Waan ku nacay Alpha :mad: :mad:

Alpha Blondy;971228 wrote: ma xagaaga mise xagayaga, abti. One only needs to scroll through this page to see it's xagaaga that warrants concern

I know I should be thankful I have internet at all, but I am SO frustrated by how slow it is tonight :mad::mad: Somtel this is unacceptable.

I think they can, though it's true in most cases at least one person develops feelings. Is deji dee

Alpha Blondy;971211 wrote: so you're now saying we're in the 'friends' zone, miyaa? inabti, we shouldn't have met, ma istidhi? :cool: Indeed, the friends' zone... but new friends are always good, no?

THIS song is about us dee, should have sent it to you before coming to Hargeisa

Alpha Blondy;971206 wrote: inabti, naga daa ciyaarta. the internet is very slow caawa. kulaaha ''that helped''. there's no way that song could have loaded up in the 4mins time between me uploading and you listening to it. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. :p This is true, HOWEVER I do know the song and Hudeidi so who's to say that the 30 seconds I heard before it started buffering for 15 minutes was not sufficient to cheer me up? And the song is not about *us* :mad:

That helped, thanks Al I have a thing for Aar Maanta, I'm certain this song is about me dee.

I miss Canada today

Alpha Blondy;971180 wrote: inabti, during your time in kililka 5aad tuulos, you had a basic afur , ma garatay? now we have an entire falas of shah and an entire tray of bur and sambuusa to ourselves . not to mention, a slice of watermelon each, some soup, salad and a few pieces of mandazi. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL lmao you were right about how you beat people down on SOL in a different sort of way, how am I supposed argue with distorted truths and outright falsehood :mad: I haven't had a single sambuusa since coming to Hargeisa, it's a joke.

Alpha Blondy;971175 wrote: i know. i organised everything perfectly somaha, dee. indeed afur lamida laa ma arkin, ma istidhi? As you know, me saying "afur lamida" is not wishing you anything nice :mad:

Alpha Blondy;971170 wrote: afur wacan akhyarta sharafta leh siba my inabti Saffz. Afur lamida huuno

Beautiful storm in Hargeisa :D

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;971127 wrote: Sawiro wacan, laakiin magacyada gobolka aan iska saxno horta. It is sad to see Soomaalida falling for Xabashi propaganda. Gobolka magaciisa waa Soomaali Galbeed. Magaalooyinka waa Dhagaxbuur, Godey, Jigjiga, Diradhabe... MMA, I think referring to the region as Western Somalia/Soomaali Galbeed is erasure, it reduces questions of self-determination to a simple issue of Somali irredentism and implies a border dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia. I also don't believe there's a problem with using the anglicized names, like Degeh Bur and Jijiga, considering that I'm writing in English (it would be written differently in Amharic anyway, not sure how English is Habeshi propaganda). Somali is the dominant language in the kilil, and every sign is written as you've spelled it, along with Amharic and often English.

Alpha Blondy;971100 wrote: was a little busy tonight, ma istidhi? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL oo waayow?

Harar, my favourite city in Ethiopia. Just so much history. Dire Dawa Degeh Bur (heading back in a few days to DB zone, so will have more pics in a few weeks)

Abbaas;970960 wrote: #2 LOOL @ the guy you pictured while he was against it .. Madax adeeg badanaa!.. but i think you had to because you wanted that T-shirt I was actually in a bajaj driving by when I spotted his shirt, and when he heard the flash, he yelled after me

Apophis;970925 wrote: Forgive me Reeyo but the region in question is one mostly populated by my people and though their plight and struggle appears to not concern you (as you have personally attested as much to me) it does concern me, hence why I have taken interest in this thread, which paints a picture far from reality. Again, forgive me if my protest appears “bitter" to you, I'd hate to disturb your Reeyo world. And for your information: I have travelled before and I'm currently traveling. But I guess one cannot be considered as “travelled" if they haven't been to the one road town (ironically) known as Hargeisa. By that standard, no, I have not travelled. Kulaha "my people," we are all Somalis here and you know nothing about the backgrounds or concerns of the people who post here, including myself. There is also nothing more real than the photos I've taken in my weeks in the kilil, and that I will continue to take when I return in a few days. Hop off.

Buraanbur Jijiga I feel like this photo best captures the chaos that is Ethiopian bus stations, and the (apparently illegal) white vans that travel between cities Degeh Bur

Haatu;970912 wrote: Safferz, where's the photos of Wardheer and the Markabul hinterland? :mad: Haatu I inquired and was told Wardheer is not very safe to visit That, and the fact that everything and everyone I needed were in Dire/Jijiga/Degeh Bur made me less inclined to venture out that far. Are you from Wardheer, Haatu?

^^ not to mention swelling the importance of SOL as a propaganda platform for the Ethiopian state, lmao. I photographed people as they live and the towns and cities as they are, there's nothing nasty or staged about it.

Hi I was so terrified on the bus between Harar and Dire Dawa (a crazy driver speeding on the road winding down those mountains) that I decided to fly back lol Pool in Dire Dawa This man yelled at me for taking his photo, but I had to The ancient walls of Harar

I'm going to take advantage of the internet access I have here in Hargeisa to dump some photos from my trip over the next few days in this thread. As some of you already know, I've been in the region for about six weeks now for research. So far haven't had to go beyond Degeh Bur, but I'm considering a trip out to Gode within the next two weeks. Feel free to add photos, I believe there's a Jijiga photos thread but I haven't seen one dedicated to the entire kilil Jijiga by bajaj An OG subclan's shir and election of a new sultan, Cobale Recording elders, living archives Women at a wedding in Degeh Bur A lot of the houses outside of Jijiga looked like this... beautiful clay walls, usually with brightly coloured walls (green seemed to be a favourite)

Apophis;970896 wrote: I was actually talking about you peppering your recent posts with the local words of the places you have visited. And it's “aa hey" not “haa hey" It's an affirmation, "aa hey" has no meaning. Haa.