Salaan... First, I hope the Admin. won't mind me using this supposedly tribal name. Apologize in advance for not having to come up another term or name that can be substituted. When a Soomaali hears Eeylo (especially those down at South), what conjures up to mind is this: Dad qalato? Dhiigyo cab? Associate them with dirty dogs? Fear of them to death? There is even a well-known, hate-mongering maah maah, "Sagaaro miirkeed qabto masaajid Eeylo ma gasho!" _________________ Bashiir Maxamed Aadan Baydhabo.com B eesha Eeylo (Eeyly) waxay ka mid tahay beelaha tirada badan ee ay ka koobantahay qowmiyada (Qabiil's name) & (Qabiil's) gaar ahaan bahda (Qabiil's name). Beeshan oo dadka ku abtirsada ay ku kala firdhisanyihiin degaano badan oo ka mid ah dalka Soomaaliyaa ayaa waxay ka mid tahay beelaha degan gobolada Baay & Bakool. Waa beel dadkeedu qabtaan mihnado iyo xirafado kala duwan. Haddaba mar aan waraysi ugu tagay malaaqa beesha Eeylo Malaaq Mad Sabarow Xuseen ayaa wuxuu iiga warramay arrimo badan oo taabanaya, dhaqanka, dhaqaalaha, qaab nololeedka beeshan iyo weliba cabashooyin la xiriira faquuq ama hayb soocid mudo badan soo jirtey oo beesha (Qabiil's name) ay kula dhaqanto beesha Eeylo. Malaaq Mad Sabarow ayaa hadalkiisu ku furey: "Waxaanu nahay beel fac wayn oo so jirtay intii ay soo jireen beelaha kale ee Qowmiyadaa (Qabiil) & (Qabiil) waxayna beesha Eeylo u kala baxdaa laba jufo oo u sii kal baxa 24 jilib." Malaaqa oo ka warramayay mihnadaha iyo xirfadaha ay qabtaan dadka ka soo jeeda beesha Eeylo ayaa wuxuu yiri: "Maba jiraan wiil iyo gabar Eeylo ah oo aan shaqaynin amaba aan isku tallujinin shaqo ay noloshooda ku badbaadiyaan sababta oo ah waalidiinta ayaa ku ababiya (tarbiyeeya) dhallaanka ama caruuurta. Wiil iyo gabar Eeylo gaban ah oo aan mihnad lahayn lagama helo beesha." Malaaq Mad Sabarow ayaa si gooni ah uga warramay dhinaca wiilasha gabanka ah (yaryar) gaar ahaan qaabka mihnadooda wuxuuna yiri: "Wiilka Eeylada ah waa gabooy (ugaarsade/gabraarte) falaar iyo qaanso ku ugaarsada ama shabaq dabin ah u dhiga duur-jogta sida sagaarada iyo bakaylaha." Waxaa intaas raaca eeyaha oo ay u adeegsadaan ugaarsiga waxayna si ay u haqabtiran baahida qoysaskooda ayna iskugu filnaadaan eeyahooda ayagoo wata ugaarsi tagaan goor gudcur habeen ah, wixii dheeri ah oo ka badan baahidoodana waxay u iib-geeyaan suuqyada magaalooyinka waxayna ku doorsadaan (bedeshtaan) waxyaabo ay ka mid yihiin dharka iyo gaaska la shito. Ugaarsiga iyo gabraarnimada keliya kuma koobna mihnada wiilasha Eeylada ah oo waxay kaloo qabtaan shaqooyin ay ka mid yihiin samaynta kabaha ama waxay u tolaan qofkii ay kabo ka goáan. Sidaa aawadeed tuugadaa iyo qawleeysatada lagama helo beesha. Malaaq Mad Sabarow oo sii wata warbixintiisa ayaa iiga waramay dhinaca mihnadaha iyo shaqooyinka ay qabtaan haweenka beesha Eeylo wuxuuna yiri: Dhab ahaanti haweenkeenu waxaan oran karaa waa ay ka shaqo badanyihiin raggeena sababta oo ah guriga maamulkiisa waxaa u dheer in ay sameeyaan oo ay suuqyada u iib-geeyaan xargo iyo saamo ama maqaarka (gibil) oo loo isticmaalo waxyaabo badan sida samaynta aloolka (sareer ka samaysan geed) ama, tolidda haamaha iyo ashuumaha lagu arooro iyo weliba tolilda heeryada la saaro aqal Soomaaliga ama hoori. Waxay kaloo haeeenka Eeyladu qabtaan shaqooyin ay ka mid yihiin tumida badarka (mesegada), haruurk, gallayda, IWM., ayagoo qabashada hawlaan lacag ku qaata oo uu dakhli ka soo galo. Malaaq Mad Sabarow mar uu ka hadlayey qaabka wada noolansho ee u dhaxeeyaha beelaha Mirifle iyo beesha Eeylo ee deegan wadaaga ah ayaa waxaa uu si cad oo aan gabasho lahayn uu iiga warramay haraadiga dhaqamadi gaboobay ee foosha xun oo ay beelaha Mirirfle la wadaagaan Soomaaalida kale ee ah isir takoorka ama hayb soocida ay kula dhaqmaan beesha Eeylo wuxuuna yiri: "In aan walaalo la nahay (Qabiil) anaga uun baa og oo ayaga ma oga. Ixtiraam iyo aqoonsina ma siiyaan dhaqankeena iyo qaab nololeedkeena. "Ma aha wax la koobi karo quursiga iyo yaska ay noo hayaan belaha (Qabiil) ee aanu walaal ahaan u tirsano. "Hadaan tusaale u soo qaato caayda iyo aflagaadada na loogu yeero waxaa ka mid ah: "Waxay nagu yeeraan 'Eeylo Jafay' oo loola jeedo 'Eeylada duur-joogtada ah' ayagoo markaas nagu tiriya in aan ka tirsanahay ama laa jaad nahay ugaarta ama duurjoogta aan ugaarsano, waxyna caaydan si bareer ah noogu tilmaamaysaa in aanan ka tirsanayn bahda beni- aadamka oo aanu ka tirsanahay bahda duurjoogta waa siday nagu caayaane. Wa heer quursi dhaafay oo la dafiray jiritaankeena beni-aadamnimo. "Waxaa kaloo beelaha (Qabiil) ee aanu wada degno nagu hayb soocaan oo nagu quursadaan mihnado aanu qabano sida ayagoo noogu yeera 'kabo tole, maqaar ure' iyo ereyo kaloo caay ah oo aan la soo koobi karin ayagoo weliba og baahida ay u qabaan mihnadaha aanu qabano. "Midda kale beelaha (Qabiil) waxay nagu takooraan xagga guurka iyo is dhex-galka bulshadeed waxayna noo haystaan dad nasab dhiman ah nagmana guursadaan rag iyo dumarba. "Waxay naga aaminsanyihiin fikrado mala-awaal iyo khiyaali ah waxayna noo haystaan in aanu is cunno oo hilibka dadkeena aanu quudanno ayagoo rumaysan in marka qof Eeylo ah uu dhinto aan la aasin oo aanu cunno waxayna ku ababiyaan caruurtooda fikradaha dhalanteedka ah. Waxaa taas marag u ah in caruurta deegaankan markay dhaayahooda (indhahooda) qabtaan qof Eeylo ah uu anfariir ku dhaco oo durbadiiba cagaha wax ka dayaan oo ka carara. "Waxay kaloo beelaha (Qabiil) nagu sameeyan faquuq iyo iyo tacaddi aan la soo koobi karin. Xitaa waxaa dhacda in hadii qof Eeylo ah uu tago xaruumaha hay'adaha gargaarka ee laga qaato taakulada iyo kaalmooyinka la isku hor gudbo oo uusan soo dhaafi karin xitaa albaabka lagana hor istaago. Xitaa anigoo oday dhaqaameed ah oo ah malaaqi beesha Eeylo ma gudbi karo." Malaaq Mad Sabarow oo intii aan waraysanayay ay wejigiisa ka muuqatay tiiraanyo iyo dhiidhin uu ka dhiidhinayo gunnimada iyo hagardaamada lagu hayo beesha Eeylo ayaa wuxuu kaluu yiri: "Waxaan idin leeyahay sababta uu (Qabiil) & (Qabiil) u harsan waayay oo had iyo jeeraale uu Ilaahay ugu salliday colaad aan dhamaanayn waa nabsiga ay naga galeen. Weliba waxaa jira xadgudubyo badan oo aanan hadda sheegi karin oo aan aduunka u soo bandhigi doona marka aan helo nabad iyo amaan aan ku sheego." Malaaq Mad Sabarow ayaa hadalkiisa ku soo khatimay erayadan: "(Qabiil's name) walaal ma aha waxna nooma ogola, mana oga in aanu ka wada nimi Nabi Aadam iyo Xaawo oo faraceenu isku mid yahay." ____________________ Eeylo being the original settlers of what is now known Baay/Gedo/Bakool/Shabeellada have been fighting the misconception Soomaalis have of them for centuries, and particularly those Maay-speaking they live and interact with in the area. They are the only Soomaalis who still hunt to this day, albeit some ignorants having negative views of their chosen profession. I am gonna go far than the Malaaq's last caveat words: Soomaali dhamaantood waligood meel ma gaari doonaan intee dad walaalahooda ah heyb soocaan maalin iyo habeen simply because of their chosen profession or some other ethnic connection. _________________ NB, Eeylo isn't Eelaay tribe, as some might confuse up with the name.

