Marqaan.....Iam not being racist, just bit realistic saaxib. Somalia can't help itself, let alone others. One has to consider the fact that ethoipia has been our enemy( whatever that means) for ages. I dought if their anomosity towards somali people has faded away. Atleast, the leadership of ethoipia is still very much interested weakening somalis and keeping them weak( i guess somalis did that for them already..lol). Besides, every goverment in the world controls its immigrant flow. No one can take the sincerity or hospatility of ethios seriously either. I mean whats their logic, Iam gonna be your buddy, while at same time i whack your brothers in SomaliGalbeed. But if this thing works for Sland, and Sland Gov is in control of the country's resources, than it is all good.

I thought this piece might generate a debate between the sexes. It is basically about why males cheat. Is nature to blame? He's a stud: Are genes to blame? By SHANKAR VEDANTAM WASHINGTON POST A FIERCE debate about whether jealousy, lust and sexual attraction are hardwired in the brain or are the products of culture has recently been ignited by the growing influence of a school of psychology that sees the hidden hand of evolution in everyday life. Fresh sparks flew last month when a study of more than 16,000 people worldwide found that men everywhere - single, married or gay - want more sexual partners than women do. 'This study provides the largest and most comprehensive test yet conducted on whether the sexes differ in the desire for sexual variety,' wrote lead researcher David P. Schmitt, an evolutionary psychologist at Bradley University, Illinois. 'The results are strong and conclusive. The sexes differ; these differences appear to be universal.' The idea that male promiscuity is hardwired - and therefore 'normal' - drew swift and furious criticism. Scholars who assert the primacy of culture in shaping human behaviour charged Dr Schmitt with choosing his facts and making his conclusions on 'wishful thinking'. The debate won't be settled soon. For the real arguments are about social mores, gender roles and sexual politics. Ohio State University psychologist Terri Fisher said she knows the new study will be misused. Each year, when she teaches her college students about the research into sexual variety, the young men smile and nod and the young women look appalled. 'I bet a lot of males might leave class and tell their girlfriends, 'You know what I learnt in class? It's natural that I don't want to commit to you and that I feel attracted to other women',' she said. The idea of evolutionary psychology is that human behaviour is the product of evolution. However, there is no fossil record of behaviour, so psychologists draw inferences from current behaviour. There is little controversy that evolution played some role in sculpting behaviour. Neuroscientists have studied emotions such as fear and found that many species freeze when panicked, meaning that this is probably an evolved behaviour. But when they use the same argument about complex behaviours such as sexual attraction, the debate becomes heated. For if men and women naturally have different desires for sexual variety, this easily becomes a justification of male promiscuity. Thus, a man with multiple partners is a 'stud' while a woman with multiple partners is a 'slut'. Using genetics to bolster such beliefs, these critics say, gives gender inequality the imprimatur of biology. Dr Schmitt's study involved 16,288 volunteers from 50 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Asked how many partners they desired over the next month, men on average said 1.87, while women said 0.78. Men said that over the next 10 years they wanted 5.95 partners; women wanted 2.17. The researcher thinks the roots of the differences his study found lie in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. Men who sought sexual variety had a greater chance of passing on their genes - and their promiscuous proclivities. Women who kept their mates improved the chances of raising children and were more likely to pass on their genes - and their monogamous proclivities. Many evolutionary psychologists say these divergent sexual strategies also explain two corollary findings of modern studies. One says men seem more disturbed by sexual infidelity and women seem more disturbed by emotional infidelity. The other says heterosexual men seek women who are young and beautiful - signs of fertility - while heterosexual women seek men who are rich because that helps in raising children. But many psychologists aren't convinced, and other studies have contradicted these findings. Because of society's double standards, Dr Fisher said, women are hesitant to report their true sexual desires. For example, she found that when anonymity was guaranteed in surveys, women reported having sex for the first time at a younger age and men raised the age when they first had sex. 'No parent in any culture ever tells a daughter, 'By all means, go have sex',' said Dr Pamela Regan, an evolutionary psychologist at California State University in Los Angeles who disagrees with Dr Schmitt. By contrast, she said, 'many expect their sons to 'be men', which implies sexual experience'. Men and women's sexual choices and desires grow more similar in societies with greater gender equality - a contention supported by Dr Schmitt's data. Dr Regan said that other evolutionary theories are just as plausible as the male promiscuity argument: Men in hunter-gatherer societies who stuck with a single mate and helped raise children might have been more genetically successful - because ensuring their children's survival means passing on genes. If there's one thing almost everyone agrees on, it is that genes do not decide what people ultimately do. Indeed, the interests of individuals often conflict with the interests of their genes: In most industrialised societies, birth rates are falling. 'I have heard people say, 'I can't help it, I am a man - I have to spill my seed',' said Dr Regan. 'That's using science to justify bad behaviour.'

