AYOUB

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  1. Jumatatu

    What about people with better qualifications who are being paid less money or given worse jobs just because they're not English or Americans. A few weeks back I was watching a programme about a Muslim of Asian origins who was about to move to UAE with his family being told by an englishman not to expect the salary advertised because of he did not look european. How can anyone not moan about that!


  2. Originally posted by Che-Guevara:

    What I would believe is an actual audio/video by the girl, her kin or honest third party that would refute the alleged abuses that this girl endured.

    That makes two of us. I've seen and heard lots of contradictions in this story from both sides but I believe the truth will soon come out.

     

    Here's a Radio HorseedNet interview that comments on doctors who are supposed to have examined her.


  3. The same thing happened at HUTs Rally for Islam conference in Trafalgar Square, August 1995. This time 2 Hindu women were converted on stage in front of 2000 cheering Muslims.

    I was there! I remember a handful of gays making a protest - from safe distant - against the rally and after someone told the speaker what the homos were upto he turned to them holding the microphone and quiped with strong arabic accent: "God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve!" :D


  4. Dawladda Hoose

     

    Ka darro dibi dhal, Nin dameer xun iibsaday

    Marbuu dibi xarashaa, Degaanku sheeg

    Ku waad dorateen, Iyagaa isu daran

    Kii doraad koray, ka dag leeyihiin

    Amba doolar keen, duulku waa aboor

    Inana diirbaynu nahay, danbiga waynu

    Wada qabnaa, dalka yaa u maqan

     

    Ka daroo dibi dhal, duul reer ku yimi

    Kula dardaraanteen, orod duunyo dhaqan

    Beeshana daryeel, ninka doonaya

    Inuu dal u dhisow, dugsiyadii bal eeg

    Dumarkii iyo caruurtiibaa, dawo loo la’yahay

    Duulku waa aboor, inana diir baynu nahay

    Danbiga waan wada qabnaa

     

    Ka daroo dibi dhal, dalka yaa u maqan

    Dabaqadaa bal eeg, daarahay dhisteen

    U kireysan duul, darajaalihii

    Deegaan ka baqay, danyartay intaa

    Ku dulmeerayaan, dahabow keen cashuur

    Edomaad idayn, duul aabahood

    Ladilanaahayaa, waa kaa dagaal

    Dabada u qabtay, darbigii ka kici.

     

    Saleebaan Guuleed (Digool)


  5. ^^ What I find even harder to understand is the chap who used to run around SOL looking for sympathy by posting pictures of starving people is now cheer-leading the clown's 'heroes'.


  6. Originally posted by Bari_Nomad:

    ^^
    Enjoy it while it lasts, mate. We'll be on our feet in no time yet.
    :D

    I know you believe in the healing qualities of oily fish but laughter is the best medicine. :D

     

    On a serious note, from the 275 MP's in that parliament who are the ideal or suitable members of Cabinet of your choice? If Lassie has already said he doesn't think the USC members were suitable for the post of PM and his choice came from outside the 275 MP's, what make them suitable for the other cabinet posts?

     

    If Lassie (with the help of his vet) sincerely believes and publicly states that the most talented members of parliament just happen to be from a single clan, ;) why should he accommodate the talentless muppets? If anyone in here believes they can make create a cabinet from the planks in there, feel free to share your artistry. :D


  7. Originally posted by Jumatatu:

    This is turning out to be a joke...I bet more farce is to follow..

    Turning you said? Some of us were laughing when Lassie chose a vet as a right-hand man. :D

     

     

    Originally posted by SmithNwestern:

    LOL... I think its a good sign the President and PM cant do what they like, when they like.

    Yes they can't do what they like indeed, like going home :D:D

     

    This Mbagathi fractions are making Saladboy's faction look like a slick machine :D:D

     

    Keep it ... where it is smile.gif


  8. Originally posted by SmithNwestern:

    That was the best part, how many know that Villa Somaliland is Morgan's old house
    :D

    Degdeg bay dhulkii uga baxeen duhur dharaareede

    Alla doori waa waxan lahayn *** ay ku dhaataane

    Dad hadday yihiin sida Riyaha looma didiyeene

     

    Dalan-doolki Nayroobi bay dalaq yidhaahdeene

    Dal la'aani waw kow dhul ay dib ugu laabtaane

    Debedaha ha meereen illeen diide nabaddiiye

     

    Fourteen years on...


