He has my very first vote too. Odeyga Soomaali jaceylnimo inay ku jirto waa ogaa awalba. Hadduu warkaana run yahay aad ugu faraxsanahay. Ha gooyo xiriirka Xabashi, xashinkaas danjire ku sheega ahna meesha jaajuusnimo u joogo haka eryo.

Waraa, dhaga hadalka jooji ee run maa isku sheegno. It is those same gaalo aad usoo carartay, oo aad weydiisatay magangalyo. If I am not mistaken, diinteena Islaamka discourages in gaalo "cadowgaaga" ah magangalyo loogu tago, in the same tongue you are propagating in la naco. Waa those same gaalo aad sharcigooda ku wareegeysid dunida gaafkeeda. Waa same gaalo kuwa ku keenay dalkooda, adoo eber ahna wax kugu tuuray oo ilaa heerkaan soo istaagay. Yaa ogaado faraxii kaa baxay markii lagu yiri dhulkaas gaalo u socotaa ama lagaa qaabilay. Don't tell me those same gaalo waa habaareysay that same day ay kusoo kaxeynaayeen ama ku qaabilaayeen. Sheeko. Kuwa threadkaan ku wada jirana boqolkiiba sagaashan iyo sagaal, haddee ahayn boqolkiiba boqol, dhul gaalo ee magangalyo weydiisteen wada joogaan, ama ha inkaaraan ama yee inkaarin. Run maala isku sheego. Mise sheekada waa la jiifiyaa banaan, la joojiyaa banaan.

War labadaan qufalan arka oo Real Madrid iyo Barcelona iska dhigay, gabadhii martida ahaydna ka dhigay Atletico Madrid oo dhexda gishteen. Ismalura, abaayadiis, ha u bixin kuwaan. Bunkii ee cuni jireen soonka daraadiis ugu hareen oo waala haayaa marqaankooda. Iskaga dulqaado. Waxee qorooyaana waxba haka aaminin, waa jacburis ee iyaga iska alifteen Soomaali ha moodin. Bunka markee ku qayili jireen ayee ku digrin jireen waxee qoraan, iyaga iyo jiniyadooda isla yaqaano bas.