Salaan... The dysfunctional taksiiliyaal are finally united and at least formed an organization outside the vicinities of Tim Hortons' coffee tables' hearsay and ii dheh. I am proud of them!! Mid aan banooni la ciyaari jiray oo boortiyeeri ku cabi jirnay aaba ku jiro meesha. Ar next time aan arko maraxa.

Salaan... BBC waagaan yaraa dadka waa weyn aan mar mar la dhageysan jiray, mar walbana wararka Soomaalida ee ku bilaabi jirtay, sidaan u xasuusto. Hadadaan, siiba sidii dowladaan loo dhisay ayaa markaan dowlad jirtayee dhageyso is dhahaa, laakiin maxee kugu taalaa. Waxaaba ku nacay first 15 minutes wararka dunida oo aan loo dirsan ee kugu madadaalinee. Yukreen ayaa kacdoon ka socdo, Simbabwe ayaa abaar balaaran ka jirto, Buluufiya ayaa mudaaharaadyo waa weyn ka dhacaayo. What the...! Wax aan loo dirsan. Almiina wararka Soomaalida maku hormariyaanoo. Shuud. Madaama one hour loogu dhigay waxaan u maleynaa waa lagu qasbay in ee ku hormariyaan wararka caalamka from the central headquarter, meesha laga wada xukumo. Maba dhageysan lahayn hortiiba haduu Cowke ku jiri lahayn dadka tabiyo. His Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawa iyo caalamka kills me.