  9. Lander thanks for that.

     

    The question remains, what is the solution to this problem? Is it time for Somalis living in Ethiopia and Oromos to make peace and stand together and get rid off the Tigre minority government playing them against each other? I don't see help from outside coming anytime time soon.


  10. Lander thanks for that.

     

    The question remains, what is the solution to this problem? Is it time for Somalis living in Ethiopia and Oromos to make peace and stand together and get rid off the Tigre minority government playing them against each other? I don't see help from outside coming anytime time soon.


  11. Lander thanks for that.

     

    The question remains, what is the solution to this problem? Is it time for Somalis living in Ethiopia and Oromos to make peace and stand together and get rid off the Tigre minority government playing them against each other? I don't see help from outside coming anytime time soon.


  12. Suldanka from the title I think that's Togane's weird way of paying tribute to both Qaasim and Andrzejewski. Qaasim for his poetry and Andrzejewski for translating and writing about Somali poetry. But that's just my guess.

     

     

    Here's how the Andrzejewskis translated Qaasims's Macaan iyo Qadhaadh.

     

     

    Bitter and Sweet

     

     

    Consider the aloe - how bitter is its taste!

     

    Yet sometimes there wells up a sap so sweet

     

    That it seems like honey in your mouth.

     

    Side by side the sweet and bitter run

     

    Just as they do, my friends, in me,

     

    As I switch from sweet to bitter

     

    And back to sweet again.

     

    My two hands, right and left, are twins.

     

    One twin gives food to strangers and to guests,

     

    It sustains the weak and guides them.

     

    But the other is a slashing, cutting knife -

     

    As sharp to the taste as myrrh,

     

    As bitter as the aloe.

     

    Do not suppose I am the kind of man

     

    Who walks along one path, and that path only.

     

    I go one way, and seem a reasonable man,

     

    I provoke no one, I have the best of natures -

     

    I go another, and I'm obstinate and bold,

     

    Striking out at others without cause.

     

    Sometimes I seem a learned man of God

     

    Who retreats in ascetic zeal to a seclude sanctuary -

     

    I turn again and I'm a crazy libertine,

     

    Sneakily snatching whatever I can get.

     

    I am counted as one of the elders of the clan,

     

    Esteemed for my wisdom, tact and skill in argument,

     

    But within me there dwells a mere townee, too -

     

    A no-good layabout he is, at that.

     

    I'm a man whose gullet will allow no passage

     

    For food that believers are forbidden to eat,

     

    And yet I'm a pernicious, hardened thief -

     

    The property of even the Prophet himself

     

    Would not be safe from me.

     

    I have my place among the holy saints,

     

    I am one of the foremost of their leaders,

     

    But at times I hold high rank in Satan's retinue,

     

    And then my lords and masters are the jinns.

     

    It's no good trying to weigh me up -

     

    I can't be balanced on a pair of scales.

     

    From this day to that my very colour changes -

     

    Nay, I'm a man whose aspect alters

     

    As morning turns to evening

     

    And back once more to morning.

     

    Muslims and infidels - I know their minds

     

    And understand them through and through.

     

    "He's ours!" the angels of Hell proclaim of me

    "No, ours!" the angels of Heaven protest.

     

    I have, then, all these striking qualities

     

    Which no one can ignore -

     

    But who can really know my mind?

     

    Only a grey-head who has lived for many days

    And learned to measure what men are worth.

     

    And now, my friends, each man of you -

    If either of the paths I follow

     

    Takes your fancy and delights your heart,

     

    Or even if you cannot bear to lose

     

    The entertainment I provide,

     

    Then come to me along the path -

     

    You're free to make a choice!

     

    Translated by, B. W. Andrzejewski with Sheila Andrzejewski


  13. Originally posted by Jumatatu:

    Anti-Somaliland fever in SOL is so high that no one questioned the authenticity of the letter, where the post code is within the the address of the addresse.

    I like this bit:

     

    "Thank you for your letter of 20 October to the FoLeign Secretary. As the desk officer responsible for Somalia I have been asked to reply ."

    :D:D:D


  14. Originally posted by HornAfrique:

    Those forefathers were fighting against the likes of Riyaale, Qaybe, Ismail Yare, and Waraabe.

    Nice try HornAfrique. :D