LoL @ buruuko. I can't stand that thing. I am glad vast, overwhelming majority of beautiful Soomaalis ladies do not wear that ugly piece at all. Keep that natural hair beauty on.

Somalia: Brave new airwaves [The National - Feb. 17, 2004] Somalia is a country with no government, no apparent help from the outside world. The capital Mogadishu is ruled by warlords, freelance militia, and a lot of guns. But in this chaos is a voice of hope, make that many voices. They come from a nascent radio and television network created by a group of Somali Canadians. They believe giving voice to the people can make a world of difference. A reporter, a cameraman and a gun are the elements needed for a Somali television crew to head out for their day's work. There are a lot of stories to cover on the war-torn streets of Mogadishu and only one way to get the job done. Under the protection of private security forces, hired gunmen. It's a holiday in Somalia and the TV crew is assigned to go into the marketplace and gauge the public mood. This is a light story, but no one lets their guard or their gun down. While the reporter learns about bargains in men's shorts, someone else in the crowd expresses his opinion of the media-with a gunshot. The critic isn't sure he's got the message across, so he fires again. Trying to produce fair and objective media coverage in a country shattered by civil war and controlled by warlords seems almost impossible, but that's exactly what Horn Afrik Radio and Television is trying to do. It's the brainchild of three Somali Canadians who came home to give a voice to ordinary people. Operating out of a secure compound, Horn Afrik broadcasts over one television and two radio stations. It also transmits BBC and Voice of America programs. Ahmed Aden is the program director. He's one of three owners who launched Horn Afrik four years ago, believing the answer to conflict was communication. He went to Canada in 1989, fleeing the breakdown of Somalia. He found a good job working for the city of Ottawa. He bought a house and started to raise a family, but he couldn't forget his homeland. He says he was able to go back into the heart of the danger he had fled only because of the security Canada had given him. "If I was not able to adjust to the life in Ottawa or in Canada, I do not believe I would be able to come back here and do what I'm doing here," Aden says. "In fact, it is that confidence that you gain in Canada that allowed me to come back here and to do to take the level of risk and to do whatever I'm doing." He came home to be the news director in a media business with Canadian ideas. In defiance of Somalia's strict social codes, his employees come from all different clans and include a number of career women, something quite radical for this society. Reporters are dispatched to places where no one goes to help anymore, not even aid workers. On this morning, Horn Afrik investigates the story of a gang rape the night before in one of Mogadishu's many sprawling camps for displaced people. Women and children are consistently the victims of the chaos and anarchy in Somalia. Reporter Mohamed Hassan is one of the few people to ever ask the women what's happening. "She said that we are in fear. Sometimes they come here to rape, sometimes they loot our properties. We are in fear. There is nobody who's going to protect us," Hassan says of his assignment to interview the women. Horn Afrik is very ambitious. In a country without any government, its owners feel they have to do more than just cover the stories. They bring in community activists to help determine what collectively they could do to fix the problems exposed in the news. Ali Sharmarke is another founding owner. He had a good job in the federal Finance Department in Ottawa before he felt compelled to return here. "We see the media as a means to do a social change, and probably I can say now Horn Afrik is one of the best instruments for social change in Somalia ," Sharmarke says. This transmission tower was only half built when the all-powerful warlords tried to take it down. Ironically, it was with help from their own clan that Horn Afrik's owners resisted. But warlords and their gunmen have attacked several times. The most devastating occasion when gunmen murdered Horn Afrik's driver. "We are in the middle of chaotic environment, and all of us through our activities, we are at the risk of getting killed. That's the reality," Sharmarke says. Not everyone has a gun in Somalia, but just about everyone has access to a radio. Horn Afrik reaches a broad audience of Somalis with programs modelled on ones from Canada. "One idea that stuck very strong with me in Canada is the idea of people talking to each other over the radio by phone, people able to call. I listened to all sorts of programs from Rex Murphy to CounterSpin to people talking to each other and people calling," Aden says. Meet Somalia's Rex Murphy. Filistine Imam hosts one of the most popular shows in Mogadishu, an afternoon call-in program where people have the courage to criticize the militias and gunmen who terrorize them. The broadcast is nothing short of subversive. "The two things that work for militia leaders is misinformation and an isolation," Aden says. "So they put you into a group, a camp, and say you are different, you are unique. Your problem is only your problem, and I am the only person that can help you with that. Here you had people talking to each other from different parts of the city, talking about the same issues." In another room, Farah Usef is working the phones for his As It Happens-style program called Today's Events. He's trying to interview warlords to ask them why they are stalling the Somali peace talks. "The call is getting through, but mostly they don't answer. Even if they answer, mostly they speak in a very rude language," Usef says. Usef has all their numbers as he works through his warlord directory. He has only a few hours to put together the show all by himself. So far, no interviews. Aden is more surprised that many warlords do talk to Horn Afrik and some have actually come into the studio. It makes him optimistic. "I can see people's attitudes changing from things that they never thought of yesterday that is possible today, and to me, the most powerful change comes from the mind," Aden says. Technology gives Horn Afrik a reach and a scope that the primitive warmongers of Somalia can never have, but that technology depends on things over which Horn Afrik has no control. For Usef, one of the phone lines is dead, there's only one phone line left and 45 minutes before the show. In the TV studio, an arts and culture show is just ending. They strike the set quickly getting rid of the flowers and the fluff to make way for the evening newscast. Jaytaye Osman Jaytaye is a switcher. When he was a child, he saw his father gunned down. His mother moved him to Canada. He came back here on his own to learn about his country. He was shocked to see the anarchy and destruction here. Horn Afrik is the only place that gives him hope. "You have all these different clans that work, are friends in the same place. Everybody gets along, and that's how Somalia should be, like Horn Afrik, but it's not right now," Jaytaye says. Horn Afrik is the small enterprise with big dreams of infecting Somalia with the values its owners acquired a world away. "What is more important than the education we get from Canada and America is the culture, culture of tolerance," Sharmarke says. "If we, rather than pulling apart and destroying, if we try to bring it [somalia] together and build it, it's more than enough." For 12 years, Somalis have lived in anarchy and violence, a country forgotten and abandoned by the rest of the world. But on the strength of those with the courage to go back, there's hope to talk back the night. Farah Usef finally got his warlord accountability interview. His show made it to air. The night lights up with the free exchange of ideas and a glimmer of hope. The National - CBC

