IF by Rudyard Kipling. IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son Great advice!

As I explained earlier, Allah s.w.t. helped me “see” things differently, something I could not even see when I had my two eyes. I saw good news in the bad news; I saw Allah s.w.t’s. mercy in a “musibah”, and so many others. But I still write this article to share the knowledge and lessons I learned from my ordeal, and especially to tell you HOW MERCIFUL ALLAH S.W.T. is, if He can be so merciful to a “very imperfect” person like me, know that He will also be merciful to any of you, provided that we continuously put our trust and hope in Him alone. Subhannallah. Being able to acknowledge that, now thats a blessing from Allah. Ilaahay ha u naxaristo. Thanks for sharing.

Oh this was really needed, thanks blessed. Cambaro and hurre walanwaal is my favourite. Anyone knows if its in written form? I've only seen the video of yuusuf shaacir. Here is another one, an intro to Canab Guuleeds gabay "qaybta nolosha". Adduun waa qisiyo yaab,quusayoon gudhine; marna waa qaflado iyo naxdino,qaawan abidkoode qorraxdii dhacdiyo waagu,way kala qalloocdaane, qosolkla iyo farxadaheedu waa,qaaban soconayne, qof waliba wixii loo qoruu,qayb u helayaaye, http://oodweynenews.com/articles/12465-qaybta-1-aad-ee-gabayada-canab-guuleed-maxamad.html

Congrats MashaAllah. barwaaqo Milgo Malyuun Jawaahir Saxarla Salugla Kinsi Cawrala Cosob Aamuun Waris

Walaal, I really hope you delete that picture. The girl probably doesnt know its circulating all around. Plus people steal pictures. what if it got stolen from her and she did this privately as a joke.

Brother it is wrong to target arabs for the misery caused by our own people. .Surely, somalis are to blame for the predicament they're in and for loosing out on their culture Also it is not only arabs that are promoting their language across their borders. Even if Arabs do so, as long as they dont make it the official medium of instruction in schools, its fine by me. It'll only benefit our brethrens and strenghten them in their quest to learn the deen. Since you are worried about the survival of our cultural heritage. Its surprising that you dont mention countries such as the US, Britain, France etc.They are doing it on a larger scale, in the name of loans & educational assistance; imported textbooks, foreign currucilums with no relevance to our childrens language, history, cultural values and norms. If anything it is those countries that are disrupting the learning processes of our children and violating linguistic human rights that are the real threat.

^^ Joe is one of the best. Classic songs btw, I used to love this one. Van Morrison- someone like you I've been searching a long time For someone exactly like you. I've been traveling all around the world Waiting for you to come through Someone like you Make it all worth while Someone like you Keep me satisfied Someone exactly like you. I've been traveling a hard road I've been looking for someone exactly like you I've been carrying my heavy load Waiting for the light to come shining through Someone like you Make it all worth while Someone like you Keep me satisfied Someone exactly like you. I've been doing some soul searching To find out where you were at I've been up and down the highway In all kinds of foreign lands Someone like you Make it all worth while Someone like you Keep me satisfied Someone exactly like you. I've been all around the world Marching to the beat of a different drum But now lately I have realized Maybe the best is yet to come. Someone like you Make it all worth while Someone like you Keep me satisfied Someone exactly like you. Someone exactly like you. Someone exactly like you. The best is yet to come. Oh, the best is yet to come. Someone exactly like you .

Archdemos;776788 wrote: It seems the older I get the more isolated and less integrated I feel with mainstream British society. Once very much an insider I now look at things differently, and a lot of it has to do with my Islamic and cultural principals. I may have felt at home in Britain for a long time, but the changing attitudes of the brits and the drift to the right in European politics is really starting to worry me. Maybe its as a result of lack of critical argument in our media, or just a dumbing down of society but people these today rely too much on abbreviated angles to news, which is excellent on rapportage and terrible on analysis. Would I want to raise children here, would I want to put all my eggs in one basket, purchase a home in the long run and be tied down with no mobility. Will there come a time when there will be a rush to get off this island we call home? Maybe I’m being paranoid, but I definitely sense a change in views in attitudes of those I have known the longest since the age of 6. When once islam was simply a religious and cultural difference its now the become your one linear identity, and there is an unspoken uneasy toleration of this in work places up and down the country. . I'm having the same thoughts aswell walaal. Its not easy times, how things are heading is indeed worrying. As for the somalis in the british navy. My grandfather that was a former seaman share that sentiment. Now that he's finally settled down, he is far from home, longs for it and home, well it isnt really the home he once knew. Its sad. Back to the q, Do I feel at home? No, not at all. It wasnt until my early teens that i got to see home. And ever since then, I've longed for it every single day.

Why not . Qof kuma qiimeyo anigu by a piece of paper. Education is not limited to formal schooling. As long as the person is content and enjoy the fruits of his labour then its all good.

Born in Abu dhabi. Raised in scandinavia from the age of 5 months.

MashaAllah. That was beautiful.

Waa arrin aan ka yaabey. Every time I come home from a large somali muxaadaro, I promise my self that I'll not go there again due to repeating rude incidents. Yet I find my self going there again. I think lack of patience triggers something. Just standing in a line and waiting for ones turn, or not pushing the person before you to the side, seem to be difficult. I agree with those saying before me, that scholars should stress the importance of good manners and its great virtues during their lectures. From what i've seen it should be a top priority.