Friday 13 March 2026
Siham Kamil Abdu is a heritage conservationist, researcher, and writer based in Addis Ababa. Her work explores the intersections of architecture, memory, and everyday life, focusing on how space and design reflect the complexities of culture, power, and belonging.
Articles by the Author
Culture
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Irreecha, the ancient Oromo thanksgiving, transforms Ethiopia’s capital into a living sacred cosmos that invites the city to recognise its nonhuman participants, from rivers to roads, as moral beings within a shared order of existence.…
Irreecha, the ancient Oromo thanksgiving, transforms Ethiopia’s capital into a living sacred cosmos that invites the city to recognise its nonhuman participants, from rivers to roads, as moral beings within a shared order of existence.…
Culture
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From the hill of Ayteyef, the memory of a vision lingers - an Ethiopia that could have embraced all its peoples but instead, holding the silenced story of Ras Mikael and Lij Iyasu, chose to lock its gates. …
From the hill of Ayteyef, the memory of a vision lingers - an Ethiopia that could have embraced all its peoples but instead, holding the silenced story of Ras Mikael and Lij Iyasu, chose to lock its gates. …
Culture
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In the hilltop sanctuary of Turusina, northeastern Ethiopia, an engineer discovers a sacred space where femininity is neither excluded nor explained, simply lived. …
In the hilltop sanctuary of Turusina, northeastern Ethiopia, an engineer discovers a sacred space where femininity is neither excluded nor explained, simply lived. …
Culture
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In the Ethiopian city of Bati, life unfolds like an improvised melody—fluid and unbordered, writes Siham Kamil Abdu. …
In the Ethiopian city of Bati, life unfolds like an improvised melody—fluid and unbordered, writes Siham Kamil Abdu. …
Thoughts
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Ethiopian Muslims are more visible than ever—but is visibility the same as belonging? A faith once sidelined still negotiates its place in the nation’s story.…
Ethiopian Muslims are more visible than ever—but is visibility the same as belonging? A faith once sidelined still negotiates its place in the nation’s story.…
Opinion
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From imperial dreams to everyday survival, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, reveals how cities are forged not just by rulers, but by the quiet defiance of ordinary people. …
From imperial dreams to everyday survival, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, reveals how cities are forged not just by rulers, but by the quiet defiance of ordinary people. …