Salaan... Hibo, duqdaas aa ka hadlee, aniga hadaan adiga ku ogaan lahaa in aad joogtid waa kugu soo dagi lahaa, oo anigoo garoonka diyaaraha taagan aa kusoo wici lahaa, isoo doon yacni. Soomaali iska dhaqankaas ee leedahay, oo anigaba hoteelkaas maku dagi lahayn hadaan wax badan joogi lahaa; gabadhii ilmo habreedkana aan qaraabada ahayna Shaariqa ee dagayand. Too far, yac. ________________ Xiligii Kacaanka kululaa aa duqoow Macoow la dhaho oo iskool Xaawo Taako ag maraayo maalin subax allaseey tahay ayaa waxaa ka hor imaatay gabar iskoolka u ordeysay. Isla markiiba waxee weydiisay, "Adeer, Xaawo Taako mala xiray?" (Waxee ka wadaa irida ganjeelka iskoolka mala xiray camal.) "Yaah?" "Xaawo Taako mala xiray hee?" "Iyaah! Xaawo Taako iyadoo feeraha falaar ugu dhagantahay aan ogaa ee hadane shimees la xiray? Kacaankaanaa, hadana dirito waxaas usoo dhigtay sanab xiroow inaas bilaabo. Macbuudka!" "Maya adeer..." "Ar kii farasta la boodaaye ii kii kale dhagaxa tuuraaye ma lagu daray magoow adigaaba war hayee..." _________________ Checkmate, Reer Canjeex dhaaf waraa. Unuga waana taqana dagaal ma fadaana, mahaan ma rabno in na lagu burbursado ciyoowba. Allaheena ka alla!

Salaan... Hibo, duqii Juba lahaan jiray ciyaalkiis aan inta isku naqanaa, inkastoo uu hada iska gaday, asaga naftirkiis inta usoo wareegay. Jasiira ma xumo day hee, maqaayada Soomaalida gadaal kaga dhagan aaba i dishay. Heersare, walaahi. Haye sheekadaan arkaba, hada kahor email la igu soo diray. Muriidi iyo Maana oo maalin dhageysanaaya laanta af Soomaaliga ee BBC-da ayee waxee ka maqleen warkii oo sii socdo, "Beesha Abasguul ayaa shirkii Soomaalida ee Nairobi qaadacday, kadib markii ay baarlamaanka kumeelgaarka cusub ka waayeen xubnihii ay xaqa u lahaayeen, waa sidee yiraahdeen..." Maana qosol hala dhacdo hee. Muriidi waa yaabay, ha weydiiyo. Muriidi: Ay Maana, maxaa waaye qosolkaaneeti. Maana: Ar lama-goodle iskool shimees qabiil u naqdayna, kii wax lagu barahaayey lee maahinoo? Muriidi: Horta sii u fahantay ani ma u fahmin; waxaas u fahmay Abeeso lugeey, laakiin hadiis iskool ka wado beri jeeso iyo sabuurad aa ku xigta, anaa ku dhahay maryooleey ka filo.

Hibo caddeey, kor iyo hoosba waa lagaa salaamay. Imaaraadkana shimee tagtay walaashiisna, mise waa iska qoratay? Hoteel Jasiira Dubeey ku yaalo iiga waranba? Haye, sheeko dacaayad waa tanaa. Diyaar ma u tahay? Xariifkoo Reer Xamar aa Koostarka gobolada aado wuxuu la soo raacay kuwoo Reer Baydhabo ah oo u socday Baydhabo. Baabuurkii wuxuu istaagay Daafeed si ee kistoo loo cuno, loo luga baxsado. Gaaygii Reer Xamar waa dagtay, kistiis uu soo cunay. Markuu kusoo noqday uu wuxuu waayey boorsadiisii. Dadkii baska la saarnaa uu wuxuu ku dhahay, "Boorsadeey aawina?" Reer Baydhaboodkii waxay u maleeyeen inuu leeyahay: "Boorsadeey aami." Hal mar ay waxay ku wada dhaheen: "Eebeey hakii daaweeyo." Yacni waxee u maleyeen in uu dhahay boorsadey aa soo cunay, iyagana duca kas ah ee u dhiibay, oo nin qac eh in uu la socdo moodeen.

Salaan... ...Sidii laga sheegay oday matukade muddo dheer ahaa baa markii danbe masjidkii galay, wuxuu maqlay Imaamkii oo leh, garbaha iyo gumadaha hala isku dhajiyo. Ninkii dadka ugu dhawaa ayuu inta ku jeestay ku yiri: Oo maxay tahay sababtu? Wuxuu ku yiri: Shaydaanku inuusan nakala dhexgalin ayaa saas loo yeelayaa. Salaad bilaabihii oo yaaban ayaa yiri: Oo Shaydaan hadduu tukanayo maxaa loogu diidayaa? But seriously, that is a pure philosophical question. I hope aw surwaal-gaabyaasha lugahaaga ku istaago everyday jameecada markii lagu jiro, as though literally believing that xadiis, ponder to that question.

