hodman

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  1. shrimpkayga horta maxaa kugu diray meesha adiga aa ka masuul ah inaa shidid ee igaarka cusubna hawl gali BBC kulahaa wax wareersan...caalamkay la socdaan reer SOL way dalaceen
  2. The problem is not going away as long as they are blaming women for the bad behavior of men. Really sad situation from people who profess Islam
  3. Maxaa noo rinjiyeenee Tuujiye sideenaa ku haysanaaye
  4. ^^ let me know when u find one am coming too!
  5. ^^ Speaking of dabrid, hadaad in badan daaqada ka daawanaysay yaa albaabka kaa furay? Soo dhowow, naso deedna u've got some explaining to do
  6. here AIRO – The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab world is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first-ever regional conference addressing the once taboo topic. Activists from 17 countries across the region met in Cairo for a two-day conference ending Monday and concluded that harassment was unchecked across the region because laws don't punish it, women don't report it and the authorities ignore it. The harassment, including groping and verbal abuse, is a daily experience women in the region face and makes them wary of going into public spaces, whether it's the streets or jobs, the participants said. It happens regardless of what women are wearing. With more and more women in schools, the workplace and politics, roles have changed but often traditional attitudes have not. Experts said in some places, like Egypt, harassment appears sometimes to be out of vengeance, from men blaming women for denied work opportunities. Amal Madbouli, who wears the conservative face veil or niqab, told The Associated Press that despite her dress, she is harassed and described how a man came after her in the streets of her neighborhood. "He hissed at me and kept asking me if I wanted to go with him to a quieter area, and to give him my phone number," said Madbouli, a mother of two. "This is a national security issue. I am a mother, and I want to be reassured when my daughters go out on the streets." Statistics on harassment in the region have until recently been nonexistent, but a series of studies presented at the conference hinted at the widespread nature of the problem. As many as 90 percent of Yemeni women say they have been harassed, while in Egypt, out of a sample of 1,000, 83 percent reported being verbally or physically abused. A study in Lebanon reported that more than 30 percent of women said they had been harassed there. "We are facing a phenomena that is limiting women's right to move ... and is threatening women's participation in all walks of life," said Nehad Abul Komsan, an Egyptian activist who organized the event with funding from the U.N. and the Swedish development agency. Harassment has long been a problem in Mideast nations. But it was little discussed until three years ago, when blogs gave posted amateur videos showing a crowd of men assaulting women in downtown Cairo during a major Muslim holiday in one of the most shocking harassment incidents in the region. The public outcry sparked an unprecedented public acknowledgment of the problem in Egypt and elsewhere in the region, and drove the Egyptian government to consider two draft bills addressing sexual harassment. Sexual harassment, including verbal and physical assault, has been specifically criminalized in only half a dozen Arab countries over the past five years. Most of the 22 Arab states outlaw overtly violent acts like rape or lewd acts in public areas, according to a study by Abul Komsan. Participants at the conference said men are threatened by an increasingly active female labor force, with conservatives laying the blame for harassment on women's dress and behavior. In Syria, men from traditional homes go shopping in the market place instead of female family members to spare them harassment, said Sherifa Zuhur, a Lebanese-American academic at the conference. Abul Komsan described how one of the victims of harassment she interviewed told her she had taken on the full-face veil to stave off the hassle. "She told me 'I have put on the niqab. By God, what more can I do so they leave me alone,'" she said, quoting the woman. Some even said they were reconsidering going to work or school because of the constant harassment in the streets and on public transpiration. Where segregation between the sexes is the norm and women are sheltered by religious or tribal customs, cases of sexual harassment are still common at homes and in the times when women must venture out, whether to markets, hospitals or government offices. In Yemen, where nearly all women are covered from head to toe, activist Amal Basha said 90 percent of women in a published study reported harassment, specifically pinching. "The religious leaders are always blaming the women, making them live in a constant state of fear because out there, someone is following them," she said. If a harassment case is reported in Yemen, Basha added, traditional leaders interfere to cover it up, remove the evidence or terrorize the victim. In Saudi Arabia, another country where women cover themselves completely and are nearly totally segregated from men in public life, women report harassment as well, according to Saudi activist Majid al-Eissa. His organization, the National Family Safety Program, has been helping draft a law criminalizing violence against women in the conservative kingdom, where flirting can often cross the line into outright assault. Discussion of the law begins Tuesday. "It will take time especially in this part of the world to absorb the gender mixture and the role each gender can play in society," he said. "We are coping with changes (of modern life), except in our minds."
  7. maxaa xaasid ah dadkii bay ka yaabiyeene
  8. Bisinka :eek: :eek: How can she not know she is pregnant? p.s Ibti you can see what a procrastinator I am
  9. so is he doing a concert style thing?
  10. JB dhaqso dee, samir badan ma jiree
  11. OK NG now I have it in my head to find the word and can't let it go. Don't know what sounds like shiil and means phone is off. JB help!
  12. Originally posted by chubacka: Besides, most people put on their resolution eat better, why not do it righ now, why do u need to wait till 2010 to eat better . Because it gives you a bit more time to eat all the c*ap you want. THANk you finally someone understands me
  13. ^^^ Lambarka aad la hadashay lama heli karo, Sorry the mobile is powered off or something like dat
  14. lol Pluto IS still a planet I say . They can't just take back stuff like dat I must go study my dears...last day of two classes wooohoo
  15. hodman

    Miss Somalia

    ^^ Zack hence the power of imagination lol
  16. Hello Juxa. JB is an undercover Londoner makes more sense than him living in Hargeisa sometimes
  17. lol Cara now we feel pressured to be witty n all the wit flies out the ears
  18. Norf waxaan u maleeyay inuu mar hore yimi? Talk about diinkii dhaanshay
  19. hodman

    Learn 2 Knit

    How's the progress Curly?
  20. Dat is beautiful! oh am so mad no one ever told me about this! So many ppl in trouble right now! Hope I will see it sometime next year if I can make it back. Will hopefully take my son to see his folks then
  21. lol @ dhakhtar kaa ii qoray...addict waaxid!