What is funny about this clip? A misguided, probably drug-induced, non-sober, underweight teenager trying to rob a store with bare hands. Yes, in la edbiyo waa u baahnaa, and deserves some. But that marax wixiisa waa ka dareey, beating, smashing and kicking the poor skinny teen senselessly and probably begging for the dear life of his. Anybody who enjoys and finds humour in someone beating senselessly qof dhulka yaalo oo tuugaayo the beater needs a little pyschological check-up. Or perhaps is a fresh hormone-induced, violent video game-obsessed teen himself or herself for that matter.

What is funny about this clip? A misguided, probably drug-induced, non-sober, underweight teenager trying to rob a store with bare hands. Yes, in la edbiyo waa u baahnaa, and deserves some. But that marax wixiisa waa ka dareey, beating, smashing and kicking the poor skinny teen senselessly and probably begging for the dear life of his. Anybody who enjoys and finds humour in someone beating senselessly qof dhulka yaalo oo tuugaayo the beater needs a little pyschological check-up. Or perhaps is a fresh hormone-induced, violent video game-obsessed teen himself or herself for that matter.

You've already been given the two sites with most songs when it comes how to get MP3 songs, especially the latter -- sclub19.com -- which has a huge, most comprehensive Soomaali songs recorded pre-war. And all are MP3-friendly. I got most of what I have on my MP3 from that site. The other site I can remember now whose listed songs can be downloaded is somalilyrics.net.

It is very sad, ayaandaro tragedy. He was a nephew of my brother-in-law's. Eebba ha u naxariisto Abuukar Cabdiraxmaan Maxamuud. Maskiinka asagoo noloshiis haddaba soo kaceysay senselessly la dilo aad wax loogu murugooda waaye. ------------- The mother of a schoolboy shot dead by youths on bicycles says he was "in the wrong place at the wrong time". Abukar Mahumed, 16, was killed after being chased by half a dozen hooded youngsters with bandanas covering their faces. The Somali teenager died from a single gunshot to the neck outside a block of council flats in Stockwell, South London, in the early hours of Thursday. His mother Mulki Ahmed, 42, said her son had never been involved with a gang or in trouble with the police. At her home in Tulse Hill, South London, she said: "Abukar was a really quiet boy and a very good boy. He was a very good son, a fantastic kid. "He was the active, sporty type. He played football and went swimming twice a week. And he liked to go out with his friends. "He was always supportive, honest, helpful and kind. He was so friendly to everybody. "Around here, there are a lot of boys that are very bad. Abukar was not like that. Abukar was in the wrong place at the wrong time." The family are Somali Muslims and Abukar had three brothers Mahamed, 17, Mahamud, 14, and Hassan, 13. Supported by her 45-year-old husband, Abdirahman, Mrs Mahumed added: "My other sons are coping. I am frightened of them going out now, but I cannot stop them. What can I do?" She said Abukar had been doing well at Stockwell Park High School. "Education was his priority and he had just been accepted into Lambeth College to study science and English in September. He loved anything to do with science." Other article