Salaan... Horn, is daji, saaxiib. I guess our brother Che-Guevara didn't intend to refer himself as a reer Arlaadi, not that he cannot be. When he wrote--"the interest of our people is hardly considered here..."--what he meant was Soomaali people in general, regarding when it comes to qabqabliyaasha. That is the way I understood. Anybody can be 'reer Arlaadi' by the way, as long as you grew up in Maay-speaking regions and spoke af Maay, you are then considered to be a reer Arlaadi. It isn't emphasized and attached to qabiil per se, but related to land iyo language. Xasan Aadan Samatar is reer Arlaadi in this definition, so is the current leader of horyaalka called Arlaadi Band. (PS, have you ever heard a whole bunch of group calling themselves Burashadleey?) And regarding your question, sorry I just saw it now, I don't think I can be found supporting ever in a Kaambo Amxaaro group, and again neither in a so-called, suddenly nationalist anti-Sanaawi group. Wixii soo baxo hala arko.

Salaan... I personally deplore fruitless arguments, where this side of the board is well-known of. And before I begin for this, let me clear myself and in no inequivalent manner: I stand for Xamar; defended it--and still do--to death. It is my natural city of birth and I love no city, town or village on this earth than I of Xamar. It will always have a special place on my heart. However, as I equally defend it indefatigably, and easily dismiss the persistent propaganda that some are throwing against this former wonderful city, I would likewise equally report the reality of my favourite city too. Now, walaashiis, allow me to clear some issues--not issues, indeed, however the issue of some Soomaali citizens "xalaalizing" some residential, industrial and commercial properties. I am not basing this on a hearsay. I saw them, witnessed as it is. This issue isn't limited to Xamar. I believe it happened in most other Soomaali cities that witnessed civil war carnage. I, however, only had been to Xamar this time, so naturally that is all I can report pertaining to this issue. Bermuuda, as you were alluding to, isn't limited to guri-balaarsi issue. In fact, no reasonable person lives in Bermuuda. It involves every xaafad of Xamar, especially Hodan. It isn’t only limited to private properties. Some business people built commercial properties ON a common good public space that belonged to all. I am sure if you were old enough to remember to compare the public spaces of the pre-civil war of Xamar and post-civil war, it is a dark contrast. Some individuals had built deliberately without a hint of public conscious some commercial properties on places such as Carwada, in front of Warshada Kookada, at the former bed-flowered intersections of well-known isgoysyada, including Isgoyska Hawlwadaag, Isgoyska Bakaaraha and Isgoyska Kaasa Balbalaare. (These are the few I saw, where the former meelaha jardiinooyinka ahaa laga dhistay bakhaaro without a hint of public wellness.) This is the result of it being mainly an anarchic city. No doubt. I gave an example on the previous post and you dismissed because that event had occurred on Bermuuda xaafad. Hokey, now this other episode I witnesses is the epitome of what we are discussing. This person who had lived since the early days of civil war, a lavishly built villa that belonged to obviously a high-ranking official. He was contacted while I was there by to its former owners, and after he was thanked, he was keenly asked to evacuate it as it is. He refused, dismissing them acquiring their wealth, including the house, under tribal "booli qaran" governments funds. They try to reason with him, with no avail. He was finally induced with a couple of thousand dollars dangling. He still refused to leave, this time reasoning he "invested" substantial amounts on that house. I knew the house before the war and I saw it again while I was there, the house seemed to look anything but to be invested. It used to be a shining laba-dabaq house, with all white-painted, inside and out. It no longer is. Even its white-painting wall fading to something resembling grey-dark-brown wall. Before you dismiss again this man as another individual--he isn't alone. Now, I stayed with my sister, who lived in my abti’s house at Taleex. The houses all across my abti wasiiro iyo official kalaa daganaan jiray, but Ilaahaa og dadka dagan maanta. Some waa loo hayaa, yes, and some deteriorating beyond recognization, including Xasan Abshir’s house, which was a block away. Not all houses are forcibly xalaalized. Not the majority of houses are "occupied;" however substantial of them do, and I can tell you it isn’t limited to Bermuuda, where, again, no body lives. It happens in Xamar Jajab. It happens at Ifka iyo Aakhiro. It happens at Laba Dhagax. It happens at Lambar Afar. It happened--and still happens--basically any house that is fit and can be occupied, maxaa yeelay kuwii tarniika ama jiingada ahaa awalaaba horeey loo fiiqday. The xalaalizing of private properties never bothered me because one day, insha allaah, aala xisaabtamaa, but what bothered me was how the common good of public space had shrunk. Basically, with the exception of Tarbuunka, I hadn’t seen any other public space that had real estate value that was left alone. This has had very much bothered me. _______________ Ha u qaadan in guryo nagala heysto and because I am criticizing of that. Noo way. Our properties are all standing and are used by relatives, some us ourselves. As a matter of fact, dowladii Kacaanka in its Hantiwadaag heydays "xalaalized" some properties my father owned, including what is known as Hoteel Taleex now and a farm at Afgooye, which duqa, my old man, uu waligiis soo hadal qaadin, meaning faraha uu ka qaaday.