Somali militants grow Somali militants linked to al-Qaeda briefly asserted control over Mogadishu's most strategic road Saturday, escalating their efforts to overthrow the U.S.-backed transitional government in a region where Islamic radicalism is gaining strength. Never have the radical al-Shabab militiamen attacked so near Somalia's halls of power as they have last week, bringing them closer to their desire to create a Taliban-like Islamic emirate from which to export jihad abroad. Saturday's attack triggered an intense gun battle on the Muka al-Mukarama, a vital artery that connects key government ministries and the presidential palace to the airport. The fighting sent hundreds fleeing their homes and trapped men like Mohammed Ali in the crosshairs of war. The 22-year-old policeman fired a volley of bullets at al-Shabab fighters crouching in an alley connecting to the road. Bullets cracked back like thunderclaps. A mix of surprise and pain spread across Ali's boyish face, as blood oozed from his shattered foot, turning the road a dark crimson. "We warned you not to fire your rifle," yelled a comrade, as others risked a similar fate to drag Ali to safety. Next to them, soldiers and policemen stood against a wall of shuttered houses and stores that shielded them from the bullets whistling overhead. Scores of civilians who fled homes around the Dubka intersection huddled with them. No one dared to go to the intersection, where al-Shabab fighters were firing on anyone attempting to cross the street. "We are getting weaker and weaker every day," lamented Col. Ahmed Mohammed, a burly commander dressed in camouflage fatigues. Many of the soldiers had received only one month's salary in the past eight months. For this, they would not risk their lives. Overrunning areas Over the past week, during Islam's holiest month of Ramadan, al-Shabab fighters have pressed on this ocean-side capital. The militia has grown increasingly ambitious since orchestrating last month's twin bombings in the Ugandan capital of Kampala that killed more than 70 World Cup fans. The militants have overtaken neighborhoods once controlled by the government. On Monday, they vowed an all-out war to eradicate the government and drive out a contingent of 6,000 African Union peacekeepers that protects it. The next day, two al-Shabab suicide bombers attacked the Hotel Muna near the presidential palace, killing 31 people, including members of parliament and civil servants. The Muka al-Mukarama was a logical target. There was only one African Union outpost on the long thoroughfare between Mogadishu's commercial center and the Dubka intersection. Lined with cafes, travel agencies and money transfer shops, the road is indispensable for Mogadishu residents. The militants have attacked the road before, but never with the intensity seen Saturday. The assault began in the morning, as the militants took over buildings near the intersection and started to fire at passing vehicles. By 10 a.m, they controlled the Dubka intersection, effectively dividing the capital. Most residents stayed home, but the few who ventured out were forced to take detours over tiny, mud-filled roads to cross the city. The road was deserted, save for the lone souls fleeing from their homes or running from the bullets that punctuated the eerie silence of what was once the capital's busiest street. More than 10 bullets pounded the pink wall of Hassan Abdulqadir Farah's house. He gathered his five small daughters and whatever belongings they could pack into a small white minibus. His neighbor Hassan Ahmed and his five children crowded into the minibus as well. "I can't live with my children here," said Farah, a tall man who nervously glanced at the intersection. "The war has reached our front door." Soldiers' plight By 1 p.m., African Union peacekeepers arrived in white trucks and armored personnel carriers, affixed with large machine guns. They promptly began to pound the militants with a thunderous, jackhammer rhythm. At the end of each volley, the militants fired back with their AK-47s. None of the civilians huddled against walls appeared to mind that Somalia's soldiers and policemen watched from the sidelines. By 2 p.m., the African Union vehicles had left. The peacekeepers had erected concrete roadblocks and positioned themselves at the Dubka intersection. The militants had been pushed back, but not far. Few on the road expressed confidence that the peacekeepers could contain them. "They don't know the streets, and they fight from their trucks," said Farah Hussein Gimali, a civil servant, who lives near the intersection. "Al-Shabab will simply return in the night." The gunfire did not stop. A bullet struck the hat of an old man, who was so shaken he sat down on a stoop and stared blankly at the road. "Cross, cross," people yelled at others across the road, as bullets whistled through the air. Police spokesman Abdullah Hassan Barrisse, who was near the intersection, attempted a positive assessment, declaring that "the situation had returned to normal." Minutes later, an al-Shabab bullet narrowly missed a man's ear. He ran fast, clutching the right side of his head. Then Ali, the policeman, was shot. He stared glumly at the intersection as his friends placed him on the back of a police truck. Gimali, his face lined with anxiety, stared there, too. He worried that he would have to move his aging parents if al-Shabab attacked again. As for others on this day, the road had taken on a much greater significance. "The relationship between the government and this road is sacred. They need it to survive," he said. "If we lose this road, al-Shabab will push us to the ocean." Washington Post

Habaarkaas iyo inkaarkaas during in salaad time? Bisinka. Cibaado iyo in wanaagnimo lagu duceysto loogu tala galee salaadda, not to habaar dad kale waxee rabaan ha ahaadaanee. Qof saas u habaartamaayo doesn't deserve to be iimaamka masaajidka barakeysan ee Makka. Qof degan ayaa la rabaa.

What is this? The Anyan?

Markaa arkaba the way he butchers the good name of Good (like Muuse Rabiile Good aan maqli jiray magac fiican ahaa) ayaaba aqrin karin what qashin he writes.

Boggaadin iyo hambalyo. Rabi haka dhigo mid dalkiisa, diintiisa iyo dadkiisa wax u taro -- aamiin. I hope you were in the room oo adiga ka dhalsiisay. [Just kidding.]

May waa iska baroori lahaa. Ma dagaalami lahayd kulahaa. Horta qof dagaalama ma'ihi (it is not my nature, not because of fuleynimo, but because of being pointless). However, the very few fist fights I have been dadka chance maba siiyo, qoorsagaaro kula ordaa. Usually waaka dheeraa, so qoorsagaaro would be an easy target for me. And that I don't do anything, I wouldn't hit him and I wouldn't give him a chance to hit me back since qoorsagaaro adag ku haayo oo neefta ku ceshantayba muxuuba dad feeraa. Soomaali ayaaba la yahee ciyoow waaba la kala qabtaa dadka isdagaalaayo, that is why aan ku jeclahay Soomaalida dad iskuma fiirsadaan kuwa dagaalama weyna ogyihiin iskana dhigo dad dagaal inay rabaan ah. P.S. - Stephen Harperka cusub oo Reer Alberta redneck iska dhigo taqaan miyaa? That image is bogus. He used to be a big nerd boy back in Toronto area where he and his family originally were from.