Originally posted by buuxo: lol nephthyst,then you can say waa muuseyga or midka i qabo sophist, what is Ooridayda? sounds like my goat Oori ma maqlin miyaa waligaa? I am sure you did since it is included the famous hees qaadaan Magool iyo Shimbir [Eebba ha u wada naxariistee]. Heesta waa Adoo idileey, aroos kuula gala ... Shimbir sings: Asluub badaneey Amaan badaneey Sidii ubaxii U udgoon badaneey Waxaan idileey Kugu oon bixin lahaa [ ] Adigoo idileey Aroos kuula gala Adigoo oorideyda noqdoo Ubad dhala Ilwaad quruxleey And Magool gives her answer: Asluub badanoow Amaan badanoow Sidii ubaxii U udgoon badanoow Waxaan aabiyoow Kugu oon bixi lahaa Adoo aabiyoow Aroos ila gala Anoo ooridaada noqdoo Ubad dhala Ilwaad quruxloow Afsoomaali is a hodan language, a language which we unfortunately never appreciated and developed that far. Anagaa dhulka dhignay afkeena. Ereyga kaliya for wife has more than a half dozen words in Afsoomaali: Oori, afo, arad, maranti, xilo, xaas iyo bilcaan [it can also mean woman]. I think some of them have a particular and different meanings of the general word of wife. Some of them may mean, who knows, a second one [minyaro] or a third one. Or mid la dumaalay. We don't know, the only thing we do now know is that their general meaning waa wife. ---------------- Dad ayaaba meeshaan Afsoomaaligooda iska eber ah. Husband is not 'nin.' The official word in Afsoomaali language for husband is seey. "Heblaayo baa seeygeeda ku geeriyooday ..." waligiin ma maqlin? And what is wrong with nin? If you don't have any problem with 'my husband' -- which it seems some of you don't -- then 'ninkeyga' muxuu qabaa? Ninba ama naagba teeda la quman. Soomaalida dhaqan ahaanba wax amaan ah iyo wax kale iskuma fiicno. Jaceylkooda hadduu jirina waa wax laba isjecel qolkooda ku wadaagaan. They appreciate innerly without overtly displaying publically bogus, dad istustus 'love.' Bishaaro, 'igaar' is not Afmaay, it is Xamari. Ariir = boy/girl ayaa Afmaay ah. It is very interesting igaar/ariir/inan are all unisex words when it comes to both genders.

Originally posted by buuxo: Ok what on earth does this mean??/ Gabadh nin dhali karaa dhiqi kara This is what aabiyaasheen isku sheegi jireen in the old days to marry an innocent, unsuspecting, maiden new wife, saying aloud to reerkeeda, "War gabar nin dhali karaa dhaqi karee ina siiya inanta." Well, in a way, it means only 'a mature man can take care his girl [lady].' Not an inexperienced boy-man. That is the reference with being 'old enough to be her father.' NB - I think you got the confusion and misunderstanding from the misspelling of dhaqi to 'dhiqi.' Dhiqi sounds like a complete new word.

Puntland On Life Support: Part II Just when you would have thought that things could not get any worse in Puntland with the well documented corruption and human rights abuses, including the Robert Mugabe style burning down of a sprawling shanty town at the outskirts of Bosaso city—where more than two hundred and fifty homes were destroyed—Cadde Muse seems to be going off the deep end. Cadde’s time in power is becoming increasingly costly for the hardworking, law abiding people of Puntland. He is actively subverting the rule of law to which he was sworn to uphold. For starters, he is seeking to summarily dismiss both the City Council and Mayor of Bosaso city for the bogus offenses of failing to tow the line. And it gets worse by the day. Cadde's administration is undertaking schemes so unimaginable and alarming, that even the most hardened felons would probably hesitate to act upon them. It has to do with his lunatic plot to sell off Somalia’s famed, but fragile, coral reefs eco-system (that supports diverse marine life) at the Gulf Aden coast, piece by piece, to be shipped abroad by the shiploads to foreign buyers . He either does not understand the consequences of the long term ecological disaster resulting from his catastrophic sale of one of Somalia’s key intrinsic natural resources, a resource that took untold thousands of years to form, or he is unfazed by his fixation with the enormous perils attendant to his penchant for absolute rule. Either way, Cadde’s corrosive activities represent a clear and present danger to every Somali man, woman and child for abusing the power that was entrusted in him by the people of Puntland. Unfortunately, his aggressive and often illegal policies are destroying the goodwill among the partners of the regional administration, hastening the dissolution of the partnership. As of today, he has attempted to arrest the Speaker of the Parliament for calling for an audit of the government’s finances and for not accepting an illegal decree. The Speaker is at the present time free, thanks to forces loyal to the constitution and beholden to Cadde Muse or his rubber stamp courts. One would think that such diligence on the part of the Speaker would be welcomed by the Chief Executive, especially at a time when revenues are going up in double digits while government employees are unpaid for months at a time. But in Cadde Muse’s Puntland, you would be mistaken. Why would opening the books provoke such a visceral reaction? Perhaps the prospect of finding embarrassing financial discrepancies is a strong motivation — that is if books were kept in the first place. Reasonable people will agree that Puntland today is a hypocrisy, not a democracy; therefore, waiting over a year or so for elections is an exercise in futility and a costly one at that. Puntland can not and should not be allowed any more to be run like a personal flea market. By now, even the most ardent supporters of the present administration, whose motto has been, Ilaahow Cadde Muse Xoolo sii aan ka xoogsannee, must come to terms with the dire and desperate conditions their fellow Puntlanders are burdened with and muster the courage to take the drastic measures this situation calls for. Puntland is on life support—whether or not Puntlanders are able, or willing to resuscitate it remains to be seen. Stay tuned. Onkod

