Hager
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Yesterday Idris Hamid Adem and Muhammad Ali Fayd of London were on a chair-and-table Arab tv.
To the amazement of the ill-prepared North African host ( his first day on the job) both of the guys attacked their country, Eritrea, in an incoherent and nervous way.
Idris Hamid Adem said something to the effect: " Eritrea is an Arab country. If you observe carefully ...we are physically Arabs...physically there is difference between us and other Africans ...take for example West Africans. The Eritrean government is playing with stones and eggs....there is Israeli presence in Eritrean Islands. Iranians are in Assab. People say that they have seen Humur, people with red complexion, light just the skin colour of the Arabs , ....Eritrea has relations with Israel and Iran to spite the Arabs. I have also heard that the Hothiyyin of Yemen get support from ......Our brothers in Djibouti and the Somalis do not speak that much Arabic but they are a member of the Arab league. We speak Arabic (better than them). When journalist see the president speaking in Arabic think that he has acquired it ...Arabic is not foreign to us. "
When Idris complained about Tigrigna people and language the not very well prepared North African wondered whether there was an ethnic conflict in Eritrea. Idris replied by saying: " No, not exactly. The Tigrigna themselves are of Yemeni extraction and the Tigrigna language is semitic, related to the Geez language brought by the people who crossed the Red Sea from Yemen when the Ma'rib dam collapsed....""
Muhammad Ali Fayd: " When I open my mouth to speak Arabic many Arabs that I meet get surprised. Arabs should know that we Eritreans speak Arabic."
The host was intelligent enough to notice that the Eritrea that Idris and Muhammad Ali were painting as enemy of Islam and Arabs was contrary to the reality for he said : " Eritrea maintain good relations with the Arab world and Iran and sympathizes with the plight of the Somalis at the risk of sanctions. "
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On the same tv station Dr. Jalaludin Muhammad Saleh when invited as guest to attack shi'a Islam considering himself a Sunni Arab the owner of the station addressed him with " you representing the blacks. "
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The late Maher Abdallah
several years ago a called from Sweden contacted Aljazeera religous programme. The contact went as follows:
Caller: " Hello ...
Host: " your name please ....."
Caller: " (somewhat in audible) ...."
Host: " you said your name was Fakhruddin ? "
Caller: " No, Sakhruddin...."
Host: " What is your question? "
Caller: " The Arabic language is ( inaudible) ..."
Host: " Are you saying that the Arabic language is prohibited in Eritrea? "
Caller: " No, neglected. "
Host: " Anyway, that is your opinion. That is not the information we have. "
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Hager why do you bother yourself about these Zealots.There are other Zealots from the other isle what are you going to say about them.
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The source of this kind of nonsense is deeply embeded inferiority complex. Such kind of people belittle themselves, their culture, language and glorify others. It is shame but they are not few either.
Look at our names, predominanly,they are either Arabic or Jewish. Why? I think because we believe, of course naively, that the Arabs/Jewish are the chosen people and that when we die God/Allah won't recognize us unless our spirits come bearing our names in Arabic/Jewish.
I hope such kind of stupidity will soon be the folly of the past.
God is great and does not discriminate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hager
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ashnkway do nHna Areb knbehal nay Sudan 'wn 'nte kone bzuH mHchach 'yu zelEl::
newiH Ametat ygebr ybehal ab hagere msri Hade msrawi temaharay " sudanawyan Areb 'yom " kbehal ms semE ' nsatoms Areb kab konu, nHna de'a 'mo 'ntay knkewn malet 'yu !!! ' ilu Hatitu::
Without burrowing deeply into religion the qur'an itself recognizes that Allah created tribes and nations. If Allah wanted he would have created us all as Arabs.
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"..... If Allah wanted he would have created us all as Arabs." by Hager
Then the question is : What compels us, we, the non-Arabs and non-Jewish Eritreansto bear Arab/Jewish names?
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Hager
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"..... If Allah wanted he would have created us all as Arabs." by Hager
Then the question is : What compels us, we, the non-Arabs and non-Jewish Eritreansto bear Arab/Jewish names?
Gudguad,
Good question. As Baffour Ankomah of New Africa, who was given a European name at his baptism ,when writing about the changing African names failed to mention that the invasion of non-African names in African societies is increasingly becoming more serious for converts to Islam.
The Kurds and the Turks happen to maintain their unique culture unlike some Eritreans. Names like Churum ( Jurum for Sudanized Eritreans) Cheway, Huruy,Assenay and Fikak are quickly disappearing from the Eritrean landscape of names.
The situation in the south of the border is not that different. Names like Mohammed Hagos are slowly disappearing.
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we should be careful when we discuss these kind of issues, in the past the eritrean cause and now our progress as a nation is being hampered because
some compatriots do have their own interpretation of ertra and ertrawyan.
hagerawyan(in Diaspora) ertra, a lot of hard work is waiting for you in continuing the march of of nation building started by the heroic people of ertra.regie elka keeren ketahazen zelowo gudayat alewunna,hade kabu eze zebahal zelo eu.
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I forgot to add that Muhammad Ali Fayd head of a certain Eritrean cultural association in London said during his appearance on the concerned tv programme that Arabic should be the sole dominant language in Eritrea since Tigrigna is spoken only in Eritrea and Northern part of Ethiopia.
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Kibret,
I understand where you are coming from. Our government is very careful when it comes to some sensitive issues. I don't think one should expect the same from us when the discussion over the sensitive or perceived as sensitive issues is taking a criminal turn.
tariK seriQka gumbH gumbH should never be tolerated. In a country where muslims(cultural),christians(cultural), non-believers, animist live and many have died or are severely injured to liberate and maintain the independence and territorial integrity of their country it is a crime to preach for the establishment of religious fascism and apartheid style ethno-racism through the use of what looks like benign language rights.
If religious fascism and apartheid style ethno-racism haven't worked in countries like the Sudan why would we tolerate it in Eritrea? As far as interpretation is concerned everyone is free to make their own interpretation but very far away from Eritrea.
mesel nay kal'ot zeyeKbr, zey gbe'o mesel kHatt mesel yeblun::
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hager,
i also understand, your concerns, and the points you mentioned..however i also would like you to know these kind of problems are also existing in many countries not far from our country. in short these kind of ideas were instigated by certain powers of our region for their own strategic (political)reasons which eventually came back to haunt them, and they are now taking stock of their mistakes, and trying to implement corrective measures. there for this type of ideas are tackled in its place of origin ... by those who started, organized,supported such a phenomenon...
as i said, we only need to be patient,and careful in addressing such issues.....it was not and it is not eritrean problem......wanatatu alwuwo and they are doing something.
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AQli Sbet zeygebro zeyblu Saleh Johar Ewlwl ilwo -- asmat 'nda qeyayere Hansab Ali Salim Hansab kal' -- yemlsn ydeguHn alo::
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