Meeting Haben for the first time felt a lot like meeting myself.
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I’ve Been Wearing Flower Crowns Since ’95 and 15 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Me
some facts might surprise you…
Hers: an ezine about a daughter’s love featuring Abeba Alemseged
The complexities of a mother-daughter relationship in the Eritrean diaspora
Littering: 15 Love Notes about Eritrea, Nostalgia, and Men.
I retrieved several notes centered on love and life inspired by my travels throughout Eritrea in the summer of 2014. Some were written in hindsight.
Bringing Three Generations Under One Sun: A Family Photo Shoot
An impromtu family photo shoot in the countryside fourteen years later.
Learn Tigrinya: An Oral Grammar Lesson on Eritrean Coffee
Tigrinya is the principal language of Eritrea and is documented to have been found in text around 13th century. Growing up in the diaspora didn’t always present opportunities to practice my mother’s native language outside of the home. It doesn’t have to be that way for everyone else, and through this small grammar lesson I wish to encourage other Diaspora Eritreans to practice their pronunciation and grammar of our beautiful tongue.
