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13 May 2012

I accuse Tribunal 12

I came home on Saturday night (May 12th) very exhausted, hungry and sad after "attending" the so-called "We accuse Europe" meeting organised by Tribunal 12 at Kulturhuset in Stockholm.
3 May 2012

Spoilt freedom

“Love-hungry Swedish consumers have reported Scandinavian chocolate giant Cloetta to the Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket) after the company's false promises of finding love and joy in a bag of candy left them broken hearted.”
16 April 2012

Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or leopard his spots? Proverbs 27:22

Don't get me wrong; I'm neither a religious person nor a preacher, just be patient and you'll find out why I use this proverb from the Bible...
27 March 2012

Freedom to walk

On February 29th 2012, I finally had the privilege to see the Swedish Parliament and make a presentation about the plights of Ethiopian asylum seekers at a meeting organised by the Ethiopian Refugee Association with members of the Ethiopian political & civic societies, Swedish parliamentarians and representatives of various Swedish political parties.
16 March 2012

“Freedom” of thought

Just in case you don't know much about this mystic country called Ethiopia; it's one of the oldest nations in the world (some believe more than three thousand years old).
9 May 2012

Spoilt freedom in the name of arts

I hope everybody read/watched/heard about the outcry over CakeGate in Sweden. I have been/am one of art-illiterates who were revolted, insulted by such a crude, racist and so called art installation held at Moderna Museet in Stockholm on April 15th, 2012 to raise 'awareness' about the female genital mutilation (FGM).
25 April 2012

Hallelujah

Hallelujah, I was finally able to attend a half-day course about the basic principles of the Red Cross Society last month here in Stockholm after spending endless hours for a couple of years searching for any volunteer organisations that are interested to take in refugees/asylum seekers in their (volunteer) programme. 
3 April 2012

I envy everybody, especially my youngest brother

I know, envy is one of the seven deadliest sins but I just can't help it to envy everybody around. I envy you, I envy her, I envy him and I envy people who have a life to live...
22 March 2012

Living in fear in Scandinavia

After enjoying my “freedom of thought” for about a decade or so, I went to a place called
14 March 2012

The Price of “Freedom”

“Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life” Bob Marley said. Dear Bob, here's an asylum seeker guy in Sweden from Ethiopia who's really confused and wonders if one could have them both? I'm sure your answer would be NO, but the fight for my “freedom” is a nightmare that never ends.
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