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    @Alpha reer tolkaa have tried their best laakiin gaaladaas talyanku with their team of dinosaurs get away with it.... did you happen to see Ivory coast (can't spell the french name) VS qolooyinkii Japaaniiska....I was heartbroken at Japan's first goal but the lions have revived my hope in Africa to qualify and generally they have good hope( most pathetic group) ...Marka xigta saw ma ladnind?

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    @Cidansultan, You don't have to look far, we still have real live examples of ISIS like Al-shabab and Boko haram, actually its becoming a trend, such extremist groups are born out of injustice and the need for savior, first they gain support of masses due to charitable works and establishing a 'mirage' semi-Islamic administrations in controlled regions, then start succumbing to the habit of self-destruction عادت حليمة لعادتها القديمة.... ISIS is no different than our infamous Al-shabab, different geography might call for different measures, but in the core they have the same ideology and even following -and will follow- in the same footsteps.

    Blatant insurgency will do it for Islam , ISIS is teeming with people of varying agendas, Those fighting out of injustice, another of hatred, another of political interest (Former Ba'athis) and Small group suffering from the Jihad fever. ....

     

    Since now they attracted the attention of the world I doubt they will spread anywhere, worst case scenarios few sunnahs in Lebanon might attempt a bold move and ignite fire in lebanon but I doubt it will surmount to anything, Remember Shia and non-Muslims still make the Majority in Lebanon. ....

    Jordan is in similar condition to another neighboring countries of Saudi arabia or Even turey and Iran. Jordan is predominantly Sunnah muslim and monarch family had always harbored anti-shia sentiments, but the biggest factor here is that the Country was and will continue to enjoy unlimited stability (most stable in the middle east) .... ...

    Baghdad is dead a end for ISIS; Shi'ites, western powers and to lesser extent neighboring gulf countries will not allow further expansion.

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    Recently while watchin a documentary about Big bang theory, fellow Somalis denounced the idea suddenly!.. so is many Muslims around the world, some people even still believe the moon landing was staged by MAraykanka and Earth is flat by literally quoting Quran without the depth of understanding required to interpret....I presented a verse from the quran and explained to them although Islamic scholars do not completely agree with Hubbles law, there are similar notions mentioned in the quran about the creation of universe...

     

    This is just one example of medieval ideas circulating among muslims. The biggest group to blame are the Muslim scholars, except for few most of them are irritated by the mention of science. A taabi' once said "Don't live beside a reciter! , If I say something that pleases for he will kill me and If I recite with beauty he will envy"... point is scholars should start encouraging the muslims to pursue knowledge not the other way.

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    Tragedy of a Music Icon and the Shame of a Nation by Bashir Goth

     

     

    ADDUUNYADA NIN DHOOFIYO

     

    Adduunyada nin dhoofiyo

    Ninkii deggan dhulkii hooyo

    Nin dhergiyo nin dhawr qaday

    Aan dheef hayan

    Dheddig iyo laboodbaa

    Hawli kama dhammaatee

    Qof waliba wixii dhibay

    Dhafoorkay ku taallaa

    ***

    (Whether you be a migrant

    Or you stay back at home

    Whether you live in affluence

    Or you sleep on empty stomach for days

    Whether you are a male or a female

    The world never spares anyone of suffering

    And everyone’s own misery and hardship

    Can be noticed easily on one’s temples…

     

    Widely known as the Somali King of Melody, Maxamad Saleeban Tubeec’s unique, modulate and soaring voice spoke prophetically of the fate that would befall the Somali nation and with it Somali culture of which music is its crown jewel.

     

    After more than half a century of fame during which Tubeec has entertained, mesmerized, and moved the passions of the Somali people with his magical and inimitable voice in defiance of the ugly tyranny of the Somali people against his rights as a human being and a native citizen, he is now lying in a hospital bed far from home. He said the doctors in Germany where has been taken for treatment confirmed to him that he needs a surgical operation, an operation that he cannot financially afford. The painful news came through a desperate appeal he made through a Somali TV channel, asking Somali people and the Somali government to assist him in meeting the hospital expenses so he can undergo this life giving surgery.

     

    In any world, other than this surrealistic situation of Somalia, Tubeec would have been not only a source of national pride for his contribution to Somalia’s music heritage but also a wealthy man from the copyright and sales of his works. But is it no wonder that within the Somali context where there is no copyright and no respect for intellectual property that artists, no matter how significantly they contribute to the collective national memory of the people, would remain on the lowest rung of the economic ladder.

