Ethiopia news - Culture

Happy New Year.

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:06:15 -0800

Happy 2010 to all kilil5 Online readers across the globe and Happy new year to all Ethiopians. More than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney got one of the world's biggest parties started Thursday -- bidding farewell to the tough year that was 2009 and welcoming a new decade.

Ethiopia, Destination For The Bold

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:48:47 -0800

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Thu, 2009-12-10 01:00

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by Peter Heinlein, VOA

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Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa 09 December 2009

An old saying that the greatest achievements were at first only dreams could well apply to Ethiopia. Some Ethiopians are dreaming big. Our correspondent visited the Ethiopian town of Harar and tells the story of dreamers who see adventure, excitement, and a possible tourist bonanza where others see only rocks and bones.

Mothers Of Ethiopia Part II: Escaping Child Marriage

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:34:50 -0700

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Wed, 2009-09-30 21:00

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Hanna Ingber Win

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Huffinton Post

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Editor's note: Hanna Ingber Win, the Huffington Post's World Editor, was recently invited by the UN Population Fund to visit its maternal health programs in Ethiopia, which has one of the world's worst health care systems. In the U.S., a woman has a 1 in 4,800 chance of dying from complications due to pregnancy or childbirth in her lifetime. In Ethiopia, a woman has a 1 in 27 chance of dying.

Face enhancement

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:39:49 -0700

Minnesota Somalis win Historic work place changing prayer case at Gold'n Plump

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:41:54 -0700

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Thu, 2008-09-11 05:00

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By CHRIS SERRES, Star Tribune

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The agreement to permit short prayer breaks and accommodate rules against handling pork could set a precedent.

By CHRIS SERRES, Star Tribune

US mega-mosques: Muslim tradition with US convenience

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:14:20 -0700

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Sat, 2008-09-06 04:00

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WASHINGTON, September 5, 2008 (AFP) — As Islam makes inroads in the United States, American Muslims are setting up mega-mosques that combine religious tradition with typical American convenience.

A Subversive Soap Roils Saudi Arabia

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:04:03 -0700

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Sun, 2008-08-03 10:00

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By Faiza Saleh Ambah

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Washington Post Foreign Service

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By Faiza Saleh Ambah
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, August 3, 2008; A17

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A Turkish soap opera featuring an independent fashion designer and her amazingly supportive and attractive husband is emptying the streets whenever it's on and has more than doubled the number of Saudis visiting Turkey this summer.

Veil Closes France’s Door to Citizenship

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:08:12 -0700

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Mon, 2008-07-21 10:00

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By KATRIN BENNHOLD

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LA VERRIÈRE, France — When Faiza Silmi applied for French citizenship, she worried that her French was not quite good enough or that her Moroccan upbringing would pose a problem.

The deep slumber of decided opinions:Rowan Williams and the Sharia controversy

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:17:11 -0700

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Sat, 2008-03-29 14:00

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by Stephen H. Jones

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When Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Church, suggested that the British public consider "some accommodation" to Islamic law, and that such an accommodation ultimately was "unavoidable", the response was one of outrage. Yet in most cases, Williams's words were wildly misinterpreted, writes Stephen Jones. When even the most progressive writers about Islam do not denounce the concept of Sharia, would it not be more productive to ask how a symbol that stands for all that is good comes to be used to justify oppression? Could it be that unwillingness to countenance references to the Sharia betrays a reluctance to examine the ethical and moral bases of legal norms in the West?

In Somalia Refuge Rapes Left to Clan Justice

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:41:11 -0800

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Sun, 2008-01-20 14:00

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By Zoe Alsop

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The Somalia town of Galkayo is known as a refuge from the violence to the south. But girls and women who are separated from their clans know little safety: An 8-year-old was raped and her mother must keep working with the man who did it.

Somalia: Where khat is king

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:55:06 -0700

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Mon, 2007-09-17 03:00

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By Anna Husarska

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By Anna Husarska
Special to The Washington Post

GALKAYO, Somalia -- On a dusty street that runs through this town of 80,000 in central Somalia, a cluster of men sit on low stools, lost in their daily ritual -- chewing the green leaves of a mild narcotic called khat. Lethargic and

Happy New Year All Ethiopians

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:14:08 -0700

An acrobat entertains the crowd gathered for the celebrations of the Ethiopian Millennium in Addis Ababa, September 11, 2007. Kilil5 Online

featured Article: Ethiopians cringe at lavish millennium bash

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:34:21 -0700

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Mon, 2007-09-03 10:00

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by Aaron Maasho

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As they prepare to mark the year 2000 seven years after the rest of the world, Ethiopians are torn between pride in a unique culture and uneasiness at the extravaganza planned to mark the occasion.

Africa Insight: The new Africans called Afropolitans

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:58:01 -0700

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Fri, 2007-08-31 07:00

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by TAIYE TUAKLI-WOSORNU

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There is a new breed of internationally mobile, young people of African descent making their mark on the world. They are neither Africans nor Americans or Europeans for that matter but children of many worlds. Afropolitans they are.

city's history under attack

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:20:23 -0700

Muslim Pilgrims performing the hajj walk outside the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in this Dec. 27, 2006 file picture. Land developers and religious zealots are transforming Islam's holiest city, erecting giant glass and marble towers of luxury apartments, hotels and gleaming new malls while destroying ancient landmarks.