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This factual narrative goes deep into socio-economic and political turmoil the Eritrean population, in general, and the younger generation, in particular, are going through. Following the upbringing of a youngster whose father gets conscripted in the national service and ends up for decades the narrative depicts revealing events that affect an Eritrean family. It follows the journey of the Senay, the youngster, who discontinues his promising studies in a higher education institute to flee Eritrea to Ethiopia to reach Europe crossing through the Sahara desert and over the Mediterranean Sea.

መጽሓፍ ሓደ ቀዳማይ ክፋል፡ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ክምሃሩ ንዝጅምሩ ቈልዑ መንቀሊ ባይታ እያ። ፊደላት ትግርኛ፡ ብዝቐለለ መንገዲ ክምሃሩላ ተባሂላ ዝተጻሕፈት መጽሓፍ ድማ እያ። ኣብ’ዛ መጽሓፍ፡ ፊደላት ቋንቋ ትግርኛ፡ ብቕርጾም ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ጕጅለታት ተመዲቦም ኣለዉ። ቀዳማይ ጕጅለ፡ ክልተ እግሪ ዘሎዎም ፊደላት ኰይኖም፡ ብቐሊሉ ቈልዑ ክለማመዱዎም ዝኽእሉ ፊደላት እዮም። ኣብ’ዚ መደብ እዚ፡ በ፡ ቨ፡ ሰ፡ ሸ፡ ከ፡ ኸ፡ አ፡ ለ፡ ዘ ከምኡ’ውን ዠ ይጠቓለሉ። ብመሰረት ኣብ’ዛ መጽሓፍ ቀሪቡ ዘሎ ትሕዝቶ፡ እዞም ፊደላት እዚኦም፡ ኣብ ሰለስተ ንኡሳን ጕጅለታት ተመቒሎም ኣለዉ። ሓደ ፊደል ምስ ሰዓብቱ ኣብ እንምህረሉ ግዜ ድማ፡ ንፊደላት ሳድስን ሳብዕን ፍሉይ ኣተኵሮ ክንህቦም ይግባእ። ኣብ ካልኣይ ጕጅለ፡ ሓደ እግሪ ዘሎዎም ፊደላት ኣለዉ። ገ፡ ነ፡ ኘ፡ ፐ፡ ተ፡ ቸ፡ ቀ፡ ቐ፡ ረ ከምኡ’ውን ፈ እዮም። እዞም ፊደላት እዚኦም፡ ኣብ ኣርባዕተ ንኡሳን ጕጅለታት መቒልና ክንምህሮም ንኽእል። ብተወሳኺ፡ ሓደ ፊደል ምስ ሰዓብቱ ኣብ እንምህረሉ ግዜ፡ ንፊደላት ራብዕ፡ ሳድስ ከምኡ’ውን ሳብዕ ኣተኵሮ ክንህቦም ኣለና። ብፍሉይ ፊደላት ‘ረ’ን ‘ፈ’ን ኣብ እንምህረሉ ድማ፡ ተወሳኺ ኣተኵሮ የድሊ። ኣብ ሳልሳይ ጕጅለ ዝርከቡ ፊደላት፡ ኣብ ኣርባዕተ ንኡሳን ጕጅለታት ዝተመቐሉ እዮም። ሰለስተ ኣእጋር ዘሎዎም ከም ጠ፡ ጨ፡ ሐ፣ ሓደን ክልተን ኣእጋር ዘሎዎም ከም የ፡ ደ፡ ጀ፣ ክልተ ኣእጋር ዘሎዎም ከም ‘ጸ’ን ‘ጰ’ን፣ ከምኡ’ውን እግሪ ዘይብሎም ከም ሀ፡ ዐ፡ ወ፡ መ እዮም። እዚኦም እቶም ዝበርትዑን እኹል ግዜ ክውሃቦም ዝግባእን ፊደላት እዮም። ብሓፈሻ፡ ኣብ’ዛ መጽሓፍ፡ ድሕሪ ነፍስ-ወከፍ ፊደል፡ ቃላት፡ ምሉኣት ሓሳባትን ተወሰኽቲ መላመድታትን ኣለዉ። ቈልዑ፡ ብርግኣት እንተ ተማሂሮምላ ድማ፡ ውጽኢታዊ ክትከውን ትጽቢት ይግበረላ። ነዛ መጽሓፍ እዚኣ ብግቡእ ዝዛዘሙ ቈልዑ፡ ናብ’ታ ሊላ ዝሕብራ ናይ’ዛ ቀዳመይቲ መጽሓፍ ካልኣይቲ ክፋል ክቕጽሉ ይኽእሉ። ድሕሪኡ ድማ፡ ናብ መጽሓፍ ቍጽሪ ክልተን ሰለስተን ይቕጽሉ።

This collection of short stories deal on the dislocation of the Eritrean society due to war, dictatorial rule in Eritrea as well as in the hands of human traffickers. Some of the stories also deal with the feud many Eritrean families go through within themselves due to extreme political stance they they take with regard the Eritrean politics.

This bilingual children’s book is based on Eritrean folklore. Dessale, who has previously worked a lot in the field of oral traditions, tries to present the story as close as it had been told for generations. Being a story of animals, the main characters are a lamb that grows seven horns, an ape, a donkey, and a lion. It is illustrated by the skilful Filipino artist Mario with computer-generated illustrations, and published in hard cover.