Ninkaan iyo Carab maxaa kala heysto? Horta ogoow dadka meesha ee taaganyihiin intaadan ku eedeyn meel ay taagneyn.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: MMA, are you kidding me KM4aa? I used live there, ages and ages ago...Allow Somalidi badbaadi... Lambarafartaan ayaa xasuusataa yaah. Another SOLer inta ku jirto used to live there as well. Amaaba istaqaaniin. Xamar qof kusoo koraa yaqaano, inta kale been. Xamar was the closest to paradize on Earth. That is a fact, not a reminiscing nostalgia.

Originally posted by Jabhad: Tigre terror in Bakara market. The scene looks like Lambarafar [KM4] juncture, not Suuqa Bakaaraha. Xamar dhawaantaan ma booqatay, Jabhad? I am asking this because the old Lambarafar and the new one from the picture aad iyo aad u kala duwanyihiin, oo maba u maleyneysid. It is always depressing to see Xabashi's occupying army's presence in Xamar -- the heart and soul of Soomaaliya and Soomaalinimo. We will overcome this, Eebba willing.

Let's see what the pinky 'whites' have invented? Or the 'indhayar' for that matter? Or the 'dhagacas' Carabs? Since when did inventions, discoveries, foundings become a competitive, ego boosting 'race'-related fields? NB - Mentioning the minor everyday stuff of natural by-products of so-called inventions of 'hair brush, ice cream scooper, key chain, mop, window cleaner,' to name a few from the list, was ridiculous. These do not even need patents, I guess.

