This is my Special Inaugural Ode (commemorative poem) on the commissioning of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on September 9, 2025. The other GERD Odes (July 12, 2020, and…
𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒, 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲! Fifty years ago today, November 23, 1974, 60 imprisoned former officials of H.I.M. Haile Selassie were taken…
𝐌𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬. (In Amharic)
(First appeared on X (Twitter) on November 10, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1855470675797877170 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚-𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚-𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐔𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐨! On November 3, 2020…
(First posted on X (Twitter), November 2, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1852737281452609850 [𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃.] 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚…
First posted on X (Twitte) on October 1, 2024 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐘𝐄𝐑, 𝐈 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅…
First posted on X (Twitter) on September 26, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1839773640398660087 Ethiopia is not only the Land of Origins, but also fast becoming the Land of Ecotourism. Ecotourism is simply travel…
First posted on X (Twitter) on September 17, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1836054511489798392 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬. Prof. Beyene was a man of…
First posted on X (Twitter) 0n September 8, 2024 https://x.com/AlMariam1/status/1832692652623470796 Sleepy Joe has done it again! Actually, they have made Sleepy Joe do it gain while sleepwalking. On September 6,…
𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 ! Why does Egypt like to beat a dead horse? The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is completed and fully operational….