Salaan... He is said to have business and marriage connections with the warlords. He is married to the niece of a ringleader of an infamous militia based in Mogadishu. He is married to three wives. Each living three different continents--Mareykanka, Australia and Dubai. As far as I know, all are Reer Arlaadi. _________________ NB, I don't know why I find myself every other thread Shariifka is involved. Bas waaye, this is enough, how wild the accusations go even; koleey maraxaas waxba maka helaaye.

Originally posted by Rahima: ^ Brother, you state: quote: Xamar is full of people who are occupying properties that are not theirs and as such it is an occupied city. So i ask, how is that you have come to know that xamar is "full" (the point which i am contesting here, you are stating that it is extremely widespread and is the majority case) of people who are occupying property which is not theirs? I mean have their been studies done?, statistics concluded? By what measurements (aside from the somali grapevine and the ever so wonderful media of ours ) have you come to conclude this?Raxiima, sister, you've been to Xamar, and you don't have to deny the issue of "occupation" of certain properties by certain people in Xamar. It is so obvious few of the property-occupiers can even refute or refuse not to acknowledge--some even xalaalizing it and as though thinking it is their God-given houses. Of course, some houses dad baa u haayo dadkii ka qaxay, and most of those dadka haayo waa dadkii dariska la ahaa ama kasi jiray, but the houses dadka "kooytada" live is different. Let me tell you this episode that happened to me while I was there. I and some old friends I grew up with, were taking some pictures of our destroyed xaafad, what is now known as Bermuuda. While taking the pictures at that eerily and deserted xaafad, where few souls live, this lady was asking us some basic questions. When we started explaining and told her that we used to live the xaafad, and that house is ours, this house was that, and that house was this...suddenly, this obvious agitating man appeared from no where, immediately saying we would stop photographing or else "canshuur" baa la idinka qaadaa. When we told him we are the old ciyaal xaafad, the guy with his madness started uttering these words I won't forget: Wax aad leedihiin ayaa iska yar ee ka dhaqaaqa meesha hadii kale... I hadn't even waited him to finish the sentence. However, some of the friends ila socday got mad because their "qabiil rule" that xaafad and I shouldn't heed that madman's words. I beseeched them that we should leave immediately, for I didn't come all the way from Canada nin waalan Bermuuda hilfaha ha igu laabo. Macaleesh, no way. I told him, yes adigaa xaafada dhan leh, do whatever you want with it and immediately left. Marka dad saas camal ayaa iska jiro, and I can tell you, they aren't few.