Waayahacusub has now became a hot, sensational group on the scene, being darlings of media, so far covered by Aljasiira, BBC, Islamonline.com and now Time magazine. Time July 19, 2007 In Mogadishu, the air is filled with the sounds of urban warfare and unresolved political chaos, but in the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh — a.k.a. "Little Mogadishu" — the dominant sound is that of radios tuned to a local station play a strange Somali song: Cudur, meaning "Disease", speaks of the dangers of AIDS, and warns Somalis to think twice about the social stigma that comes along with this sexually transmitted disease. Somalis don't typically discuss such taboo subjects in public, much less sing about them in bands whose makeup, music and lyrics transcend every boundary imaginable in the traditionally conservative Somali culture. The band in question is Waayaha Cusub, meaning "New Era" in Somali, made up of young Eastleigh refugees whose almost 70 original recordings has included a number of smash hit songs, earning them local celebrity status. None of the musicians have had any formal music training, and most had no education at all. But what has raised eyebrows about the group, locally, is that its members include both Somalis and Ethiopians, nations traditionally considered enemies. And the band has distinguished itself by its willingness to tackle subjects considered off-limits in Somali communities, from the negative impact of clan rivalries to the specter of AIDS. Started in 2004 by music-loving teenagers, the group quickly grew to 11 members, the youngest being barely 10 years old. And today it represents a pastiche of identities in a region riven by multiple conflicts. The lead singer is Ethiopian, one of the front men is staunch Muslim who prays regularly, even while the girls in the band wear jeans and don't bother to cover their heads in their music videos (they do cover their hair when moving around in public places). Not the sort of group that would find a place within traditional Somali society. The rebellious spirit extends to their lyrics, which deal frankly with issues many Somalis prefer to avoid discussing. One of the band's music videos depicts clan loyalties interfering with true love; another displays scenes from the ongoing war. Singer Brian Quincy, an Ethiopian refugee who goes by Q-Rap, says the band's unique makeup and the reality of its messages is what attracted him to Waayaha Cusub. Even though he was Ethiopian and not a Muslim, all he had to do to be welcomed into the band was prove his talent. "They started treating me like a brother," he says. "We started living together and sharing ideas. That made me love them more." Joining Waayaha Cusub also gave Q-Rap a sense of security. Eastleigh is a tough neighborhood, and critics don't restrict themselves to words. Singer Salma Abdul Qadir had her face slashed by unknown attackers for accidentally displaying her navel in one of the band's videos. She has been forced into hiding ever since. For some other members, the harshest detractors are their own family members. Shiine Abdullaahi Ali, one of the founders, says his religiously pious parents are unaware of his activities, and that if they were to find out, the repercussions for him and the rest of the band could be catastrophic. But for Ali and many of his bandmates, Waahaya Cusub acts like a safety net to help them cope with the unforgiving lives of refugees. For Huissen Abdi Qananuf, acting in the band's music videos was the best thing that ever happened to him, "If I were back in Somalia, I would definitely be dead or killing people. Things have changed for me now. The gangsters who would take away my shoes at the mosque don't trouble me anymore." Despite the odds against a band of mostly Somali refugees making its mark on Kenya, Waayaha Cusub has become a popular phenomenon way beyond Little Mogadishu. Ordinary Kenyans can now be overheard enthusing about their music, which is getting a lot of airtime on local and foreign TV and radio stations and provides an unusual twist on hip-hop whose lyrics are delivered in an eclectic mix of Swahili, English and Somali — allowing the band to reach audiences in Kenya, Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Being heard by Somalis back home is important to the band, members say, because of their message of reconciliation. For Shiine Abdullaahi Ali, the importance of Waayaha Cusub is a unifying force in a society torn by clan and religious warfare. "The reason why I'm in music is because I want all my brothers and sisters to like each other," he says. "We, the young generation, are from different clans and different places and still we like each other. We can bring about a big change. People talk of us on TV, and people see the news. Being Waayaha Cusub, we pass the message of peace through music."

A Somali man walks by a policeman on duty after serious roadside bomb rocked southern Mogadishu, June 2007. African Union peacekeepers will remain in Somalia another six months, the organisation decided at a meeting Wednesday, just hours before the force's mandate expired.(AFP/File) It is always gutted to see Xamar like that. Regardless how numerous times one views how destroyed our paradize city Xamar Caddeey is, it is always extra murugo mar walba aad aragtid sawir saas camal. One can imagine how architecturally rich that building was.

That is an easy one marka. You can just stand where they usually congregrate and wait their waste. At least with the makulaal one, it is hard to witness. That is the reason.

