Originally posted by LayZieGirl: lol@somali's in UK being tax paying citizens. I find that hard to believe. My family don't claim benefits and pay their taxes, so start believing Dhulqarnayn -alSumaale, the man who is pictured with the major, the one you labelled as the future prime minister, is he your relative? He's only related to me through the name ''Somali'' What credentials does he have to become a future prime minister? and no, Posing with the major of the city doesn't count. he's an Accountant and a community leader(with his influence he could become an MP for his constituency similar to the Indians and Paks) Out of 75 former prime ministers in the United Kingdom, past earl's and dukes, ordinary men from the good old boys club, only one woman made that list of 75, 1st ever to make history of being Uk's first female prime minister, not a single minority. History does come to play when discussing future political figures, and no minority, much less a qaxooti from somalia has a shot at that seat. I knew i should have added a ''lol'' + ''j/k'' at the end About the genius kid in Ireland, he doesn't really count, because he looks barawaani , so I highly doubt you can argue that as being a somali success, because his true identity is in question. what a lame excuse he looks barawaani ra ra ra he identifies himself as a ''Somali'', and in interviews and magazines he's identified by others as a ''Somali'' About raage omar , he is just a journalist. and we love em brapp brappp and finally, poster made more sense on his last post than he did on his previous post. Not at all, Peacenow is suffering from a inferiority complex and his case is not unique, it's similar to that speech Al Pacino gave in a AAA meeting for gamblers in the movie two for the money where he drops the devastating truth about why these addicts are leading such troubling lives it's because they love the rush of trouble they get a kick when the House wins and they lose all their money it's the one moment in their lives when they really feel alive cause it revolves around negativity Peacenow has this same addiction only in his case it's not gambling he's addicted to, it's negative news about Somali people that gives him a rush and therefore he digs and he digs and he digs untill he finally has found something negative which puts him in a state of euphoria This great feeling of ''high'' most of the time overwhelms him and he doesn't know what to do with it, so he wants to share it with others others like us at SOL and there you have the rationale behind all his topics, it's really admiring if you think about it he just wants to share his view of happiness with us

You are correct but i'm skeptic of the semi-desert areas these cities are in and wether their even capable of producing green grass when provided with seeds one reason why ''golf'' and working in the ''garden'' or going to the ''park'' is so popular with elders,mothers and children and people of all walks of life is because green scenery puts people in a good mood and we need more of that lol btw Universities are always green aswell much moreso than the surrounding areas,very stimulating ps nice images thnks!

or how about all those villa's that are being constructed all across Somalia with Artificial grass they would look like this

One thing that i noticed when seeing images of our Motherland is the lack of grass and green in the urban areas Borama,Sanaag, and the farming areas of the South are all lush and green but we need to imitate this beauty in our cities aswell hence why Somali entrepreneurs should start manufacturing artificial grass Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications, as well.-Artificial Grass a green Berbera would be really xaax

Did you see their nice commercial on Universal TV? hot projects man they will rebuild Somalia Insha-allah we need more of them

