Originally posted by Landerious: The challanges we face are enourmous but we have an opportunity to do great things with our young nation. I hope it becomes a place associated with incredible things and one that leads in something like India leads in IT. A place of knowledge, intelligence and of course commerce First wlc to the forum brother. Insha Allah, many of those aspirations will come true and it will take hard work and believe in one’s ability to see them accomplished. Thinking about this reminded me of a poem I came across couple nights ago, it's called Waan Qaloonayaa & it’s not for the linguistically challenged lol..I kid, enjoy it guys. Qayayaabay oo kacay Waxaan idhi qisaa timid. Qabyo inay xad dhaaf tahay Waa la isla qirayaa. . . . Haddaan taada qaataba Dalkan qaaliga aheed Wax u qabo i leedahay Wixii iga qabsaday beri Waa la isla qirayaa . . . Qabowga iyo Barafkaa Qadh-qadhyo igu reeboo Dhaxantaay qombobisoo Qorraxdaan la’aanteed Cuduradan ka qaadoo Waan qaloonayaa oo Qaban maayo meeshanoo Qaladbaana ku joogaa. Marka aan qiyaasana Hayska qaldanaadee Waxaan tabay qabiilkii. Qalwadaydu sheekh ma laha Qalbi iyo Dareen ma lihiye Iga qaad faraha oo Igana quuso baan idhi. Qaylaabu kaga kacay Qaadaa dig feedhaha. Kaa quusan maayee Qowlkan aan ku leeyahay Haddaad qaadan weydo Dhiig kuu qul-quli maayo Neefta waa qafilyoo Aynu wada qasaarnee Ruuxaaban kaa qaban. Hadday ugu qadhaadhahay. Qalbigaygan Wacanow Maad ahayn qal-qaaliye Qaadaa ma dharagtada Qadoodiga ku seexdaa Qiiradan ku galisee Is Qabooji baan idhi. Waan qaatay amarkoo Qasabana waan ku yeelee waxaan qaban karaayeed Qoondaysay ii sheeg. . . . Qabyadaydu badanaa Miyaan boqol u qaybsami

Good stuff..keep it coming سوداني جاله ولد أبيض عيونه زرق شعره أشقر سماه.... المستحيل بزاتو فيه بدوية قرأت جواز رجلها لقت المهنه رجل اعمال قامت مسحتها وكتبت رجل نوره

This news is old; I don’t think visiting Ethiopia is high in the list of things-to-do for Siiraanyo. He received an invitation from them in late June, that kind of delay plus the fact that he is already been to Djibouti speaks volumes about his new policy towards Al-Ahbaash.

Ina Omaar deserves some respect compared to your average traitor. If Somalis were to negotiate amongst themselves the secession of Somaliland, then he is well placed and can bring the two parties into negotiations. But I guess it's bit premature to talk about that now. May be he can be of help in persuading the TFG to sign an agreement to that effect, after-all this is Somalia and some serious dosh could take you a long way.

The new S/land government will be judged on its actions, they haven't handed anybody to Ethiopia so far and that is the good news. You guys are conveniently ignoring that the common man in Hargeisa or anywhere else in the country doesn't want anybody to be handed to Ethiopia. As for the Awdal uprising, there is no need for a bullet so long there is a ballot. Did you guys know that Boorama specialises in peace making more than anything else hadaba Habaarka joojiya meeshu Alshabaab maahee

Horta khaymad iyo khaal waa hadaad tent iyo abtiga ujeedide waa carabi. Kuwa kale ee aan khuuro iyo khlakhal ahayn maan garan macnahood lakiin. Maaaday, kharash carabi inaanay ahayn ayaa laga yaabaa. Macnaha kilmada kharash ee carabiga ah xagan ka eeg http://www.almaany.com/arab/home.php?word=%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%B4

^Waar ninku "kha" ayuu u jeeday dee @ Maaday, Naqdi maaha ee waxbaa la kala faa'idaysanyaa, ee is daji:D khalkhalin ninba sibuu u yaqaan, anigu ku odhan maayo waad khaldantay lakiin sidaad i tidhi. kharash waa lacag, khuuro waa snoring

For the "kha" there aren't that many I guess: Khalkhalin Kharash Khuuro

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: quote:Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf: [qb] Horta how come koonfurians Cant pronounce Kh they use Kh for Q weirdo’s Dadka 'kh' iyo 'q' ku wareera waala yaqaan. Mida koowaad xarafka 'q' Afsoomaaliga kuma jiro, koow dheh. Tan labaad, Carabiga laga keensaday, laba dheh. Tan shanaad Soomaalidii Afsoomaaliga qoray in '70s 'kh' waxee u dhaafeen ereyada asalkooda Carabi kasoo jeedo oo 'nouns' ah sida magacyada iyo meelaha (i.e. mukhtaar, makhtal), ereyada Carabta 'kh' ka dhigtaan oo Afsoomaali ku jiro oo Carabi kasoo jeedana oo aan noun ahayn 'q' ayaa la isticmaalaa (i.e. qaldan, qafaal). Erey Soomaali oo wada asali ah 'q' kama bilowdo, kumana jirto, sida dadka qaarkood ugu wacaan ereyga barqad ama magaca Barqadle 'bar kh ad' ama Bar kh adle oo qaldan. [/Q]Btw none of the following are Arabic words: Qaanso iyo leeb Qaalin geela Qudhun ama Qurun Qaran Qosol Qanjidh Qanjiidho Qudhaanjo Qurux Qamaan waa magac Qawdhan waa magac Qadan waa magac Nin Qamaamay Nin Qarda jeexay Nin wax Qasay Nin Qaadiraysan (exception ) Biyo Qubtay iyo Qaar kaloo badan