2002 Press Freedom Awards Winners Announced October 3, 2002 -- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has chosen a Kazakh journalist whose daughter died in police custody and three Somali-Canadians credited with rebuilding an independent media voice in Somalia as winners of this year's International Press Freedom Awards. Ahmed Abdisalam Adan, Mohamed Elmi and Ali Sharmarke, HornAfrik Media Inc. The trio fled the Somali conflict to come to Canada as refugees, winning citizenship and building lives for themselves here - two worked for the Ottawa-Carleton municipal government and the third for the federal Department of Finance. When relative calm returned to Somalia, the trio decided to return to their homeland. In December, 1999, they opened HornAfrik, the first independent radio network in the country. Its journalists - from many clans - have faced constant intimidation and threats in a society where there is no one to protest to, and no protection of press freedom. Co-founder Mohamed Elmi's driver was killed on a trip to North Mogadishu to install transmitting equipment. While it is not confirmed that HornAfrik was a target, it is a nonetheless telling episode. Recently, two of its reporters were also detained. Extreme religious fundamentalists are critical of HornAfrik's international links, particularly its decision to air Somali-language programming from the BBC and Voice of America. Undaunted, HornAfrik continues to air a selection of outside programs. But its biggest contribution has been to create a series of call-in programs that have become immensely popular across the country; every one of the country's warlords has logged at least one appearance on HornAfrik. HornAfrik is a remarkable media-rebuilding success story. Radio Netherlands has reported that "almost everyone listens to HornAfrik ... the station enjoys huge popularity." Prior to the launch of HornAfrik, the only radio stations in Somalia were those owned and operated by individual warlords who used them to propagate their own viewpoints. CJFE