     

    As a person who grew up in the heyday of Somali music and literature in the 1960s and 70s when music rocked people’s passions with its magical melody, its powerful poetry, and its appeal to the ambitions and dreams of the young Somali nation, I could never have envisioned the day when the whole nation would collapse and Somali musical icons would suffer and die of negligence and anonymity in their old age.

     

    Hearing Tubeec’s pathetic condition, I travelled down memory lane and with the help of like minded people who preserved his music on YouTube, tried to relive the golden age of his music when he breathed the beauty of life into the hearts and souls of people who loved his music but wouldn’t otherwise treat him as an equal human being due to his clan. The days when his melodies symbolized everything beautiful in life and through it we all felt to be immortal.

     

    It was ironic that I encountered his famous lyrics which Somalis have through decades sang and may continue to sing even centuries to come to ring in every New Year. As we stand at the beginning of a New Year, 2014, it is painful and somewhat apocalyptic to hear Tubeec singing the powerful words of Hussein Aw Farah:

     

    KII NOO HAGAAGEE NOQO LOO HANWEYNYAHAY

     

    Waan heesayaayee

    Sannad waliba hoodiyo

    Hawl iyo dhibaatiyo

    Wuxu hadimo leeyahay

    Waa laga helaayoo

    Hadhaw lagu xusuustaa

    Kii noo hagaagee

    Noqo loo hanweynyahay…

    ***

    (I am going to sing

    That every year

    Brings with it what

    It has to offer

    In affluence and in misery

    And it is remembered

    In what it gives

    O New Year

    Be one that brings us

    Good tidings

    To earn our admiration…

     

    One couldn’t miss, however, and might even remember it with a nostalgic feeling how Tubeec spoke to our hearts and made us live life to the full with his song Waqti (Time) in which he admonished Time to stay away from him and let him enjoy his youthful days.

     

    WAQTI

     

    Hawshiyo dhibaatada

    Dhallinyaro intaan ahay

    Ha ii soo dhaweynine

    Waxan ii dhammaynayn

    Sharaftayda dhawrooo…

    ***

    (While I enjoy my youthful days

    O Time

    Spare me

    From your miseries and sufferings

    Let me enjoy my youthfulness to the full

    Dare you not harm my dignity...)

     

    Well indeed, Tubeec had a productive and beautiful youth as one of the most loved singers of his generation and a man crowned by the Somali people as the King of Melody. Tubeec was a born singer in every genre he under took. But there is no doubt that he first captured the heart and minds of the Somali people all over the Somali peninsula with his patriotic songs at the time of independence. It was Tubeec’s lyrics that dominated the airwaves during the celebrations for Independence anniversaries. I can recall how the feeling of the people soared with the hearing of Tubeec’s “Dharaartaan waxyeeladay Dhaqdhaqeen” (The Day I Cleansed Myself of Shame) which had become one of the indelible symbols of Somali independence:

     

    DHARAARTAAN WAXYEELADII DHAQDHAQAY

     

    Dhaaxaan gunimiyo

    Dhibaato mutoo

    Dhomaha la iga saaray

    Dhinacyada ee

    Dharaartaan waxyeeladii

    Dhaqdhaqnee

    Calanka dhidbay

    Sow ma soo dhicin…”

    ***

    The Day I Cleansed Myself of Shame Day

    (“Many a time, I had suffered

    Ignominy and harshness

    And have been loaded

    On both sides

    Like a beast of burden

    O hasn’t the day

    Has come

    When I cleansed myself of shame

    And I hoisted the flag…”)

     

    I can only imagine how much the words of this song rang bells in Tubeec’s inner soul for while he was passionately singing about the removal of the yoke of colonialism and oppression, he knew in the deepest parts of his heart that he and his family were still carrying the yoke of centuries old societal heinous discrimination and oppression that his voice couldn’t erase. But he still sang for the promise of the day with a great degree of patriotism and optimism.

     

    Another of his unforgettable independence songs was “Way Ahaataye Maaanta” (Yes, today we have done it”, a song with lyrics talking about the need for collaboration and cohesiveness in decision making between the leaders and the people, a message that has lost its way to the heart of the Somali people.

