PEN Eritrea in Exile mourns the passing of Hege Newth, former Secretary General of PEN Norway and an Honorary Member of PEN Eritrea in Exile, whose life’s work embodied compassion, courage, and unwavering commitment to defend human dignity. Her death is a profound loss not only for her family, PEN Norway, but also for
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ደሳለ በረኸት* ንጋዜጠኛን ደራስን ሚኪኤል በርሀ፡ ድሕሪ ግንቦት 1991 እየ ዝያዳ ዝፈልጦ። ኣብቲ ግዜ’ቲ፡ ስሙ ኣብ ራድዮ “ድምጺ ሓፋሽ” ከይሰማዕካያ፥ ከምኡ’ውን – ገለ ካብ ጽሑፋቱ ኣብ ጋዜጣ “ሓዳስ ኤርትራ” ከየንበብካ ምቕናይ ልሙድ ኣይነበረን። ከም ሓቂ፡ ንሚኪኤል በርሀ ኣብ መወዳእታ 80ታት እውን፡ ሳሕቲ – ከም መራሒ-መድረኽ፡ ናይ ጒጅለ ባህሊ “ሂላል” እንከሎ፡ ርእየዮ እፈልጥ ነይረ’የ። ሽዕኡ፡ ሓውሲ
ኮኾብ ተስፋልደት* ብዛዕባ እቲ ንፈልጦ ግን ከኣ ዘይንፈልጦ ጋዘጤኛ ዳዊት ኢሳቕ። ስሙ እቲ ንኽንደይ ዓመታት ክዝከር ንሰምምዖ ጋዜጠኛ። ምሳና ከም ዝዓበየ፡ ዝተማህረ ከም ሓደ ብቐረባ ንፈልጦ ከም ዝኾነ ዝስመዓና ስም—ዳዊት ኢሳቕ። ምስሉ ግን እቲ ኣብ ሓደ ዕድመ ደው ዝበለ፡ ኣፍሮ ዓይነት፡ ጽልም ኢሉ መንእሰይ ከሎ ዝገደፈልና ጥራሕ እዩ። ሕጂ እንታይ ይመስል፧ ከመይ ይዛረብ፧ ከመይ
The Edelstam Foundation announced in a press release today that The Edelstam Prize 2024 has been awarded to Mr Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean-Swedish journalist in recognition of his exceptional courage and dedication to human rights and freedom of expression. Isaak, who co-founded Setit, Eritrea’s first independent newspaper, was arrested in September 2001 during the
እየሩሳሌም ሃይለ (እዚ ጽሑፍ ኣብ መወዳእታ መስከረም 2023፡ ብመሰረት ዕድመ ፐን ኤርትራ ብ እዮርሳሌም ሃይለ ዝተበርከተ ዀይኑ፥ ብምኽንያት ተዓቚሩ ጸኒሑ፡ እነሆ ሎሚ ማእከል-ሓሳብ እቲ ጽሑፍ ኣብ ዝዀነት ታሪኻዊት ዕለት ንንባብ ይቐርብ።) ———– ኣብ መፋርቕ ወርሒ ነሓሰ ኣቢሉ ይኸውን፡ ብምኽንያት ዝኽሪ 18 መስከረም ምዕጻው ነጻ ፕረስን፡ ምእሳር ጋዜጠኛታትን ኣብ ኤርትራ ብዝምልከት ዘለኒ ዝኽሪ ብጽሑፍ ከካፍል ዕድመ
ቀሺ ዮናስ ወልደሩፋኤል* 24 ለካቲት 2022 ዝጀመረ ውግእ ሩስያ-ዩክረይን፡ ብብዙሕ መኣዝናት’ዩ ዝጥመት። እቲ ፍሩይን ጉሉሕን፡ ምስ ምስፍሕፋሕ ውድብ ውዕል ሰሜን ኣትላንቲክ (ኔቶ) ይተኣሰሰር። ሱር መሰረቱ እንተተበርበረ ግና፡ ጫሌዳታት’ውን ዘሎዎ ኰይኑ ኢና እንረኽቦ። ነዚ ሓጺር ትንተናዊ ጽሑፍ፡ ሓባራዊ ታሪኽ ህዝብታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው፡ ንኢትዮጵያ ከም ሩስያ፡ ንኤርትራ ድማ ከም ዩክረይን ጌርና ብምንጽጻር ከነንብቦ እምሕጸን።
For many African writers, censorship can entail a lived experience as well as a current threat, even for those who emigrated to the United States. Ghirmai Negash danced close to the flame of censorship several times before arriving at Ohio University. So re-examining the impact of censorship on the work and lives of African writers was
ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* 1987 ኣብ እዋን ቁልዕነቱ ናብ ቃልሲ ንናጽነት ተጸንቢሩ። ንሱ ግና “ኣነ ናጽነት ምስ መጸ‘የ ገድሊ ጀሚረ“ መውጽኢት ኣፉ‘ያ። ሓደ ካብቶም ኣብ ፈለማ ዓመታት ናጽነት፡ ክምህሩ ናብ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ዝተመደቡ ተመሃሮ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ነይሩ። ቀትሪ እናማሃረ፡ ምሸት ድማ እናተማህረ፡ ተውለ ምዕማም ሕርያኡ ነይሩ። ተማሃሪት ማእከላይ ደረጃ ኣብ ዝነበርኩሉ ግዜ (1995 – 1997) ኣብ
From Warscapes Eritrea’s direct involvement in the ongoing Ethiopian civil war has been highly contentious for many observers. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders reportedly have claimed they’re mainly fighting the Eritrean army in support of Ethiopian federal government soldiers. Eritrean leaders either have been silent or denied it. Although it took longer than it normally should have,