Sayid, I would have loved to have gone but, sadly, I'm not her legal guardian (her sister went with her instead). AND, I would have got more stories had I gone warya.

What's going on here now? Where is Juxa dee..iyadaa dadka kala qaban jirtay. Sayid, who do you want to arrest?

^^ Of which nation?

Today is Dahabo’s first day at school. In many countries in the world children are put in classes according to their abilities. In fact, in the Arab world, if you fail a year in school you have to do it again. If you start school at a later age, you have to still start from the beginning (or go to night school). In the UK, they don’t follow such a system; they put you in a class that corresponds with your age! Dahabo missed nursery and reception but she still has to go to year one in school. Some of you here might be able to identify with her and what she is about to encounter as she attends school for the first time in her life. I can merely attempt to imagine it (I was in nursery when I was four, nooh). I can also guess what some of you planned to do on your first day at school from the messages I’ve been getting from Dahabo in the past few days. In example of which is this morning as I was leaving to work and was giving her a final pep talk about the day ahead. Me: Markaad skoolka tegto maxaad sameen? Dahabo: Magacaygii ayaan qoraya. Me: Oo magacaaga ma qori taqaan? Dahabo: Maya, skoolka i baraya. Me: Ma maanta? Dahabo: Haa! Me: Haye, maxaa kale? Dahabo: Waxba! Me: Skoolka ma magacaaga uun ayuu ku bari? Dahabo: Haa! Me: Wax kale kuma barayaan? Dahabo: Heeso iyo akhris iyo ciyaar iyo quraan Me: Miya quraan kuma barayaan Dahabo: Hee? Me: Af ingreesi ayaa lago barayaa Dahabo: Af ingreesi waa taqaana Me: Ma adiga? <O:p</O:p Dahabo: Haa, waa taqaana Me: “magacaa” af ingreesi ku dheh Dahabo: WHats YOUR nAme WHats YOUR nAme? Me: Good girl. Dahabo: Aniga good girl. Me: Haa, adigaa good girl. Dahabo: OK. En..en..en..Taank U ferry MOSH.....you welcome igu dheh..igu dheh..hee you welcome igu dheh dee. Me: You’re welcome. Dahabo: Haye. Me: Lakin, macalimiinta ma “thank you” iyo “you’re welcome bad ku waalaysa uun?” Dahabo: Enn..enn..Skoolka ma macalimiin ba jooga? With her fondness for giving people nicknames, I fully expect her to return today talking about Barry Buur, Majeed Madax & Danial Duufle. Any of you remember your first day in “gaalo” school? <O:p</O:p

*Ibtisam;722078 wrote: Otherwise the same old guards just hijack the thread and like the other one it just becomes my clan is mighty and will crash your village and you will never leave iyo catch me if you can. P.s. I would've liked to see meeshey isla gaadan North and Sayid, and Ngonge to stop hiding behind the jokes and smiles. Jokes and smiles are all such a discussion is worth, Ibti. Like The Zack before him, North is trying to close the barn door after the horse has already bolted (as it were). But North should know better. Today, and to praphrase Henley; we are masters of our fate, we are captains of our soul. Greater Somalia offers nothing but empty sentiment and endless conflict. If or when Somalia dangles a tastey carrot our way this discussion might be worthy of serious consideration. As things stand, there is no reason whatsoever for any Slander to worry about or bother with Somalia and the silly notions of unity. Still, since the Somalis insist on arguing over foregone issues, we may as well oblige them and send in a low level representative to argue the case; Xagaa iyo AfricaOwn please.

^^ Yehood baad tihiin who build up settelments and make them "realities on the ground" ayaay odhan.

^^ That's because these lines were only posted yesterday. Wax fahan.