Thank you to the Somali community of the US and the 10 senators good job

lol@Ngonge Immigration and Multiculturalism, Werner F Menski, social scientist Somali is now the majority home language for children in many London schools, and young Somalis are beginning to come through as university students, following young South Asians along trails that they seem to have blazed a decade or so ago. These new multicultural realities are not only making themselves felt at primary or secondary school level, therefore, they now affect life and work also in universities, where a new generation of the descendants of immigrants are coming up as top students, asking many questions that we never heard before. Somali Language Children as young as five should learn Polish, Afghan and even Somali under plans to shake up language learning. Children of five 'should be taught Somali in schools' By Laura Clark The Academic Rise of Somali students at the Tower Hamlets College Somali students are steadily climbing the Academic ladder at Tower Hamletss College with more students than ever taking A-level and vocational courses Somali_Student_Success The Changing Face of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship in Britain new minority groups, emerging despite apparently strong immigration controls, are beginning to replace earlier communities in some places. For example in Southall, the heart of London’s Indian Sikh community, both Somali and Afghan enterprises have appeared. The Afghans occupy a number of large shops sub-divided into low-grade micro malls, mainly selling cheap clothing and household goods. The Somali businesses are on the southern fringe of the Southall shopping district; restaurants and cafés are the most prominent types of activities. In the 1980s, the premises currently occupied by Afghans and Somalis mainly accommodated Indian retailers Abdullahi Osman Nur(future Prime minster of UK)with the London mayor Ken Livingston The scud stud Rageh Omaar Security code breaker banks top Young Scientist prize Abdusalam Abubakar may be just sixteen-years-old, but he is the hottest name in Ireland right now. He recently won the BT Young Scientist of the Year 2007 for his grasp of the importance of networked computer security. Now the fear all over Europe is that the Internet commerce may be in for a rough time Secure internet communications might not be as secure as we think, according to the BT Young Scientist of the year 2007. His winning project is an attempt to crack the most hacker-proof encryption system in the world, writes Dick Ahlstrom , Science Editor. Abdusalam Abubakar (16) last night received the top prize in the annual Young Scientist event, taking away a cheque for €5,000. His complex maths project impressed the judges who described as "remarkable" his command and insight into cutting-edge mathematics. His undoubted success won't be appreciated by those charged with keeping bank details, secure communication lines and internet commerce safe. The third-year student from Synge Street CBS, in Dublin, decided to try and break the mathematical safeguards thrown up to protect sensitive data. The goal is not to acquire access to ill-gotten gains. Finding new ways to break codes helps to make them more secure by closing off weak points and chinks in the security armour. Abdusalam is one of the "new Irish", coming here two years ago from Somalia via Kenya. He expressed complete surprise at having won the event, which included 500 research projects completed by more than 1,100 students. "It was great, unbelievable. I didn't think I was going to win anything. I didn't want to be optimistic," he told The Irish Times last night. Abdusalam, whose name translates into "man of peace", based his initial work on partially successful attacks on the world's most widely-used encryption system, RSA, mounted by two mathematicians. He decided to take the best aspects of both and generalise a new approach, which he believes has the potential to tackle at least some less complex coding systems. Three students from Maynooth Post Primary School, Co Kildare, Timothy Seebus, Justin Cullinane and Ben Finnegan, won the best group project award. The runner-up individual award went to Ciara Murphy from Beara Community School, Co Cork. © 2007 The Irish Times and last but not least Mo Farah Oi Braapppp Braaapppppp

i really like that mosque North do you have an image where both minarets are viewable?

Originally posted by Caamir: "When an Islamist militia seized control of Mogadishu last year, Abdi wondered what it might make of an outspoken, strong-willed woman who wore a red-checkered African-style head scarf rather than a veil. "As a woman, of course I was worried," she says. "I stayed away from Mogadishu." The Islamist believe that women should not work at all . Would she have helped these patients if these overzealous pseudo-religious Sheikhs ruled Somalia? Sure that is why they employed a 1000 women strong workforce to clean up our Capital that is why we saw images of female guards guarding our just re-opened ports eh? reread this story Mother Somalia's toughest month since 93' was in ''april 2007'' that's was not the ICU era but the Bangladeshi administration's era of onslaught on innocent civilians

Talk is cheap Pakistan got Nukes Go ahead offend the average Pakistani and this western president Muzzie will be replaced by the Musulmans they fear trigger happy + =game over

Mother Somalia for President!

That billion $ mosque looks like that giant Palace of that disney cartoon Aladdin

Originally posted by Caravaggio: quote: One my African Muslim freinds was laughing about this whilst Why do these sorts of thread always start with the above line. One of my black, white, latino, christain, or muslim was laughing, wondering, or amused...who cares what these people think. ^lololol co-sign btw looooooool@max lolol fell of my chair kinda reminds of that one day at the bank where i wrote my internet login name instead of my ''real name''

it was funny in the beginning especially the first kick had me rolling and how he lifted him up from the ground and then dropped him lol but after that it was just sinister man god knows what he did to the kid when he pulled him away from the camera btw this video is funny http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=418_1185239811 KingKong running for his life lol