A prominent Somali Canadian journalist was one of two men killed in deliberate attacks in Mogadishu on Saturday, authorities said. Ali Iman Sharmarke, a Canadian citizen, and Mahad Ahmed Elmi, a Somali, had operated Horn Afrik Media Company, a station that has criticized both the government and Islamic militants in Somalia. Reports say Elmi, 30, was shot to death on his way to work. Sharmarke, who was 50, was killed by a remote-controlled landmine as he drove from Elmi's burial. Both men had lived in Ottawa and returned to their native Somalia in December 1999 to help build an independent press. "Sharmarke was returning from the funeral of one of his employees, Mahad Ahmed Elmi, who had been shot dead at close range by two gunmen while on his way to work earlier in the day," the CBC's David McGuffin reported from Nairobi. Two other reporters — one working for Reuters, the other for Voice of America — were in the car with Sharmarke and suffered light injuries, Mohamed Ibrahim, a reporter in Mogadishu told the Associated Press. An editor at Sharmarke's radio station told reporters that Sharmarke died from shrapnel wounds to the head. Witnesses said the bomb appeared to target Sharmarke's vehicle, which was in the middle of a convoy. Sharmarke — whose wife and children still live in Ottawa — gave up a federal government job to return to his native Mogadishu , McGuffin said. His aim had been to help rebuild Somalia by developing a free press . "The station was popular for its phone-in shows, but unpopular with the new transitional government," McGuffin said. Horn Afrik has been shut down several times in the past few months over its coverage of violence that has devastated Mogadishu since the transitional government was put into power by the Ethiopian military in January. "Those who don't want peace for Somalia are behind these attacks," said the deputy police commissioner, Abdullahi Hassan Barise. He said the men were targeted because of their jobs at Horn Afrik. "I don't know who was specificially responsible," Mohamed Elmi, who works for Horn Afrik and who was a friend of the two men, told CBC News. "No specific group has claimed responsibility so far, he said. In 2002, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression honoured both Mahad Elmi and Sharmarke for their work in Somalia. The CJFE noted the dangers facing the men, and all those associated with Horn Afrik. "Its journalists, from many clans, have faced constant intimidation and threats in a society where there is no one to protest to, and no protection of press freedom." Hundreds of thousands of Mogadishu residents have fled fighting in the city since the start of the year. So far this year six journalists have been killed in Somalia. CBC

Two Somali Canadian journalists slain MOGADISHU — Two respected Somali journalists – former refugees in Canada – were killed in Mogadishu on Saturday, the first shot dead outside his office and the other in a blast as he drove back from his slain colleague's funeral. Somali associates of the two HornAfrik journalists expressed outrage, saying both deaths were part of a deliberate campaign against the media. "This wave of killing and injuring media people is an intentionally organized mission to silence journalistic voices in Somalia," the National Union of Somali Journalists said. "We are entirely appalled by these acts." In the first attack, popular talk show host Mahad Ahmed Elmi was shot four times in the head at close range as he neared the door of his office at 7:15 am, colleagues said. "We were outside when four gunmen jumped out," said one colleague, too terrified to reveal his name. "They fired four shots against Mahad's head ... then they just fled," he said at the hospital where Mr. Elmi's body lay. Later, the founder and co-owner of HornAfrik – Ali Iman Sharmarke – died when his four-wheel drive hit an explosive device in the road on his way back from Elmi's funeral. The men came to Canada as refugees from the civil war in Somalia. After some calm returned to the African country, they opened HornAfrik, the first independent radio network in Somalia, in December of 1999. Reuters journalist Sahal Abdulle, next to Mr. Sharmarke at the time of the blast, was lightly injured in the head and face. "We heard a huge, huge explosion. There was smoke everywhere. Ali was in the front, I was sitting right behind him," Mr. Abdulle said of Mr. Sharmarke, who had just brought his wife and children from Canada to Kenya to be nearer to him. "Ali was a good friend. I have known him a long time. He was committed to getting the truth out. He came back from Canada to promote democracy and give Somalis a voice. Today, he paid the ultimate price," Mr. Abdulle added. The journalists' union said the vehicle was targeted. "The National Union of Somali Journalists is outraged by today's assassination of ... Ali Iman Sharmarke, after a vehicle he was riding in was blown up by a remote-controlled mine by unknown assailants," it said in a statement. Neither the union, nor any other Somali sources, pointed a specific finger of blame at either side in the war. Another journalist, Abdihakin Omar Jimale of Radio Mogadishu, was wounded in a gun attack on Friday, the union said, adding the bullet had struck him in the shoulder. Rights group Reporters Without Borders called on the government to urgently protect journalists. "Somalia is already this year the most deadly country in Africa for the media," it said in a statement on Saturday's deaths. The union said six local journalists had been killed in 2007. Mogadishu, one of the world's most violent cities along with Baghdad, is wracked by an Islamist-led insurgency against the Somali government and its Ethiopian military backers. One of the biggest private media houses in Somalia, HornAfrik was criticized both by the Islamists during their six-month rule of Mogadishu last year, and then by the government since taking over the city at the New Year. In a nation where only a few foreign journalists dare enter, and local reporters run daily risks of violence and harassment, HornAfrik is one of the main voices on Somalia to the world. It was shelled heavily in April, apparently from Ethiopian troop positions, prompting Mr. Sharmarke at the time to make a formal complaint to the government. Just hours before his death, Mr. Sharmarke had expressed sadness and anger at the murder of his employee Elmi. "It demonstrates the conditions that Somali reporters are working under," the media businessman told Reuters just before the funeral. "The perpetrators want to silence our voices in order to commit their crimes." Globe and Mail

