"Governmente municipaale...." Carabigaas wali ma gaarin aniga. "I am beautiful, handsome" aaba igu sii daran. Nin isfaanshay, dooro iskuday.

Here we go again, how it looked like maanta outside.

Maxaa makiinad cajiin kaasmaayo yaryariis laga shukaansaday, Dhubad.

Powerful image iga dheh. Eebba ha u garabgalo. Even teens and boys ku jiro halganka.

Originally posted by Dhulqarnayn -alSumaale: This topic is kinda like two brothers bringing their severly 'beaten up' third brother to a Hospital and then proceed to bicker like simpletons about 'who' was the most helpfull of the 'two' Bro1 It was my car we used Bro2 But i payed for the gas Bro1 I knew the directions Bro2 I called Hoyoo iyo Abo Bro1 I'm the one paying half of the medical expenses Bro2 So? I'm paying the other half The Third brother wakes up after a week, with his two brothers besides his bed still bickering BRO3 Wasaqiin!! coughs why did you guys watch when those Ajanabis ganged on me and beat me? you guys were there, why didn't you help me? The third brother weakened falls back into sleep, and the hospital room is silenced by the grim reality of ''Shame'' and ''cowardice' Waranlehs rise... Nicely put.

Both Diradhabe and Xarar have Soomaalis names. That is enough for us. The word xarar degmooyin iyo tuulooyin badan Soomaaliyeed loogu magacdaray, sida Xarardheere, Xararyaale... Diradhabo oo micnaheedana ah meeshii la isku dhameeye -- dirir [fight] iyo dhabe [a place of...], example Baydhabo [a place of Baay tree].

No wonder when I read a prominent hotel chain's particular hotel's manager's interview a few months ago. He was asked at the end a simple question of what he would carry when travelling: He said a pillow [barkin] and a bed sheet, adding that he doesn't trust pillows and bed sheets provided by the hotels. He knows inside out, I guess.

Micnaha areebo waxaa laga wadaa qof reer magaal ah. Ani areebo maraxnimo lee u aqaanay the last time, though. Si kale waligeey kuma maqlin. Yacni qof hadduu dhaho areebahaas naga daa, ani u qaato maraxaas naga daa in laga wado.

2nd NORTH AMERICAN SOMALI DIASPORA CONFERENCE Axmed Ismaaciil Samatar Raising awareness on the plight of the Somali people and solidifying the efforts of North America Somali Diaspora Organizations On November 30 & December 1, 2007 approximately two hundred Somali-Americans and Somali-Canadians convened a major conference in the Washington, DC Metro area. The attendees agreed to forge a unified front to free Somalia from occupation and oppression, and to bring a lasting peace and freedom to the Somali people. The attendees agreed to urge all Somalis to: Transcend tribal and regional divisions while embracing national identity and unity as our guiding principles Promote the principle of tolerance, fairness, and that injustice to one is injustice to all Play an active and a positive role in bringing lasting peace to our homeland by joining forces with "Somali Cause" Develop an all-inclusive, competence based system for post liberation governance to avoid the return of warlordism and chaos Increase universal awareness on the plight of the Somali people brought about by the occupation and tyranny The attendees agreed to urge the international community, particularly the United Nations, United States Government, European Union, Arab League, African Union, and Organization of Islamic Conference to: Demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia Compel the Ethiopian forces and the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to immediately cease shelling civilian areas and to stop denying food aid to the displaced people Replace the Ethiopian troops with forces from Muslim & non-frontline African states, equipped with a clear mandate Provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the over one million internally displaced people (IDP) in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu Demand the immediate halt of the rampant human rights abuses, the closing of independent media, and the arrest of journalists Facilitate an all inclusive reconciliation conference in a neutral and safe environment Respect the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia while addressing the legitimate grievances of regions Establish an international criminal court for Somalia to rigorously investigate and prosecute war crimes and human rights violations that have been committed by any party against the civilian population Demand the immediate release of all political prisoners and victims of widespread arbitrary detention Somali Cause, a first of its kind of union of Somalis across tribal and regional affiliations, was founded by the following organizations: Alliance for Peace and Development (AFPD), Columbus, OH Baltimore Somali Community, Baltimore, MD Greater Boston Somali Community, Boston, MA Somali American Peace Council (SAPC), Washington DC Somali Canadian Diaspora Alliance (SCDA), Toronto, Canada Somali Diaspora Network (SDN), Fairfax, VA Somali Institute for Peace and Justice (SIPJ), Minneapolis, MN United Somali Diaspora (USD), Minneapolis, MN We invite and encourage others to join with the Somali Cause in bringing justice, peace and stability to Somalia. To join Somali Cause or for more information, please email us at info@somalicause.org or call us at (202) 285-0780 or mail us at 1425 K ST NW STE350 Washington DC, 20005-3514 C/qaadir C/raxmaan, Somali Cause, Chairman [ More sawiro ]

