A spell

BY ALEM HAILU Gentlemen, at the time the anecdote I am going to relate to you took place, my aunt W/ro Almaz, a mother of two daughters, Sisay and Tsedey, was a... Read more »

Where hopes are born

BY ABOMA MERGA In the heart of a raped woman Who, a year later, became a mother, Despite feeling insecure and profaned, who shows her honest yet dishonest smile , to her... Read more »

Misplaced mercy

BY ALEM HAILU  While walking In his garden One morning fine Seeing a snake He felt fear Galloping down His spine. As a Camouflaging trick Attired a green silk While zigzagging in... Read more »

Gallows Humour

BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL A Woyane (TPLF) honcho was caught after masterminding and orchestrating a horrendous and massive genocide in the north western part of Ethiopia. He was hidden somewhere in a cavernous... Read more »

Exerting sustainable efforts to benefit Ethiopia from its intangible heritages

BY ALAZAR SHIFERAW In 2019 Ethiopia has managed to get ’Timket’( Ethiopian Epiphany) inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The fourth intangible heritages of the country... Read more »

Eleven year old musical prodigy A Rare Musical Phenomenon Trained by a Veteran, though Little-known, Musician

BY MULUGETA GUDETA Hanna was the first child prodigy who displayed her unique talent as a singer many years ago and was discovered by the veteran musician Theodros Makonen alias ‘Teddy Mack’.... Read more »

God’s program

BY ALEM HAILU Lately when I picked my ringing cellphone I read ‘unknown number’. It must be a call from America I reflected. I crunched on OK and said “Hello.” “Dostoevsky how... Read more »

Why Timket deserves the coveted status of Intangible world cultural heritage

BY MULUGETA GUDETA  By declaring the Ethiopian annual celebration of Timket or the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan river hundreds of years ago, a world cultural heritage, the United Nations... Read more »

The Disruptive Power of Language

BYTEKELBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL “Tigrigna is the most beautiful language in the world,” Kiros said to his university classmate Dejene and added,” If you don’t believe me look it up in Encyclopedia Britannica”’. Dejene,... Read more »

A life entirely devoted to the cinema

-My recollections of a prominent Ethiopian filmmaker  BY MULUGETA GUDETA  A life entirely devoted to the cinema My first encounter with the filmmaker started 14 years ago. I met Solomon Bekele Weya... Read more »