Aaron Berhane* Whenever I walk on the streets of Toronto from the subway station to where I work, I encounter people who distribute a free copy of the Metro newspaper. I don’t know whether it’s ingrained in my mind or my memory gets refreshed every day but I remember Setit— the first newspaper I co-founded
In the lead-up to International Mother Language Day 2016 (21 February) PEN is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of writer Idris Said Aba Arre. On Mother Language Day call on Eritrea to free Idris Said Aba Arre « GO BACK
translated by Cristina Viti AT LAMPEDUSA On the third of October a boat arrived at Lampedusa carrying 518 people. Survivors of a ferocious dictatorship and of an insidious crossing in the dead of night, from that big raft they saw the lights of the promised land. And thinking their suffering was over, they raised a
By Staff Eritrean award-winning poet and Zemen’s former editor-in-chief, Amanuel Asrat has received Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression in absentee at the opening night of Writers Unlimited Winter Nights at The Hague, on January 14, 2016. The two co-recipients of the award are Turkish journalist and filmmaker Can Dündar and Egyptian writer, Omar
The PEN World series showcases the important work of the more than 140 centers that form PEN International. Each PEN center sets its own priorities, but they are united by their commitment to advocate for imperiled writers, promote literature from all cultures and in all languages, and advance the right of every individual to speak
Published at the website of Pen International Notes from an exiled researcher | Ghirmai Negash
Published at the website of Pen International. Writing in Exile: “Home” is My Mailing Address
Mohammed Hiyabu* Jim’ie Saeed Kimeil, the soft spoken journalist, was known for his formidable personality and strong and principled stand among his colleagues. A man with a light sense of humor at times, but bold and courageous in crucial matters, Jim’ie was one of the journalists any serious person could put his/her trust on. His
This paper tries to present an overview of the essay in Tigrigna in its early phase. By virtue of its exploratory character, it attempts to present, rather copiously, examples of the different types of Tigrigna essays written during the 1940s. One of its main tasks is to show how the consolidation and maturity of the