Kaafi & Scorpion-Sista meeraa dost....I know dis is bit late, but CONGRATS!!!!!

I thought i share this piece since it made some sense!!!!! Mudanayaal, Salaan diirran ayaan idin ku salaamayaa. Nin baa horey wuxuu ku yiri mid kale: "War waxaad ogtahay ma kuu sheegaa?". Warka aan soo wadaa waa kaasoo kale. Muraadka keliya aan ka leeyahayse waa baraarujin. Sooyaalka Soomaliyeed wuxuu caan ku yahay in wixii dhiillo iyo dhibaato dhex-mara ama ku yimaada ay madaxdhaqameedku gogolfidsan iyo geed hoostiis ku soo afjaraan iyagoo dhacda kasta xeer dhaqameedka bulshada saldhig uga dhigaya. Sidaas darted, waxaa waajibku ahaa in bilawgiiba madaxdhaqameedku bud-dhige u noqdaan shir nabadeedka iyo dib-u-heshiisiinta.Waxaa waayo-aragnimo ku filan fashilaadihii lagala kulmay 12kii shir nabadeed ee hadda ka hor aduunweynuhu abaabulay, kuwaasoo qabqablayaasha dagaalku keligood horumood ka ahaayeen. Waxaan rumays-nahay in haddii,madax-dhaqmeedyadu shirarkaas horumood ka ahaan lahaayeen, mar horeba la gaari lahaa nabad buuxda oo waarta. Marag madoonto waxaa u ah nabadda iyo xasillonida ka jirta goboladda waqooyi galbeed ee Soomaliya. Dad badan ayaan dooneyn in madax-dhaqmeedku marnaba qayga shirka cag soo dhigaan. Allaase mahadlehe, madax kale, oo si daacada uga wal-walaysa/daryeelaysa danta dhabta ah, ayaa ku adkeysatay sida ay lagama maarmaan u tahay in madax-dhaqmeedyadu ugu yaraan ka soo qayb galaan wajiga kama dambeysta ah ee shirku ku dooran-doono dadka loo xil-saariddoono hoggaanka dalka sanooyinka soo socda, meelna marindoona go'aannada lagu gaaray shirka Kenya ka socday in ka badan 9 bilood. Mudanayaal! Musiibada ku habsatay ummadda Soomaaliyeed ee keentay burbur, qaxooti, barakac iyo dib-u-heshiis laa`n waxaa guud ahaan xal u helid laa`nteeda loo aanayn kara dagaal oogayaasha oo mid waliba qumbo caddihiisa ligliga haystey, welina haysto, iyo dawlado aan daacad ka ahayn dib-u-dhis "qaran Soomaaliyeed". Waxaa xaqiiq ah in dagaal ogayaashu dawr weyn ka ciyaari karayn, welina ka ciyaari karaan, nabadeynta iyo dib-u-heshiisiinta la baadi goobayo. Waxaa horey loo yiri: "Xarig carrabo nin ogaa baa fura". Laakiin taasi waxay imaan kartaa haddii, ama markii, dantooda iyo midda dal/dalal shisheeyaba ay ka hor mariyaan danta guud. Nin beeraley ah ee u dhashay dalka Burundi, oo ka mid ah dalalka dagaalka sokeeye halakeeyey, ayaa wareysi wuxuu ku yiri: Dagaalka waxaa wada dagaal oogayaal, iyagaana og siday u joojin lahayeen. Laakiin ma doonayaan inay joojiyaan madaama awood iyo ilo dhaqaale uu u yahay,danahooda gaarka ahna ay ku fushanayaan.Taasi waxay marag u tahay in dagaal ooge meelu joogaba isku si u fakarayo. Mudanayaal Waxaan rumays-nahay inaad igaga xog ogaal-santihiin halaaga, burburka, iyo lixaad-ka-baaba`a dalka iyo bulshada Soomaaliyeed ku habsadey, oo ay adagtahay, haddii Eebbe uusan ur u bixin, sidii looga kaban lahaa burburkaas. Waxaa la ogsanyahay in madax kooxeedka ("Leaders Committee") shirka naakhuudaha ka ahi ay go'aansatay baarlamaan tiradiisu tahay 450 