Word: ethiopian
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Tell someone you’re going out for Ethiopian food, and odds are they’ll respond with a crack along the lines of, “What are you ordering—nothing...
...with choosing among decaf mocha, latte frapp? or iced mellocino? Then head to Bangkok's Abyssinia Caf?, tel: (66-2) 655 3436, where there's just one type of coffee on the menu: strong. And that's just how the regulars like it. Ethiopian Tigist Fekade, 37, opened the caf? a few months ago, wanting to give her customers a taste of the drink's Ethiopian roots (coffee is named after the country's Kaffa region)."Coffee is my country's gift to the world," she says, roasting a handful of green beans from Sidamo over charcoal embers...
Rees caught the tempo and spirit of today's more upbeat Jerusalem, but I was disturbed by his comments on the Ethiopian Jews who work as restaurant security guards and search customers' bags and swipe patrons with metal detectors. Rees noted that most of the guards are "drawn from the underprivileged Ethiopian community [because] few others are willing to take a low-paying job that could lead to a terrible death." This is an injustice to the Ethiopian-Jewish community...
...Ethiopian Jews are a very proud and modest group of people who underwent unspeakable hardships before emigrating to Israel; their families and friends suffered humiliation, rape and murder. Assimilation into Israeli society has been nearly impossible for the first generation, but those who arrived in Israel as children and, of course, those who have been born here are becoming increasingly involved in mainstream Israeli life. Still, the situation in Israel remains intolerable and unsolvable. Rees' article captured the essence of life as we live it. It isn't easy. LARRY LESTER Motza Ilit, Israel
...first few laps of the 25-lap race, Gebrselassie stayed with the lead pack as it glided its way around the graceful Olympic Stadium. By the 5000-m mark, Bekele, Gebrselassie and Ethiopia's third runner, Sileshi Sihine, were 1-2-3. The Ethiopian trio was soon lapping slower runners, even as the younger men seemed to slow the pace to accommodate Gebrselassie. But then he began to struggle. At 7,500 m, he fell back for a lap before coming again, fighting off pain, hoping he could run through...