Nune, saxib horaan ku sheegay adiga iyo JB. Af carabigiinu waa kii hore. Bal waxa aad qortay ma khudbad ba?

^^Casiir baad ka soo daragtay miya?

What was the arabic word for such money? Diya? Nothing wrong in paying it as long the man learns from it.

^^Football is a passion laakin mar mar you have to let it go saxib

Originally posted by -Lily-: I would rather perfect my Somali than learn Arabic. I envy those who can speak both well. But Arabic is always good to have in your locker.

I remember a guy who tried something in the xaafad (he tried to talk to a 6 year old). He got a good beating (by the neighbour).

Did anyone see the 2nd round of the 100m??? Bolt literally jogged to a time of 9.92secs! The semis and final tomorrow should be electric!

Warya A&T. Brazil vs Argentina, Copa America Semi, 2007, Baptista scored in the 4th min and Brazil won the game. Is there any truth to this story?

^^Morning odayga! Bit early for you init?

Originally posted by Fahiye: Al Jidaawe Where does the Somalis fit in this Khaliigi Arab other - HERE or Indian/Pak/subcontinent/African- HERE Arab other

^^So Che proved your point?

Edit Xiin, I hear what you're saying. However, alot of the time, the khutba on a friday is indeed about behavioural issues, neighbours and how they should be treated etc. For the gulf region I think the element of class comes into it. The lower the perceived class of a person the ruder the 'maro weyn'e'. Khaliigi Arab other Indian/Pak/subcontinent/African Che, we're yet to here your take on this yet you're busy making comments about irrelevent issues.

Originally posted by STOIC: Al Jidaali, Since you are already in the Middle East why don't you go to Thailand.Phuket Island is one of the best place I wish I had the time and money to vacation.If it wasn’t the weekly gas bill of my car and the age-reversing-face-moisturizer I’d have afforded it bammer! Saxib, that place is not for me. Those pictureque beaches mean nothing to me. I need me some Africa!

Nigeria cedes land to Cameroon Nigeria has handed over the Bakassi peninsula, believed to be rich in oil and gas, to Cameroon, ending a 15-year dispute over the territory. The legal paperwork, in line with a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), was signed on Thursday by Michael Aondoakaa, Nigeria's justice minister, and Maurice Kanto, his Cameroonian counterpart. Heightened security concerns in Bakassi forced organisers to cancel a formal flag-exchanging ceremony in Abana, the peninsula's main town, relocating it instead to a safer venue in Calabar city, about 192km away. "We are saddled with the painful, but important task of completing the implementation of the International Court of Justice's judgment by handing the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon," Aondoakaa said at the ceremony. A Cameroon government official said the finalisation of the transfer marks "the end of a crisis", which Cameroon believes began in December 1993 when the Nigerian army occupied a number of villages on the peninsula. Political disagreements, a last-minute lawsuit and occasional gun battles had stalled the transfer, already staggered over two years. But the transfer itself has been described by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, as "a model for negotiated settlements of border disputes". 'No loss' Cameroon first took its case for sovereignty over the Bakassi peninsula to the ICJ in The Hague in 1994. After a drawn-out legal battle, the ICJ ruled in 2002 that the peninsula should be given to Cameroon, basing its decision largely on a 1913 treaty between Britain and Germany, the former colonial powers. Cameroon and Nigeria then signed an accord, known as the Green Tree agreement, in New York in 2006 during US-facilitated mediation talks, paving the way for Nigeria's withdrawal from Bakassi. Edet Okon Asim, a spokesman for Nigeria's Cross River State, to which Bakassi used to be a part, said: "We should not see this handover as a loss for Nigeria or as a sign of weakness, but ... our profound respect for international law and good neighbourliness." Around 90 per cent of the population in the Bakassi peninsula, estimated at 200,000 to 300,000, are Nigerian fishermen and their families. Many have said that they do not want to become Cameroonians. Nigeria has offered to resettle them. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/08/2008814115715541738.html

Ahhh, yeahhhhh. It's back!!!! Many transfers and many of them I don't even know about. Shall I stick my kneck out and make a prediction?

Whats the point JB? They will only end up buying vereything in site like the ports, telecoms companies etc

need a holiday!!

^^The guy needs to fight back. If you're good at what you do then there is nothing to worry about. Gello come to my office saxib

It was saxib. Nothing but good things to say about that place and it's people. Too bad it's not developing as much. Will get back later IA. Time to weave through traffic, flash lights, cut people off and beep the horn a few times.

I would agree with most of what is being said. Spend a few years in the ME and you will become accustomed to it after the initial shock. Not a week goes by where I don't tell someone to get to the back of the queue or aad la yaabtid just how people are behaving. Most are somewhat surprised. You wonder just where you are sometimes: eek: Oman on the other hand was and is a great place. Its temporary I guess,,,

Gello, fix up! Give as good as you get regardless who it is,,,,,,,

Its easier to follow up with an email asking for confirmation

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: Uustiis igu daranba. _______________ Let us debate in a respectable manner, folks. I think a few SOLers feel the same A&T said: Adeer, by trying to paint a monster as a man of substance, you forfeited your legitimacy to get engaged with real debate. When you get out of your tribal nest, I will be more than willing to try to reason with you, even from apparent 'underdog' position you have condemned me to be. When you judge yourself to be the maestro singlehandedly,I feel it is quite showing. Feeling big often is the result of being small- actually. Sheekadu way dhamaatay dhe

BG, is that the Giorgain Prez? Cast your minds back to 2 years ago. Lebanon. Now compare the reactions of the 'international community' and how long the wars lasted.

One wonders what the reaction would have been had this thread been posted by A&T Ng, tea?? tea?? She will lose her childhood making tea if you're not careful (remember that hijab debate? )