xubnood, tiradaasoo dood iyo dagaal dheer kaddib, lagu maslaxay inay noqoto 351 xubnood. Xataa 351 waa tiro aan marnaba u cuntamin kana tarjumi Karin xaaladda iyo awoodda Soomaaliya. Tirada dadka Soomaaliyeed waxaa lagu qiyaasaa, haddii la buun-buuniyo, 6 ila 7 milyoon . Dadka dalka Kenya waa 32 milyoon. Tirada baarlamaanka Kenya waa 212(?). Tirada dadka dalka Maraykanku wuxuu sigayaa saddex boqol oo milyoon. Tirada baarlamaankiisu (Congress) waa 535 (100 Senators iyo 435 House of Representatives). Tolow, yaa yaqaan waxay walaalaheen "Leaders Committee" ku cilmiyeeyeen, ama saldhig uga dhigeen, baarlamaan 450 ah?. Malaha su'aashaydu meesha kuma jirto, maxaa yeelay waa la'ogsonyahay sababta ay u qorsheeyeen tiradaas maan-gaddada ah. Sidaad og-tihiin, ujeedada markaan la idiin ku yeeray waa sidii aad kaalin wax ku ool ah uga qaadan lahaydeen soo xulidda xubnahaas oo, haddi tiradooda aan laga yareyn karayn 351, ay dantu tahay in xoogga la saaro sidii loogu dadaali lahaa inay noqdaan kuwo lagu tuhmayo daacadnimo, caddaalad iyo aqoon sare, kasbina kara kalsoonida dadweynaha kala irdhoobey. Waa kuwaas kuwa la rajayn karaa inay Soomaaliya ka soo saaraan godka dheer oo haatan ay ku jirto. Waa kuwaas kuwa la rajayn karaa inay isu soo dumaan bulshada 13 sano kala qoqobnayd laysuna bahaleeyey. Waa kuwaas kuwa la rajayn karaa inay soo celiyaan qaranimadii, midnimadii iyo sharaftii Soomaaliyeed. Waa kuwaas kuwa la rajayn karaa inay kasbaan kalsoonida iyo kaalmada adduunweynaha oo la'aantood Soomaaliya aysan ka soo kaban karayn burburkii ku dhacay. Haddii la doonayo in la helo dad tilmaantaas leh, waxaa lagama maarmaan ah inaan doorashadu ku koobnaan 361da ergey ee IGAD soo aruursatay, kuwaaso, waxay iyagu isbidayaan ka sokow, aan marnaba la rajayn karin inay xal u noqdaan dhibaatooyinka iyo boogaha la doonayo in la dhayo. Inkastoo aan ogahay innad ka feejig-tihiiin, haddana waxaa ila qummanaatay inaan idin ku sii adkeeyo inaydaan MAANTA cidna uga haybeysan danta dhabta ah ee dadkiinna iyo dalkinna, taasoo ah, haddii hoos loo sii dhuuxo, danta carruurtinna iyo carruurtinna carruurtooda. Waxaan ku farax-sanahay in maalin dhaweyd Internet-ka aan ku arkay shir madax-dhaqmeedyada qaarkood ka yeesheen meelmarinta arrimaha shirweynaha ka socda, iyagoo si xilkasnimo leh u falaanqeeyey, isna xasuusiyeen mas'uuliyada ka saran danaha dadkooda iyo dalkooda. Walaalayaal Waxaan, ugu dambeystii, idin xasuusinayaa in dhibaatooyinka sida agab-la'aanta ah u haysta bulshada Soomaaliyeed qaarkood la rajaynayo in shirka Kenya xal wax ku ool ah looga gaaro, laakiin taasi waxay badiba ku xirantahay midnimada iyo firfircoonida madax-dhaqmeedyadu muujiyaan, mowqifka iyo dawrka ay ka istaagaan arrimaha NAFTA ah. Waxaan Allaha awoodoo dhan iska leh ka baryayaa in gaca iyo garab u idin ku siiyo hawsha iyo mas'uulidda culus ee idin saaran. Inataas iyo SOOMAALIYA HA-NOOLAATO!. Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen Ra'iisul Wasaare hore ee Soomaliya Aug 2, 2003 e-mail addrees: Hussen554@aol.com

