Eritrean writer Saleh G. Johar launches English channel on America
Johar will share reflections on the United States, where he has lived permanently since 2000, as Awate.com marks 26 years.
Saleh G. Johar, an Eritrean writer and the founder of the news site Awate.com, announced on November 10, 2026 a new English-language channel titled "Where Is My America?". In it he will share his experiences and observations of the United States, a country he first visited in 1985 and settled in permanently in 2000.
The announcement also marks 2026 as the 26th anniversary of Awate.com. Johar says he will use the occasion to recount the site's early history and the personal and collective efforts that kept it running, and to thank those who supported it.
Johar writes that his picture of America, built from books, magazines, films, radio and contacts with visitors, clashed with reality after he moved there. He says that after 26 years he still does not understand certain aspects of the country, and that many features of the America he imagined have not appeared.
Why it mattersEritreans living in the United States and the diaspora are the readers who would follow Johar's new channel on life in America.