Xaaji Xunjuf;783611 wrote: Somalis mistrust each other which made them live like this its hard to win that trust back neighboring countries take advantage of that. We have to do something about that. We have to do something about the situation. If we don't then who will ? As disagreeable as our people are, theya re still our people and the entire world knows us as Somali. We need to bring our people together, for divided we fall and united we stand - a tall order I know, but we have to be the change that we want to see in the world. We qurbojoog supposedly are the elite of the Somali people, the most affluent, most educated, most travelled - all of this reflects on us. You, I and every person on this board could be making a difference... heck we should be making a difference. But in order to help others, in order to rid our people of their demons, we have to cure ourselves of our own [personal] demons, as Allah (swt) is our witness, we have to have pure, noble and good intentions. We have to try to be a contribution to the solution, not the problem. We need to see the bigger picture, the long term consequences, the untold truths and implications.

Sat Dec 1, 2007 80 Somali migrants drown off Yemen About 80 immigrants have drowned off the coast of Yemen after their boat sank while trying to travel from Somalia to the country. Rescuers and fishermen have so far retrieved 27 bodies from the sea. ''There are now 26 (bodies) at the shore. There are women, men… and two children ,'' Ahmed Qutran, a resident helping in the rescue operation told Reuters. At least 75 Somali migrants drown off Yemen. 03/28/2008 At least 75 Somalis have drowned off the coast of Yemen while trying to cross from Somalia to the Arab country, a Yemeni official said. The official said the captain of the vessel carrying more than 250 migrants forced them to leave the ship and to try to swim ashore on Thursday. About 180 survived, the official from southern Abyan province told Reuters. 15th April 2008 18 migrants drown off Yemen coast At least 18 Somali migrants have drowned off the coast of Yemen while trying to cross from Somalia to the Arabian Peninsula country. Yemeni officials said on Sunday that the crew of the vessel carrying about 120 migrants forced them to jump into the sea off Yemen's coastline to swim ashore . "Yemen coastguard boats rescued some of the refugees and the rest swam to the shore while 18 drowned," 1 March 2009 Somali migrants 'drown off Yemen' Forty-five Somalian migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen earlier this week, Somalian diplomats have said. Three survivors were rescued by Yemeni fishermen after the boat capsized and were taken to the port of Mukalla. On Monday, two Somali women, one of them five months pregnant, were reported to have drowned off Yemen's Shabwa region, as smugglers disembarked passengers too far from the shore despite rough seas. Another person is missing and presumed dead. According to new arrivals there were 55 Somalis aboard the boat, which set out from another village east of Bossaso last Saturday. The vessel sailed through rough seas for some 41 hours before approaching Bir Ali, 500 kilometres east of Aden. Thu Feb 24, 2011 49 Somalis migrants drown off Yemen coast Forty-nine Somali migrants drowned when their boat capsized during heavy winds in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen's southern coast, the Yemeni interior ministry said Thursday. The group who were attempting reach Yemen, "drowned off the coast of Bir Ali in the south ... when their boat capsized four nautical miles offshore" during a wind storm on Tuesday, a ministry statement said. 04/01/2011 45 Migrants drown off the coast of Yemen More than 40 Ethiopian and Somali migrants have drowned off the coast of Yemen after their boat capsized in the Gulf of Aden, according to UN and aid agencies in the region. A second boat with an unknown number of migrants has also been reported missing in rough seas off the coast of Yemen. 30 January 2012 Libya boat accident leaves 55 Somalis dead At least 55 Somali migrants were killed and many left missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this week, the Somali ambassador to Tripoli said Saturday. "Fifteen bodies, including one child and 12 women, were recovered off the coast of Misrata after their boat sank," ambassador Abdelghami Wais told AFP, adding the bodies were found Wednesday on the shore of the western port city. At least 27 civlians has been killed and 58 others have been wounded in the fighting and shelling taking place in Mogadishu during the last three days.