Somali-Canadian journalist killed in Mogadishu A former Ottawa resident is one of two journalists assassinated in conflict-wracked Somalia. Somali-Canadian journalist Ali Iman Sharmakre owned HornAfrik Media, a radio company, which he operated in Mogadishu, the capital city. He was returning from the Saturday funeral of Mahad Ahmed Elmi, a radio talk show host he employed, when a remote-controlled land mine detonated near his vehicle. The blast injured two other journalists in the car with Sharmakre. Hours before his own death, Sharmakre spoke to the Associated Press about what the death of Elmi, shot Saturday as he went to work, meant to his troubled country. "The killing was meant to prevent a real voice that described the suffering in Mogadishu to other Somalis and to the world," Sharmakre told The Associated Press. "Elmi was a symbol of neutrality." Elmi was married. He had a son and daughter. Reuters reports that Elmi had fled to Canada as a refugee. Sharmakre had two wives and three children. He originally fled Somalia's brutal civil war that erupted in 1991 and settled in Ottawa, where he reportedly had a comfortable career and became a Canadian citizen. He returned to Mogadishu in 1999, where he established HornAfrik. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression gave him its International Press Freedom Award in 2002. Foreign Affairs Canada told CTV News that the High Commission of Canada office in Nairobi, Kenya is aware a Canadian citizen had been killed in Mogadishu and that consular services would be provided. Both the government and the Islamic militants trying to topple it have come under criticism by HornAfrik. There is no word yet as to who is responsible for the killings. "Those who don't want peace for Somalia are behind these attacks," deputy police commissioner Abdullahi Hassan Barise said. The government has accused independent radio stations of broadcasting programs "likely to cause unrest." Police raided Shabelle Radio, a Mogadishu station, on Friday. Aweis Yusuf Osman, the station's English-service editor, said eight journalists were detained for several hours. Aidan White, general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, spoke out against the killings of Sharmakre and Elmi. "These savage killings are an indicator of the perilous conditions facing journalists in Somalia, where political chaos and lawlessness threatens all independent journalism," he said. The National Union of Somali Journalists said in a statement that six Somali journalists have died in the country so far in 2007. CTV

Walaahi waxaan waa disturbing, very, very disturbing. Eebba ha u wada naxariisto Mahad iyo Sharmaarke. Gacan ka gardaran ayaa dishay. Xaqdarana lagu dilay. Tacsi gaar ayaan eheladooda inta ugu dirayaa, siiba xaaska Cali Iimaan Sharmaarke oo Reer Ottawa ah. Waxaan xasuustaa asagoo dhowr mar ku celi celinaayo maalintee teyda soo gisho ayaan dhimanayaa ee meelna uguma socdi dalka. Cali Sharmaarke 2000 ayuu ku noqday dalka, kana tagay Kanada suu u hirgiliyo idaacad madax banaan oo waagaas ka jiri jirin dalka. Idaacadaas madaxa banaan uu furay ayaa u horseeday tobaneeyadda kale ee hadda ka furan Xamar iyo kuwa kaleba dalka intiisa kale. Eebboow u naxariisto marxuumadaas.

Me, waxaas iska dhaafee, what version of Windows are you using? Windows 95? Haddana Internet Explorer?

