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Today's #Yiakl #SundaySpotlight goes out to #Eritrea’s Youtuber & activist @BakreiH aka Beko Falfasa in acknowledgment of his creative & informative satirical shows on Eritrea’s history, culture, politics & current affairs. #Eritrea2020 #SundaySpotlight #Yiakl
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.@BakreiH runs the YouTube channel “Falfasa Tv” (youtube.com/channel/UCpBc0…) which means “philosophy” in Arabic and has managed to produce more than 90 shows in Arabic, Tigre, and Tigrinya. #Eritrea2020 #SundaySpotlight #Yiakl #WeAreComingHome Image
As of today, Falfasa Tv has about 65.1K subscribers on @YouTube with over 6,633,858 total views. @BakreiH has also volunteered to work with @ERISAT3 by contributing his content to the channel which is broadcasted through satellite to #Eritrea.

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.@BakreiH is a talented multilingual presenter who creatively uses humor to inform, educate & get #Eritrean|s to discuss the current & pressing issues surrounding politics, history & current affairs.

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His shows make good use of information from news, examples from other countries & literature.

Some examples 👇: #Eritrea2020 #SundaySpotlight #Yiakl #WeAreComingHome Image
He has produced two episodes in Tigre & Tigrinya of the famous book by George Orwell #AnimalFarm. In this show, he provides a short narration of the book & wittingly explains how Isaias is running #Eritrea as an Orwellian farm.



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Another creatively produced show was his Dec 11, 2018 episode titled “Stanford prison experiment….”

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In this episode, @BakreiH creatively discusses the famous @Stanford University Experiment (prisonexp.org ) in Tigrinya contextualizing it to #Eritrea & recommending a solution to prevent future abuse of power by anyone. #SundaySpotlight #Yiakl
.@BakreiH on what #Eritrea|ns have to learn from #Rwanda! A must watch!

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Here's @BakreiH's take on #Sudan’s revolution that ultimately ousted dictator Omar Albeshir…

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.@BakreiH on Tigrai-Tigrini extremists and Islamophobia... He has got the best pills!
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Do you know how many kinds of PFDJ supporters are out there?

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and the “Adi Halo Syndrome” discovered by Prof. Tesi Tesi =>

Hilarious!

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He has also got lots of fun history lessons!

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A brilliant piece in Tigre & Tigrinya on #Endhighschoolinsawa campaign…

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An episode dedicated to the amazing Eritrean singer and songwriter Idris Mohammed Ali, who was abducted by the regime in #Eritrea. #Wherearethey #FreeIdrisMohammedAli #Freethemall Image
#FunFact: @BakreiH is a dynamic 26 years old #Eritrea|n born in #Ghindae & is fluent in Tigrigna, Tigre, Swedish, Arabic, & English.

If you haven’t subscribed to @BakreiH's Channel already,
subscribe today!
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Thank you, @BakreiH! We love you and we are so proud of you!

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