8 January 2012 Kenyan military continue airstrike in southern Somalia killing at least two civilians near Garbaharey district in Gedo region on Saturday. 2012/02/01 Ethiopian troops kill civilians in Beledweyne Four people were killed and two others were injured when Ethiopian troops in Beledweyne town opened fire on civilians at a bridge in the city, reports say. A woman and a primary school head teacher were among those killed during the fatal incident. 24 January 2012 Mogadishu — The Ethiopian troops in the town of Beledweyn in Hiran region, central Somalia have deliberately shot and killed at least three civilians over 'Al-shabab suspicion', reports said on Tuesday. Shabelle Media reporter in the town say, the Ethiopian soldiers have separately killed on Tuesday afternoon three persons, including teenagers and a well-known businessman August 16, 2008 CNN Ethiopian forces in Somalia have killed at least 46 civilians after a roadside bomb ripped through their military convoy, residents said. The violence happened Friday on the road linking Mogadishu to the agriculturally rich town of Afgooye, residents said. Omar said he and others fled to the nearby forest as the Ethiopian forces began shooting everywhere . Some of the dead were recovered from the forest on the side of the road, indicating some passengers tried to escape the shooting, she said. US Drone Kills 25 Civilians in Somalia 'The US drone carried out attacks Thursday morning near Afmadow city in southern Somalia, leaving 25 people dead and 50 others wounded. The US has expanded the number of its aerial attacks by unmanned remote-controlled aircraft in Somalia. 31 October 2011 Kenya air raid in Somalia Jilib town kills civilians - BBC At least five people, including three children, have died after a refugee camp in southern Somalia was bombed, the MSF charity says. Three children, a woman and a man were killed in the attack and another 45 people were treated for shrapnel wounds, MSF-Holland Somalia mission head Gautam Chatterjee said. Somalia has been without an effective for more than 20 years. 21 December 2011 At least 15 civilians have been killed in two air raids on an Islamist-controlled village in Somalia near the Kenyan border, witnesses told the BBC. Kenya's military confirmed it had carried out two attacks by air in the area of Hosingow village Somalia has been without an effective for more than 20 years.

Reer siyaasad jecelow, Bal ila dhegaysta There are two parts to it. one from the beggining, the other starts @ 1.50.

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Nin-Yaaban;783398 wrote: So in other words your saying its ok to cheat and not play by the rules? Yes ... so long as you dont get 'caught'. Why, do you disagree ?

None I take it ?

I think it would be interesting and beneficial to share the lessons that life has taught you. To write that in a few sentences is a big task but i'll give it a try: - Change is good. Change means adaption, new experience and environments. From changing your house or car, to changing the country in which you reside and your haircut - change is good. You either enjoy it or learn from it. - Mistakes, problems, setbacks are a 'good' thing - in so far as 'what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger'. This may sound cliché, but it means that there is much to learn from 'pain'. - Happines is a state of mind. It really is. However, a certain level of 'detachment' is neccesary to achieve this 'state of mind'. Once you learn to use controlled detachment. - Failling to plan, is planning to fail. - For those who play by the rules or do things by the books, this has been and will forever be their weakness. They have fundamentally misunderstood the parameters of the game. They have failed to see that the sideline is actually a sideplank on which you can walk, if you keep your balance. It can be used to give you room for maneuvre - it is your competitive advantage. - Linked to the one above: know the rules, so that you may 'cheat' effectively. ADD TO!

I have always understood wacd-allah to be 'I swear to god'. As far as im aware there is no reference to another deity that I can spot. It is just a combination of wacad (meaning promise) and Allah.

Wacd-allah = Wacad & Allah not ?

^ Waa fikrad wacan. It would be a nice gesture.

