Eritrea - Ministry of Information

Ramadan is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which is believed to be the month in which the Qur’an began to be revealed.

Covid-19 might as well have killed the culture of physical greeting; absolutely no one will ever touch anyone to say hello. That is the new normal we have to live with. The shoulder bump, cheek kisses and handshakes are possibly dead. No amount of ventilators and resuscitators will save them.

Whenever the secretary of the very pompous boss in my friend’s workplace knocks at a door and gets in to an office, people automatically assume the worst.

Making acquaintances with someone always ends up in some sort of disappointment after some time has passed and that certain someone started to show forth his or her true colors.

• It was Fun while it lasted

Due to the recent circumstances, *cough*Corona*cough*, many would tell you the end of the world is upon us. Well, life certainly was fun while it lasted. Human beings drunk, ate, reached milestones beyond imagination and in the process ruined the world with no regard whatsoever while at the same time pissed off the Deity. Only human beings can manage to pull off both at the same time. We must reap what we saw then.

Reading alone in a café, deeply engrossed in my book, I once got a rude awakening from a friend who happened to be there.