንሖ። ለመኪነት እግል እንደእ እትክምቱ” እንዴ ቤለዮም ትፋነዮም። ወእብ መኪነቱ አስክ ዐድ ተሀርበበ ምኖም። ፊነ በዓል-ዳር ተ እት ኢኮን እሎም
Dessale Berekhet* Nov. 1, 2020 To be torn away from home, especially for an aspiring writer, heralds a sure death of the Soul, albeit a slow one. That is how I felt when, after years of deliberations with myself; I left my country, Eritrea. For decades on end, I had considered myself an active participant
Abraham T. Zere* Nov. 1, 2020 A person I was connected to online for a joint project suggested that we meet in person after the project was over. “I read about your story as an exiled writer. I thought it was cool and was curious to meet you,” he confessed, shortly after we met. That
Oct. 14th, 2020 Something growled Something boomed Invading the calm It echoed. … Stuck Where two brothers pass each other by Where two brothers meet Where two brothers join In the piazza of life and death In the gulf between calamity and culture In the valley of anxiety and peace Something boomed. While the chia and seraw acacias
By Alison Flood from The Guardian. Oct. 13th, 2020 The author, imprisoned without charge since 2001, was chosen to share the PEN Pinter prize by 2020’s winner Linton Kwesi Johnson The Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat, who was arrested in 2001 and is believed still to be detained in a maximum security prison, has been named International
(12 ጥቅምቲ 2020) ተዓዋቲ ፐን ፒንተር 2020 ሊንቶን ክወሲ ጆንሰን ሽልማት “ተባዕ ጸሓፊ” ንኤርትራዊ ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት ረቝሑ። ምስ ምዕጻው ናጻ ጋዜጣታት ኣብ መስከረም 2001 ዝተኣስረ ጋዜጠኛ ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት ንዝሓለፉ 19 ዓመታት ደሃይ እኳ እንተ ዘይብሉ ኣብ ዝኸፍአ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ዒራዒሮ ተዳጒኑ ከም ዘሎ ይእመን። ኤርትራዊ ገጣሚ፡ ሃያሲን ዋና ኣሰናዳኢ ጋዜጣ ዘመን ነበርን ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት ተሸላሚ