"A Walk to Beautiful," a new documentary opening Friday, focuses on five poor Ethiopian women who have suffered traumatic childbirth injuries.
After enduring sometimes more than a week in labor, these women delivered stillborn babies that left them with obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal that causes incontinence. Abandoned by their husbands, shunned by their families and villages, they live in shame and in hiding.
The film chronicles how their lives change at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where corrective surgeries have been performed since 1974. The hospital performs 1,200 fistula surgeries a year, free of charge.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
MERKATO 55 Africa
MERKATO 55 Africa is the emphasis, in both décor and menu, at this restaurant, where handcrafted artifacts surround the ground-floor bar and cafe as well as the second-floor dining room. Andrea Luz Bergquist, the executive chef, will turn out food that promises to be full of exotic touches from other ports of call, too, like the Caribbean and Asia. A glossary to explain menu terms like yassa (a Senegalese marinade) and sosaties (skewered spiced meat) would help. The restaurant will open on Friday without Marcus Samuelsson, its chef and creator, on hand. He is in Stockholm opening a branch of Aquavit: 55 Gansevoort Street (Greenwich Street), (212) 255-8555.
SOUTH GATE Spacious and dappled silver from faceted mirrors, this redo of Café Botanica in the Jumeirah Essex House, opening Friday, offers generous views of Central Park and hearty contemporary American fare like braised and roasted rib of beef from the kitchen of Kerry Heffernan: 154 Central Park South, (212) 484-5120.
GALLO NERO This Italian wine bar features cured meats and antipasti: 404 West 44th Street, (212) 265-6660.
ISLERO A narrow space made welcoming with dark wood and marble tabletops is the setting for Spanish food interpreted by Jessica Floyd. It opens today: 247 East 50th Street, (212) 752-1414.
MAMA’S MUDSLIDERS In the space that had been Li-Lac chocolates, Hali Horn, a pastry chef from Los Angeles, will turn out her versions of retro desserts, including a mud pie and frozen s’mores, and some savories, like cheese plates: 120 Christopher Street (Bleecker Street), (646) 414-4447.
PATA NEGRA Rafael Mateo has carved out a niche of Spain with his East Village wine bar, which opens on Friday: 345 East 12th Street, (212) 228-1696.
PINCH & S’MAC Pinch Pizza by the Inch, which closed, has teamed with S’mac and Ark Restaurants in this cafe that opened on Monday in the old Columbus Bakery: 474 Columbus Avenue (83rd Street), (646) 438-9494.
Looking Ahead
In late summer, Andrew and Jonathan Schnipper, the founders and former owners of the Hale and Hearty Soup chain, will open a casual restaurant, as yet unnamed, in The New York Times Building at the southeast corner of 41st Street and Eighth Avenue.
SOUTH GATE Spacious and dappled silver from faceted mirrors, this redo of Café Botanica in the Jumeirah Essex House, opening Friday, offers generous views of Central Park and hearty contemporary American fare like braised and roasted rib of beef from the kitchen of Kerry Heffernan: 154 Central Park South, (212) 484-5120.
GALLO NERO This Italian wine bar features cured meats and antipasti: 404 West 44th Street, (212) 265-6660.
ISLERO A narrow space made welcoming with dark wood and marble tabletops is the setting for Spanish food interpreted by Jessica Floyd. It opens today: 247 East 50th Street, (212) 752-1414.
MAMA’S MUDSLIDERS In the space that had been Li-Lac chocolates, Hali Horn, a pastry chef from Los Angeles, will turn out her versions of retro desserts, including a mud pie and frozen s’mores, and some savories, like cheese plates: 120 Christopher Street (Bleecker Street), (646) 414-4447.
PATA NEGRA Rafael Mateo has carved out a niche of Spain with his East Village wine bar, which opens on Friday: 345 East 12th Street, (212) 228-1696.
PINCH & S’MAC Pinch Pizza by the Inch, which closed, has teamed with S’mac and Ark Restaurants in this cafe that opened on Monday in the old Columbus Bakery: 474 Columbus Avenue (83rd Street), (646) 438-9494.
Looking Ahead
In late summer, Andrew and Jonathan Schnipper, the founders and former owners of the Hale and Hearty Soup chain, will open a casual restaurant, as yet unnamed, in The New York Times Building at the southeast corner of 41st Street and Eighth Avenue.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
'Ethiopian Idol' TV show coming soon on ETN
Source:Ethiopianreview.com
The Washington DC-based Ethiopian Television Network will air a new show named "Ethiopian Idol." Watch the video announcement below. For more information, visit ouretn.com.
The Washington DC-based Ethiopian Television Network will air a new show named "Ethiopian Idol." Watch the video announcement below. For more information, visit ouretn.com.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Actress Suvari On Visit Here As Goodwill Ambassador
Award wining American actress Mena Suvari is visiting Ethiopia in a sign of supporting a US-based foundation forwhich she is goodwill ambassador.
The actress is actively supporting the African Medical and Research Foundation-AMREF's programs which focus on Africa's most critical health issues, particularly those issues that affect women and children.
"I am rally pleased to be associated with AMREF-which is the largest health development organization based in Africa and run by Africans," Ms. Suvari told a press conference at the Edna Mall late on Tuesday.