That oraah ma taqaan? Ciyaal Wardhiigleey ayaa ciyaal xaafadaha kale ee Xamar ugu booteen jiray. It went: Wardhiigleey wasaarad waaye, inta kale wakaalad waaye, Washitoona (Washington) waab waaye. Definitions: Wasaarad = ministry Wakaalad = department/branch Waab = a small enclosed place (hut)

Ciyaal qurbo ku koray oo qabyaalad ku wareeray lee ahaa sheekada. Waxaaba lagu wareersanyahay magacyada Soomaalida qaarkood la baxaan inay la xiriirto mid qabiileed. That name Soomaalis use has nothing to do with a qabiil's name that it shares with, but everything to do with a prophet's name.

Waa jeclaan lahaa Stephen Harper mar hilfaha loo laabo, feer iyo faralaab loo giliyo. "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, iga celi, iga qabo" ka dhici lahaydee.

Waa wareey, Nuunka dhan maa lagday? Sabaaxadna ugu dar nooh si niikiskaas uu sanadooyin uu niikinaayi ugu haro. Xataa soon lagu jiro wuu niikiyaa ninkaan.

Rabi ha u raxmada marxuumka. Reer Jabuuti fursad weyn ayee u leeyihiin inay afkeena Soomaaliga hormariyaan, waana jeclaan lahaa inay hormariyaan inkastoo saas u muuqan. Sidaa u jeclahay see dhaqankeena wali ugu dhaganyihiin ayaa ula jeclaan lahaa afkeena meel sare gaarsiiyaan. Meesha kaliya dhulka Soomaaliyeed maanta dirac iyo garbasaar si caadi ah loogu gishto waa Jabuuti. Inta kale Soomaaliya kuma arkeysid labiskaan, kaliya lagu arkaa meelaha qaaska ah ee aroosyada ama xafladaha. Aad ugu farxaa markaa arko Reer Jabuuti saas ugu labisan.

Balaayo ku waraabisay. Mayee waala bilbilaa.

Xildhibaanada mar walba isdagaala u badan waa Reer Yukreen (Ukrain) iyo Koonfurta Kuuriya. Niinta, mataankaaga (Nacnac) waala dilee see camal.

Niinta, xaala dhoolacaddeynee? Nuunka, yac waraa. Abaaydeen Ismalura Reer Kanada waaye, meeshaana wey ku cusubtahay marka waa inaa dadkeena hore meesha joogo oo Reer Kanada ah si qaas usoo dhaweynaa, see waaye waraa. Tuujka saas usoo dhaweynoyaa asagana. Reer Kanada si gaar loo soo dhaweeyaa, anaga booliyaashiina Reer Yurub maana moodiin.

I guess some of the few pictures offended you. I am sorry laakiin this is a thread dedicated to Muqdisho's history and that colonial part of our history is also part of Muqdisho's history. I wasn't glorifying the colonialists, just showing the pictorial Muqdisho of long bygone eras. Interesting question, though: If you had a choice to live Muqdisho of 1950s and Muqdisho of today, which one would you prefer? And about humiliation? What are we experiencing now? The beauty of independence? It is beyond humiliation. We are collectively the laughing-stock of the world today, meel walba oo aan joogno waa nagala nacay. It is true. Anyway, this is not a thread for politics.

Fagax iyo kuwa kale normal ayee noqonayaan marka lala bardhigo Jilbajabso iyo noocaas. Baar Fagax wuxuu lamid ahaa Baar Raaxo, Baar Ubax, Baar Jabuuti...

Sawirkaas in uu asaga yahay mala hubaa? Eebba ha u raxmado Careys Ciise Kaarshe. Halyeey Soomaaliyeed oo ereyada sida loo dhiso, loo qurxiyo qof yaqaano ayuu ahaa.

That is Daljirka Dahsoon (The Unknown Soldier's monument) as the picture says. Basaskii dowladeed ee Xamar. Waxa baska ku qoran 'Gaadiidka Dadweynaha - Gobolka Banaadir'. Xamar in 1920s probably. That masaajid is Arbacarukun. Ciyaal iskooleey, baranbaro fiimtooy...

Naasir, somehow, dadkii hore si ayee u dhalaalaan, regardless see ahaan jireen dhaqaalahooda iyo xaalka nolol maalmeed. Walaahi karaamada iyo heybada ka muuqato waxaa ugu wacan dalkooda oo bilicsan ku noolaan jireen. No walwal, no qax iyo walbahaar xabbadeed. Neither was there isdhiibid iyo buufis ka fikirkeeda. P.S. - Kinsi inay saas u qurxoonaan jirtay ma moodeen until I had seen her old clip a few months ago on a Soomaali tv in Nayroobi. Aad iyo aad u dhalaali jirtay ileen.