^^ Tan ka waran... الكويت - 22 - 5 (كونا) -- عقد مجلس الوزراء اجتماعه الأسبوعي ظهر اليوم في قصر السيف برئاسة سمو الشيخ ناصر المحمد الأحمد الصباح رئيس مجلس الوزراء وبعد الاجتماع صرح وزير الدولة لشؤون مجلس الوزراء علي فهد راشد الراشد بما يلي أحيط المجلس علما في مستهل اجتماعه بالرسائل الموجهة لحضرة صاحب السمو الأمير حفظه الله ورعاه من كل من فخامة الرئيس أحمد محمد سيلاني رئيس جمهورية أرض الصومال ومن فخامة الرئيس عبدالله واد رئيس جمهورية السنغال ومن جلالة الملك خوان كارلوس ملك مملكة اسبانيا ومن فخامة الرئيس الدكتور ليونيل فيرنانديز رئيس جمهورية الدومنيكان ومن فخامة الرئيس لي ميونغ باك رئيس جمهورية كوريا ومن الرئيس بوني يايي رئيس جمهورية بنين ومن سعادة محمد بن عيسى الأمين العام لمؤسسة أصيلة في المملكة المغربية. وقد تناولت هذه الرسائل سبل تدعيم علاقات التعاون القائمة بين دولة الكويت وكل من هذه الدول الشقيقة والصديقة في اطار ما يربطها من روابط وثيقة ومميزة على مختلف المستويات. ثم اطلع المجلس كذلك على الرسالة التي تلقاها سمو رئيس مجلس الشيخ ناصر محمد الأحمد الصباح من فخامة الرئيس السابق بيل كلينتون الرئيس الثاني والأربعين للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية والتي تضمنت دعوة سموه لحضور الاجتماع الثاني لمبادرة كلينتون العالمية والمقرر عقدها في مدينة نيويورك في سبتمبر المقبل 2011. http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2168482&Language=ar

Jb, dee waxaad "France" ku cuntay. Malaak anta, pay attention now.

Jb, Badow! Waa xaraam dee. لم يذبح علي الطريقه الاسلاميه ayaa la yedhi.

^^ Define treason dee.

^^ Huge difference between treason and Freedom of Expression. Still, I agree that there is no such thing in SL and a lot of work needs to be done regarding the freedom of the media and the like. Taleexi, All that before the announcement that education in SL is going to be free. Is it not time for you to join the "qabiil qaran ismoodka" before it's too late, saaxib?

When it's bad news from the South, the UN says "Somalia" and when it's good news from SL the UN still says "Somalia". There is a word at the tip of my tongue that is struggling to come out..what was it? what was it? Hmmmm. Oh yeah. FUQ!

