PinnedGebriel Alazar TesfatsionFather Comes Looking for His Prodigal Son“Who did this to you, son?” Baba asks me, at length, eyeing me with concern. “I will man-handle whoever did this to you.” We are meeting…Sep 161Sep 161
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionPassenger XI am travelling back home after a year of absence away in Sawa, taking academic and national service. Never in my eighteen years have I…May 22May 22
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionLove incongruousI was a strange lecturer, my freshman students would tell you, quite the specimen — young, in my late twenties, only less than a decade…Jun 18, 2023Jun 18, 2023
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionAn epistle from your Reading and Writing course instructorThe pain and pleasure of writingFeb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionSpiritual Obesity“Ronaldo says he feels ‘betrayed’ by Man Utd” reads today’s leading headline story on BBC Sports News.Nov 14, 2022Nov 14, 2022
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionDivine Romantic ComedyOnce upon a time, the angels in heaven were on a break from their divine duties. The angels have their break during the last extra six…Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionWe are not verbs, but nouns, on ongoing nounization.Life is not a noun, goes a saying, it is a verb. Another goes so far as to proclaim that God, too, is not a noun, but a verb. While these…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Gebriel Alazar TesfatsionLife, ephemeral painting, eternal portraitForgive the cliché ( but then can anyone ever say anything of substance, meaning in today’s world without coming off as cliché, corny,Jul 6, 2021Jul 6, 2021