The author of this piece is confused, misinformed and, quite yet, comes across as an angry man with no apparent reason. First of all, Soomaali waa Soomaali, and can live wherever they want in Soomaaliya at whenever, including in Waqooyi Galbeed. Same as the folks up there moved to Koonfurta en masse during the late '80s, including thousands displaced that moved to Arlaadi lands, such as Baay, Shabeellaha, Bakool and Gedo. No one was making hoopla and ballyhoo about that. Conflict misplaces people, rendering them internally displaced people, not "refugees," as the author apparently seems a one who does not distinguish between the two terms. [Even if he is trying hard to paint Waqooyi Galbeed as another country, which it is not. The United Nations officially recognizes them as internally displaced people.] Again, for his information, Reer Arlaadi do not live in Marka Caddeey. Perhaps every Southern interior dialect spoken seems to the author is Afmaay, and thus the speakers must be the said clan name on the thread's title. Teeda kalena, as many other non-clan members of the identified clan in this thread speak Afmaay as others speak Afmaxaatiri. Afmaay is not a clan dialect, though it is mostly identified with one major clan. It is same as Afmaxaatiri dialect. Xasan Aaden Samatar can be an example, so is Shimaali Axmed Shimaali and Sahro Dawo. There are also abwaano, who are not the members of the named clan, who write in Afmaay, such as Sahal Macalin Ciise and the actor/jilaa Cali Nuur Abgaa'loow. He is confused about Afmaay, the language and the particular major clan whose main dialect is Afmaay. Many folks found up Waqooyi Galbeed and Bari are not originally from Baay, Gedo, Bakool or Shabeellaha Hoose and not the clan members identified in this thread, but in Jubbooyinka and Shabeellaha Dhexe. Many of them are hard working Jareerweyne people who were farmers and forcefully taken their farms by some merciless bililiqo iyo xaaraan ku nool ah; they speak Afmaay because the deegaans they lived, such as interior Jubbooyinka, were spoken Afmaay and naturally hence adopted the language, same as those who were airlifted to Mareykanka, now called 'Soomaali Bantu' whose main language is Afmaay.

Eebba haku caafiyo. Anything that has to about qaliin iyo aniga isma qaadno. Stay away as far as you can, and see if other options work.

There are a substantial peculiar Soomaali cultural myths out there. Some may be regional customs, while others are nation-wide. Those that I can think of now: Upside down shoes insult Eebbe [Alle]. So most Soomaalis always try to turn properly face up if they see any shoe facing the wrong way up. [i still practice this, though it is ridiculous I know. ] If a crow bird rests on a tree next to a house at an avening for a considerable time, that household's people will soon experience a tragedy, possibly a death among those who live there on the coming days. Neighbours should not ask and get salt [cusbo] at night from one another. Putting salty sea water in a bottle infront of people's homes, because they ward off evil eyes. [We used to put this infront of our qooleey's (pigeons') saxafad, their little homes we boys built.] Xirsi. Writing some holy ayaado [most important ones such as 'aayad kursi'] from the Quraanka Kariimka on a paper and then putting it under a small animal hide and finally stitching. The child wears it as a kuul or a necklace camal. Reer Miyi people practice this. This too is believed to wards off unwanted evil eyes and to protect the child from harm. If you see a cat giving birth, you will be rich one day. [ most absurd them of all, mostly believed by children and some adults. I remember always being lookout any makulaal giving birth. It was impossible to witness. Cats back home during birth go meel aan la arkin.] Intaas ayaan ka xasuustaa caawa.

Originally posted by Nephthys: Dadkaan iyo qabiil lama kala saari karo, haku noogina. Sahra Ahmed riwaayad hadaad tagto waxaad arkaysaa ummaddan oo dhan oo stage-ka u wada saaran, wiping the sweat off her face, qaar way babinayaan. Adiga gees baa lagugu cubaa sida laguu riixaayo as if dhafoorka kaaga qorantahay you're no-lander, war ileen nin aan wax arkin baa iri wax baan arkay! Waxaa kaa imaanayso haddiiba qabiil saan yahay, yaanu qabiil lahayn?Maan ana mid ina addeerkay concert-kiisa iska raadsado. Ar Bishaaro dhafoorkeeda ee qiiq iyo quuq ka keeneen xanaaq daradiis. Dhafoorka kaaga qorantahay hee? LoL. Xaa ku geeye ruwaayadahaas camal adiga awalba? Qabyaalad qurunkeeda haddee soo gishay maanta fanka iyo suugaanta ayaandaro weyn waaye. Fanka iyo suugaanta qabyaalad badanaa waaka reebnaan jirtay. Baddacase, igaarka kuusan masoo nabad noqotay? Xaa noogu keentay arlaadi?

I thought masaajidka Cabdicasiis was built earlier than that. Probably around 1500s, inkastoo Soomaalida exeggarate and say it is almost a millenia old. Cabdicasiis is one of the few still remaining oldest masaajid in Afrika. We seem not to value this historical masaajid. Masaajidka C/casiis, taken circa 1800s. Other historical masaajido: Masaajidka Faqaradiin, pictured circa 1880s. Masaajidka Jameecadda, taken probably in mid 1800s.