Let the dead rest in peace.....Have some respect for the departed!!! I think it is bit of over the top to lambast Muslim and fellow somali, the way you did.....I don't quite see what purpose this article serves, other than to defame fellow somalis!!!

Ayoub-Shiek....lol...i guess Horn-Afrique chooses not see that part......Sadly though, every somali leader bows down to the ethios....People who recently visited Sland and Pland said they saw significant number of ethios immigrants in big towns. I think Sland or for that matter any somali adminstration be careful about unchecked flow of immigrants to Somali lands. That could lead farther insecurity, unemployement and demographic change......Perhaps, Iam little too paroniod....lol

Lander....I guess most somalis have selective memory when it comes to the crimes commited by " their people"......everybody in somalia from Jubbas to Sland remembers well crimes that were commited against them, but when it comes their own wrong doings, their memory simply fades.

Scorpion_Sista......lol.."Our baby"..... ...lol i have missed something Yaar......lol Here is my list Dhudi Cambaro Luul Suuban

Lander..........Geeze, i wonder what the SNM and USC movements were about......?.....Liberating the somali race......lol....Saaxib, All these movements were started by people who felt that they didn't get their piece of pie....Period. It is individual qabiils lead by power hungry men aiming for the "Kursi".....Each movement was carried by one qabiil.....now if you are saying, SNM liberated Somaliland for the sake of peace and independence for all its inhabitants and get rid of the oppressors, i find that hard to believe, and iam sure ppl in Adwal, sanaag, and sool will agree since they were as much terrified of SNM as they were of Barre's forces. Now tell me,why would the good of awdal, sanaag , and sool be afraid of their liberators. Why tuur and Cigaal drag the people of Sland through another ugly war, all for what?. What about USC. Yeah sure, they get rid off barre.......But Saaxib, USC wanted to install another dictator........ Aidid'USC ethnically cleansed mogadisho, killed three hundred thousand ppl in Bay & Bakool. i guess you call that success, and may i ask what have the intervine ppl to deserve just punishment. They were not barre loyalties. N you said sufferings of puntlanders can't be compared to Waqooyi,...........lol.... ..ok Saxiib....history can be manipulated or sometimes even re-written,but one thing in somalia that can't be denied is that every so-called movement were about power hungry people......Period. Samarui-Warrior....It is sad Ina Yusuf was running for presidency of the somali state, the man should awarded with another "Kursi"...A kursi in the defendants corner in the Hague.

MMA....Iam wondering if yu have seen the Hotel Guled area, Theatre Ladani,and Cinema Bunt...I heard that whole area is messed real bad.

Malakia....They probably did go to da same school. We moved from Bilaajo Carab though around 86, and relocated to new home in Yaaqshid!.

Legend of Zu...I use to like Michael Jackson's thriller video, and Leon Richie....The "Habeenka Cagayska" program was nice...it had music videos from all over the world....I like this particular african song ( I can't remember the country), it goess like Zambala,zambaararay, Zambala....lol...or something like dat....lol....The Masari dramas were also good.And of course, my fav was the Bayern Munich games, they use to show.....

