Author: zaratewolde

This website is more of a home homepage (call it a virtual Hidmo 😉) with random things from the heart. For UX related (ኢንጀራ ሩጉም) articles, find me on my Medium page: https://medium.com/@zaratewolde For culture content (including music, food, art and migration): Coming soon Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/zaratb-1
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Sustainable cities and communities through design thinking

The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’ provides broad approaches, frameworks and goals that gives guidance for cities and communities to improve their livelihoods through innovative and creative solutions. This can be achieved effectively through an elaborate participative design thinking process. To this effect, the UN system coordinates and leads global consensus, through … Continue reading Sustainable cities and communities through design thinking

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A conversation with Shabu Mwangi: “It’s human nature to move”

Photo image: Shabu Mwangi Soundcloud 🙂 Thank you Shabu for joining me in this episode. Would you tell us a bit about yourself?  So, I’m from Kenya, Nairobi. I’m a visual artist based in the community called Wajuku Mokuru, from a collective called Wajukua Project.  Wajuku is a collective which is made of, like, 15 … Continue reading A conversation with Shabu Mwangi: “It’s human nature to move”

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lower case “l”

A lower “l”No towerNot a TsegNo tall figurenor lankybut mediumeye levelthe neck restsas grateful as ever,thanking with a sigh of relief Higher pitchedbut still softlowered when drowsyand conquered by the buzz,in a timeless convosame passwordjust a lower “l” Error? Nosame password7 letters2 vowels5 consonantsno special signs or symbolsnot even 2212or 4same passwordjust a lower “l” … Continue reading lower case “l”

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Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter

Obitary in Tigrinya and English ተዘክሮ ሂወት ሓጎሳ  ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ፡ ካብ ኣዲኣ ወይዘሮ ዘርፊቱ ጎብሩን፡ ኣቦኣ ኣይተ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ዓጽማትን ኣብ ኩዶ-ጭራ፡ ሰራየ ተወልደት፡፡  ኣሕዋታ ድማ፡ ሓረጉ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ኢስሃቕ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ዘውዲ ዓጽሙን ነበሩ፡፡  ኣቦኣ ብሕጻና ብሞት ስለዝተፈልዩ ተዘክሮ ኣይነበራን፡ ኣብ ሕጻንነታ ካብ’ቶም ኣዝያ ትዝክራን ከም ክቡር  ዑንቊ ትሕብሕባን ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ሓብታ ዘውድየይ ነበረት፡፡ ሓጎሳየይ፡ ኣብ … Continue reading Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter

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Home: The Trek

A trek,the long walkmengedi LemlemOff they wentእንዳ ኣቦይ ዓጽማት enda Aboy Atsmat, ኣደይ ማና Adey Mana and their በራውር berew’er; ዓንደ Ande and his siblings.Accompanying them was their netsela’s, cattle, tsebel and hopesPassing by villages, churches and shepherdsAboy Atsmat walked behind, guiding seb’u Hugush often played with deki Tehela“Ayni fenjal” they would call herusually the … Continue reading Home: The Trek

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Password Error

Password pleaseDenied? An error?hmmmfrozen,expired.A black Dell – as in PC, not boy-September 2016good run User?(The name on the screen, not the character)Dh?Error.LampardError.I know, I knowHP?Meaning?High pitched(not the sauce)Error. Heavy, 16 inchShoulders strainedsore back, broken charger, the colourful wires escape the jack, white, red and blackroaming freely, enjoying its last legs.Last breathe. The green light pierces … Continue reading Password Error

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White, yellow and green ጻዕዳ, ብጫን ቀጠልያን

White for your ነጸላ (netsela)Clean, soft and warmmatched with most of your clothingor ጻዕዳ (tseada) for your beloved popcorn, over ቡን (bun), ሚለኑ (Milenu), some ዋታ (wata) and ወዲ ገብሩ(Wedi Gebru)ብጫ (becha) for your reassuring smile and cheeky giggles (pre asthma irritant),brightening every room you enterGreen for the beautiful ሹፎን (shoufon)each with its own pattern … Continue reading White, yellow and green ጻዕዳ, ብጫን ቀጠልያን