Blen Hailu (blenmahi12@gmail.com) studied marketing, management and law. She works in communications and digital content creation, with a focus on human rights, equity and youth engagement.
May 9 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
At a close friend's "Shimgilina", a traditional betrothal intercession, I saw how the...
May 2 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
Ashenafi Mestika is an artist whose training, observations, and lived experience shap...
Apr 25 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
Addis Abeba has been drawing fresh attention as it changes. Visitors now arrive from...
Apr 18 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
A collaborative photography exhibition titled “Hidden Beneath Existence” opened a...
Apr 10 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
An exhibition called Beneath the Roof by Eyob Kitaba, curated by Jermay Michael, unfo...
Apr 4 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
Around Lem Hotel, near Sidra Hotel, there is a villa house tucked quietly under the name Mesob Habesha Music Center. The gate stands wide op...
Mar 28 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
On March 21, the British Embassy hosted the third Creative DNA Ethiopia (CDNA) gathering in collaboration with Creative Hub and Ice Addis, b...
Mar 21 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
I was met by an explosion of colour and sound on March 8, 2026, where I attended Holi, the festival of co...
Mar 14 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
I recently attended a research presentation hosted by Addis Powerhouse, where the room was filled with fe...
Mar 7 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
From the moment I approached the gate of Addis House of Culture, on Yohannes St., inside the National Pal...
Feb 28 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
Roasting beans crackled, and smoke curled inside the Adwa Victory Memorial Museum, on Eden St., when the...
Feb 21 , 2026 . By Blen Hailu
Domestic publishers in Addis Abeba juggle tiny budgets and hedge their bets with print runs that could fi...
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...