     

    WAY AHAATAYE MAANTA

    Hadba kii arrin keena

    Ka kale aqbalaayaa

    Ilaahii ina siiyey

    Isagaa ku abaale

    Way ahaataye maanta

    Si wanaagsan u iida

    ***

    YES, TODAY WE HAVE DONE IT

    He, whoever initiates an idea

    And the one who listens and supports it

    O Thanks to Almighty

    Who bestowed on us such harmony

    And unity of purpose

    Yes, today we have done it

    And we must celebrate it

    With peace and gracefulness…”

     

    Apart from his patriotic songs, Tubeec’s fame came from his dignified and serene voice, coupled with the pure classical Somali music that represented the era before Somali music was adulterated with foreign styles which is adopted wholesale by modern singers.

     

    Among the most famous of his plethora of love songs was “Dhool Da’ay La Moodyeey” ( O You whose beauty resembles that of a day after rain”

     

    DHOOL DA’AY LA MOODYEEY

    Dhool da’ay la moodeeyey

    Waan kugu dhadhabayaayey

    Dharaartaynu kullanaa

    Dhulku ila wareegeey

    Dhimasho iyo nolol

    Ayaan kala dhex joogaa

    ***

    “O You whose beauty resembles that of a day after rain

    Since the day I met you

    The earth seems to be spinning around me

    And I stand between death and life…”

     

    Yet another one of his memorable love songs is “Nayruus” (Nowruz) which he performs with Magool, known also as the Queen of Melody, thus making them a heaven-made duet, and arguably the best two voices of Somali music of all time.

     

    NAYRUUS

     

    Weligay kumaan nicin

    Naagana kuma ag dhigin

    Ka nixina ismaan odhan naruuroy

    Ka nixina ismaan odhan nasteexooy…

    ***

    “I never have ceased to love you

    I never have compared you with other women

    Never have it occurred to me to let you down

    O my gracious deliverance

    Never have it occurred to me to let you down

    O my precious darling.

     

    It was in Lagos in 1977 that Tubeec and Magool mesmerized the African audience with their magical, authentic Somali voices. And one of the highlights of the night was“ “MINANKAYGII HADDAAD TIMI’ which I recommend every reader of this piece to watch and enjoy these two artists’ stellar music and regal performance.

    The precious archives of Tubeec’s music is priceless and deserve more than a book to cover it, but to throw a couple of more lines into the memory trove, I cannot miss to recall “Hanqaaro” (Urge)

     

    NAFTAYDA ADAA HANQAAROO

    Naftaydaa adaa hanqaaroo

    Hablihii kale waan ka hadhayee

    Anigu kaa helay hubaalee

    Adigu mayla haysaa…

    ***

    “O you have caused the urge in me

    And I let go of all other women

    My admiration for you is absolute

    I wonder if have yours in return ..”

     

    Definitely the list continues and includes Cimrigiiba Jacayl, AMAANADA ILAAHAY, Malyuun Hibo, and of course the great song of Hooyo (mother).

     

    This is not a eulogy as Tubeec is very much alive and I wish him quick recovery but it is an attempt to remind the Somali people and the Somali government that our cultural icons and music legends like Tubeec and Cabdi Tahliil who is also ill and in need of treatment should never have been allowed to meet this fate.

     

    It is almost a crime that we had the music of Tubeec and Tahliil to enjoy and took pride in the legacy they left for us and then let them suffer and face life alone in their twilight years. Undeniably the tragedy that befell Tubeec and other artists like him reflects the tragedy of a nation whose country, heritage, and collective memory are all in ruins, but the Somali governments, no matter what, are duty bound to give these artists the status and financial pension that they rightly deserve.

     

    Finally, I would like to urge the Somali people and particularly the Somali government to extend their support and welfare to Tubeec and Tahliil who unlike other artists cannot seek clan support and who despite historical injustices always count the Somali people as a whole as their Tol.

     

    It will only be befitting to end this peace with Tubeec’s following heart-wrenching song:

     

    AMAANADA ILAAHAY

    Ma ogtahay ayaantii

    Ilmadu kaa da’aysee

    Indhahaaga qoysaan

    Inan yahay xasuustoo

    Uurkaan ka ooyoo

    Waan kaa ashahaatee

    ***

    “O darling, don’t you know the day

    When tears rolled down

    And soaked your eyes

    O darling, I do remember it well

    As I cried my heart out

    And felt great empathy for you…”

    Posted by Bashir Goth at 10:31 AM No comments:

     

     

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    that is not attitude its called being uncivilized and barbaric....the paragraph in bold could be easily summarized in uncivilized and barbaric...as much as I like Somalis and as much as I am proud that I am somali, as much as I have that awkward feeling of being to superior to Indhayarta (asians),Jar.eerta(Africans),cimaamadlayda (arabs), Cadaanka (Whites simply) and similar racist words...it boils down to the fact that I am an uncivilized barbaric brute..... in every civilization that existed living harmoniously was a condition although peace was not.

