View From Arada

Death of Melody in Ethiopia's Music Scene Greatly Exaggerated

April 3 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Recently, one of my friends argued that melody is dying. I counter-argued that it will never die and reminded him of the last time everyone was complaining of melody's demise...

Long Way to Go for Ethiopian Art Scene before Stendhal Syndrome

March 27 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Not long ago on a sunny morning, while I was contemplating the route of my daily walks, an idea long kicking around in my mind popped up. It was to buy a frame from a gift sho...

Road to National Theatre Starts at School

March 20 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

A theatre show was staged by a foreign community school not long before the COVID-19 pandemic was to disrupt nearly every part of our daily lives. The performing actors were...

From Mismar Tera with Love: the Spectacle behind Ethiopian Soccer

March 13 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Soccer is neither only a show of wits and guts nor a playoff between competent players. It is a layered game that involves players, spectators and the general atmosphere of the moment. The dusty sun-b...

Soccer is neither only a show of wits and guts nor a playoff between c...

Tradition of Coffee, Conversations in the Digital Age

March 6 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Not long ago, I met one of my high school mates after ages of not seeing each other at one of the three-star hotels in town. Close to us were youngsters, flipping through their phones and laptops. Peo...

Not long ago, I met one of my high school mates after ages of not seei...

More than Aesthetics, Flowers Offer Hope

February 27 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

A hoot and holler away from my house, in consonance with a new cobblestone alleyway, residents were busily face-lifting their undersized open spaces – in their way. It was weeks back. Notable were...

A hoot and holler away from my house, in consonance with a new cobble...

Brave New Digital Age Ought not Be Daunting

February 20 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

It was during the height of the HIV epidemic in the early 2000s, a Sunday morning. I was having coffee and a pastry at a cafe that its owners had recently converted from a bakery. It was unique within...

It was during the height of the HIV epidemic in the early 2000s, a Sun...

Let's Not Miss the Endemic Trees for the Concrete Forest

February 6 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

A new road was constructed in front of my house. As it came about, it also took two trees that stood in its way - a Grevilea robustaand Jacaranda mimosifolia. My plea to save them did not change anyt...

A new road was constructed in front of my house. As it came about, it...

January 31 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

Mark Twain, American author and satirist, once, unable to fi...

January 24 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

A ninth grade student whom I met in an internet café embar...

January 16 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

A friend in the United States contacted me to reminisce rec...

January 9 , 2021 . By TADESSE TSEGAYE

On a dusty road a couple of weeks ago, a lone little boy was...

Columns

Editorial

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and dec...

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

April 3 , 2021

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream...

At Odds with Dev't Partners, Ethiopia Could Miss Out on Improving World Economy

March 27 , 2021

In an unprecedented turn of irony, just as Ethiopia began an attempt to open up to th...

With Limited Room for Maneuver, Gov't Should Tread Carefully with Oil Supply

March 20 , 2021

There is never a dull moment in the tense and combative relationship between regulato...

Sunday With Eden

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

A few days ago, a friend told me an unnerving story – highly illustrative of Ethio...

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

Over the weekend, among the people who lost their lives due to the Novel Coronavirus...

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Don't Judge People by Their Tattoo

Do not judge a book by its cover, we say. But we still judge all the same. It is much worse when it comes to a living, breathing person. We...

April 10 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Forgive Some Debt in Time of Hardship

It is often people somewhere near the middle of the socioeconomic ladder who lend money and give the borr...

April 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuti...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago....

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm a...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...