Then again, after another possible intervention from the American officials in Nayroobi, they let them re-broadcast normally in the same day. Mar hore ayee iridaha u laabi lahayeen if their Xabashi masters did not fear America. Idaacadda Madaxa Banaan ee shabelle ayaa dib u howl-gashay saacado ka dib markii la sii daayay shaqaalihii idaacadda inkastoo mid ka mid ah shaqaalaha ay la hareen ka dib markii saakay ciidamo ka tirsan dowladda ay xabsiga dhigeen, isla markaana ay hakiyeen howlihii shaqo ee idaacadda, inkastoo hadda ay caadi ku soo laabteen howlaha idaacadda. Abaarihii saakay 9:30 kii subaxnimo ayaa waxaa xarunta idaacadda Shabelle soo galay ciidamo boolis ah oo uu horkacayay taliyaha qeybta booliska ee Waliyoow Cadde G/dhexe Cali Xirsi Barre (Cali Gaab) , isla markaana ku amray shaqaalaha idaacadda in ay joojiyaan howsha ayna damiyaan idaacadda, iyadoo uu amar ku siiyay ciidamadii la socday in la geeyo saldhigga dhamaan wixii shaqaalo ah ee xilligaasi ku sugnaa xarunta. Shaqaalaha Shabakadda ayaa lagu lugeysiiyay wadada laamiga ah ee hormarta idaacadda, iyadoo hareeraha ay ka joogeen ciidamo boolis ah, waxaana saldhigga loo dhaadhiciyay 9 ka mid ah shaqaalaha idaacadda Shabelle , iyadoo si wanaagsana uu ula dhaqmay Taliyaha booliska Waliyoow Cadde Cali Gaab, inkastoo Taliyaha Saldhigga uu ku amray shaqaalaha in ay bixiyaan kabaha iyo sheey kasta oo jeebkooda ku jira, waxaana arinkaasi ku gacan seyray taliyaha Qeybta Waliyoow Cadde Cali Gaab oo sheegay in si wanaagsan loola dhaqmo wariyeyaasha. Xiritaanka shaqaalaha ayaa waxa uu ka dambeeyay sida uu sheegay Taliyaha qeybta booliska Waliyow Cadde wareysi ku baxay saakay barnaamijka xulka wararka ee soo gala 6:30 Subaxnino wareysigaasi oo ku aadanaa weeraro xalay ka dhacay agagaarka saldhigga degmada H/wadaag oo sida warka uu ku soo helay taliyuhu loo sheegay in saldhigga ciidamadii jooga ay ka huleeleen iyadoo markii loo sheegay in wareysiga uusan sidaasi u bixin ayuu dib u soo celiyay 8 ka mid ah wariyeyaasha, waxaana ay yimaadeen taliyaha iyo wariyeyaasha xarunta Shabelle, waxaana dib loo dhageysiiyay wareysigii ku baxay barnaamijka xulka wararka ka dibna waxa uu ku qancay in uu ka duwanaa hadalkii horey loogu soo sheegay sidaasi ayuu ugu sheegay maamulka idaacadda in ay dib u bilaaban karaan howlahooda. Wariye ka tirsan Shabelle oo la yiraahdo Bile C/laahi ayaa wali xiran, isagoo ahaa wariyihii saakay lagu wareystay barnaamijka xulka wararka. Taliyaha saldhigga degmada H/wadaag iyo ciidamo kale oo la socday ayaa markii idaacadda ay hawada gashay soo galay xarunta mar kale, iyagoo sheegay in ay u baahan yihiin soo saaraha Barnaamijka xulka wararka oo la yiraahdo Maxamed Cabdi Faarax (Afgooye), waxayna amar ku bixiyeen in maalinta berri ah uu yimaado Saldhigga H/wadaag hadii kale talaabo ay ka qaadi doonaan. Arimahaan ayaa waxa ay ku soo beegmayaan xilli 7 dii bishaan oo ku beegneyd talaadadii la soo dhaafay safaaradda Ethiopia ay ku leedahay Somalia ay ugu hanjabtay idaacadda Shabelle sababo la xiriira sida shabakadda ay uga hadasho dhacdooyinka Somalia. Waa markii 5aad oo idaacadda Madaxa banaan ee Shabelle ay xirto dowladda KMG ah ee Somalia, iyadoo idaacadana ay shaqeyneyso sanadkeedii 5aad.

