Category: literary events and reviews

Mussie Tesfagiogis Gebremeskel Woldeab Woldemariam: A Visionary Eritrean Patriot, a Biography by DAWIT MESFIN (The Red Sea Press, Trenton/New Jersey, 321 pages, ISBN 978-1-5690252-6-0) Dawit Mesfin’s new book on Woldeab Woldemariam’s biography is an excellent contribution to the growing body of scholarly literature on Eritrean historiography. This book deals with the odyssey of an Eritrean

Book release PEN Eritrea is pleased to announce the launching of its new publication, an edited volume, entitled Uncensored Voices: Essays, Poems, and Art Works by Exiled Eritreans. The book is the first major publication by PEN Eritrea, which was conceived within its bigger mission of promoting literature and freedom of expression. The book will

PEN International is convening its 83rd annual congress under the theme “Reclaiming Truth in Times of Propaganda” in Lviv, Ukraine between 18-22nd of September. Over 200 members from more than 100 centers are participating in the congress. In its annual congress, PEN International honors jailed writers with empty chairs as reminder of absence of the

ኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል* ብዝገፍሕ ኵርናዕ እንክርአ᎓ ኣገዳስነት እዛ መጽሓፍ ኣበርክቶ ግርማይ ነጋሽን ኣብቲ ሰፊሕ ሃገራዊ ምይይጥን ጉዳይን ብናይ ተዓዛብነት ተራ ጥራይ ዘይኰነስ ብንጡፍ ውልቃዊ ተሳታፍነትን ጕንዖ ኣበርክቶን ምዃኑ’ዩ። እዘን ዓንቀጻት ንኤርትራዊ ኣንባቢ ብቐንዱ ኣብ ግምት ኣእትየን ብኤርትራዊ ቋንቋ ምድላወን’ውን ነቲ ቀዲሙ ከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ምርማርን ሕትመታት ዘደንፍዖን ካልኦት ኣሰሩ ክስዕቡ ብግብሪ ዘርኢን’ዩ። ብቛንቋኻ ምጽሓፍን ምዝራብን ኣብ

Daniel R. Mekonnen* PEN Eritrea in Exile participated in the ICORN Network Meeting & PEN International WiPC Conference that took place in the city of Lillehammer (Norway) from 31 May to 2 June 2017. The event, which was a joint biennial conference, was one of the most important international gatherings of writers and artists from

Natsnet’s story in Saudi Arabia is typical of the life of most domestic workers in the Gulf, where they are kept as prisoners working long hours and subjected to humiliation and harassment by the families they serve. The unfortunate fate Natsnet and other victims of the modern-day slavery of domestic labor in Gulf countries is

​Habte Selassie, Bereket. Deliverance: A Tale of Colliding Passions and the Muse of Forgiveness. New Jersey: Red Sea Press, 2017, 330 pages Bereket Habte Selassie’s Deliverance: A Tale of Colliding Passions and the Muse of Forgiveness (2017) is a novel based on the recent history of Ethiopia during which the last emperor was dethroned in

Yonatan Tewelde “They questioned him sternly for several minutes, and then the director stood up and asked him to stretch out his arm. He hit the student several times on his palm with a stick. The boy, who was obviously in pain, at one point pulled his hand back and was roughly ordered to put