Reporting from Harar, Ethiopia — Here in this medieval city in eastern Ethiopia, the humans and the hyenas are living in peace. The truce began two centuries ago (or so the story goes) during a time ...

Harar, Ethiopia – When Abdallah Ali Sherif was growing up in eastern Ethiopia, his parents never spoke about the history of his city. “When I asked my parents about our history, they told me we didn’t ...

Harar is one of the ancient cities in Ethiopia and the fourth holiest city of Islam, owning 82 mosques. It served as the capital of Harari Kingdom from 1520 to 1568 until its integration with Ethiopia ...

HARAR, Ethiopia | Morgeta Olemaria whooped and giggled as he tossed slabs of raw goat meat out of the basket in his lap. About a dozen wild hyenas surrounded him, each anxious to snap up the next ...

A family in Ethiopia’s walled city of Harar has taken up the task of domesticating Hyenas, turning them into scavengers for the city’s waste. Hyenas roam the streets of Harar in eastern Ethiopia every ...

HARAR—The trip’s worst day coincides with my 37 th birthday. In the open-air market outside the walls of a 16 th-century Islamic town called Harar, I slip, fall, and scrape my left leg. Among the ...

August 2, 2005 — An article by Hibret Selamu under the title of “Ethiopia – The undemocratic electoral system” published by Sudan Tribunal on May 27,2005 is saddening, and written with out any ...

Abassie feeds his Hyenas at a dusty spot just outside Jugel, a walled township within the city of Harar – a city in Eastern Ethiopia that won an accolade from UNICEF as a City of Peace.and Local ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. On a hilltop in the eastern Ethiopian Highlands stands the ancient walled ...

As the Unesco-recognised Ethiopian city of Harar marks its 1,010th anniversary, the BBC's Emmanuel Igunza explores its unique heritage. Night falls in the ancient city of Harar, and I'm witnessing a ...

Wandel im Islam wird entscheidend über Außenkontakte geprägt. In einem Prozess von Innovation und Aneignung werden bestimmte Elemente von muslimischen Lokalgemeinschaften übernommen, modifiziert oder ...