Tuujka, biibitooyinkii, baararkii iyo maqaayadihii Xamar isoo xasuusiyey magacaas. Xamar ayee ku yaali jireen maqaayado la yiraahdo: Baar Jilbojabso Baar Lugabaxsi Iyo kuwa kale magacyadooda ilooway.

Latest mamnuuc news: Taraawiixda oo la mamnuucay (well, sorta) iyo ... _______________ Shabaab oo 20 macallin dugsi Qur'aan dhigaya cayriyay iyo taraawiixda oo laga joojiyay masaajidada Kismaayo ku yaala Maleeshiyadka Kooxda Shabaab ayaa muddo 5 maalmood ah u qabatay inay uga baxaan magaalada Kismaayo 20 Macallin oo dadka barayay Qur’aanka Kariimka ah, iyagoo dhinaca kalena amar kasoo saaray tukashada salaadda Taraawiixda. Xasan Yacquub oo kamid ah Horjoogayaasha Maleeshiyaadka Kooxda Shabaab ee Gobollada Jubbooyinka ayaa ku amray 20 kamid ah macallimiinta dugsiyada Quraanka Kariimka ee caanka ka ah gudaha Magaalada Kismaanyo inay muddo 5 maalmood gudahood uga baxaan Magaalada Kismaayo, iyadoo aan la ogeyn sababta rasmiga ah ee ka dambeysa Amarkaan kasoo yeeray Horjooge Xasan Yacquub oo kamid ah Maleeshiyada Kooxda Shabaab. Arrintaan ayaa welwel xooggan ku abuurtay dadweynaha ku dhaqan gudaha Magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta Gobolka Jubbada Hoose maadaama ay macallimiintaasi caan ka ahaayeen gudaha Gobolka Jubbada Hoose. Sidoo kale Horjooge Xasan Yacquub ayaa mamnuucay in wax ka badan 11 Rakaco la tukado salaadda Taraawiixda ah ee lagu tukado masaajidada ku yaala Magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta Gobolka Jubbada hoose, mana cadda ujeeddada rasmiga ah oo ay ka damacsan yihiin Maleeshiyaadka Kooxda Shabaab arrintaani. Maleeshiyaadka Kooxda Shabaab ayaa horay albaabada isugu dhufatay Masaajiddo badan oo ku yaalla Gudaha Degmada Kurtunwaareey iyo degmooyin kale oo ka tirsan Gobolka Shabeellada Hoose, iyagoo ka mamnuucay in lagu tukado salaadda Taraawiixda. Waxaana sidoo kale xusid mudan in Horjooge ka tirsan Maleeshiyaadka Koxda Shabaab uu masaajid ku yaalla magaalada Beledweyne ee xarunta Gobolka Hiiraan ka sheegay inay diinta ka baxeen dhammaan Beelaha kasoo jeeda Gobolka Hiiraan sida uu hadalka u dhigay, waxeyna arintaasi sababtay in ay Jamaacadii ku tukaneysay Masaajidka ay durbadiiba faarujiyaan iyagoo ka carreysan hadalka foosha xun ee ka soo yeeray horjoogahaasi maleeshiyo ee ka tirsan Kooxda Shabaab. Xigasho

MMA, lol you guys are lucky because of the Somalia sujuu that were in Kanata in mid eighties. They sure opened doors for all yal. Waa runtaa, Soomaali badan sujuu ah inta ku arkay iyagoo ii sheegay inay yimaadeen in '80s, especially around 86 iyo 87. Montreal degnaan jireen waagaas, Toronto Montreal ayaa ka qatarsanayd xiligaas. Ismalura, Nuunka waa laga cararaa, hana isku kicinin, iska jir. Dixri iyo quraanjo uu ku afuraa ninkaan, baraanbarana wuu ku suxuurtaa, calibeesteena qaraabo ayee yihiin ee ka dheeroow ku dhahay intaa caadi tahay. Juxa, Alcuruba maanta see u egtahay haddaa aragtid tii hore waa iska iloowee. Meesha wey dalacsiiyeen, or should I say very modernized ka dhigeen. Space ahaana aad u weyneeyeen. Now it is almost full of people waaye every hour it is open, even foreigners awal lagu arki jirin joogaan now. Saak, maqaayadaada Quruxloow tan ayaaba dhaanto Landhan ku taalo: Nina, aaheey, xaadir u ahay Team Kanada.