Teklit Michael

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Mar 30, 2018, 10:42 PM

What would you tell your children about Passover?

Every year, all the family comes together at one table to celebrate and remember Passover. As it is the holiest and most prominent holiday of the year, it brings the family together from their distant and busy lives. They...

Oct 2, 2017, 9:45 PM

How Israel Self-Sabotaged the Refugee Status Determination Process

As an asylum seeker, I fled from a tyrant dictatorship dreaming to be secure, to get a small shred of dignity and to be protected from physical and mental abuse. That is why when I entered Israel through the...

Jun 14, 2017, 11:25 AM

The predicament of African asylum seekers in Israel

They've found a home in south Tel Aviv, but the government will make it impossible for them to stay employed there

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About Me

Teklit Michael is an activist and community organizer from Eritrea, as well as an educator in his church. Michael also spent over a decade as an asylum seeker in Israel with no legal status, where he spearheaded numerous community outreach initiatives, worked with several human rights organizations in pursuit of social justice for his community.