With Faroole and Cabdi Iley moving increasingly closer, who knows what might happen, maybe there will be a joint beauty contest in Garowe soon...

The girls could learn a thing or 2 from one Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid...

Abu-Salman;914388 wrote: Well, you just described me, both dugsi macalin and teachers were fond of me, hooyo recently reminded me how they all liked me at school meetings. One funny thing was my geo/history French high school teacher, he barely believed how I anticipated him even in his pet areas (lignite mining in ex RDA etc), still kept his praising notes. Only and worst inconvenient was choosing majors at uni... This is getting very interesting! are you sure you are not my alter ego? Lol. The hardest thing in Uni was a chemistry unit called "nuclear magnetic resonance" (a technique used to identify molecules, you literally have to think in 3D to understand it) and I aced it. When the whole class was collecting 10%, I had 90%! I keep in touch with my teacher of that subject to this day, thinks am some sort of a genius! Because I was good at all the subjects, also had the same problems of choosing subjects, all of them wanted me to go their way...very difficult choices...

nuune;914353 wrote: ^^ dhiiragalinta NFD, that won't be possible, and BBC, owned by the British, used to propagate imperial propaganda, would not in any way be used by Somalia for dhiiragalinta NFD. You are mistaking Radio Muqdisho with BBC Somali BBC Somali Service was established in 1957 by the way. So Giriig's songs is no way connected to BBC Somali since he made his collections way before them, maybe after 1957, they might have aired his songs. Ps; Didn't realize you said Radio Cairo, what kind of Radio was this Bro I know this for a FACT, I read the full paper whose abstract is here: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=2461232 The full paper shows the actual songs played, when, the messages etc...

Alpha Blondy;914321 wrote: i've got a date today. its like 15:15 here and i expect to get ready for my date later this evening at 6pm. she's quite eager too. i wonder what this jeudi soir has in store for the Alpha. jeudi sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooir. the weekend starts now. it's gonna be the best weekend ever and i'm gonna party like it was 1969. LOL thanks, al. Oh la la! N'oubliez pas de raconter tes escapades ce soir. Don't forget to update us on your escapades this evening.

@Che, I see you are rubbing it in Somalee's face...almost like take that, and that, and that! A virtual slug-fest?

Abu-Salman;914215 wrote: Qansax, we share a key trait then, I've seen eclectic bros lately live and that was quite refreshing (thought it was very rare for Somalis); even as a kid I was much more absorbed by Somali history, parents eco or health/children dvpt books than school things. I wouldn't be surprised you were gifted/effortlessly good at school or learning too. Best student, top of the class, every teachers pet, from dugsi to school, the whole shebang. That was me...first to dart out of the house at the crack of dawn for school unlike my older brother who had to be dragged out of bed, literally!

nuune;914294 wrote: Coofle , glad you agree that Giriig is a super star, 1948kii, maybe I meant 1968kii, that is when timahaaga dheere came, but the man was singing as far as early 50s as was told by contemporary friends, too bad we don't keep taariikhda fanaaniinteena Radio Cairo used to have Somali service as early as 1960s so it is possible that the song was played in the early 60s as well. The service was used to good effect for dhiiragelinta NFD folks and telling folks there to join Somalia and secede from Kenya...

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Oh my my; here's Mandeeq, reminds me of my older sister who long passed, RIP, she loved Maandeeq and would sing her songs to me when I was upset and get me to smile. Looks like am in a sentimental mood today... We had an old gramophone record and LPs with the likes of Umm Kulthum...

Oh I simply LOVE this song, can someone get me the lyrics?

Haatu;907485 wrote: Visit Garissa in 10 years time IA. We're working on all you've just listed. Yeah right; no running water in the taps....

Reeyo;906863 wrote: ^Pray tell me where did you find an Somali Ud? Good luck finding a teacher, that is an art that needs to be preserved. Oud came from the Arabs; haven't you seen the Cairo orchestra or Lebanese music? Same with Mali and Sudanese and every other culture who came in touch with the Arabs...

SomaliPhilosopher;906858 wrote: Speaking of Kabans/Ouds, I recently purchased one. Know any Somalis in the Minnesota area that will teach an aspiring Omar Dhule? If you can get someone to teach you how to play a guitar - and there are plenty of classes - than you can play the kaban as well...

Jacpher;906845 wrote: ^Don't be in denial. Somali culture is kicking and alive. It just needs to rid itself of anything that's unislamic What is Somali culture, can someone explain to me? In detail?

Reeyo;906837 wrote: War dee waa runtay, you've ruined my very sentimental thread about rosey gone-by days of a different Somalia, sheesh. If you read carefully Jacpher it says 'Imagine going back for the first time' and 'what would you like to see'. Maxa kalee argtay? Somali culture doesn't need a reform, we've barely got any dhaaqan left. This Somalia? http://vintagesomalia.tumblr.com/page/7

Reeyo;906830 wrote: You are a sour one. I was not talking about clubs, just music and plays my friend. The way my parents described it. That was all, just a little wishing for some of the things my parents experienced. Don't get all heavy on me and start listing all the killings and what-not. There is always Havana, Cuba and Casablanca, Morocco....

Reeyo;906800 wrote: Apophis: Yeh the dress sense is bad, but anything else beside perving on women? lol . I don't mind skinny-dipping in Mogadishu or Kismayo's pristine beaches...but unlike the Qurbajoog's Tarzan was complaining about, I would like to do that at night...

oba hiloowlow;914126 wrote: http://vocaroo.com/i/s11swQD2UUlw I had to upload from my laptop Fabulous; much appreciated. There is a certain Magool quality about the lady in the duet. What's her name? They have added a third sound, a bit unusual - a violin sound of sorts...not sure if it is an actual violin or the sound of violin from a synthesizer...

wyre;914145 wrote: If you don't know axmed rabsha, ma adaaba qaaraami aqoon u leh @ qansax kkk. someone is on to me lol.

oba hiloowlow;914134 wrote: i've heard my father use that word never bothered to ask what it means Just like other languages e.g. English, Somali has regional variations. Someone in English might say "my newborn", "my new child", etc. So if you are not used to someone saying "newborn", it sounds strange. Also accents are different even when you use the same words. Someone from New England in the USA will not speak the same way as a Dixie/southerner or one from the Mid-West...

Alpha Blondy;914089 wrote: LOL@ Oba, look at the gaps between his teeth. he's an unuka from xamar. Gap between teeth/fanax is actually considered a mark of beauty in Somali society...and the kid is actually talented, a bit raw, a diamond in the rough.

Jacpher;914141 wrote: lol@dhuun. Dhuuniyaal waaxid. Kuwaan gab waaye macalinka. Ma kasaayaan afkooda noo. Most of us learn the language from our mothers and they are not grammatical in the Western understanding of language...so be patient with people and check facts e.g. in a dictionary. Haatu is RIGHT.

oba hiloowlow;914120 wrote: LOL i have no idea what Luqun is walahi, as for dhako waa qoor aka neck according to me Nope. I actually took the trouble to walk over to my library and got 2 fat dictionaries, see my post...

Neck = luqun; qoor; sur; dhuun Dhako = 1) hide oneself 2) crown of the head, summit. synonyms: baso, dhalo, kug These are dictionary definitions, not from me! So don't accuse Haatu of not knowing Somali because he is right.