Asmara Essays

face expressions, but it was really hard; my mom is really good in hiding her emotions. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes to hours; I kept looking at her but there was nothing, I couldn 't see any emotions. It was finally time to head to the Asmara International Airport, we drove in silence. At that time I kept wondering how my life would turn out after leaving my country, at age 14 to prsue my american dream. Out of no where my mom started speaking, she said,” Mical you know i love you right

The bell rang as I frantically ran through the narrow school hallway. It was my first day at an American school and I was hopelessly lost. I was born and raised in the small town of Asmara, Eritrea. At 15 years old my family and I made the arduous ( life changing) decision to move to the United States, the land of milk and honey (opportunities). Moving to the U.S meant that I could pursue a higher education and get a step closer to my goal of having a future career in medicine. *Insert..

One thing that influenced who I am today is my early childhood. I grew up in Asmara, Eritrea which is a country in Africa next to the Red Sea. When I was only a year old and my sister, Yosan, was four, my parents decided to risk everything and leave Eritrea to come to Chicago. I was raised by my grandma due to my parents departure, when I was about one years-old. Life is difficult for young adults in Eritrea. There is a mass amount of unemployment and those with jobs hardly make enough to survive

I, Yodit Menghisteab Desta, am writing my testimony regarding my father’s impressments and hardships by the dictatorial Eritrean government. Since I was a baby, I was raised by my father, Menghisteab Desta and my step mom, Ghenet Tsegae. My half sister, Yordanos and myself were growing as best friends since our childhood which we established stronger bonds among us. I never knew my biological mother until I grew up. When I was in my high school age, my biological mother, Tsigweini Geresus, sent

Abebe, Belay. "Mengistu's Red Terror." Personal interview. 11 Oct. 2016. The interview with Belay Abebe provided a firsthand experience of the Ethiopian Red Terror. Abebe provided insight on Mengistu’s coup of the Ethiopian government, cruel things that Derg did to citizens, and personal encounters with the party themselves. Abebe stated that the Red Terror originally occurred because Derg forcefully switched Ethiopia to a communist state, and in the process, took land and businesses away from