Aman Tekeste* “TSELAM SANDUQ,” authored by Sara Belay, a former Eritrean freedom fighter and ex-journalist, is a captivating work of literature that hit the shelves in the early months of 2022. The book is divided into six distinct parts and contains 125 short chapters, totaling 471 pages. In the preface, the author expresses that during
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UK Parliamentarians highlight disappeared Eritrean activists Launched in Parliament in London, an exhibition features images of Eritrean journalists, political activists, and government critics who were detained in September 2001 . This followed the end of Eritrea’s border war with Ethiopia, and the beginning of a crackdown on media and other freedoms in the country.
ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ይርጋኣለም፤ ካብ 14-16 ጥቅምቲ 2022 ኣብ ከተማ በርሊን-ጀርመን፤ Archaeology Of Loss ብዝብል ስያመ ዝፍለጥ ፈስቲቫል ስነጽሑፍ፥ ተዓዲማን ተሳቲፋን ነይራ። ትጽቢት ናይቲ ዝተኻየደ ስነጽሑፋዊ ፈስቲቫል፡ ጸሓፍቲ፥ ኣብ ሕሉፎም ከም ውሁብ ዝወስድዎ ዝነበሩ፥ ኣብ ህሉው ህይወቶም ግን ዝበዀረ፡ ዝተኸስረ፡ ፈጺሙ’ውን ዝተቐብጸ ዝተፈላለየ ግኡዝ ኰነ ስምዒት ኣድሂቦም ክጽሕፉ ምትብባዕ እዩ። በዚ ምኽንያት፡ እዛ ናይ ሎሚ
Eritrean renowned and award-winning singer and songwriter Abrar Osman has received Pen Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression award at the closing ceremony of Pen Eritrea’s annual meeting held in Stockholm-Sweden from 1st to 2nd October 2022. Abrar was announced the winner of the award on 18 September to mark the assault on freedom of the
ፐን ኤርትራ፡ መቐጸልታ እቲ ብ1 ጥቅምቲ ዝተጀመረ ናይ ዓመተ 2022 ጒባኤኡ፡ ብ2 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ዘቃንዖ ካልኣይን ናይ መወዳእታን መዓልቲ ኣኼባኡ ዛዚሙ። መወዳእታ መዓልቲ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ 2022፡ ብመረጻ መሪሕነት ጀሚሩ ብወግዒ ምዕዳል ሽልማት ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት እዩ ተዛዙሙ። ኣብቲ ዕለት፡ ኣባላት ፐን ኤርትራ ብኣካልን ብቐጥታዊ መስመር ኢንተርነትን ኣቢሎም ፈጻሚ ስራሕን ተሓዝ-ገንዘብን መሪጾም። ዕዉት ሽልማት
ዓመታዊ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ 2022 ቀዳማይ መዓልቱ ሎሚ 1 ትቅምቲ 2022 ኣብ ሃገረ ሽወደን ከተማ ስተኮልም ተቓኒዑ ውዒሉ። ካብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ዝመጹ 20 ኣባላት ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ዝተሳተፍሉ ቀዳማይ መዓልቲ ዓመታዊ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሰዓት ትሸዓተ ናይ ንግሆ ክሳብ ሰዓት ሽዱሽተ ናይ ምሸት ተኻይዱ። ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ጕባኤኡ ካብ ዝዘተየሎም ነጥብታት፣
Abrar Osman, the well-known, award-winning Eritrean singer and songwriter, has won the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2022 for his four-decade of contributions to the advancement of literature and his resolute advocacy for democracy and freedom of expression through music. Abrar started his singing career in 1976 when he was a young freedom
Eritrea’s foremost literary scholar and freedom of press advocate Professor Ghirmai Negash has been named the 2021 PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award winner. The ceremony has been held virtually, Saturday September 18th, on the 20th anniversary of the ban of free press in Eritrea. PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award is a yearly award
Beyan Negash* April 12, 2021 When reading early Eritrean novels, a reader is required to put the historical context in which a certain book was written. The reader’s perspective and contextual readings might give nuanced understanding of the work. In other words, Tigrinya literature readers must be compelled to keep the oral tradition way of