Well, i was born in Xamar Caddeey.....Bilaajo Carab which was full of somali yemenis....I remember Axmed Naaji the singer lived right across our house,moved to Waqooyi, came back to mogadisho, moved to Djoubite when da war broke out, than to Islamabad Pakistan, and now chilling New York!,..........i guess they don't call us nomads for no reason. Keeping our ancestors tradition alive albeit in different way.... Mizz-UniQue....n...Malaika....Kaysaa hee ay yaarow.....too many somali pakis in here...lol

Gangs of New York aka Irish Negroes vs "Native" New Yorkers.....This was lame attempt to tell story about the Irish experience. The movie sucked except for fight scenes and da intimate scenes... ...lol....Just kidding. Later

I actually think he is funny. This guy and Yalaxow guy in Xamar crack me up every time..lol They should have their own show on comdey central! I luv their honesty....lol

SA7RAWY........You know what, this is gonna sound wierd, but i realised people north of Xamar Caddey don't make Xalwo ( Exception maybe reer hiiraan, but Belew Weyne is close to the border). I mean , imagine a somali capital without Xalwo, Qamiir, Canbuulo, etc....lol... places like Galkayo or Dhuuso Mareeb ( ok, forget the latter, the names alone disqualifies as contender for our nation's capital) are full of ppl who only consume Cad iyo Caano...lol On more serious note though, The northern towns are less diverse in terms ethnicity. Besides, nothern tribes specifically those in puntland and southern mudug are ones trying to dominate the somali politics.Moving the capital in their own tarf will be mistake. More nuatral like towns like Merca would be a better choice!

Peace!

Bulo......Most somalis who discredit the Sayyid mostly do so cuz their qabiil fall out in favor with Darwish movement. I hope you are not discrediting his efforts to fight the invaders just cuz yoy feel your qabiil was victimized by his forces. The sayyid had noble idea of uniting all somali speaking tribes of the horn. Some choose to join him, others decided otherwise. In all conflicts, decisions carry consenquences. In a war for survival and independence, those who didn't join the darwish movement were seen as the freinds of the enemy. This is how ppl were judged on depending on allegiance. The sayyid certainly did lot of mistakes by killing and antoganozing the very people who he was trying to free. Perhaps, there are times who should have communicate to his ppl not through the sword, but through his feelings. The man yearned and fought for free and independent united Somalia. It is for this many somalis admire for. P.S. My grandfather, along with two of his sisters were the only family members that survived during the darwish campaigns in Nugaal and Hawd. As descendent of someone whom Darwish movement has affected so close, i have no hatred towards the Sayyid or his Darwish.

USC destroyed Mogadisho.......So much for liberating Hamar caddeey from Barre....Let them figure out what they wanna do with it.....The best i could hope for Xamar is for it to be somalia's commercial hub again...Kismayo and Bossaso will give hamar a run for its money though since many former residents are going to relocate to Puntland and the Jubbaland. My personal choice would be Merca since it has a coastline, good weather, and far from the enemy borders. Galkayo is big NO, NO.......Anything north of Mogadisho is big NO, NO......!!!!!!

OG_girl....Here is in granpa in person...sort of...lol OG-Moti.....I hope we find another somali son to unite Somalia!

Mizz-UniQue.....Q masaaq karoy yaar....Meeraa gar pakistan Taa....Say Kayra hahu tu...Idar bohot paki loghay. later

Darman.......Aryaa xaa tiri... afxumidaa...iin boogaa aa baac leedaha....Thats it, i hereby jailed Darman reliqueshing my right to post anything for period of four months as QaxootiMama stated. If anyone does bailed out Darman, he/she along with Darman himself must also relinquish the right to post anything on Sol for period of four months. If darman or the person who bails him out continue to reply or starts threads, i will resume posting agian. By da way Darman, Xaad guillotine ku diiday....Maryooley is still in stone age, i was being kind and very considerate by using guillotine as the weapon of execution.