"I also promise to strengthen collaboration to help African lower status people" she added with tears on her eyes.
The renowned actress is visiting the country from 10 to 16 February, 2008, in a program AMREF organized in association with the Addis Ababa Millennium Secretarial office to relate her visit to Ethiopia to the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium.
On Monday, actress Suvari met and held discussion with Mayor Berhane Deressa At Edna Mall, a multi complex building which also houses a state-of the-art cinema hall the actress shared to the audience about her works and her personal life experience.
Ms. Suvari, who started her career as a child model, has become one of the most sought after young actresses in Hollywood.
Her extensive film credit include staring in the Academy Award wining American Beauty, American Pie, Spun, Factory Girl and, most recently, the critically acclaimed film stuck opposite Stephen Rea.
AMREF was founded in as the Flying Doctors of East Africa.
Today, AMREF is the largest health development organization based in Africa where 7% of staff is health to escape poverty infrastructure in Africa by closing the gap between the formal health system and communities who need health care services.
AM REF focus on the most critical health issues facing the continent: HIV/AIDS and TB, Malaria, clean water and basic sanitation, family and reproductive health, training health workers and clinical and surgical outreach.
The actress is actively supporting the African Medical and Research Foundation-AMREF's programs which focus on Africa's most critical health issues, particularly those issues that affect women and children.
"I am rally pleased to be associated with AMREF-which is the largest health development organization based in Africa and run by Africans," Ms. Suvari told a press conference at the Edna Mall late on Tuesday.
"I also promise to strengthen collaboration to help African lower status people" she added with tears on her eyes.
The renowned actress is visiting the country from 10 to 16 February, 2008, in a program AMREF organized in association with the Addis Ababa Millennium Secretarial office to relate her visit to Ethiopia to the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium.
On Monday, actress Suvari met and held discussion with Mayor Berhane Deressa At Edna Mall, a multi complex building which also houses a state-of the-art cinema hall the actress shared to the audience about her works and her personal life experience.
Ms. Suvari, who started her career as a child model, has become one of the most sought after young actresses in Hollywood.
Her extensive film credit include staring in the Academy Award wining American Beauty, American Pie, Spun, Factory Girl and, most recently, the critically acclaimed film stuck opposite Stephen Rea.
AMREF was founded in as the Flying Doctors of East Africa.
Today, AMREF is the largest health development organization based in Africa where 7% of staff is health to escape poverty infrastructure in Africa by closing the gap between the formal health system and communities who need health care services.
AM REF focus on the most critical health issues facing the continent: HIV/AIDS and TB, Malaria, clean water and basic sanitation, family and reproductive health, training health workers and clinical and surgical outreach.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
A Walk to Beautiful - a film about Ethiopian women suffering from childbirth injuries
"A Walk to Beautiful" is an inspiring documentary film that tells the heartbreaking story of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. Instead they make the long and arduous journey to Fistula Hospital in Addis Abba where they reclaim their lost dignity. The trials they endure–and their attempts to rebuild their lives–tell a universal story of hope, courage, and transformation. (Running time: 1:25). In English, Amharic, and Oromiffa with English subtitles.
A Walk to Beautiful is now showing at the Quad Theatre near New York University. The following is short trailer of the film.
A Walk to Beautiful is now showing at the Quad Theatre near New York University. The following is short trailer of the film.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Liya launched a line of children’s clothes
Liya Kebede is one busy woman: The mother of two is a model, an actor, an activist, and a goodwill ambassador. Oh, and she’s just getting her feet wet creating a line of children’s clothes.
One of Liya Kebede’s proudest achievements came in the mail. Among the bills and catalogs was an envelope with designs for the tags to be sewn into every garment made by Lemlem, her new children’s-wear line. And there, in plain letters, were three little words that amounted to one big triumph: made in Ethiopia.
Bear in mind, the Addis Ababa native—who now lives in Manhattan with her husband, Kassy; their 7-year-old son, Suhul; and their 2-year-old daughter, Raee—has bragging rights to a few other accomplishments: In addition to being a top model (she first made a name for herself in 2000 on the Milan runways) and an actress, she was named a World Health Organization goodwill ambassador in 2005 for raising awareness of health risks to mothers and children in the developing world. In 2006, she launched the Liya Kebede Foundation (for which she received our Smart Cookie Award last April) to address the same concerns.
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One of Liya Kebede’s proudest achievements came in the mail. Among the bills and catalogs was an envelope with designs for the tags to be sewn into every garment made by Lemlem, her new children’s-wear line. And there, in plain letters, were three little words that amounted to one big triumph: made in Ethiopia.
Bear in mind, the Addis Ababa native—who now lives in Manhattan with her husband, Kassy; their 7-year-old son, Suhul; and their 2-year-old daughter, Raee—has bragging rights to a few other accomplishments: In addition to being a top model (she first made a name for herself in 2000 on the Milan runways) and an actress, she was named a World Health Organization goodwill ambassador in 2005 for raising awareness of health risks to mothers and children in the developing world. In 2006, she launched the Liya Kebede Foundation (for which she received our Smart Cookie Award last April) to address the same concerns.
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