From this: Omar also testified that her family had assets in Somalia that gave her the money to spend on the house, car, dental work and school tuition, despite the fact that her brother was receiving Social Security disability payments and her mother was receiving medical assistance. To this: Jurors found Omar guilty of all 46 counts. They also determined that the purchase of two of her three homes, as well as her custom car, were obtained with tainted funds, making them subject to forfeiture. And this iigu sii daran: "The case is bigger than the defendant. It's as if the Somali community is on trial," said Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center. War magaca Soomaali daa. Tuug la qabtay, talo maleh ayaa la dhihi jiray. She tried to milk the system, waana la qabtay. Duqeedana in uu cararo ma ahayn fuleynimo daraadiis, in uu iyada ugu tago meesha kaligeed to face those charges.

And you never lied? You never fabricated and embellished to spice up your hardship stories to claim asylum? Waxaadan hawshaada ahayn hawl laga dhigto ma fiicno. Kashifaad iyo iscaarifid kulahaa. Adiga lee mugoow ha isqarxin.

Horta "Itoobiyaanka" ee hooyadeed ku sheegeyso, maxee ula jeedaa? Aniga "Itoobiyaan" Amxaar iyo Tigrey u aqaanaa. Haddee Oromo iyo waxaas ka wado, it is different. Koley hooyadeed Amxaar mise Tigrey waaye maadaama indhihii waa weynaa kuwaas lagu yaqaanay leedahay.

Eebba ha u naxariisto.

Maadaama aan arkay shabakooyinka Soomaaliyeed oo maqaalo, qoraalo badan dad soo bandhigay. Badana maqaaladaan, awalba iska jaabo jaabo loo qoray, waxaa ugu sii darnaa dadka qaarkiis iska daaye inay wax la aqrin karo soo bandhigaan, waxeeba iska ilooween muhiimadii ay lahayd shaqaldheernimada iyo shaqalgaabnimada. Xataa heer waxaa la gaaray magacii "Soomaaliya" iyo "Soomaali" laga dhigo shaqalgaab, oo qoraalo warar ku qoran Afsoomaali ayaa arkeysaa iyagoo loo hingaadinaayo "Somalia" iyo "Somali." Wahsinimo, aqoondaro, dayacanimo iyo inay xushma la'aanta afkooda naxwadiis u degan iyo barashadiis ka tahayba ma'ogi. Maxee muhiim ama laga maarmaan u tahay shaqaldheernimada iyo shaqalgaabnimada. Inta aan u guda galin aan isweydiino horta maxaa laga wadaa ama loola jeedaa labadaan erey. Maxee yihiin shaqaldheer iyo shaqalgaab? Shaqaldheer haddaan afka qalaad ku dhahno waa "long vowel," kan gaabna waa "short vowel." Afsoomaaliga waa ku muhiimsanyihiin, maadaama afkeena hodanka ka buuxaan ereyo isku dhigmo, oo haddii shaqaldheer iyo shaqalgaab jiri lahayn lagu wareeri lahaa qoraal markee noqoto. Tusaalooyinka: Gaal [camel, unbeliever] iyo gal [enter], sar [building] iyo saar [traditional play], fal [doing] iyo faal [astrology], mar [pass] iyo maar [bronze, copper], dur [inject, pierce] iyo duur [wild, jungle], bur [flour] iyo buur [mountain, hill] iyo kuwa boqolaalkale fara badan. Marka saas ayee muhiimad ugu leedahay maadaama hal shaqal oo yar haddii ereyga laga badalo micno weyn kale oo ka gedisan yeelanaayo. Duruuf kale ayaa jiro oo aanan dad badan la socon, taas oo ah in shaqaldheernimada kaliya tahay laba xaraf oo shaqal [vowel] kaliya ah israacaan; Shaqaldheer ma noqon karo sadex xaraf ama ka badan oo shaqal ah israacaan, sida Bu'aale ama la'aan. Markee sadex xaraf saas camal iskugu toosaan ereyga, waxaa loo dhaxeysiyaa hamsa [apostrophe oo ah (')]. Qofkii su'aal qabo ama wax iga saxaayo, soo dhawaada.

ps, is it me mise kuligood scar aa madaxa uga yaalo...sorry, xaasameeyaahee hadee indhaheyga notice gareeyeen.. Wax aan loo joogin aragtaa. Balaayo sideed indhood ah, weershe ilbuunsan yaa dhaho. Adigana meel can jeexan ama il jeexan ka hadlee, iyagiina ciyaal rafaadsan ah. Their smiles, however, just makes you to rethink about what you really know about life, particularly considering their daily hardships and they are still smiling like that.