Sarkaalkaan oo hadaladiisa ay ka muuqdeen caro aad u fara badan ayaa waxa uu ku goodiyay sida uu sheegay in uu soo fasixi doono madax ka tirsan amniga qaranka Somalia oo uu sheegay in uu ka celcelinayo shabakadda warbaahinta Shabeelle. Xabashi dude was not bluffing, indeed. Muqdisho 10/August/07 - Ciidamada booliska dowladda KMG ah ayaa saakay gudaha u soo galay xarunta shabakadda warbaahinta shabelle, iyagoona xabsiga u taxaabay dhamaan shaqaalihii ku sugnaa xarunta isla markaana ku amray in la damiyo idaacadda, xilli dhowaan safaaradda Ethiopia ee Somalia ay u goodisay idaacadda Shabeelle. Abaaro saakay 9:30 ayaa ciidamo uu wato Cali Gaab oo ah taliyaha qeybta booliska Waliyoow Cadde waxa ay soo galeen xarunta Idaacadda, iyagoo ku amray shaqaalaha in ay isugu yimaadaan qol ka mid ah idaacadda halkaasi oo ay ka sii kaxeysteen, iyadoo wali aan la ogeyn sababaha la xiriira arinkaan. Taliye Cali Gaab ayaa ku amaray ciidamadii uu watay in xabsiga loo dhaadhiciyo dhamaan shaqaalaha idaacadda. 9 ka mid ah shaqalaha idaacadda oo uu ku jiro K/simaha agaasimaha idaacadda Shabeelle, Jacfar Kuukaay ayaa loo dhaadhiciyay xabsiga degmada H/wadaag. Shabeelle

Originally posted by Nephthys: rer xamar dude who visited Hargeysa oo maqlay all these Habro names oo yiri: Acuudkoow, hal hawar aa qatyaan ka taagneen waxaanoo hawro see u heesiin?

"Heliwaa" goormee iyadana soo baxday? Idaacadda Shabeelle oo mar walba isticmaasho magacaan ayaan arkaa, oo damacsan inay ka badasho degmadaas Huriwaa la dhaho. Ma magaca Huriwaa u huri waayeen inay carabkooda qabtaan? What is next? Ifka iyo Aakhiro magaca laga badali doonaa? Buuloxuubeey? Labadhagax too? Sidii Iskuraran meesha ugu baxday ayee rabaan inay ka dhigaan?

Originally posted by zamatar: I think Ayoub is right on this..xiliyadu maaha time ka..xiliyadu waa xiliyada sanadka sida summerka iyo winterka taasna waxa keena wareega dhulku ku wareego cadceeda. ta sedexaad dhanaan waa dhadhan, like macaan Ee adiga lee isa saxeysid about 'xiliyadda.' Xili can be defined both as time and season; particularly and mostly in time sense, though. Waxaana tiri, "Xiliyadda waa xiliyadda sanadka sida summerka iyo winterka, taasna waxaa keena wareega dhulku ku wareego ..." Oo saan iri lee igu raacday, oo su'aashii ahayd Wareega dhulka wuxuu sababaa. So wareega dhulka wuxuu sababaa ama saa adiga u tiri wuxuu 'keenaa' xiliyadda iyo maalinta iyo habeenka. Ayuub kaliya 'maalinta iyo habeenka' ayuu doortay, jawaabtiisna uu kaga tagay tan xiliyadda. Tan kale waa adke, hoor iyo dhanaan; dhanaan oo kamid ah qeyb kamid ah biyaha [salty waters]. Dhadhan iyo dhanaana iskumid ma'aha. Dhadhan waa 'taste,' and mostly used in the sense of sweet.

"Mine spread Islam by the word" in Soomaaliya. Hayeey. Tolkaas sheegid uma baahna marka ee dhaaf ciyaalka haka cabsiin.

Originally posted by AYOUB: Science was not my sbeciality but here we go Sir MMA: 1. Wareega dhulku wuxuu sababaaa: - (B) Xiliyada - (T) Maalinta iyo habeenka - (J) B iyo T 2. Gudbiyaha ugu fiican walxahani waa: - (B) Gobol yar oo xaashiga - (T) Musbaar - (J) Caag 3. Sadexda weji ee biyuhu waa: - (B) Adke - (T) Hoor - (J)Neef - (X) Dhanaan North I'm surprised you forgot to mention Price Naseem is reer Shefield. Kan dhexda aa ku saxsantahay, ee labada kale kuu goysay. Wareegsa dhulka wuxuu sababaa ... Kamoon think again nooh. Wareega dhulka, haa, habeenkii iyo maalintii ayuu keenaa, laakiin xiliyadana ['time'] wuu sababaa taas ogoow. So jawaabta waa B iyo T la isku daray. Tan kale ee sadexde weji ee biyaha. Goormee 'neef' noqotay wax biyaha u dhadhamo camal ah? Neef ma'ahoo wax ama shay nool? Dhanaan ayaa saxsan, oo neef ma'aha, oo sadexda noqoneyso: Adke [glacier/ice-cap], hoor [biyaha caadi ah] iyo dhanaan [saltwater].