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    Wherever you go, Somali region of Ethiopia , Somaliland, puntland or the wretched Somali administration...Madaxda dawlada is a term associated organized legalized looting of public - some cases - private property. naive spectators may couple Madaxda dawlada with ethical and moral expectations but a hyena is hyena as well he might laugh like a human, Somali have the tendency of choosing the scum of society to lead them and in funny turn of events blame the same scum they brought to power....Although loosely related I find Sayid's gabay suitable

     

    Allahayoow muxuu ferenjigii nacas fariideeyey

    Nin aan aabbihiis fuuli jirin faras muxuu saaray.

     

    Feranji in this case (the wretched Somali administration)

     

    No legal system, judicial law, court order or presidential decree will give those poor people their property back....Allaha u gargaaro..ps he I am not surprised if I see him in the next few years him being appointed as wasiirka guriyaynta or dib-u-dajinta

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    I cannot imagine how sad it is when a man like him - and others who are still alive- look back at an age where they were aspiring to be a leading country, some youngsters dreaming to study and graduate from Jaamacadda umadda and similar well thought of institutions , other sought careers in far in land the country , some watching their children grow to a bright future in a great nation --Jamhuuriyada dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya-----Suddenly all that becomes gone with the wind, a period of incertitude ensues....

     

    Allaha u naxariiste,,but he died inside before the corporeal death...

     

    Another great man goes down. History will remember him.

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    Somalis are a pack of wolves that could not go along with each other...still the homogeneous society prosecutes and discriminates each other along lineage and tol'laayeey lines...the Bantu community, Beelaha la hayb sooco and Reer Xamar communities are issues need to be addressed by the somali psyche before descending to much complex areas of discussion as religious intolerance, Xenophobia (OROMO) etc.

    a glimpse of hope for prosecuted communities has emerged due to the growing voices against such acts as hayb-sooc..while majority still use the 'guilty denial', a small minority openly disapprove of prosecuted communities usually in Camel-herding rural areas!...

     

    point is....Sheeekadan 'religious intolerance' meesheedii iyo xiligeedii lama joogo. kaaf iyo kala dheeri.

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    Hospitals are treated the same way patients are treated!....In Somali inhabited lands you have only 4 protocols of treating patients ...

    1) ailing patient....give them PAINKILLER (Paracetamol -known as dhakafaar- Aspirin, ibuprofen etc)

     

    2) patients with cardinal signs of infections.....ANTIBIOTIC (empirical blind therapy with outdated antibiotics as cloramphenicol)

     

    3) Abnormal behavior, Hemorrhoids (WEIRD!) , seizures, hallucinations etc...... RUGTA CILAAJKA SHEEKH HEBEL.

     

    4) patients with otherwise unidentified illness....... the ultimate treatment...QOFKAN hala qaado Either ADDIS/NAIROBI/DJIBOUTI kolba tii dhaw.

     

     

    Hospital hygiene is a tertiary issue where proper qualified staff is absent. .

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    We outgrew being nomads. Nomad-ism is no longer viable nor the only available option nowdays, everywhere you visit in Somali inhabited lands, from the river basins , the never-ending Hawd or the hellish Guban , most settlers are seniors and their biggest complaint is "Lack of workforce" (Dhalinyaro beeraha qodda ama xoolaha raacda)...We are having a nomad version of Japans elderly crisis inside the underdeveloped horn.

     

    Harsh changing climates,persistent droughts, desertification and lack of grazing lands are all natural causes working against nomadism, more importantly Reer-magaalnimo temptations are having atoll on youngsters through its virtues such as education and vices such as Qat.

    politics and boundaries are making freedom of movement a nuisance for reer-guuraa Style.

     

    Nomadism and to a similar extent the Somali "Miyi" are endangered and frankly incompatible with 21st century, its time we reinvent our livestock herding methods and cultivation techniques (a last chance to save our dwindling livestock numbers). Nomadism should take the backseat and enjoy a life hard-earned glory in our museums and bookshelves. its time to move on....Tareenka ha la raaco. ... let us be proper reer magaal...

     

    Oday Soomaali, you might not like the truth...like truth hurts ...runtu ma fantaa!