ተስፊት ኣብርሃም* ቅድመ ኣንደበተ ልሳኑ፡ ‘ደቂ ዓደይ ኵላትኩም ዕምባባ / ስምዑኒ ክራረይ ከዛርባ፡’ ብምባል፡ ብቕኒት ክራሩ ንኣመታዊ ባሕረ-ሓሳባቱ ከፍስስ፡ ህርድግ ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ኣሽሓት ቃላት ናይ ፍቕራዊ ጥበራ፡ ‘… ብኣኺ ክቓኒ፡ ክራረይ ኣልዓልኩ / እደርፈልኪ ኣለኹ ፍቕረይ እናበልኩ፡’ ብውህደት ቅኒት ጣዕመ ክራሩ ክጸውየላ ሓዀት ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ናፍቖታዊ ደብዳበ ክሰድድ ዝህቅን፡ ‘ብቕኒት ክራረይ፡
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Biniam Simon, the 2025 PEN Eritrea Freedom Expression Award Winner, received his award on Sunday, 26th October, in Milan, Italy, in a ceremony hosted by PEN Eritrea as part of its Annual Meeting. Austrian writer and human rights defender Wolfgang Martin Roth presented Biniam with the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award trophy. Roth
PEN Eritrea in Exile conducted its Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, from 25-26 October 2025. PEN members from around the world attended the annual meeting in person and online, where they discussed a range of topics. The Director of PEN Eritrea, Awet Fissehaye, officially commenced the meeting with opening remarks and the presentation of
Samuel Emaha Tsegai* Editor’s Note: The following review reflects the views of the author and does not necessarily represent the opinion of PEN Eritrea. Readers with different perspectives are welcome to join the conversation. “They would Love to see me dead, so they can say: He belongs to us, he is ours.” Mahmoud Darwish
ዓርቢ 11 ጥቅምቲ ዝጀመረ ዓመታዊ ጽምብል ዓስራይ ዓመትን፡ ዓመታዊ ኣኼባን ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ኦስሎ-ኖርወይ ኣብ ምቅናዕ ይርከብ። ዓርቢ ብወግዓዊ ጽምብል ዓስራይ ዓመት ምስረታኡን፡ ምዕዳል ሽልማት ዕዉት መሰል ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት 2024 ዝጀምረ ኣጋጣሚ፣ ንኹሉ ህዝቢ ክፉት ብምንባሩ ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣብ ስነጽሑፍን፡ ኣብ መሰል ምግልላጽ ናጽነት ሓሳባትን ዝግደሱ ደገፍቲ ፐን ኤርትራን ተረኺቦም። ዕዉት ሽልማት ፐን ኤርትራ
PEN Eritrea in exile celebrated the 10th anniversary of its foundation at an event held in Oslo, Norway, on Friday evening 11th of October 2024. Attended by members and guests, the evening was celebrated with keynote speakers, poetry recital, remarks by this year’s PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award winner and concluded with musical
Exiled writer and literary translator Daniel Semere Tesfai has won the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2024. Daniel has been selected as a winner for his outstanding contributions to Tigrinya Literature, for the magnum opus, ‘Halaw Eta Werqawit Ghereb’ and other insightful books including ‘Debdabetat Seitan’, ‘ Eti Enchquilit Leul’, ‘Inanna’ and ‘Qireqhre’, where
Aman Tekeste Weldeslasie* Book Analysis: Part One Released in mid-2023, ‘An African Revolution Reclaimed: Memoir of Eritrean Freedom Fighter Mesfin Hagos’ is a compelling historical account co-authored by Mesfin Hagos and Professor Awet Tewelde. Spanning approximately 450 pages across ten chapters and a conclusion, which includes the preface and introduction, the book chronicles the life
ሽልማት ጆርጅ ኤልዘር፡ ካብ 2001 ጀሚሩ ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ክልተ ዓመት፡ ኣብ ከተማ ሙኒክ (ጀርመን) ዝዕደል ሽልማት ኰይኑ፡ ንዝኽሪ፡ ነቲ 1939 ዘይተርፍ መሲሉ ዘንጸላሉ ዝነበረ ካልኣይ ኲናት ዓለም “ንምክልኻሉ” ንኣዶልፍ ሂትለር ክቕንጽል ዝፈተነ ዮሃን ጆርጅ ኤልዘር ዝስሙ ጀርመናዊ ዝዕደል ሽልማት’ዩ። ስነ-ስርዓት እቲ ሽልማት፡ ኣብቲ ኣዶሉፍ ሂትለር ዓመታዊ መደረ ዘስምዓሉ ዝነበረ’ሞ፡ ንምቕንጻሉ ፈተነ ዝተገብረሉ ዕለትን