A South African advocacy group's powerful ad about the realities of domestic abuse has become an Internet sensation, the Guardian is reporting. Produced by People Opposing Women Abuse (or POWA), the experimental new video begins with a scene showing young musician practicing on a drum set while at home in a Johannesburg apartment complex. Within minutes, miffed neighbors arrive at the man's doorstep and hand him a written warning for creating the noise. Later, a recording of a violent domestic dispute -- complete with sounds of glasses smashing and a woman's screams -- plays at maximum volume, yet none of the neighbors respond. The clip concludes with a stark message: "Every year 1,400 women are killed by their partners." POWA officials say they were astonished at the lack of response to the violent recording. "We were astonished," Fran Luckin, the advertising executive who created the film, told the Guardian. "People complained about the drums within minutes...I think nobody really believes that someone dies in a domestic argument." Attracting over 500,000 views, the video's surge in popularity reportedly comes on the heels of a disturbing survey conducted in South Africa's Gauteng province, which found 37.4% of local men admitting to at least one act of rape. Huff

Ayoub-You know you could have saved us all the trouble and just asked me yaa tahey if that gives a bit of clarity in my political orientation

^I'm Barca fan-You didn't see my taunting in other thread.It's that I just hate one-sided games regardless of who's playing.

Jb...This is racist duqa. Why is Barca painted as black man stealing milk from a kid. Shame on you Amiir. This game sucked!

Who's daddy...come on say it Bob-you come in guns blazing bisinka qabso noh horta

^looool....Usheeg these kids ninyahow and you need to do before the queen dies

^And...?

^Somaliland is the queen's land dee

They now answer to Ileys

^Sidee?

Shiekh Sharif is man tasked with responsibility that's beyond capabilities-don't see him milking this visit for any political advantage.

^LooooooooooooooL>>Let's not translate into Soomaali but otherwise it's not meant to relay anything negative or dirty as far as English meaning is concerned.

I didn't know there's orgy in London

"dont mind my ignorance." looool....The smartest thing you have said so far.

This is embarrassing for the Yanks.

^Done you with you kid if you have comprehension problem.

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Xaaji-Not historically! Come one, just come with it. It's Ok to ignore history if you think it win favors from Zenawi but it don't insist on ignorance and misinformation. Even Zenawi's introduction of ethnic federalism admits the historical injustice and the fact that the Ethiopian constitution allows secession in theory of course!

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^Hararis had Somali rulers as well and the city has Somali population. It seems you guys are nitpicking history to fit your world view...lool The ultimate question here is Ethiopia colonizer-the simple answer is yes and history attests to that.

^Don't mind him-the kid is confused.

^Why should I? Let's historical facts before you utter ignorant nuisances. And what are you anyway-Ethiopian stooge?

Xaaji-Correction-Muslim Harar was never part of Christian Abyssinia. It was incorporated into Ethiopia in 1887 after the Battle of Chalengo.Harar were never classified as Ethiopians. The confusion here is people using Ethiopia (modern day state) and Christian Abyssinia interchangeably. Ethiopia was only established after Christian Highlanders (Abyssinians) slowly expanded to the South and subjugated the Oromo, Somali and other southern peoples.

^The area came under Ethiopian rule in the late 19th century so your claim of Ethiopian presence in the Somaligalbeed for CENTURIES is false. Ethiopia lost control of Somaligalbeed when the Italian invaded and Somaligalbeed was incorporated into Italian Somaliland.When Italians lost WW II, Britain took control of the area and the idea of Greater Somalia was entertained but it was struck down by the Yanks after lobbying by the Ethiopians. It was 1948 that Ethiopia was given sovereignty over Somaligalbeed despite Somali objections! Historically, Somaligalbeed was under the control of different Muslim states including the Adal empire-a Somali state.Even without the presence of any Somali political entity, the ethnic Somalis didn't belong to the Abyssinian empire and they had no desire to be part of Ethiopia. There's no historical evidence to suggest the Highlanders even controlled Somaligalbeed before the scramble for Africa. Even after the scramble, they lost the control first to Italians, then the Brits, and finally the Somalis in 77.

Libaahe..What does HIV, kufsi etc have to do their intervention in Xamar. You can object to their presence and don't have to drag Somali girls name into the conversation. Zack nin iska dhici! N you seem confused sxb, why would care what happens in another country anyway