full of life miskiin Allahu naxiriisto

Originally posted by peacenow: London is home to 200 nationalites, the whole world is there. If Somalis are victim of white hate, then so must the 200 groups be there too. And where in my post did i say they didn't receive the same treatment? That is no answer. And why this running war with the west indians. For what purpose is that for? Why antagonize them and for comical reasons. You expect Somalis to roll over and let people intimidate them? in my area there used to be a large group of west indian thugs and as more Somalis arrived this whole neighbourhood changed for the better no more drugs dealing Southall has a long row of Somali shops and malls now Somalis are doing great it's jealousy i'm worried about. False Pride. Why are the Somalis always in the midst of this. Why do they stand out. The question needs to be asked. Because they are easy targets maybe? new immigrants always encounter animosity because the older immigrant groups see them as competition The worlds poorest and most shamed people have no business in my opinion to swagger in the streets of London, Man get the fck outta here with your inferiority complex, i walk through the streets of London because i work, go to uni, socialize in London do you expect Somalis to fly over London? Immigration and Multiculturalism, Werner F Menski, social scientist Somali is now the majority home language for children in many London schools, and young Somalis are beginning to come through as university students, following young South Asians along trails that they seem to have blazed a decade or so ago. These new multicultural realities are not only making themselves felt at primary or secondary school level, therefore, they now affect life and work also in universities, where a new generation of the descendants of immigrants are coming up as top students, asking many questions that we never heard before. Somali Language Children as young as five should learn Polish, Afghan and even Somali under plans to shake up language learning. Children of five 'should be taught Somali in schools' By Laura Clark The Academic Rise of Somali students at the Tower Hamlets College Somali students are steadily climbing the Academic ladder at Tower Hamletss College with more students than ever taking A-level and vocational courses Somali_Student_Success The Changing Face of Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship in Britain new minority groups, emerging despite apparently strong immigration controls, are beginning to replace earlier communities in some places. For example in Southall, the heart of London’s Indian Sikh community, both Somali and Afghan enterprises have appeared. The Afghans occupy a number of large shops sub-divided into low-grade micro malls, mainly selling cheap clothing and household goods. The Somali businesses are on the southern fringe of the Southall shopping district; restaurants and cafés are the most prominent types of activities. In the 1980s, the premises currently occupied by Afghans and Somalis mainly accommodated Indian retailers like they are the son of P.Diddy. P-diddy wears suits so that would make you the puff daddy of Milan eh? You never see the other communities involved in this type of events. Why never the Ethiopians or Eritreans. They keep their head down and get on with it. Four Ethiopians dead, two wounded in south Atlanta house shooting E-mail Source: PR-Inside © AP 2007-07-23 17:03:31 ATLANTA (AP) - An Ethiopian immigrant fatally shot three of his relatives and wounded two others before killing himself early Monday at a home in southwest Atlanta, police said. Atlanta police spokesman Eric Schwartz said he believed the victims were all related. The gunman, described by a neighbor as a retired immigrant worker who delighted in helping children, was identified as Abdulaziz Ibrahim, 52. Neighbors told WSB Radio that the family was from Ethiopia. The shooting happened around 7 a.m. in a house in a residential area of neatly tended cottage homes and flowering trees near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The bodies of Hana Yusuf, 26, and a person named Luna _ whose age and surname were not given _ were found inside the house, Schwartz said. A fourth victim, Mohmmed Ibrahim, 28, died at a local hospital. Two others are hospitalized. Police said 3-year-old Amir Abdulhakim was in critical condition while Yusuf Ibrahim, 27. Charlene Weiters, a neighbor, said the family moved into the home about 12 years ago from overseas and still spoke broken English. Weiters said she believed Abdulaziz Ibrahim lived in the home with his wife, three children, two nieces and two grandchildren. She said he was a retired manufacturing worker who often helped neighborhood children by giving them school supplies and small toys. His wife was not home at the time, she said. Eritrean community stunned by killings-OAKLAND Ignoring the judge's advice, one of two brothers accused of fatally shooting three of their dead brother's in-laws on Thanksgiving in Oakland proclaimed in court Tuesday that he acted in self-defense. "Whatever happened was self-defense. Everything in the newspapers is all lies," said Asmeron Gebreselassie, 43, the accused gunman, after he and his sibling were charged with special-circumstances murder that could lead to the death penalty if convicted. Gebreselassie's comments came after Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson Stanley warned him against speaking in court. Neither he nor his brother, Tewodros Gebreselassie, 39, entered a plea. The court appearance coincided with an outpouring of grief by students and teachers at Berkeley High School for one of the victims, a popular senior and soccer player. They raised more than $3,000 in small donations for his family, who hope to bury the victims in their native Eritrea. The Gebreselassie brothers are charged with killing their deceased brother's widow, 28-year-old Winta Mehari, her brother Yonas Mehari, a 17-year-old Berkeley High student, and their mother Regbe Bahrenegasi, 50, during a Thanksgiving Day party in an apartment complex in the 5300 block of Telegraph Avenue. Witnesses told police that Tewodros Gebreselassie arrived first at the party and, on his cell phone, said, "Yeah, they're all here," police said. Minutes later he opened the apartment door for his brother, who then opened fire, police said. Tewodros Gebreselassie grabbed Winta Mehari's 2-year-old son and took him to the second-floor apartment where the Gebreselassies lived, witnesses said. Police said the two men suspected Winta Mehari of having a role in the March death of their 42-year-old brother. An autopsy failed to find the cause of death. Fitsum Keflezighi, a cousin of the Meharis, rejected assertions that the suspects acted in self-defense. "You judge. Somebody coming in your own house on Thanksgiving Day and opens fire. That's self-defense? This is just a joke," Keflezighi said outside court. "People know the truth. We want justice to be served. I feel like I'm living a nightmare. It has devastated our family." The death penalty could be imposed based on the special circumstances of multiple murder and murder during the alleged kidnapping of the 2-year-old. The victims and suspects were immigrants from Eritrea, and the killings have shocked the East Bay's tightly-knit community from that small East African nation. Many people packed the courtroom Tuesday, and others stood in the hallway. Many supporters have brought food for the family and donated money for transporting the three bodies to Eritrea, for medical bills for other family members injured in the attack, and for care of Winta Mehari's son. Winta Mehari came to the United States in 1999 and settled in Berkeley. Two years later, her mother and brothers followed, moving to North Oakland, the hub for Eritreans in Northern California. Bahrenegasi was active in the Eritrean Orthodox Church in Oakland, joining many church committees. Winta Mehari was majoring in business at Cal State East Bay and hoped to graduate this coming spring. At Berkeley High, hundreds of students signed tributes on large homemade cards for Yonas Mehari, who played soccer, ran cross-country, helped tutor other students and was president of the Eritrean Ethiopian Students Union, a group he co-founded. Several students and administrators fought tears as they spoke. "I've known him for four years, and I really saw him as a leader, an independent thinker and just a really sweet kid to be around," said Kristin Glenchur, athletic director at Berkeley High. "He was always around volunteering for something" such as working the scoreboards during football games or the concession stands. On Monday night, the boys' varsity soccer team dedicated its season to him in a brief ceremony before a game against Clayton Valley High School. "We will wear black armbands on our left arm, the arm closest to our heart," coach Eugenio Juarez said. "I was writing Yonas a letter of recommendation (for the University of California) when I heard he was murdered. I'm still in shock." School officials said Yonas was a hard worker, who went from classes learning English as a freshman to becoming an honor student as a junior. His main hangout at school was the College and Career Center, a large study-hall area popular with college-bound students. "This is a campus with 3,000 students, but everyone seemed to know Yonas and everyone had a story about him," said Ilene Abrams, a counselor in the center. "He was the first one here and the last one to leave. He helped tutor, he was in study groups." Many students recalled his goofy side, his lively sense of humor and his tendency to play jokes on people or tease them. Rowan Spencer accompanied Yonas on a trip to Sacramento last spring for a group called Students in Government. "I was falling asleep during these long speeches and Yonas kept pinching me," Rowan said. "I never heard the end of it from him." Future Zhou described how Yonas would give her free hot dogs during football games "but they were always burned. He was so busy talking he couldn't cook." Erika Garcia said that Yonas helped tutor her and helped her gain confidence in pursuing college-track classes. "He was just someone so full of life. I just took him for granted," said Erika, fighting tears. "I never got a chance to tell him how much I loved him and appreciated him. I think that's how a lot of people on campus feel right now." http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/29/OAKLAND.TMP btw about those books i asked you to look up for me,don't bother i found them

