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Feruz shares her childhood memories with Sherifo

@Feruzlondon "I remember…………….18/09/01 As I sit in a chilly and crispy London, I can not help my self but think where must they be? And I also can not help but think, WHY? How did we get

@Feruzlondon “I remember…………….18/09/01
As I sit in a chilly and crispy London, I can not help my self but think where must they be? And I also can not help but think, WHY? How did we get here? What happened to all the hope that Eritrea once had? I am sure there is hope on every Eritrean’s heart that one day, our beloved Eritrea will be a country where its people can live in peace where they are not terrorised and walking on egg shells, where there is food, electricity water and most importantly the rule of law.
September 18th 2001, is a sad day for me. I had only been in diaspora 9 months and was trying my very best to settle in to European life. September 11 twin towers attacks had only happened the week before and the world was buzzing as a result of it. However, among the Eritreans and friends of Eritreans, another sickening and tragic action was to take place. Did we see this coming? I certainly did not. I was too young to notice the politics that was going on inside my country. I was busy hanging with my friends on the streets of Asmara and drinking coffee in Bar Royal and trying to make excuse to go out clubbing.
Going back to that unforgettable day, I remember receiving a call from the then Eritrean consulate in Germany and informing me of the mass arrests that went on and I also remember thinking, Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo is not going to survive a day of this.
I knew Mahmoud Sherifo growing up. He was the first to hold me when I was born at 7 months premature in the mountains of Sahel. My mother tells me that my father was too scared to hold me and (Sherifo) as he was known in Sahel mocked my father and just carried me like a piece of blanket.
Sherifo was a laid back kind of guy. However he had a very sharp brain and was good at predicting things. So could he not have predicted the monster they were creating in Isayas? Of course he did. When I asked him why my father went to prison 1988-1991 Sherifo said that ‘your father said to Isayas what we all have not been able to say to him’. He also promised to tell me all about it in due time. He never got the chance however I later found out that my father called DIA (Augusto Jose Pinochet) the army general and dictator of Chile back in 1988 and was imprisoned for 3 years as a result.
I grew up with Sherifo’s son Ibrahim and as I was older than him, I always used to make him cry by taking his things. Now, my heart breaks and aches for Ibrahim and his younger siblings. I am sure Ibrahim possesses the same kind of strength and courage as his parents and I hope that he is safe where ever he is.
My memory of Sherifo will never fade. I remember my last day in Asmara and I went to say good bye to him. I remember as a little girl asking him why he never drove a car, (Sherifo always had a driver), I remember Sherifo picking me up from Betemerty sewra and taking me to Hager (kifli Zena) as my father was in prison in 1988. I remember many, many things. And I am urging Eritreans around the globe to remember the prisons of conscious this Wednesday which marks the 12th year since they were unlawfully detained and remain detained with out trial. To those that are still under the mental chains of PFDJ, I say to you (Mehret yewredelkum).”
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29 COMMENTS
  • kilite mot September 21, 2013

    Suliman is yemane monkey!

  • Semhar September 22, 2013

    Sherifo, and Isayas are killers.!
    Gaddafi, Sherifo and Isayas are the same!
    HIGDEF and Gaddafi’s followers are the same!
    The only solution to apply Libyan style.
    Apply Libyan style!
    – The Eritrean people are beginning to realize that there is no point in waiting for the regime to reform itself — that it needs to be overthrown.
    This is the moment we must come together to save our land and our people.

    Let freedom ring in Akeleguzay!
    Let freedom ring in Barka!
    Let freedom ring in Denkel!
    Let freedom ring in Hamasien!
    Let freedom ring in Sahil!
    Let freedom ring in Semhar!
    Let freedom ring in Senhit!
    Let freedom ring in Seraye!

    Let freedom ring in ERITREA!

    Let freedom ring allover Eritrea!
    Let’s LIVE FREE OR DIE with dignity.
    Our martyrs did not die to crown the tyrant.
    We must reclaim our flag, our constitution, Highi Indaba, our land (our original provinces), our people,

  • Senifalu September 22, 2013

    Who is Feruz’s father, why can’t the publisher makes the paragraph clearer by introducing the writer and her dad.

  • aus 17 September 22, 2013

    Feruz I like your comments on your memory, they mean a lot to many, but the truth is still hidden. For Eritreans 9/11 is the day where its apparent freedom was hijaked and its veterans kept in custody including your father.
    Your question is/was right when you asked Sherifo, how this monster/beast is created by you, and why did you give all the strings to him and created this nam-nam beast!
    The answer, though I fail to understand it ;-for the sake of independence! so they created a beast for that sake, shame to hear it? The following question is ; is independence what we have and see in Eritrea, then it agonises us all. They created slavery out of independence. Sorry Independence we’re in square one, zero level though after 22 years!

  • Mahmud September 23, 2013

    Hello Feruz, Although I haven’t read the full story but it is very touching. I have in depth knowledge of the EPLF. however, I am not going to write anything here now. I am sure most people know what type of regime it is. one thing I want to say is I or many people have no sympathy for the past or current minsters who are / were the killing machine for PIA so we live in a dog eat dog world and they all will be eaten soon or later.

    • Semhar September 23, 2013

      Mahmud,
      You are 100% correct!
      Sherifo was a killer and traitor. He betrayed our country and our people.
      He served his master the mad dog ድያብሎስ Isayas all his life. He got what he deserved.

      The mad dog Isayas is responsible for all these crime we should focus on him!
      Our target should be the killer ድያብሎስ!Isayas!

      As long as ድያብሎስ!Isayas and HIGDEF are in Eritrea misery and death will continue.
      The only solution is to get rid of crazy mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas wedi Medhin Berad, his son, and his blind followers HIGDEF just like the Libyans did to Gadafi, his sons and his followers.
      Eritreans should unite and get rid the tyrant mad dog ድያብሎስ! Isayas, his son and his blind followers the HIGDEF.

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