Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in Eritrea and Around the World By Aklilu Lijam (As part of our BTW stories) 05/01/2022 For Muslims around the world, Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and prayer. It is one of the largest and most important celebrations in […]

Easter (Fasika) Celebrated World Wide: By Aklilu Lijam (As part of our BTW fun stories) 04/24/2022 Eritreans all over the world once again are lucky to celebrate two Easters. Here in the United States, we celebrated Easter last weekend. All Christians all over the world who follow the Julian Calendar […]

እግል ነስተብህል እቱ ለሃላ እልና ገሌ ቃላት ህግያ ትግሬ። (ለራብዕ ክፋል) (ጉራማለ ትግሬን ትግርኛን) እብ ሙሴ በኪት ። 3/3/2022 ዋድቅ ። ጻሕ ቢሂል። ምን ሮሻን ለወድቃ ሼይ (ካብ ርሻን ዝወደቀ ነገር) ንበሎ። ምን ውቁል ሺይ እብ ሳሓቢት ዎክ ሓናጊት (gravity)ለወድቃ። (ለሓናጊት ምንላ “ሓነግ” ለብል ቃል አፍገርክዋ) ዋድቅ፡ ቱ። ብቅመት፤ ግዕሸት፡ […]

እግል ነስተብሀል እቱ ለሀላ እልና ጌለ ቃላት ህግያ ትግሬ። (ሳልስ ክፈል) እብ ሙሴ በኪት። 1/29/2022 ማጣ። እንዴ ሓለፋ ሃባ ። (ኤሕሊፉ ሂቡ ንጸላኢ) ለካልእ ትርጉማ ሀዬኒ” ኣብ ፍላን እንዴ ሎሄይ ሸሓን ማጠኒ “። “ኣቦ ኽስቶ እስቲ ኦቲ ሸሓኒ ሃበኒ ግዳ”። ማጣ። ምምጣጥ ። እግላ ፕላስቲክ ማጣጥክዎ ። ነቲ ፕላስቲክ መጢጠዮ። […]

ኣብ ሓምሻይ ጉባኤ ሃይገት ብዙም ዝተኸየደ ዝቐረበት ጽሕፍቲ፡ ብወልደስላሴ ተስፋይ ዕመር። September 25, 2021 ክልተ ሰሙን ቅድሚ ናይ ሃይገት ጉባኤ ጸጋ ዘርኢማርያም ተሓጋጋዚት ኣዳላዊት ጉባኤ: ደዊላ ጉባኤ ሃይገት ብዙም፡ ከነካይድ ስለ ዝኾና፥ ዝኾነ ኣርእስቲ ኣልዒልካ ጠቓሚ ኢልካ ዝሓሰብካዮ ካብ ዓሰርተ ደቂቅ ዘይበዝሕ ሓደ ጽሑፍ ወይ ሓተታ ኣቕርበልና ኢላትኒ። ኣነ ከኣ፡ […]

Christmas and Eritreans celebrating it:  By Aklilu Lijam (As part of our BTW fun stories) 12/24/2021 One of my friends asked me, “Do we say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, or is it Happy New year and Merry Christmas?” At first I was a bit puzzled, but then I […]

እግል ነስተብህል እቱ ለሀላ እልና ገሌ ቃላት ትግሬ። ካልኣይ ክፈል። እብ ሙሴ በኪት። 12/07/2021 1. ንዬት። ሰኒ ቃልብ ቱ ወ፡ እኩይ ቃልብ ቱ። ወ፡ ሓዚ ቱ። “መለሄይ ንያትካ ብዬ” ሐዜካ ሀለኮ በሀለት ቱ ። “ዮም ለጎሮብዬ አከይ ንዬት ወዳ” ኣካላተይ ሎሚስ ቀጨውጨው ኢልዎ ኣሎ” በሀለት ቱ። ንዬት ሀዬኒ “ፋያገት፥ ቱ […]

The History and Thanksgiving and Eritreans celebrating it by Aklilu Lijam November 25, 2021 Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, family and […]

Halloween and the story of Anderobo and Dongollo spirit by Aklilu Lijam (as part of our BTW fun stories) 10/29/2021 By the way: Halloween is celebrated in many countries on October 31st. In the United States, Halloween is the most celebrated holiday after Christmas and Thanksgiving. But for most Eritreans […]

ኢካራ መን ዐለው (በዓል መን ነበሩ) እብ ሙሴ በኪት። አውኪር፡ ወ፡ አውኪራት ዮም አብዕቦታትና ከነትብ ማንሳዕ ቤት ሻሓቃን ኢካራ መን ክም ዐለው ምስሎም እግል አትኣምረኩም ቱ። ሰልፍ እብላ ቃዳምያም እግል አንብት ሓዜ። ከንቴባይ ዘርኢት ወድ ገብረማርያም ዲብ ሓጸይ ፋሲል ከበሳ እንዴ ፋግራ ለትሻያማ ። (ሰነት 1633-1635) ሓቆሁ ከ -ልብ (ካልብ) […]