this is why i ''lol'' on that kiynan topic because of the ridicilous media frenzie Somalis have been victims of White hate(racist BNP) and also Black hate every since that biased one sided west indian produced Channel 4 documentary(forgot the name IIRC something like Who you calling a N.GGER?)came out about the West Indies vs Somali conflict( which wasn't even a conflict at that time just silly incidents) no media is covering this barbaric murder the way they covered a victim killed by a ''Somali'' Channel 4 news, Channel 5 news, BBC all silent if hadn't visited SOL i probably wouldn't even know about this cold blooded murder but this is without a doubt a revenge killing just yesterday or the day before i saw another damn special about that Kiynan boy

First they throw a grenade in your house and then they call an ambulance you gotta love the White man's burden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_France more tourists than natives :eek: loooooooooooooooooooooool

abdi-qani abdi-fatax abdi-rizaq abdi-hamid abdi-aziz those are the abdi's i know never met a brother with the name ''abdi'' alone

^hey bro you speak italian right? let me know, cause i might need your help!

Paragon & Caano-Geel & Me are you brothers available? Cause i need an important J-STOR article( btw anyone else is welcome)

Originally posted by Xanthus: At the moment Jack Shid, because it is not even plausible. It is as bad as me embracing the idea that Somalia could be a regional superpower. It is a waste of my time, effort and energy to believe and argue for something that I cannot even imagine. What once was..can be again... one day insha-allah( only this time better Diplo-P.R)

Peacenow you do know that the individuals he's referencing in the article actually existed right? that's the only part i found interesting, the whole preface biased emotional babble of whitey is better than blackey went out the other ear Elaysian i wouldn't write these black scientists off, cause in the end it's the person that invents the ''practical'' product that has the right to be immortalized as an inventor

http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/inventions/