Salaan... I followed this particular case the last five years, occasionally resurfacing on the media. I read this piece on Toronto Star's paper edition on last Thursday morning. Since the online version won't last more than a week, I therefore couldn't resist not sharing. Family sues after rodent's head found in Big Mac McDonald's denies negligence in food handling It was a mixture of curiosity and discomfort as everyone assembled around the hood of the car, staring at the box containing a Big Mac. According to witnesses, Heath Miller, an assistant manager at the McDonald's at Highway 401 and Weston Rd., opened the box and lifted the bun. "I saw what looked to me like a mouse or rat," Richard Zeppa, a Toronto kinesiologist who unwittingly found himself in the middle of the bizarre scene, recalled in a statement read into the record for a court proceeding. "The mouse looked like it was browned or grilled or something," added Halima Jama, who worked with Zeppa at a medical clinic on Dixon Rd. "It kind of looked like a rodent's head," said Miller, who inspected the burger following a customer complaint. He offered his description in transcripts filed with the Superior Court of Justice. In short order, the rodent went from a freezer to a laboratory to the centre of a $17.5 million lawsuit, which is winding its way through court nearly six years after the June 24, 1999 incident. Few details have emerged until now. But the transcripts, filed in connection with an upcoming court hearing, flesh out some of the allegations and defences in the case, including competing theories of how the rat got in the burger. The controversy began when Jama's younger sister, Ayan Abdi Jama, then 9, arrived at the fast-food restaurant with her mother and ordered a Big Mac. A few bites into her lunch, the Grade 4 student says she told her mother "there was something wrong with the burger." "The texture. Like, it didn't feel right," she would say later. A statement of claim filed on behalf of Ayan alleges she was served a Big Mac containing the severed head of a rat, "complete with eyes, teeth, nose and whiskers." The incident caused enduring trauma and an emotional reaction that will likely reduce Ayan's ability to pursue gainful employment, the claim alleges, adding she suffers from panic, anxiety and fear of eating in public places. Her mother, Noora Mohamad, and younger sister, Laila Jama, who are also claiming damages, have suffered as well, the claim contends. In a statement of defence, McDonald's denies the allegations, including any claim the company was negligent or that the family was in any way injured. No trial has taken place, but several procedural issues, including the scope of the lawsuit, have worked their way up to the Ontario Court of Appeal. Last week, on the eve of a hearing before the appeal court, both sides agreed McDonald's Corp., the chain's U.S. parent, would be cut out of the case. It's still proceeding against McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd. and Miller, now a York Region police officer. In July, the Superior Court is expected to hear a motion from the plaintiffs, who want McDonald's to produce further documents, including reports of investigations by the restaurant and its insurance company. The transcripts filed in support of the motion provide a window into recent pre-trial "examinations for discovery" — hearings that are normally out of public view, where witnesses are questioned by the other side's lawyers. One exhibit from the hearings is listed as "Photograph of Big Mac with rodent's head inside." The family alleges one or more employees of the restaurant at 2625 Weston Rd. inserted it into the hamburger and that the outlet had failed to implement proper security measures, leaving it vulnerable to food tampering. Last August, the family asked McDonald's to agree in writing that neither Mohamad nor her daughters had anything to do with planting the rodent in the sandwich. The company declined. A month earlier, when McDonald's quality systems manager Rob Freeman was questioned under oath, company lawyer Christopher Dunn said the restaurant had no proof the family had committed a fraud. "Is McDonald's alleging that one or more of the plaintiffs is responsible for staging this incident? ... I just want to know once and for all," asked Ted Charney, a lawyer representing the family. "At this stage, McDonald's is not making any allegation that your client staged this incident," Dunn said. "McDonald's has no evidence at this point in time." As with any good murder case, opportunity is an issue — in this case, opportunity to plant a rat. McDonald's witnesses spoke of how each franchise is subject to unannounced inspections. They also spent much time with Charney discussing "chain of custody" of the typical hamburger, which, according to company standards, should take no longer than 36 seconds to assemble. Precooked patties are thrown out after 30 minutes. Witnesses also acknowledged that security cameras in each restaurant are generally trained on the public areas and the safe, and that staff could theoretically take food into their locker room, insert something, then return the product to the kitchen. McDonald's launched an investigation the day of the incident, but takes the position the results are privileged. "Did you give any thought to trying to figure out whether any of your staff members could have planted this rat head in the burger?" Charney asked Miller, the former assistant manager. "Don't answer that question," Dunn said. Mohamad said Ayan had an afternoon dental appointment on June 24 and asked her mother if they could stop at McDonald's for lunch. After her daughter asked her to look at the Big Mac and she noticed what appeared to be a clump of hair, Mohamad said she "panicked" and phoned two of her other daughters, Zahra and Halima, while Ayan was throwing up. In a statement, Halima Jama said she asked Zeppa and another co-worker to accompany her to the restaurant and Zeppa drove all three of them in his car. Miller said he contacted McDonald's customer relations department for guidance and attempted to take the Big Mac to the company's head office on Don Mills Rd. for analysis. He couldn't drive everyone himself because of "liability" issues and the family ended up taking the burger away with them. It ended up back at the clinic where Halima Jama worked. A doctor in the building took photographs later that afternoon. The family wasted no time in pursing a lawsuit, Dunn suggested. "Your client walked out the door and told us that we would hear from her lawyer," he told Charney at the hearings. Mohamad said she spoke later on June 24 with Charney, who arranged to have the burger examined at a lab. Among other things, the lab looked at "staining" on the patty to determine if the head was cooked at the same time. The Toronto Star reported in 2001 that lab results showed the head was slipped in later.

Salaan... Let's see. Cabdullaahi Yuusuf Axmed ayaa waxaa lagu qiyaasi karaa Madaxweynihii ay abid yeelato Soomaaliya kii ugu liitay uguna karaamada daraa, ayna ugu wacan tahay aqoon macangagnimada shaqsiyadeed ee isaga gaar ahaan u haysata isagoo aan kala garan karin waxa u dhaxeeya Qaran iyo Shaqsi. Does this ring a bell? I don't like to defend anybody, certainly not the oft-tainted Soomaali "siyaasi" men. However sometimes the wild accusations that is thrown against some individuals are beyond reproachable. Shariifka dadka geeskaas ku nabay, who made him stand as a bullied boy on sidelines and bed with other warlords is no other than dictator-minded Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf. He thought Shariifka could have been browbeatened, made unrequired submissive and finally leashed like Geedi, a kow-tow man to both Sanaawi Jr. (C/llaahi) and Sanaawi himself. It didn't happen. It would have been great if C/llaahi Yuusuf stood on his own two feet, but alas he is on the verge of completely becoming irrelevant in Soomaali politics than a yes-man to Sanaawi. This is so unlike of him, Mudane C/llaahi Yuusuf. Tarnishing the little reputation and sumcad that is left of his old self, C/llaahi Yuusuf, not Shariifka, is becoming, to quote the honourable author of this piece: "(Madaxweynihii) ay abid yeelato Soomaaliya kii ugu liitay uguna karaamada daraa (darnaa)." I may not agree some Shariifka's policies, just I am against some of C/llaahi's; however we can't be blinded to support whatever the attentive ear of C/llaahi is whispered to, foremost being the contentious issue of bringing Amxaaro/Tigreey troops to what is left of Soomaali lands now. (They already have Soomaali Galbeed.) No Soomaali nationalist's sound judgment would vainly support this, regardless how it is advertised, recycled and reproached. This is impossible to support, even to think about is xaaraan itself. In this issue, Shariifka is standing firmly on his two shoes, while our "president" C/llaahi isn't, while increasingly becoming a completely puppet. C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed should stand up and stop being the oft-used Sanaawi's Soomaali hand and once say to his overlord: No! I know he is capable of this, and I can bet his dying, decaying reputation would suddenly make a 180-degree u-turn under weary for government Soomaali eyes. I won't hold my breath over this, though. __________________ PS, the guy who wrote this piece doesn't know much about the history of speaker of Soomaali parliament, from Jaamac C/llaahi Qaalib, the first, to Shariif Xasan. They all leaned on one side of the parliament, most of the time with the ruling government, which they themselves belonged to the ruling party. There was no such thing as impartial in brief of the Soomaali parliament speaker's history.

