Originally posted by chocolate & honey: I'm looking into mentoring girls. Maybe start a youth club or something, our girls are in need of guidance and girl-woman power That's a wonderful idea. If you ever need any volunteers I would be happy to help whenever I can since u live in MN

I actually saw this woman wiring money to Nigeria to allegedly rent an apartment here! Couldn't convince her to look into it further. What some ppl fall for

Much appreciated thanks for sharing. Lets also remember that our actions are bigger than any words we may utter and can be a testament to our beliefs

I really don't get ppl who bother to comment only to lecture others @ Mr. Somalia. I like your list C & L. I really admire teachers so keep rocking. As for my list...I guess keep working hard @ work and school. And oh yeah finally put my treadmill to good use

Been thinking of getting the Kindle. Glad to see some feedback on it

Somali girls r pretty there is no ifs

Thank you walaal this is very beneficial

This is truly sad may Allah have mercy on all of them. Here is another link to the same story New York Times

lol Ibti dat's still naughty

May Allah bless your little bundle of joy and the rest of your family as well.

Good for Mariam. Truly something to be proud of. I was also wondering if the poem is available online

wow I thought the US would be first! I guess McDonald's and Burger King are slacking off

Amazing transformation.

Amiin may Allah grant him easy passage to Jannah

Waad mahadsantahay sheikh Nur, Allah hainaga aqbalo Soonka iyo ducadaba

Originally posted by Kanzy: ^Would it be fitna to poke you? Just kidding. I don't even know what poking means on facebook. lol if you don't know what it means how did you know there is such a thing?

I am so jealous of u London ladies being able to get those dresses at da sister's house! I am always looking for something nice n long but the department stores over here just have retarded ones or they're too expensive and forget about finding anything unique at the Somali mall

May Allah bless you for this Ms DD. Eid Mubarak too

Originally posted by Norfsky: I think a few SOLers would feel at home there Degmo is a great idea and a great way of showing the young ones (myself included) how things are done in the Miyi. Good of The Guardian as well. urself included in the young ones This is a brilliant idea on the part of this guy. I would love to see this place (no milking xoolo for me tho) I had trouble with Ilyas saying he can't be both Somali and British. Why not?

Lol I was thinking the same thing! How did he learn French horta? And that whole thing about how he used to go swimming with his sweetheart all the time is another xawaaji

^^^ I agree just because a picture is posted online does not mean u should get an eyeful. Like C&H said either e-mail or text Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ How does one lower the gaze online, C&H? by not poking around other people's albums online

Originally posted by Diaspora_Dude: The fix is very easy one. Concentrated poverty results these kind of actions. Get rid of public assistance in the form of housing and food. Let these parents work so they can bring home what they have worked for. Teach their offspring that if they don't work there will be no roof over their heads and food on the table. Unless Somali parents break free from the SYSTEM, we will see more of these actions from our youngsters period. R u serious :eek: Sounds like what a privileged person might say. Being on assistance does not mean that people behave like morons, did you consider the considerable barriers some people have? And even when they work it night not be enough. BTW the "system" doesn't give dat much in form of support

Ninkan dhagaysta click on the bottom player to listen Somalia usually makes the news for stories about piracy. But people who live there face increasingly dismal and dangerous conditions that get less coverage in the media. Somalia has been without a functioning government for 18 years. The journalist Paul Salopek has been to the capitol Mogadishu a number of times since 2002, most recently about a year ago. He tells Dick Gordon about the changes he's seen. He also introduces us to a young Somali who we hope will become a regular presence on The Story. Abdi is a schoolteacher who loves Hollywood cinema and used to be known to his friends as The American. Not so any longer - recently, Abdi received a threatening call telling him to drop that "evil" nickname. That's just one example of the violent hold Islamist groups now have on the residents of Mogadishu. Abdi's first essay airs today. * Read an article Paul wrote about his friendship with Abdi * See slide shows and articles from Paul's reporting in Somalia here Ninkan dhagaysta

lool this is too funny. Gabadha aa iigu daran

^^^ so how does it work?