This is a bilingual children’s book which is based on Eritrean and Ethiopian folklore. Written by Nazareth (PhD), a linguist, depicts the interplay of people and animals with their environment. While dealing with an issue of justice for the conflict between the farmer and the snake, it gives a good insight into how people could affect the ecosystem. Published in hard cover, one of the prominent Eritrean artist Ermias gave life to the story with his realistic illustration-cum-paintings.

This historical novel depicts the Eritrean political and armed struggle through the eyes of historical figure in the Eritrean political struggle for independence in after World War Two. The narrator is hinted with some clues that could be revealed through a close reading. Using the influence of magic realism the narrator goes back and forth through time and space. The narrative is so intense that it makes the reader see particular events in the Eritrean history which are not often discussed.

This collection of 16 short stories, “Since There is Nothing More”, is written by the former PEN Eritrea’s Executive Director and a journalist who is published in various international media outlets. The stories by design explore under-currently the psychological terrains of a society and youth whose lives have always been influence by war. This award wining writer has honed his short story writing craft for over two decades but this collection became his debut.

This original children’s book titled “The Fox who pretends to be a monk with beads” is published in hard cover. The fox pretends to be a monk in order to lure a colony of guinea-pigs and eat them. This can be suitable for children between the ages of 9 and 14. Fitwi (PhD) took the title from a Tigrinya proverb which explains pretension and created his own story around it. Ermias who is one of the prominent Eritrean artists, now in exile, has also given the story life with his realistic illustration-cum-paintings.

This is a bilingual children’s book which is based on Eritrean and Ethiopian folklore. Written by Nazareth (PhD), a linguist, depicts the interplay of people and animals with their environment. While dealing with an issue of justice for the conflict between the farmer and the snake, it gives a good insight into how people could affect the ecosystem. Published in hard cover, one of the prominent Eritrean artist Ermias gave life to the story with his realistic illustration-cum-paintings.

This is a bilingual children’s book which is based on Eritrean and Ethiopian folklore. Written by Nazareth (PhD), a linguist, depicts the interplay of people and animals with their environment. While dealing with an issue of justice for the conflict between the farmer and the snake, it gives a good insight into how people could affect the ecosystem. Published in hard cover, one of the prominent Eritrean artist Ermias gave life to the story with his realistic illustration-cum-paintings.

This memoir explores Tesfamikael’s participation in the Eritrean struggle for independence. Titled as “My Struggle: in Three Organizations”, it starts from the first half of 1970s when he was a young high school student and got recruited as a member of a cell that collected information in Asmara for Eritrean Liberation Front. He then joined the armed struggle and fought in several battles. After leaving for Europe, he continues to organize Eritrean communities who supported the Eritrean cause for independence.

Its title roughly translated as “Even This”, this novel is set against the background of contemporary Eritrean situation in which the youth go through untold dehumanisation. It questions the power-hungry military officers’ abuse of power, the smugglers inhumanity, the youth’s naivety and many other burning Eritrean contemporary social issues. Being set in Eritrea, the Sudan, the Sahara and Sinai Deserts, Israel, and Italy, the narrative presents realistic characters who can be identified clearly.

This collection of 18 true stories, “The Suffering of the Child”, is written by an ICORN fellow now residing in Umeå, Sweden. He worked as a journalist in Eritrea and had previously published five fiction works. The stories in this collection relate unbelievable factual stories which he collected previously as he worked as a journalist. Some of them narrate about long family separations and others about health problems which could not be diagnosed by doctors but later find incredible solutions.

This bilingual children’s book is based on Eritrean folklore. Dessale, who has previously worked a lot in the field of oral traditions, tries to present the story as close as it had been told for generations. Being a story of animals, the main characters are a lamb that grows seven horns, an ape, a donkey, and a lion. It is illustrated by the skilful Filipino artist Mario with computer-generated illustrations, and published in hard cover.

The book is memoir which mainly narrates the authors journey from Sudan through the Sahara desert to Libya and the crossing over the Mediterranean Sea.

The is a second edition of one of the prominent contemporary Eritrean poets. The poems in this collection span from the early days of Eritrean independence to the year 2008 when Haile Bizen was forced to flee Eritrea. Haile style is unique in the Tigrinya poetry for his modern and condensed imageries.

Boken är skriven på tigrinya och innehåller recept på både mat och dryck. Den är rikt illustrerad med snygga färgfoton och passar både nybörjare och erfarna matlagare.

Abesa Kuinat is a collection of poems by Amanuel Asrat who is one of the 12 Eritrean journalists and editors of independent newspapers who has been held in unknown detention place in Eritrea since September 2001 without due process of law. This collection became a reality after collective efforts of friends, colleagues and family members. Most of the poems were previously published in different newspapers in pen name and have never been published in a book format. One of his poems has been translated first into English and then into at least 15 languages through collaborative efforts of PEN Eritrean and PEN International. Amanuel won a number of prizes for his poems before and after his detention. In 2016, he got awarded Oxfam and PEN International Freedom Expression Award which is accorded to those who fall victims of imprisonment of their courageous writing. In 2020 he became the co-winner along with Linton Kwesi Johnson of The PEN Pinter Prize which is an annual award by English PEN, honouring playwright Harold Pinter who demonstrates an "unflinching, unswerving gaze" on truth and society, similar to Pinter's own Nobel-winning spirit.

A translation of the classic novel "Seasons of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Saleh.

A translation of the classic "Alice's Adventures" in the Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.