Originally posted by raula: ^^^I wish wasee... Wasee aah? Hambalyo, walaashiis. Noqana qof dadkaaga, diintaada iyo dalkaaga wax u taro.

Lankii aadiis dhooro aroodiisna geed saaree!!!! "Dowlad muran daraadiisa Nairobi la soo dhaafi la’ ma aha in ay umadeena isku layso, waana nasiib daro in xubnihii (qabiil) & (qabiil) ee labada gole ee dowlada Soomaaliya ay noqdaan ul {Shaatigaduud, Shaatimadoowe, Kiishbur, Deeroow...} iyo bakoorad {Xaabsade, Afaraale, Balaak, Saransoor...} lagu garaacayo dadkii ay mas'uulka u ahaayeen..." Sheekh Xasan Gaab, Baydhabo, 13 Maajo, 2005. Su'aasha waxee tahay yaa habaaray Reer Arlaadi, oo intee laga heystaa? Intee loogu dhagan yahay, aawey dadkooda leadershipka u heyn jiray? Aawey the likes of Xaamuud, Soobe, Abukaato Xaseey...? Maxaa ku imtixaamay dadkaan lagu adeegto oo hal iyo laba ahayn, oo hal buug aan dhamaanin laga qori karo, kasoow biloow the dabadhirifyaashii kaabaha ugu ahaa ee Max'ed Nuur Caliyoow, Cabdi Muuse Mayoow, Mustaf Mukhtaar Guudoow, Gen. Malaaq Ibraahim iyo alaalaxyashaan maanta socdo kaba daran kuwii hore, maalin walbana kuwa kasii ibtilo badan soo baxaayo. Kuligood waa lagu adeegsadaa, sharafxumo awoowgeed. Ul iyo Bakoorad, indeed. Ciil.

Salaan... MMA, waraa adi reer ottawa aa ila tahay, mana ku kasaayi ka waran..marax yada aan maalin kaste la sheekeysoto in aa tahay aa iska dhici karto ka waran..barxada iskeen nooh.. Odhawa ma dagni, waraa. Koronto lee ku shukulaa, markee inta businesska ka xumaatana markaas aa Alta Vista meesha la dhaho oo boostada weyn ku taalo aan kusoo kala fireeya mar mar, oo leerta cusub lagu soo qaata.

Salaan... There is a widely circulated rumour that within weeks the old man's, C/llaahi Yuusuf's, shrewd plan of unseating Shariifka will be tried; but to the contrary of widespread belief, Sheekh Aadan Madoowe won't be who is going to replace, but an outsider, who isn't a member of exiled parliament yet. However, the old man is going to fall at his own set trap, and surely his nominal "admistration" will be toppled by none other than the underestimated Shariifka. The old man hasn't changed, isn't flexible and compromising enough and still does act in his old dictatorship, Soviet-schooled mentality: bullying, intimidating and exhorting. As I wrote before, again and again: Meeshuu ku gaaro dabeecadaas hala arko. Awkoombe wuxuu horay u dhahay, "Ninkii soo joog laga waayo soo jiif ayaa laga helaa."

Xamareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey. Xamar is always and will always be beautiful...yaa kaliya ka qabto inkaarqabiyaashaas qabqabliyaasha eh iyo wixii daabacsan oo dadka gumeysi ku heysto. Isbitaal Banaadir (my birth place too), Madiina and Soos waa wada taagan yihiin. Eebe mahadiis. I wish Digfeer had survived like them. PS, Raxiima, walaashiis meelaha eberka ehna in aad soo masawirtid aa fiicneed too, I know you have had been to places like Bermuuda, Madiina (Siliga Ameerikaanka, Booli Qaran), Boondheere, Shibis, Xamar Jajab, Sayidka, Xamar Weyne, etc. Mise naf aa ku tagtay waa weysay? Anigaaba kaa geysisanaa then. I have been to Xamar Jajab, boarding one day a Xaaji Khamsiin to go there, and Ilaahey knows how timid I felt that day going out without a private car, ooh the scary stares. It was a wonderful experience because qof aa korkaaga fadhiyo, yacni Xaaji Khamsiinta uu kor saaran yahay, oo dacaskiis cara maanyada miiran tintaada eber kaaga dhigaayo. Shuud.

