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Behind the Veil of Doubt

July 13 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

One rainy Sunday morning, I found myself reading Khalil Gibran’s "The Madman". I realised something as I read the story - most of us carry on with our lives pretending to be someone we are not and often find ourselves at a crossroads. Some of us do not fail to fully comprehend who we are or wha...

Understandable Pain, Hard to Swallow Destruction

July 10 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

I find most news stories to be dull and boring. Imagine my surprise then when my uncle called me up at 8:30am in the morning, asking frantically if we were alright. "Why wouldn't we be?" I replied ignorantly. "Didn't you hear? Hachalu has been killed, and there is a riot on the streets … don...

The Hypocrite's Dilemma

June 27 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Crime, the Crime of Society

June 20 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

White Women in Ethiopia: The Double Whammy

June 13 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Confessions of the Alcoholic Mother

June 7 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Home Together: The Power Dynamics

May 31 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

When Machines Lie

May 23 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Diamonds in the Rough

May 16 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, my aunt came to visit me at home. We sipped coffee and caught up on the goings-on in our lives before she showed me her shoes and told me they were torn. There were shoe shiners nearby who could fix them, so I volunteered to take her shoes to one of them. It did no...

Kids These Days

May 9 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

I was at a friend’s house over the weekend, where I found myself sitting next to her four-year-old son. He was cute and adorable at first. But then he started making demands. He asked his mother to bring him peanut butter with bread. She did not hesitate. She went into the kitchen and asked him...

Problematic Road to Beauty

May 1 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Beware the Black Hats

April 25 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Beware the Past

April 17 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

The Envious Lot

April 11 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Afraid of the Cold

April 4 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

It's Corona Time

March 28 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

No Better Time to Fact Check

March 21 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

One of Boonaa Mohammed’s spoken-word pieces of poetry is titled, "Beautiful." The Canadi...

‘For Now, It’s Fine’

March 14 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

One of Boonaa Mohammed’s spoken-word pieces of poetry is titled, "Beautiful." The Canadi...

Conformism in Small Doses

March 7 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

One of Boonaa Mohammed’s spoken-word pieces of poetry is titled, "Beautiful." The Canadi...

Shame on the Fools

February 29 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

One of Boonaa Mohammed’s spoken-word pieces of poetry is titled, "Beautiful." The Canadi...


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