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  3. Posted

    Bal listen to this ninkaan..

    "soor calool xanuun leh or mushaari maskax falluuq laga qaadaayo"..waraa ma madhicir juruuruqow baad dadka ku ridi rabtaa.

    but seriously aint the same,i mean mushari/soor?..

    but since no one will asnwer ur q..ama go for soor.mujhaid doesnt know soor,.aboow aboow.

    now bizzak to ur Q,

    Kristaan .

    ok check this....which one will u prefer to be called.

    Xayawaan yahow dhexda weyn mise Doofaar diif leh!.

  5. Posted

    Boys.Girls..i pasted this from an afrikan newspapaer..

    check wat iman has in store.

     

    Iman and the Bushmen

    By LIFESTYLE Writer

    Twenty six years ago, Iman stunned the fashion industry with her great looks and became the first black model to make it big in the international circuit.

     

    But this strikingly beautiful Somali born, Kenyan-bred model now finds herself on the wrong side of fame and is at the centre of a simmering feud between Survival International – a London-based lobby group fighting for the rights of Bushmen in Botswana and De Beers – the South Africa diamond mining giant over the Bushmen’s right to their ancestral home.

     

    Essentially, it is all about money. The Botswana government is relocating the Bushmen from their homeland to give way for the mining of huge deposits of diamonds by De Beers. At the same time, Iman has reportedly signed a multi-million dollar contract to promote a new line of high street diamond jewellery shops which the mining company is opening overseas this year.

     

    The lobby group has asked Iman to cancel her contract as part of the protest against the plan to evict the estimated 2,500 Bushmen out of their homeland in Gope inside the Kalahari National Game Reserve to New Xade place, 150 miles away.

     

    Last week the Sunday Times newspaper quoted Iman who pledged to embark on a mission of truth to discover whether the eviction of the Bushmen – which has already started – is indeed to pave way for the diamond mining. Only then, she said, could she decide whether to severe her links with De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond mining company.

     

    This is not the first time that a lobby has focused on rights of an unprivileged community. For years, Hollywood movie star Richard Gere has been the thorn in the flesh of the Chinese government over his support for the rights of the Tibetan people and has used his clout in the movie business to rally support from other movie celebrities. Actor Marlon Brando has also championed the cause for American Native Indians against abuse and exploitation.

     

    Born in Somali on July 25,1955, Iman – who is now married to rock star David Bowie – was forced out of her home and settled in Kenya, where she was discovered by fashion photographer Peter Beard.

     

    She was walking across the campus at the University of Nairobi where she was a studying political science when Peter Beard spotted her – the rest is history.

     

    Her first international modelling job was on the cover of Vogue magazine in 1976 which made her an instant international success. Soon, major designers came calling and Iman spent the next 14 years modelling designs by world renowned Yves St Laurent, Calvin Klein, Versace and Donna Karan.

     

    In that period she worked with some of the most renowned photographers in the fashion business.

     

    To many, she opened the industry to black women but her more enduring feat is that of helping re-define the concept of beauty. Now retired from modelling, Iman has found new life in the beauty industry.

     

    In 1994, she launched her own cosmetic and skincare product line – Iman Cosmetics – exclusive for women of colour.

     

    "I have the true sense of who the woman of colour is. She is not merely one ethnic group – she is Hispanic, African-American, Asian and Native American," she told an overseas reporter.

     

    The success of her new venture inspired her to launch a second beauty line 'I-Iman' make-up for women regardless of their skin tone.

     

    She has also found time to write and has published a book titled I am Iman, which deals with provocative issues about the "unserious business of fashion and beauty and its serious effect on peoples' identity."

     

    Iman has two daughters – Alexandra Zahra with her current husband Bowie and Zulekha from a previous marriage.

     

    She is also involved in several charities including Mothers Voices, Action Against Hunger, The Children's Defence Fund and All Children Foundation.

     

    Widely respected for her personal success and for supporting charities, the current lobby for the Bushmen could tarnish a reputation that she has cultivated through hard work and dedication.

