Today's #Yiakl #SundaySpotlight goes out to Abrar Osman in acknowledgment of his long-standing unwavering faith, integrity and pure love for #Eritrea and #Eritreans through his work.
#Eritrea2020 #SundaySpotlight
#Yiakl #WeAreComingHome
Abrar Osman’s lifetime accumulated work has become, to borrow the words of the poet Kahlil Gibran, ‘...love made visible’
“It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
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It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.
It is to sow seeds with tenderness & reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.”
Abrar’s work & his life-time preoccupation cannot be understood without understanding the object of his fixation, his devotion, his passion & his love: #Eritrea & the #Eritrean people. And, yes, about Eritrea’s interrupted journey & about its mesmerizing future.
This is a tribute to Abrar’s still uncompleted journey of almost half a century:
Abrar - the young rebel who in the 1970s answered his generation’s calling;
Abrar - the refugee who continued his struggle with a new resolve in Sudan in the 1980s;
Abrar – the grey man in the diaspora whose voice never for once faltered through the 1990s up to current times.
This is also a tribute to the traumatized young man - who was thrust into darkness during the bloody internecine wars b/n ELF & EPLF, an experience that shattered his belief system,.....
....& a tribute to the resilience, growth, maturity & wisdom of the reborn fighter who stepped out of darkness to see the light.
Abrar’s lifetime journey is all about:
Abrar's lifetimes’ accumulated work – his songs, lyrics, interviews ..- tell their own incredible story, an intricately & beautifully woven story.
The following are a select few of his songs that consistently tell his desire for fairness & justice for the people of #Eritrea.
2. ተረካብ ይዓድዮ
#Yiakl #SundaySpotlight #Eritrea2020 #Eritrea #WeAreComingHome #AbrarOsman
3. ንፋስ ከይኣትዎ ፍቅርና #Eritrean
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Thank you #AbrarOsman! We love you!
#WeAreComingHome #Yiakl #SundaySpotlight #Eritrea2020
ባህግና የስምረልና!!
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