hangoolkaa malaha faisal Ali waraabe ayaa keenay isagaa waxaa ka helee

According to some news coming from Moqadisco, one high ranking officer belonging to the government forces has handed himself over to Alshabaab. Along with some sensitive information regarding his training in Djibouti, he also accused the AMISOM forces of systematically killing the TFG soldiers in the midst of the war. He claimed that they hardly differentiate between government forces and Alshabaab and that they shoot at every Somali regardless of who he is siding with. If AMISOM is doing this to the men who were helping them fight there enemy then they wouldn’t really think twice about shelling the civilians either. AMISOM way kibirtay, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ugandese General Bahuuku Fufu pimp slaps Sharif whenever he feels like it. These are the government forces that people expected to win and take the fight to Alshabaab, they are underpaid, humiliated, shot at from all sides. Only an ***** would want to put himself in such a situation. I even think that the situation of the Somali soldiers was better under Abdillahi Yusuf, this so-called government has failed miserably. http://www.hadhwanaag.com/detail.asp?id=19151

I think alshabaab enjoys a lot of support there, it is impossible to survive against all those odds if you don't have the support of the masses. Now, the people might be wrong but that is the reality in the ground.

^dhac dhac ayuu xaga ku gaadayey lol, waa ciyaalkii malaha That brother gave him a nice 1, when I replayed it fast for a couple of times it reminded of Ryu da dtreet fighter

why shouldn't this goverment just give up, pack up and leave the city surely they have no support in that city any more. The people of Xamar have made it clear that they don't want this goverment and that they won't fight for it.

^ sheikh suufi is Somali and he is one of the best. I personally like to listen an Iranian reciter, sheikh Karem

Watch it here on livelaek. boy wat a smack that was!

Ducooyinkani waa iska normka, it was the less boring parts when I was a kid, where is the freedom of speech horta. That is what you call double standards, muslims aren't allowed to express themselves freely and when they protest the mocking of the prophet (SAW) they are told to sit down and not to make too much fuss about it. ha duceeyaane daaya, if it's wrong Allah will surely filter the wrong bits it out.

it's better to have stronger relations with jabouti. xabashidu wax cusub ma hayaane

^ more like the other way round, a passport without an official country. The Ethiopians are testing the waters; they should speak to Mingestu haila maryam to find out what kind of men they are dealing with. Silaanyo knows what he is doing and Melez should visit Hargeisa if he wants to sort out things.

That taliban can eliminate corruption and anything they consider xaram is common knowledge, at least to most moslims. One thing I can't get my head round is how could they be accused of dealing drugs? which I doubt very much

Most of the things the commentators described is in display here as Gaariye recites some of his poems to a group of Somalis

What could Britain learn from Somalia - a country where poetry is nothing less than the main means of cultural communication? Portrayed abroad as a land beset by gunmen, pirates and famine, it is also known by those who live there as a Nation of Poets. Somalia had no written language until 1972 and poetry has always been the country's core form of mass communication - whether the spoken word or, more recently, via cassettes and radios. Verse has, in many areas, taken the place of history books, newspapers and television as the main means of spreading news and comment. Poets who have real skill - the true bards - have the power to shape current events and receive both social and political privileges. Can we integrate any of these elements into British poetry? Instead of one Laureate, should we have hundreds of bards reflecting the diversity of our nation - people we can turn to for everything from the poetic equivalent of a Times leader to the latest gossip around the parish pump? Can poetry be integrated into our daily lives as successfully as in Somalia? In discussion with presenter Rageh Omaar, poets from the Somali community in Britain and expert translators wonder if - through the medium of everything from the spoken word to text messaging - Somalia's bards might provide the germ of a new form of information sharing in Britain. Producer: Neil Cargill A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. here

^ you don't have to qoute anything, just right click on it and see the properties

Originally posted by NGONGE: Antara, to say he's pushing a government agenda is to accuse the sheikh of deceit. Not nice, saaxib. He is human, he can err all by himself and without any nudges from the royal family. Still, it is all happening in Saudi Arabia. 7aasha lilaah to be accusing the sheikh of deceit, the royal family might be well intentioned and so could be Kalbani. In any case, the sheikh rescinded his fatwa Black Saudi cleric rescinds objection to singing fatwa

^ He is with his creator now, no need to insult a dead man