From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sun Mar 15 2009 - 01:33:07 EST
Savi!
I agree wholeheartedly with most of what you said. I think Sophia
Tesfamariam has proven beyond any possible doubt that she is highly
intelligent, very well informed and very competent, and most
importantly, she is a person of integrity and honor. Having said that, I
think that Sophia's God given talents could make her the perfect
candidate for a variety of high-profile government jobs. Given the fact
that Sophia has an excellent grasp of international issues, she speaks
perfect English and she is a terrific debater, I think the Eritrean
Ambassador to UN would be perfect for her. It wouldn't bother me if PIA
appointed Sophia as Eritrea's first female Foreign Minister, I am sure
that she would make a great FM, but I don't know if our country is quite
ready for it yet. I think the ability to speak and comprehend the Arabic
language is an essential qualification for anyone aspiring to become the
Eritrean FM, considering that countries like Libya and Qatar are
Eritrea's best allies and Eritrea is surrounded by Arab and
predominantly Islamic countries where women still live in male dominated
societies. Needless to say, Eritrea cannot just ignore the culture,
religion and way of life of her neighbours and allies.
Biniam Haile
From: Savi Alazar ( <mailto:SaviAlazar@gmail.com> SaviAlazar@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 13 2009 - 21:35:28 EST
Dear all,
I just want and on behalf of my friends to congratulate and say thank
you to Sophia's on her unequivocal talent and accomplishments on
promoting the true image of Eritrea to the ill-informed western
audience. Most Eritreans are proud of her accomplishments on how she
exposed the true western political motives to intimidate and threaten
Eritrea. Thanks to her relentless writing she put our adversaries at bay
and she raised many westerns awareness about true nature of our nation.
I believe Sophia will even serve Eritrea better if she was the United
Nation's Ambassador or the Foreign Minister or Eritrea's President
Spokes Woman. Why not? If I was the president, I would not hesitate to
make that offer and I hope she will not turn it down. Think about it,
she is the best candidate for this job, because she has all the
preferred qualifications. We need someone who represent Eritrea in the
Western culture as sharp, as resourceful, as confident, as
knowledgeable, as aggressive, as articulate, and as contained as Sophia
Tesfamariam. Her pen is sharper than a sword and for those who
understand her writing sophistication it is one in kind and she inspires
the younger generation to progress in the Eritrean Political Foreign
Affairs.
I hope to see soon one of Sophia's best selling books on Eritrea-Western
Relations on C-Span and Book TV as well.
Savi