HARGEISA, 20 May 2011 (IRIN) - The self-declared republic of Somaliland has made key improvements in sectors such as health, education and infrastructure in the past two decades, its leaders say, despite its lack of international recognition. "One of the main obstacles for Somaliland is lack of recognition, but my government will never give up trying to gain it," President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Siilanyo said on 18 May, when the region marked 20 years since declaring unilateral independence from the rest of Somalia. Efforts in reconciliation, nation-building and drafting a new constitution have helped promote peace in the region, Siilanyo said. "We have put in place a new currency and passport, encouraged democratization and multi-party elections; improved access to healthcare and education, respect for human rights, freedom of expression and facilitated a free market," he said. "[The rest of] Somalia has been in lawlessness during the last 20 years, and I am calling on the Somali politicians to look after their citizens and consider the problems they are living under and resolve their differences so as to give peace a chance." Nimo Hussein Qawdhan, deputy health minister, said increased provision of healthcare services - by the government and private sector - was one of the developments made since 1991. Qawdhan said the maternal mortality rate was 1,600 deaths per 100,000 women in 1991, compared with 1,044 per 100,000 in 2006. The region's child mortality rate was 275 in 1990, falling to 188 in 1999, then to 166 in 2006, "signifying a very significant decrease, when compared to world standards", Qawdhan said. Qawdhan said Somaliland had also made gains in the fight against malaria. The past two years have seen the region become almost malaria-free, Qawdhan said. The region has also de-mined large tracts of land mined between 1981 and 1991 during the war between the Somali National Army and the Liberation Movement for Somaliland as well as during the war between Somalia and Ethiopia over the ****** region (now known as Somali region in Ethiopia). Ahmed Hussein Essa, a professor of science at Hargeisa University, told IRIN: "In 1992, when the people of Somaliland started returning from refugee camps in Ethiopia to their war-scorched villages, towns and cities, they came face to face with a horrible reality. Landmines were everywhere. Walking was a risky business." Since then, Essa said, de-mining efforts had made the region safer. "Somaliland’s government and its people played a pivotal role in making Somaliland territory largely mine-safe in less than 10 years," he said. "The Somaliland Mine Action [sMAC], largely funded by the UN, coordinates all mine action efforts. The government of Somaliland, although not able to sign the Mine Ban Treaty as a sovereign member of the UN, has nevertheless accepted all its obligations, including the passage of local legislation banning the use of landmines and formulating a mine policy action plan." Moreover, Essa added, Somaliland had destroyed stockpiles under the control of its army as well as mines confiscated from civilians. "As Somaliland celebrates its 20th anniversary, the people of Somaliland can take heart that in mine action they can show the world a success story. School-children no longer feel afraid to play in its playgrounds," Essa said. Improved literacy "Literacy rates increased from 20 percent [in 1991] to 45 percent [in 2010]," an official from Somaliland's Ministry of Education said. "We had only a total of 219 primary, intermediate and secondary schools in 1991, but now we have about 506 primary schools throughout the country." A 2010 Millennium Developments Goals (MDG) report for Somaliland put the region's literacy rate of the population aged 15 years and above at 26.9 percent in 1999. Besides education gains, Somalilanders also believe they have matured politically. "The people of Somaliland have mastered how to overthrow their leaders through the ballot, not through the bullet," Ahmed Yasin Sheikh Ali Ayanle, an opposition member of parliament, told IRIN. Ayanle added that Somaliland's first president, Abdi-Rahman Ahmed Ali (1991-1993), and his successors, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal (1993-2002) and Dahir Rayale Kahin (2002-2010), had helped establish peace and a respected constitution. "We hope [current] President Siilanyo will keep these efforts going." Some of those who fought in Somaliland's 1981-1991 war said they were pleased with the progress the region had made. "During the war, our mission was to overthrow [somalia's President Siad] Barre and give the people a chance to decide their future; it is the people who decided to dissolve Somalia's unity, hence the creation of Somaliland," Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, a war veteran, said.

^^ Not to mention that after that inspiring babble about greatness and what not, he goes on to struggle with the bloody edit button. Priceless.

Taleexi;721281 wrote: I wouldn't have gone that far. Over cooked it, did he?

^^^ Not VDV, Berbatov or Hernandez? Nasri had a great first half of the season too. But, since you included Lucas there I think I'll let you off for now.

A_Khadar;720952 wrote: NG, Do you teach English @Univ? If anyone says anything about clan, s/l is based on a mere clan. One clan with few employees from other clans. I don't have to teach English to see that his article was rubbish, saaxib. In fact, that article would be weak in any language. Dee naga daa. p.s. Granted that SL is mostly one clan but what about the "few employees" from other clans nonesense? Does it really take a few employees to subdue most of SSC and Awdal regions (these are the ones you're talking about, right)? Adeer maxa runta kuu diiday? Oppose SL but tell the truth dee.

^^ :D

^^ He knows, he's just being flippant.

N.O.R.F;720895 wrote: lol@Nuune Zack, it would be a landslide if recognition was guaranteed as a result. If things were more positive in South Somalia and there was a stable govnt in place then you might have a stalemate or even a no. Somalia needs to attract SL. Piracy and Al Kebab isn't attractive. Maybe ten or twenty years ago, saaxib. Today, and as long as there is progress and peace in SL, I doubt Somalia (stable or otherwise) will be that attractive. The goalposts have well and truly moved, saaxib. p.s. Che, we're all "pretty girls at the prom". You found your dance partner in Boston and I found mine in London. Somalia forgot how to dance, adeer.

^^ War naga daa dee. He's not in London.

The author is trying far too hard and getting his sentences all mixed up. Not to mention, of course, that his basic starting point is weak.

^^ Low profile? Are you saying ninko waa badow oo wali magaalado kala baranaya? Sounds exactly like our A&T.

^^ In London? I thought he was in Kenya! Juxa, ever since he got that "high profile" job wuu iga kibray dee. He never writes, he never calls....