Of course, Itoobiya waa meel ay dowladda Mareykanka isku haleyn karto. Ever wonder why Itoobiya remained intact compared to where our nation stands after 17 years today? Mingiste and Siyaad Barre were overthrew at the same time, only the former remaining in power a brief few months after the Kacaan regime's downfall. Yet Itoobiya is still standing. No paper was stolen the day the hated Mingiste and his family left, let alone wax kale dhaco. Compare it to xoolanimadda Soomaalida u dhaqmaan, oo kala saari waaye dalkooda iyo dadkooda and a few members of a former regime. Mareykanka iyo Galbeedka would never allow Itoobiya inay ku dhacdo wax dalal badan Afrika ka tirsan iyo adduunweynaha kale ku dhacaan. It is a special 'child' of Afrika. Ee marka hala yaabin safaaradaas weyn ee ka dhisanayaan meesha because Mareykanka in the foreseeable time will not allow dalkaas in uu qalalaaso ka dhaco, hadduu ka dhacana only the regimes will change, not a total chaotic collapse as we witness in dalkeena.

Waa caytameysaa in the second thread I am seeing now, ee baliis istoob aflagaadadda.

Warkaan ii dheh, oo dacaayadnimo bilaash loo qoray, oo mid dhab ah uma eko. Let's, however, assume it is war dhab ah. Awalba shirkaan qaaf iska ahaa, oo magaca dib u heshiin ku dheelay, sida dhowr hore loogu tuntay magacaas, laakiin kuwaan ergadda sheeganaayo, oo haddana ka faantamaayo cambuulo -- a native to Soomaaliya and Soomaalis -- ma waxee rabeen sabaayad in lagu casheysiiyo, bariis ama baastana qado loogu kariyo? Hindi, Shiinees iyo Talyaani mee ismoodeen? Ma Nayroobi beentii hoteeladdii luxury wax loogu cuni jiray ayee meesha moodeen, markii shir walba lagu qabanjiray meeshaas? Waaba ku fiicantahay. Cambuulo waa in la siiyaa habeenkii, qadadana soor, hiraabtiina canjeero iyo saliid macsaro haku quraacdaan. At least they will get three free meals a day, much better than malaayiin masaakiin badan oo Soomaaliyeed oo sabool ah oo hal meal ay cunaan xataa meel ay ka keenaan weysan, haddana la dulmiyo, some whom they say they represent for.

Originally posted by Puujaa: quote:Originally posted by Paragon: Isn't this qooleey ? Wax isweydiin ma xumee walaashiis, waligaa magaalo ma dhaaftay oo miyi ma gaartay? Qooleey maa luggahaas dhaadheer qoriqoriga ah ku yaalo? Dhulka ayaaba igu daran oo u eg meel gubatay, oo anjagan, qaleel ah. Hal caleen kama muuqato. Dhirtii yarayd wada baaba'day.

Buuxo, Xamar ma lagu geynaa? LoL. Xamar is not that bad runtii, that in fact my brother Denmark ka tagay a month ago is currently there and his aroos happened last week in Xamar. Another sister from Kanada and another brother in London are on their to Xamar at the end of this week as well. So not everybody is as scared as the feeble, infirm Xabashi stooge nafta heyso markii hoobiyaal iyo baasuukiyaal ka seexan waaye, oo ku cabaadaayo 'wadkeyga markuu soo galo ayaa dhimanaayaa.'

“Stop the fear, you will die when your destiny ends” said president Yusuf when Ali Mahdi Mohamed, the chairman of the reconciliation conference whispered to him to finalize the speech as mortar shells slammed in an area not far from the conference venue. Aaheey, maalintuu wadkaaga soo galo ayuu qofka dhintaa, laakiin not everybody almost u dhimanaayo cabsi every single day.