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Hanna Haile


Hanna Haile is the founder of Zellan Creative & Cultural Center. She can be reached at (hannahaile212@gmail.com).


Hanna Haile's Articles

Business As Usual in the Unusual Time of COVID-19

May 9 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

Next week, it will have been two months since my partner and I have self-isolated and...


Take Care for the Health Professionals

May 1 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

On the Friday before last, I was at home when I heard loud music coming from the hous...


Home is Not Always Safe, Especially for Women

Apr 25 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread across the world, governments...


Divided We Fall, Together It's Possible to Make It

Apr 17 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

Language, studied properly, helps expose much of what is wrong with our world. Take t...



The Bad, the Ugly of Society in Crisis

Apr 11 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

Several years ago, a friend explained the negative connotation of the word ferenji, a...


Prevalence of Creativity, Near Demise of Creative Spaces

Apr 4 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

One of the unintended consequences of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has b...


Brace for Cultural, Socioeconomic Adjustment

Mar 28 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

The world is almost at a standstill as it grapples with an impending tragedy. What st...


Survival of the Considerate

Mar 21 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

It may have taken some time, but the global pandemic of the Coronavirus disease has reached Ethiopia. Unsettling feelings of panic are just...



As Zoos Proliferate, Wildlife Heritage Suffers

Mar 14 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

The visit I made to the Addis Abeba Zoo, aka Anbessa Gebi, in Amist Kilo as a child is one of the most me...


We Could Learn from Caleb’s Sense of Duty

Mar 7 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

I no longer want to celebrate holidays such as Adwa Victory, which honours values we no longer stand for...


Choice, Custom: Not Mutually Exclusive

Feb 29 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

I am lucky enough to have grown up in a happy home, but, more importantly, in a household that did not th...


Working, Trying, Expecting in Ethiopia: But Barely Succeeding

Feb 22 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

I refreshed my Facebook page over and over again, hoping it would work last Tuesday night. There was no...




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