Horta dad miyaa jiro gurigooda in aabahooda ama hooyadooda ama ayeeydooda ama awoowgooda ama qaraabadda kale ka weyn intee caruurtooda yaryar fariiseen, damcaan inay baraan qabiiladooda and other myths? In these days? And of all, in qurbo? I am asking this because I had never grew up or been such a home. Waligeey qof abtirsi i baray, xataa ka hadalkiis ma jiro. Never did both my aabo and hooyo ever discuss that with their children. I am glad and proud to know I only know as far as to the sixth generation, and that was by necessity because people always came to our house, reciting hebel iyo hebel baa na dhalay, naming some obscure sixth generation awoowe. Bishaaro, waligaa ciyaal qabiil ha barin, hana la discuss gareyn. Let them be sambac or whatever. We already have enough corrupted die-hard qabyaaladists in such a young age, some born in dibadaha even. Bar Soomaalinimo and anything to do with Soomaaliya and Soomaali that is positive, instead. Show wonderful pictures from the pre-war and how we lived wonderfully, unlike what they heard in these post-civil war and poverty and refugeenimo. Bar Afsoomaali -- as I do with my nieces, who so far have mastered BTJX alphabet and the difference between shaqaldheer and shaqalgaab. They can even read complete sentences now.

Would it make one less happy if one calls that Xabashi-occupied land Soomaali Galbeed, a neutral, Soomaali-created name, instead of a clan name by a former colonial that had an ulterior motive to divide Soomaalis? Yaab badanaa. It is in the interest of all oppressed Soomaalis who inhabit that province and their liberation, which needs all its inhabitants support, that one should call the even-handed and non-clan name of Soomaali Galbeed.

Eebba ha u naxariisto cunugta yar, Eebbana ha ugu gargaaro Sacdiyo meel alle meeshee joogtaba Eebbaheeda ku og. Samir iyo iimaan, Reer Sahal.

Horta, I had never come across any picture of hers gracing the runaway floor. I searched tonight and found one, taken 1995. Also found this interesting one. Waris Dirie ® from Somalia receives the "World Social Award" from the former president of the Soviet Union and president of the World Awards Mikhail Gorbvachev during the Women's World Awards gala in the northern German city of Hamburg, June 9, 2004. The Women's World Awards are part of the global initiative "Women's World Forum" and are being presented for the first time this year to extraordinary women in 12 different categories.

You darn right I do. BTJ ayaaba i dishay, instead of ABC, as many others use that formula. I hope you had a nice, complete vacational trip back home.

Sugba sabuuradda su'aalaha sahlan ku qoran qofkii isku tijaabin karo jawaabtooda aan aragnee. Anyone ready? Goobo geli tii sax ah [waa multiple choice]: 1. Wareega dhulku wuxuu sababaaa: - (B) Xiliyada - (T) Maalinta iyo habeenka - (J) B iyo T 2. Gudbiyaha ugu fiican walxahani waa: - (B) Gobol yar oo xaashiga - (T) Musbaar - (J) Caag 3. Sadexda weji ee biyuhu waa: - (B) Adke - (T) Hoor - (J) Neef - (X) Dhanaan ---------- Leyli sahlan waaye isku tijaabiya.

