Farah you wrote: Jamal, farming is all good but for any day my fellow I will stick with Geel. Read the below narration...called "Pierce the Sky" "Somalis have long debated the merits of a nomadic, pastoral existence versus those of a settled agricultural community. In this excerpt from a Somali poem, a nomad explains his decision to return to his herds after a brief try at farming: It is said that one cannot pierce the sky to get rain for one's garden, Nor can one drive the farm, as one drives animals, to the place where the rain is falling. Worst of all, one cannot abandon one's farm, even though barren, because all one's efforts are invested in it. The farmer, in counter argument, replies: A man with no fixed place in this world cannot claim one in heaven. " Abdikhar, sxb qodob wanaagsan ayaad soo jeedisay. mahadsanid. Waa runtaayoo mar hadii aan aragney natiijooyinka xoola-dhaqadka, waxaa habboon in aan bal ka war-doonno manaafacaadka kale ee aan dhulka ka dhuuxi kareyno. Soomaalidu sideedaba waa ay iskala weyntahay a)muruq-maalnimada, b)beeralleynimada iyo kalluumaysigaba...

"A person cannot maintain any standard of morals when they has no ordinary means of living (Kenkò Hoshi, 14th century Japanese Buddhist spiritual leader" I think in as long as justifications -however lame - exist, the maintenance of high moral standard is bound to be compromised. Ask yourself, when are you likely to act immorally?

Dawoco, I have been acting the Don Quixote of the moment. Been away, drifting between one dream to another. You can say my crimes weren't rationally intentional... some feelings make one lost in thought. So I guess forgiveness is due here "How can one hide, when the truth frees the soul?" when I said, ..oh sleep harken to my plea and wish! and let dreams come as they wish... ..Or let the night shelter mine sorrow.. ...Or sing me lullaby till tommorrow.. Even then tis difficult to hide the truth that liberates the soul from that pain which defies discription... So will it help if I reverse the question? 'How can truth free a soul from what it wants to hide?'

Soon or late if my feelings peak Think not of it a traveller's joy One can't hide such tears of joy, Nor can one silence a soul's speak. Purple and blue, yellow and green Is for ever that pleasant dream, In which I find you, sparkling Like raindrop in the sun shining; With an image beautiful in choice Which if sighted, nomads rejoice... and you I see in every woman's smile Thus with delight in heart I smile, knowing that In my heart you dwell and so in thoughts, I wish you well ...After everything that is said.. ...It boils down to me and you.... - Enjoy...

Slow Genocide Video A video depicting what blind tribal loyalty and mental slavery is costing our once proud nation. Are you a killer? Think deep of where your loyalty lays.

LOOOOOOOOOOL NICE ONE UNDERDOG

lol istaaqfurrullaah

Dawaco... I can't settle for that tho!

Beautiful pictures....thankx for sharing

Being neither too clever nor too wise, I look at the fellow and nearly ask him, "Lakini, bwana, were those thugs of the female kind? Only women can have nails to inflict such scratches." --- "Didn't you say yesterday morning that a church mouse was richer than you and therefore refused to leave money for even a quarter kilo of meat? Did money grow in your pockets all of a sudden so that you could buy the beers I can see in this bill? What kind of husband spends money on coloured water without vitamins for his friends instead of buying part of a cow for his family. Only one with the brain of a goat." LooooooooooooooooL damn! --Whispers Mutahi R.I.P

"Mythical stories Jamal11 don't count as evidence." Lol..Sophist, and what do you define as 'mythical'? If you believe what I mentioned was mythical,and you think its 'mythical' then why place evidence in the same sentence? Next, when does one rule and differentiate myths from reality? Doesn't this process of varification take more exermination? Or to you, is easly assumption permissable? "I don't believe the premise that the current husbands are better husbands than our fathers." Who do you exactly mean with 'our fathers'? Please do clarify! "...It cheap to claim that our fathers use to beat our mothers as a general rule.." Again here, you are making the same mistake of assuming that all Somalis have mothers and fathers of the same clan tradition. "...This is disgustingly idiotic to suggest. There might have been incidents that some men had done so, but so as now. the maltreatment of some men continues..." No no sxb, it is not idiotic at all. To jump to a quick assumption and conclusion may, however, merit some status of the sort you mentioned . "...I remember the first maah maah I learnt in piribaatiyadii xamar was; look before you leap;..." Lol I think I have heard that too Hmmm yes I did indeed. "...now examine the evidence before you write about a subject that can invoke profound sentiments..." Absolutely. I agree sxb. But can you do the same for me please? Atleast, will you ask me where I got my evidence from. I will be glad to provide references. Thank you

"Awooyo, aweeyo waliga ul maad kala dashey" Lol Yasmine....ask him. I am sure you won't get more than a whack from Bakooradda. Back to the topic. You could be right to claim that 'some' of older generations of Somali husbands, were indeed to some extent of violent nature towards their wives. Wife-beating was a reality and part of life experiances in some Somali sub-cultures. I remember folk-tales of a clan that has wife-beating as part of the wedding ceremony. Marka aroosadda la soo galbinaayo, men will align themselves along the entrance of her would-be home, lash her till she cries. However, education and modernity [global cultural influences] have changed all that.

Caramel...sister, the topic isn't an assignment. Just a question I posed to Nomads. I started the topic in the year 2002.

Ijabo sister, I know what you're talking about. Laakiin just like you am still asking as many questions as always. Hopefully, I will find asnwers sooner than later.

looool Good God. And does he do at the barber's home..lol

"Adigaa dagay qalbiga, wadnaha dacalkiisee, soo degoo i daawee, Faadumaay i daawee, soo degoo i daawee, Caaishaay i daawee" Dawaco! Dawaco! Dawaco: marka hore valentines though we're told not to believe in it. Did u have to expose me that deeply? Atleast maxaad u dhihi weydey the fellow is very miskiin who doesn't hurt a fly? I guess I must agree to the notion that people see things differently. Atleast you said something good about my dear close friend Shujui. The brother is exceptional. Amen to that!

-"Ma ogtahay siraadeey, Soomaaliyoo idil, uma sidatid quruxduye... habla kula sin baa jira oonan saa u eeginee, waa su'aale kaligaa maxaan kaaga sahansaday?" .... male jacaylkuye, waan sidaaye ila qabo soo dhowoow ila qabo, oo haygu siidayn... sabaabtuna waxay tahay, sambabadiyo beerkiyo wadnahaygaad sudhantee.... wah waah ! gediid that song rocks....thnkx

A Somali vegeterian? I doubt that. lol

Humans are humans.

These pictures make me sick to the core walaahi. These pictures were taken to portray Somalis as zoo animals. Look at the way the whites stand and surround the supposed Somalis! And how the family was made to sit next to each other, as if in some sort of captivity.

LoL Bachelor Tst..tst...tst... what did you say about Ameenah? Oh no!

Good Somali Betrayed Swahili Abused English. Neglected Arabic too. Ameenah says: "I can curse in Sawahili" Oh so do I lol. But why the cursing?

Lakkad....I heard so too. There was once when Makerere held almost 20,000 East African students. There is an elite university in S.Africa called Fort Hare... Another one that rivaled Makerere was a college in Ghana, its name i cant remember. Makerere also once became Idi Amin's intellectual battle ground. I have this ugandan friend who is a phd student in brunel university. He has graduated from Makerere and he tells me Makerere is becoming far too elite now. Ugandans were always better in Education other east africans is said. Forget about Kenya's Egerton university...

"They are purely for entertainment purposes." D&D, trust me, I do believe you . Rudy, Kaah, in as far as I know, is the local Xawilaad in Southall.

^^^ Love, eh?