Sivan

About the Book

The Book explains briefley the way the writer took to get to the Arabiyan Gulf waters of Yemen, starting from long distance heart of Ethiopia. .After that He talks of his childhood villages on the way to Madot and then to the port city of Bosaso . It is difficult to track how many days the writer spent 71 hours with wolk on the Sehara Desert without food and water before crossing the Gulf of Aden. In those circumstances days and nights lack meanings. One hardly tells what day of the week is any given day. All that matters is getting there at all cost. However, the most dangerous trip was the 41 hours perilous journey on the water of Arebiyan Gulf. people are crammed into a rickety boat made for a dozen people. Some of the stories told in this fateful journey are too gruesome to mention. Suffice to say it is a life and death situation. The harsh circumstances, however, hardly deter refugees from getting to they destination.

About the Author

Nagran Mahtama is Ethiopian Exiled Journalist currently living in United States Of America. He born grow and follow his Accademic and journalistic study in Ethiopia. He was the editor in chief of Wave, an Amharic language newspaper in Addis Ababa. After his first News Paper Dagem banned by government. He was one of the many opposition journalists arrested by the Ethiopian regime years a go. He was arrested over six times during he was Ethiopian Free Press Journalist and one of press Activist . As he was accused of writing false and slanderous stories about the defection of the members in the Ethiopian Air Force and of defying the ruling system. He also dared to speak out on other contentious issues involving: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Remaining silent police brutuality during political chaos, the Ministry of Defence, and influential personalities such as Gelgelo Genemo (a General Major in the Ethiopian government).