Safaaradda Itoobiya ee Soomaaliya oo u hanjabtay Idaacadda Shabeelle Muqdisho 07/08/07 - Safaaradda Itoobiya ay ku leedahay Soomaaliya ayaa maanta u hanjabtay Idaacadda Shabeelle sababo la xiriira ka hadalka dhacdooyinka Soomaaliya. Mas'uul ka tirsan safaaradda Itoobiya ay ku leedahay dalka Soomaaliya oo barqonimadii maanta la soo xiriirey shabakadda warbaahinta Shabeelle ayaa si kulul ugu eedeeyay in ay buun buuniso dhacdooyinka ka dhaca gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Sarkaalkaan oo hadaladiisa ay ka muuqdeen caro aad u fara badan ayaa waxa uu ku goodiyay sida uu sheegay in uu soo fasixi doono madax ka tirsan amniga qaranka Soomaaliya oo uu sheegay in uu ka celcelinayo shabakadda warbaahinta Shabeelle . Mas'uulkaan oo la yiraahdo Jamaaludiin ayaa mar la weydiiyay waxyaabaha uu ku eedeynayo shabakadda Shabeelle waxa uu sheegay in ay tahay waxyaabaha inta badan beesha caalamka iyo wakaaladaha ay u soo xigtaan Idaacadda Shabeelle. Waxa uu ku celceliyay in idaacadda inta badan ay ka hadasho dhacdooyinka ka dhaca dalka Soomaaliya gaar ahaan weerarada lagu qaado ciidamada Itoobiya. Mar Shabeelle ay weydiisay haddii uu diidan yahay in la sheego ama ka hadalka weerarada lagu qaado fariisimada ciidamada Itoobiya iyo waxyeelada ay geystaan ama loo geysto ayaa waxa uu sheegay in aanu diidaneyn arinkaasi hasa ahaatee idaacadda ay adeegsato ereyo aanu adeegsan warbaahinta inta badan ka jirta dalka Soomaaliya. Goodinta iyo hanjabaadaha maanta kaga yimid idaacadda Shabeelle safaaradda Itoobiya ayaa waxa ay ku soo beegmaysaa xilli dhibaatooyin xoogan ay ka jiraan dalka Soomaaliya gaar ahaan magaalada Muqdisho, dhibaatooyinkaasi oo ah kuwo ciidamada Itoobiya ay u geystaan dadka rayidka ah marka loo geysto weeraro. Dowladda KMG ah oo sheegtay in ay saaxiib la tahay dowladda Itoobiya ayaa horey labo jeer albaabada isugu dhufatay idaacadda Shabeelle iyo idaacado kale inkastoo markii dambe lagu sii daayay cadaadis dowladda ay kala kulantay beesha caalamka iyo dadaalo ay sameysay dowladda Mareykanka. Shabeelle

G.S. Hoose: Dowladda, Itoobiyaanka iyo Maamulka Gobolka oo Waxqabad ku Heshiiyey Muqdisho, 6 August 2007 - Kulan ay yeesheen Mas'uuliyiinta ugu sarreysa maamulka Gobolka Shabeellada Hoose, Mas'uuliyiinta Dowladda, Safiirka Itoobiya u fadhiya Soomaaliya iyo Saraakiisha Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa la isku afgartey in si wadajir ah ay u wajahi doonaan qalalaasaha ka taagan Gobolka Shabeellada Hoose. [sNIP] Intaas ka dib ayaa mas'uuliyiinta Dowladda iyo Itoobiyaanka ay dhinacii kale ka dhageysteen warbixin ay iskaga difaacayaan eedeynta uu Guddoomiyuhu u soo jeediyey hase yeeshee doodda ayaa noqotey mid aan meesha ku jirin. Waxaa la weydiyey hubkii ay haystaan inta uu la egyahy. Waxaa kale oo la weydiyey waxa ay u soo xareyn waayeen malleeshiyaadkooda. More Little kids complaining and whining about each other to their Xabashi Master. So sad walaahi.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose - combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. A banana can help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must for our daily diet. Depression : According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier. PMS : Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. Anemia : High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia. Blood Pressure : This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke. Brain Power : 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. Constipation : High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives. Heartburn : Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief. Morning Sickness : Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness. Mosquito bites : Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. Nerves : Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Overweight and at work : Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady. Ulcers : The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronic ulcer cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach. Temperature control : Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) : Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan. Smoking : Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Stress : Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. Strokes : According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine", eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%" A banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. Everything about moos.

The guy is dreaming if he thinks Nuurudiin Faarax is an "Ethiopian." He, too, writes Soomaaliya never existed, earlier; well, he should know Soomaaliya is older than the name "Ethiopia" itself. "Ethiopia" is a bogus, misconstrued name, whose entire existence depends on the subjection and occupation of other people's land. Abyssinia, which should be the real "Ethiopia" if it ever existed, is only a small part of so-called "Ethiopia" now. Let him claim Abyssinia and its historical land; we will have no problem with that. Nuurudiin would not be ashamed if he was born in Soomaali Galbeed and never would he consider himself as an "Ethiopian." Though he was born in Baydhabo, he grew up in Soomaali Galbeed and he says so all the time. The people Soomaali Galbeed are not "Ethiopian." They are oppressed, occupied Soomaali citizens -- a citizenship that was and is guaranteed by the Soomaali constitution. The Xabashi writer too should have known that.