Magacda ubaxii ama shuhaddadii ku nafwaayey xasuuqii foosha xumaa ee xabashida. AUN N# Magac (Names) Da' (age) Fasal (Grade) 1 Ilyaas Ibraahim Maydhane 12 4 2 Ismaaciil Muuse Tubeec 13 4 3 Abadir X/ibrahim Xaaji 11 4 4 Axmed Idiris Ibraahim 12 4 5 Axmed Ibraahim X/ bookh 12 4 6 Ubax Cumar Maydhane 10 3 7 Anisa daahir Caateeye 10 3 8 Maxamuud Maxamed Daahir 10 3 9 Yaassiin Daahir Ibraahim 10 3 10 Abdi Hassan Cali 9 3 11 Abdi Ahmed Yuusuf 10 4 12 Husseen Maxamed Nuur 12 3 13 Sacaada Cabdulle Faarah 10 3 14 Maxamed Xasan Faarah 9 3 15 Nimca Maxamed Xirsi 10 3 16 Raashid Huseen Cige 10 3 17 Cabdi Ismaaciil Xasan 11 3 18 Maxamed Aw/ Aadan Cabdi 8 2 19 Khadra Maxamed Xirsi 9 2 20 Maxamed Idiris Miicaad 8 2 21 A/risaaq SH/maxamed 10 2 22 Sahra Aaden 6 1 23 Faadumo orod ku dharag 6 1 24 Fa�isa H/Ibraahim Muusae 12 4 25 Ruqiya Maydhane Muxumed 10 2 26 Hibo Axmed Ali yey 11 4 27 Maxamed Xasan Xandulle 13 4 28 Hinda Axmed Cilmi 10 3 29 Hibo Barkhad Qayaad 9 3 30 Qayaad Barkhad Qayaad 11 4 31 Deeqa Yuusuf Cige 10 3 32 mustafe Cilmi Weyrax 9 2 33 C/laahi Nuur Cumar 14 8 34 Axmed Cabdi Barre 11 3 35 Kaltuun Abubakar Sheekh 10 4 36 Warla Cilmi Subagle 9 3 37 Sucaad Cali Obsiiye 14

Xaaji Xunjuf;782637 wrote: AUN allah qabriga ha u nuuro Amiin. Amiin. Amiin.

In total 37 students were killed in that day. Also 4 of their teachers were killed. Another 39 students and 5 teachers were gravely wounded. Here are some of their pictures AUN. http://www.somalitalk.com/2007/sept/07sep207.html

http://www.somalitalk.com/2007/sept/07sep207.html

Paying our respect to those innocent Somali children who were mercilessly slaughtered by Ethiopian airstrikes on Borama city schools and homes 30th January 1984. They may be gone but they will never be forgotten. RIP, AUN. Samir iyo imaan to relatives who are re-living losing their innocent loved ones.

Do you lot never tire ? You are just screaming the same old things. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Tomorrow we will see Somaliland/SSC thread ~ 2,000,001

AL-Rawda mosque Boosaaso - almost complete in july 2011

I did say picture thread but I jsut came across this video about reconstruction in Mogadishu

A new labratory facility in the compound of The University of Hargeisa. http://oodweynenews.com/news/59050-madaxweyne-ku-xigeenka-somaliland-oo-xadhiga-la-jaray-shaybaadh-casri-iyo-dhisme-cusub-oo-lagu-hir-galiyey-jaamacada-hargeysa-sawiro.html

Dhismaha Masaajidka Al-Rawda ee Boosaaso. Again 2009. I do like the buildings in the background (first/last pic) though. http://www.somalimirror.com/2009/09/10/xaggee-marayaa-dhismaha-masjidka-al-rawda-ee-magaalada-boosaaso/

This is Jaamacad laga hirgelinaayay gobolka Hiiraan. This project and picture date from 2009. http://somaliswisstv.com/2009/06/28/shirka-jaaliyada-reer-hiiraan-ee-finland/ It looks more like residential housing.

This thread will be dedicated to collating pictures of the various construction projects being carried out up and down the country. No matter how modest or expansive the endeavours, it is welcome to be posted in this thread. I encourage you all to contribute if you come across any projects. Please also post the source/link to any picture/project you post, just as a point of reference for anyone who wants to investigate further that particular project. Hopefully this thread will make it easier to follow projects back home, for those of us who are interested. Mahadsanid

^ Combining parts of different gobols doesn't count lol :confused: ... or can one say a 1/3 of this gobol, 5/6 of this one, 1/2 of this one, mabye a sprinkle of this gobol too... with just a hint of that gobol and voilà :D

LOL I could have swore I saw the nickname 'Somalia' somewhere