Booksellers galore-has the reading culture caught up with the business?

BY MULUGETA GUDETA The global corona virus pandemic and the quarantine that followed have led or forced people around the world to resort to reading as the main pastime or as an... Read more »

ICU Triage

 BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL  Abebech was a beautiful prostitute working as a waitress in one of the bars at the Piazza, but she was most of the time busy being entertained by male... Read more »

Nations, nationalities’ day deepens understanding about values of cultural diversity

 BY ALAZAR SHIFERAW Cultural diversity is a driving force of development, not only with respect to economic growth, but also as a means of leading a more fulfilling intellectual, emotional, moral and... Read more »

Clapping Hands to a Heroine ( A poetic drama )

 By Alem Hailu  {Before the curtain is raised the introducer briefs the audience about how an extremist group attacked the Ethiopian Nation Defense Force (ENDF) from the back and how a private... Read more »

Wizard of the Crow-Ngugi Wa Tionago’s Verdict on African Corruption and Dictatorship

BY MULUGETA GUDETA What is happening in this country as we write the following lines is a typical example of how African dictatorships rise and fall. They rise with a big bang,... Read more »

The Culture of the Hamer People –Fascinating, Unique and Primeval

BY MULUGETA GUDETA There is not much information written about the Hamer people but the Wikipedia or online encyclopedia defines Hamer as an Omotic community inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. They live in Hamer... Read more »

The exact opposite siblings

BY ALEM HAILU The skinny Abrehet is from Mekelle living in Mai Kadra. As she is a tall girl she seems older than her age to many. She is fond of spending... Read more »

Asselefech the beautiful beggar!

BY TEKLEBIRHAN GEBREMICHAEL “In the name of St. Mary the Immaculate, alms, alms to the poor,” Asselefech intoned her customer begging refrain. Professor Desta was used to her begging cry as he... Read more »

Theater; shining art struggling with many factors

BY MESERET BEHAILU Sources show that different dancing styles, music and the like akin to theatrical art were there in different parts of the Ethiopia during the ancient times. But the shows... Read more »

Sweep away the bed bugs

BY SIMACHEW ALEMU The Junta as a leading party Had incubated plenty of bed bugs The nation had been abused by These blood-soaked creatures Wingless blood-sucking insects People have been mercilessly Sucked... Read more »