Originally posted by Haneefah: ^Axem, dib u akhri title-ka Inaay [eedo ], Afmaayga in uu yahay Afmaxaatiriga hooyadiis maba ogid miyaa? Wah. Hooyadii la leeyahay afkaaga ku hadal, oo gabadhaada kaa af badiso. Wah mar labaad.

Samir iyo iimaan, intii Soomaaliya lagu xasuuqaayo by Xabashis iyo wixii u daba taagan. Eebba ha u naxariisto walaalaheen la xasuuqaayo dhamaantood. Just watched a new clip on Aljasiira a few minutes ago, seeing the blodied bodies of today's xasuuq at Suuqa Bakaaraha. So sad. So ciil ku qabto.

Yahoo! also asks this: "Hi i am somali and i am a male , and i have a brown skin so what shall i use to get a lighter skin?" [No kidding. Check it and responses following it.]

Originally posted by Dhulqarnayn -alSumaale: quote:Originally posted by Kool_Kat: quote: Originally posted by Dhulqarnayn -alSumaale: I wanted to laugh at the name Mississauga thinking it's Jaceylbaro's abused form of Mississippi but it really exists lol Heeeeey, leave my city alone... I'm serious before this topic i never knew a city in the world existed with the name missisausage (j/k) I agree with Puja this group of individuals at the house should be held accountable aswell unless they arrived after the incident. Daa'uud, Mississauga -- pronounced as Misisaaga -- is Koronto's little sister city, literally next door with some 700,000 people, many of them South Asians.

I think the person who asked meant or confused about the forehead. She asked in a wrong way, I guess.

Taloow baasaboorkee uu ku socdaa? Cagaarkii lee iga dheh.

Why do Soomaali people all look so similar? first of all i need to say that im not at all racist, but to me all somali people look very similar. Do somali people think that british/ americans all look similar? I guess it must be something to do with genetics or something- but how come you cant tell which country other african people come from? no smart as s answers please, thanks for your answers in advance. Your answers are needed here.

Originally posted by Caamir: Blessed Our difference is that I am a civic nationalist where as you sound like an ethnic nationalist. I conceive of our nation-state and its membership in and loyalty to it in terms of citizenship, common law, (discount Somali’s break down) and political participation, whereas you conceive of our nation-state’s membership and loyalty to it in terms of lineage and nomadic culture. Hence I am not driven by a political desire to impress ethnically defined interests on the agenda of the Somali state, and in the process deprive our Somali people of their right to political participation and citizenship. It is beautiful to achieve the collective aspiration and unity of our entire Somali Speaking community, but that is a reckless adventure and it has been a recipe for extremism, exclusiveness, secessionism, and last but but least a possible international anarchy. You are wrong and contradicting the constitution of 1960, approved by the vast majority of Soomaalis in a referendum. Yes, there are two sets of Soomaalis: The Soomaali who is both ethnically Soomaali as well as a Soomaali by nationality and those who are not ethnically Soomaali, but are Soomaali by nationality. "Soomaali Bantu" [a term I don't agree with] community is the latter. To those who are ethnically Soomaali, but live the occupied and neglected Soomaali Galbeed or NFD, they are automatically Soomaali by nationality as well, as per set by by that constitution of 1960. That is why many residents of Gaarisa, Mandheera and Wajeer, as well as those who were born in Jigjiga, Diradhabe and Qabridahare travelled around the world carrying Soomaali passports, obtained in Muqdisho no questions asked. You naively consider Soomaali Galbeed to be part of "Itoobiya." It is not. It is occupied, regardless how long or decades it is. Reer NFD as well, which never was part of so-called Ingiriis isku kab kabay Kenya in colonial times. As the very name itself suggests, it was a remote frontier post, controlled separately from other lands that became later part of Kenya. The residents of this region also approved overwhelmingly to be part and parcel of Soomaaliya. Gumeysidoon Ingiriis refused to recognize.

It is a wholly different matter, though, being mapping who controls what of some far-flung hamlets and villages in Soomaaliya. What you coloured today will not be there in days or weeks, let alone in months or years. Soomaaliya and its regions, including towns, is in a continuous stage of endless evolutionary cycle. Nothing lasts and settled unless a true central government rules. What you are attempting should be commended for informing the uninformed about the political reality on the ground; however, it is a waste of time since it will change in a few months.

What is with you and maps? Does little dusty villages and towns in Soomaaliya changing hands -- albeit temporarily since there is no permanent, save a few towns -- fascinate you? What if you started mapping Soomaaliya and its regions monthly since 1991? Waaba ku dhufan lahayd by now.