Oooway....Lagtaahay bohot maryooley loog bollywood filmi basan kartaahay....lol My fav Indian movie has to be Dil....Remember lacag...Having spent in my teen yrs in Pakistan, i couldn't posibbly aviod Hindi movies n Cricket. Maskiin-Macruuf.....Those were indeed the days...Who could forget Disco Dance.....lol. Remember ppl use to say.....Mayqa fayr baa ku jirta noh, when there is new hindi movie out. I use to like the music videos they use to show before the movie starts. It was mostly Michael's thriller, Lionel Richie, etc. later nomads

I thought i share this piece.....It is a bit inspirational!!!!! GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) – Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labeled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached against them in the local mosque. They've been bombed, had their car destroyed and part of their compound torn down by angry local residents. Their "crime"? Hawa and the other women who run the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development are educating girls and women, trying to empower Puntland women, and fighting against female genital mutilation, as well as agitating for peace in a country long wracked by war. After four years in business, the centre, partially funded by UNHCR, is winning small victories in its uphill battle in a deeply traditional society. "They used to call me a witch before, now they call me 'aunt'," Hawa says with a smile. In the north-east part of the county called Puntland, Hawa is fighting to improve the very low status of women in Somali society. Ironically, since civil war broke out in the country following the overthrow of Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, women have become the chief breadwinners of their families, but their economic, social and political standing remains low. Many Somali men are unemployed, their government and other white-collar jobs having disappeared with the civil war. Women have opened teashops, or sell produce in the market – jobs men would not deign to do – and earn the small sums that enable their families to scrape by. "During the war, women were the ones who shouldered all the responsibility, not only for the immediate family, but for the whole extended family," says Hawa, sitting in a garden in the Galkayo Education Centre, a haven whose tranquility these days belies its turbulent history. "Until today, women are the ones who shoulder all the responsibilities, but there's little recognition. "Women have absolutely no status in decision-making," she continues. "Women are excluded from economic participation. No one gives them loans. It's okay for them to sell tomatoes and charcoal, but no one will be happy to see a woman in an executive office." She's optimistic that the lessons girls learn in the classrooms of the centre – peace education and the fight against female genital mutilation, for example, are woven into standard classroom subjects – will pay future dividends. But at the same time, she's impatient. "I don't want to wait 20 years," Hawa says. "I want improvement today for those who should participate" in the economic and political life of the country. Her centre is one of a number of organizations UNHCR supports in Puntland that are trying to improve the lives of women. In Bossaso, one UNHCR partner, the Somalia Reunification Women's Union, works for economic and political empowerment of women to help raise their social status. In Gardo, a town south of Bossaso, UNHCR helps fund GARWODO, the Gardo Women's Development Organization. "We are empowering women through education, child care, literacy for all women, and income-generating activities," explains Sahra Farah Mahamoud, one of the leaders of the group. "All of this is preparatory work for our future political involvement." Simone Wolken, UNHCR Representative for Somalia, is full of admiration for the women of the country. "Either in Somalia, or in exile, they held families together and did everything to help their families survive, despite war and destruction. They never gave up." Now, she believes, they are coming into their own. "Despite the many challenges, in peaceful areas like Puntland, women can now make their mark in reconciliation and reconstruction," says Wolken. "Education and awareness of rights are cornerstones in this regard, and UNHCR is doing all it can to support this." Economist Dahir Mohamed Ismail, a consultant to another UNHCR partner in Gardo, Ecological Preservation Association, feels strongly that "women are the best asset we have. The men only chew; they don't contribute anything to society," he adds, referring to the widespread Somali habit of chewing qat, a natural amphetamine that puts many male Somalis into a stupor and robs them of ambition and the will to work.. "We believe anything being given to Somali people should be through the women," says Dahir. "Otherwise it goes straight to the qat market." Abdullahi F. Ali, a 57-year-old Somali man who recently returned to farm in Gardo after 30 years in the United States, was struck by the way Somali women have stepped up to do any job that can support their families, while the men remain idle. "Without women, this country would be nothing," he says emphatically. "Women are saving society." Back in Galkayo, that's the type of sentiment that keeps Hawa and her colleagues at the Education Centre for Peace and Development going. "The centre has many challenges," she says. "But we are determined. We are committed to really continue, to be patient and not run away. We keep saying: women have a right to participate politically." Somali social worker Hawa Aden stands in front of a girls' school and community centre being built with UNHCR's help. © UNHCR/K.McKinsey

Forget bailing Darman.....here is da new deal! For all interested parties, Iam putting a bounty on darman's head....He must be eliminated from sol...Topics like dis one are simply annoying to say the least!!!!!!!!! So long Chap....lol here is how the elimination process be carried out......... With guillotine....dis will make sure he never comes back to SOL. He should be condemned to Somalinet forums....lol