Salaan... ...aniga aragtideyda cudurka Aidska waxaa ka daran qabiilka, aidska waa ku dilaa, laakin qabiilka waa wax xun oo uf ah This epitomizes how reer Marka view qabyaalad and its whole package negativeness. Qofkii dhahay, Marka Cadeey minankii Aw Cismaan, ninkii mooda (dhaafa) munaafuq waaye runtiis ahaa. Saas ayeeba u daris jeclaan jireen. Reer Shabeelada Hoose generally--particularly reer Marka and Baraawe--waa dad iska nabad jecel, oo si walba loo dhibaateeyo nabad kahor mariyo dagaal iyo qabyaalad. I remember waagee RRA xooga lahayd oo labada gobol soo qabatay ayee shir u qabteen Reer Shabeelada Hoose inay rabaan dhulkooda la 'xureeyo' iyo in kale, xataa RRA militia and their leaders Qoryooleey dhan kasoo galay, Daafeedna iyo Balidooglena dhan kale banaankiis kasoo istaagay, si ee ula wada hadlaan odeyaasha deegaanka. Waagaanka Indhacadde iyo xulufadiis wax la dhaho ma jirin, oo wadaado kale Xuseen Caydiid daabacsaana ka talin jiray. Calaa kuli xaal, odeyaashii "dagaal ma fadaana" ee ugu jawaabeen, waana mid aan ku raacsanahay oo dagaal wax uu keenaayo ayaaba iska yar inkastoo dhulkaaga xoog lagu heysto, si kale oo loogu baxo ee leedahay. Hadee dagaal rabaan Reer Shabeelada Hoose mar hore ee is 'xureyn' lahayeen maadaama wax ka Gaashaanle Dhexe/Sare iyo Korneel yar ma jirto, oo dadka naafaha wada ah oo ku jiro Isbitaal Martiini oo dagaalkii '77 Soomaali Galbeed kusoo wada daawacmay waa iyaga, dadkoodana dibadaha eeba u badan yihiin.

Originally posted by nuune: xiisha rawaa, xiisha hoon, ees macal di'inka, baawa gi'a xiishsiiseenba Da'iga xawaa keesho rabaleey yaawe dahaaba xiisheydis, toobada aad rawaa.

Originally posted by QUANTUM LEAP: Oh by the way the Canadian weather sucks.. :rolleyes: Shaqsi, brother, Odhawa (or as Soomaalis rightly say "Otaawa") ain't that bad, weather-wise. It is indeed beautiful, with romantic-sounding street names: Alta Vista, Sussex, Sparks St. You should come and see it, and I guarantee you it is much better than that almost-always rain-drenched, unsunny old town, err city, called Landhan.

Salaan... Widaayoow, ha dhawoow, arlaadaan arlaadaa waaye. Fiinto ii cab. Canuuni la qasayna jidkuu kusoo jiraa asagoo xiimaayo. Laakiin madaama meeshaan tahay meel af Soomaali kaligiis--wax kale waa mamnuuc, oo saa adiga sheegtay madaama aad ka heshay--loogu tala galay in lagu qoro, marka dadka qaarkood luuqad shisheeya noocee doonto ha ahaatee kama jeclo inay ku arkaan meeshaan, oo aniga qaas ahaan wis-wis aaba ka qaadaa. Marka "hi all" arkay wis-wiskii ayaaba igu soo dagay. Mar labaad soo mood, minanka isku fidi, gees ka gees, qar ka qar.

Salaan... Waraa marax, mahaan maas mooro dadoow mooday markaa bahalkaa dooro la imaaneysid? Waraa "huunyadaa" nagala tag, sanboor Kuwaataro Sate aa qabaa ee ha igu kicin. Laakiin kaas maa Awkoombe eh, waraa si kale aasba u eg yahay. Sugba waa soo fiirinaa mar labaad. Laakiin Awkoombe nin ka qatarsan waligeey ma arkin, mana arki dooni shactiro markee imaato. Ma maqashay London waxee isku xaafad (Wembley) yihiin yar kamid ah dadka adduunka ugu dheer oo Soomaali eh maanta, marka maalin walba maqaayad aa la isku arkaa, markuu arkana eber uu ka dhigaa, oo uu bilaabaaba: "Mukulaalkii Qalowlaha" ahaa aas soo socdo. (Gaayga 'bisad' aa la dhahaa nooh.) Kaliya Awganbar {ma kasaayi i dheh hee ninkaan sida ciyaal yar yaruuraca camal) iyo Awkuuku aa usoo dhawaan karo, Jeytana, Eebe ha u naxariistee, waa kusoo xigsanaa. Marka waxaa jeclahay markuu saaxiibkiis soo furto saacada, oo garabka ka taabanaayo, wuxuu lasoo boodaa ciyoowba, oo in la qabtay moodo oo waaba iscaarifi rabaa: Walaahi kaligeey maahin, waa la ila jiraa....Shib, shib dheh....Bishimaheey maa shib dhihi karo....Maskiinka ma iska dhaaftidoo, waayeel waaye.... Akhiyaarta kale, idinkaa mudan.

Jamaal, duqa, subax (galab) wanaagsan. Sidaan mar hore u sheegay in this space, I am a self-proclaimed "minority" rights advocate, which this particular "political" (if what is incessantly "debated" bilaa yacni around here can be considered politics at all) section solely lacks. Alas, I wish I knew members of "minority" clans from other sites, for I'd have been the first to lead them to this section. One thing I've learned in my eight years on the internet, though, is that dadkaan considered to belong "minority" clans aren't fond of fruitless debates that sometimes go awry and degrading. They would, I believe, instead do something than sit and type countless sentences that mirror blind eyes. They just aren't reer muran, which most maryooleeys are fond of. I, however, sometimes admire this personal trait because maryooleey dad fiyoow that can rationalize when it comes to qabiil waa ku yar yihiin. Just take around this very section!