     

    Survival International has likened the eviction of the Bushmen to the plight of North American native Indians who were driven out of their land by gold prospectors. More specifically, the lobby group has accused De Beers of being behind the eviction by persuading the Botswana government to move the Bushmen so as to allow it exploit a new mine.

     

    "Ever since huge deposits of diamonds were discovered 15 years ago on the land occupied by the Bushmen, the Botswana government has reportedly waged a campaign of harassment to force them out of their ancestral land," Survival’s director Stephen Corry said in a letter to Iman.

     

    Corry allegedly met Iman for breakfast in London last month and she appeared genuinely concerned about the whole affair. Both the government and the mining company have denied any wrongdoing. The lobby group concedes that De Beers has not started mining, but notes that being the owners of all world diamond mines, it would be worth the company's wealth to wait a while.

     

    On its part, De Beers director of corporate affairs Rory Moore O’Ferrall denies the allegations against the company. "I believe Survival is simply using the diamonds connection as a sexy way to boost its campaign against the removal of the Bushmen from the land of their forefathers."

  8. Posted

    The 2 "lady's".

    the SOUL and the STHM one..that was hilarious.

    wallahi...btw soul..ur list looks like it was compiled by some geek!..notice all the resemblance of historical/scientific connection?

    shtmlady-ur list looks like it was compiled by cofee drinking,english language teacher..lol

    but they ******ing funny azz hell lol

  12. Posted

    LOl Baydan..YOU(or whoeva sent it was "(DUMB").

    that sheet was funny.

    and speaking of "dUMB" guys..check this from dave's top ten list.

    lol

    Top Ten Signs You're Dumb

     

    10. You stopped watching wrestling because it's too complicated

     

    9. The hot beverage warning on Starbucks cups mentions you by name

     

    8. On census form you count yourself plus the guy in the mirror

     

    7. You augment your income by photocopying quarters

     

    6. As a special treat you take yourself to Jiffy Lube and you don't own a car

     

    5. Fear of injury keeps you from using a comb

     

    4. Just spent two hours trying to improve the reception on your microwave

     

    3. According to you, this week Amercian King Fidel Castro got on a spaceship, went to the planet of Cuba and met with dictator Jimmy Connors

     

    2. You're a Tampa Bay Devil Rays season-ticket holder

     

    1. You choke on a pretzel

  13. Posted

    OK..i am confused here.

    The sharia says anyone who commits adultery should be stoned to death? right?

    wheres the fine line here?..whats the proof? does the child in question enough?

    i mean wallahi am confused the LAW is the LAW and should be followed uniformly..on the other hand i see biasness among the community members!

    i hope someone helps her..i see its better for her to have something be4 allah than something infront of some ppl.

    again..am confused!

  14. Posted

    this subject is really irrelevant coz as muslims this habbits and cultures is not ours.

    so wats the point of discussing it.

    plus..this has been going on forever esp the blk community in the USA(dunno of canada and UK)..but its been proven and shown that whereas white young men and women have pre-marital sex,they ofen don have kids b4 marriege confused eh?

    but the same cannot be said for the blk man/woman who not only is fathered by one man, but actually 2 or 3 sometimes.

    therefore,this topic is not and will not be any relevant to us and am sure many nomads will humbly agree!

    aslaam aleykom!

  18. Posted

    lol..canbarro.

    its jambo jambo bwana

    habari gani

    msuri sana.

    wageni wa karibishwa

    somaliaonline yetu(u can fix it)

    hakuna matata,.

    somaliaonline..ni site nzuri sana*2

    somaliaone hakuna matata

    i changed the somaliaonline thingi to best describe it.

    well there u have it.

    and yes jamal like..sthlady said,u got it the dude ni NOMA..and yes ana TISHA

  25. Posted

    CAAShO CABDOW MALAIKA!

    iyaaah..Duqa waa taqanaa yeeyee..deeq badan aas raba ii dahab oo dambiiill....kudara heee..alla.

    maxaa kala oo yella..meeha.

     

    lemme see since we talkin about heeso..lemme see..

     

    CUMAR DHULLE mise.AXMAD MOOGE(this is tuff)