Dawn of a New Era! A piece well-written by Desbele Kahsai on Awate (May 04, 2009) was the motivation for my article. It just so happened that I had the exact same topic in my mind when I noticed that what I thought would be new was already on the net (with a little twist of the knot and a…

In a couple of days, many of us will be celebrating the 18th anniversary of one of the landmarks of our history as a nation: the day we discovered that we were sold a false dream and a big lie. Those of us in the “opposition” who were the other side of the coin of Kilte gorahat hamkhushti sinqom refused to leave and…

The English translation of the President’s Independence Day speech (as it appears on Shabait) had 1623 words. Of those, 1062 words (65% of the speech) was a mumbo-jumbo that only Ghirmay Sandiago can understand on “a special interest group” that is trying to spoil Obama’s plans for change. Year after year the content and style of his Independence Day speeches…

Lowlanders are celebrating the advent of a new era of hope with the formation of the “Tadamun,” or, in English, the Eritrean Solidarity Front. This has created some trepidation in some corners who now feel that they have to expose it, ridicule it, destroy it before it gets its footing, or, to form a competing block to it and dominate…

 “When the Protector Becomes Predator” by Dr. Bereket H Selassie (Awate, Jun 23, 2009) in which he defines “The Critical Challenge Facing Eritreans Today” was an article that I read more than three times (with a coffee break and an anger management session in between each). Don’t get me wrong! Dr. Bereket does deserve the pride of every Eritrean for…

“’There must be a language that doesn’t depend on words,’ the boy [the shepherd] thought. I have already had that experience with my sheep, and now it’s happening with people.”  (The Alchemist P43 by P. Coelho) On a positive note: I was glad to read on Shabait.com that, according to the head of the Metrological Office in Asmara, heavy rains all over Eritrea are promising a change from…

I will start by clarifying a few things (that I explained repeatedly before) to set the record straight regarding any misunderstanding that might have resulted for lack of better words on my side. Just to make sure that whoever reads this article is on the same page with respect to any expressions that I had used in the past and…

Nearly all those who have been following our debate on Awate (the ones who genuinely recognized the problems of Land Grabbers and the Exclusionists of the PFDJ as real and serious) are wondering what possible solutions would come out of the debate that has lasted for months and at least on the surface seems to be getting nowhere. To those…

I have taken a break for the last few weeks just to watch the debate from a distance and see what it looks like to a bystander. Most of those who appeared to comment on the issues focused on the semantics of how the subject should have been framed and what kind of etiquette contributors like myself should have followed…