Salaan... Buubto, walashiis, ii waran? Adibo yaaba ku arko labadaan bari. Mise jiiro maafiya aa laga dhacay, dhudhuumashoow lee yaah? Lakiin walashiis, Filsan knows af maay-maayga nooh. But, she thinks inee naga badiso, even though wax wali masoo qorin, that is why she is saying 'don't abuse the language.' GOOD ONE! Beesadi hege laka degi lahaaye iyaa aruuri yowhaaye. Matkey, widaay, beeso lan inbaahan maleh. Hooba arlaada fadaasa, Hasan Eeden Samatar in nagooy personal secretary. Wal dheegeey alankaas hooba dheega lan injeeda arlaadi in ki bihihaaya tikidsheey. Ee hooba injeeda arlaadi, Hasan Eeden li hiriir. Lakiin hooba intagta, iinqaad hees-sheey la eroow: "Weeraroow Dooyoow Waniini!" Nuune, widaay, kasaasee heestii Shimaali Emed Shimaali qaadi jaray oo le eroow, "Kaliforniyaa tagee, markaan Kanada u socdee oo kulyeeriga anoo...Wataa, hadii kale waxaan lahaa...Aaheey! Widaay, heestaas af mahaa tiri kubadshee, wal hagalasee af maay-maay asagoo ki heesahaaya ee iinsheegba hooba kasaasa wal leeyi, ani hada kahor la iinsheegay, lakiin iloobay. _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Sab kulahaa. Kaaba see kaa noqotay? Yaa dhintay markii lama geel oo laandheer laguu qalaayo? Yur iyo wid liki eri. Mise xuskaa xaaji waaye? Macaleesh. This reminds me masakiintii back in Soomaaliya. Meel wax laga qalay aala arkaa. Jug aala laga siinaa, markii la dhargo, oo make sure calooshood dhaheen aala dhahaa, "Yaa dhintay?" They didn't even know if it was a sab for aroos or tacsi, but cleverly they jugded from the mood on the scene. Marka adi ruwaayadaas aa noo keenee. You don't even know inii abaar dhacday, adigana geelaa ka hadlee. Hal ari carbeed laguu qalaayo maleh ee sii shaqaaf. Ever remember this: Sab uriye salaan labood, laf jibiye... Kudarso hee. Sab uriye ha nagu noqon hee, waaba kuu jeedaa salaanta saa ula booday. _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Matkey, widaay Maadeey, meyni taawihayti. Weh, dareer ki eri. Doogaan lan kasaana maleh. Maagmaagdaan dheegtee: "Madhayta ii Mooregaabeey lan maal qaboow dagee!" And this one, my favourite: "Hooba naar galaasa, bartaa ay li aragnee, tiimbooy!!" Filsan, inaay, hooba dooga kasaasa, ki dooh, hooba kale nooshib dheh. Kastee, inaay? Hooba kasaana, dareer hee, mey sugahayta. Waa iska jacbursaneynaa afkaan, adigana waaba nagu xumeynee. Ga naga sii nooh, walashiis. _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Duqa, hoo marduuf kale. Makuu sii biisaa?? Hoo. Ee marka wacdiga noosii wad. Lakiin, su'aalaa qabaa: Adi oo beer dagan oona ka bixin, see jaadka ku heshaa? Mise jaadka beertaas uu ka baxaa? Lakiin waa iska marqaansantahay ee su'aashaas adeeg ay kugu noqonee ee iska dhaaf. Haye, sheekada noosii wad. ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Entrepreneur, kaaba, yes. Waala kulmay miyaa, maqaayad dhanaa habeen dhan qabsanay. 15 of us. LoL. Yep. Aren't we a little real family? Yep, we surely are. Adibo kuwa kalaa la kulmee ee iska sug. And waa kuu jeedaa inii tahay ganacsade ee maxaa waaye hee business-kaa? Share majiraa? Haduu jiro, one dime aa ku share gareynaa first. Shujui, maskiin, aren't you? A picture in Dubai International Airport to be mistaken as of Xamar, that is a wishful dream. We wish it will, in the future, be like that, or at least built like that, insha allaah. ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Weh! Weh! Weh! Widaaygeey, Libaah, mey erti? Ay ki bari doogaan? Anu ii Nuune bas isla goradaana, wala etee 'our secret,' ee hooba adina goradaasa, bas waaye. LoL. Intee ki baratey hee, widaay? Hawd doogaan lan ki hadla maleh. Nuune, Neyroobi walyar lee roogay mey yeelee ani Xamaraa ki gubaday; meeluu Hamar la eroow abaar roogay ee Neyroobi wal i imaaday bas abtigeey oo jiran la sheegay ee ummaydeyna kooyahayti, marka li kooyi. Tan kaleeto, makaayada Itoobiyaanka aa sheegahayta aragay. Hotelka inee kasoo horjeedo aaba filaa. Waraa doogaan waa iga dhumay, darn! ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Great sawiro. Let me add kisteey. Buur Hakaba in a bit distance photograph. Baydhabo in a recent picture before Shaatigaduud iyo Shaatimadoobe hilfaha isku labeen. Sad. Shaneemo Xamar __________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Nuune, widaayoow, ii waranba? See eta. Fayta ma'ahaa? Widaayoow matii Nairobi roogtay, ki raadiyi jaray. Meeluu lama gee roogay. April 27 ilaa 30 roogay arlaadaas. Aniina matii meeluu roogay, wee ki haayi jaray, "Ar huu, ey aragay widaaygeey Nuune?" Wal ii jabaabay maleh. Wal daganaa hoteel la eroow Ilsan Hotel kiyaala 9th Street. Widaay, meey ki dhiiyi Eastleigh? Waloo dhiiqo ii dhoobo la eroow qabsatee arlaadaas. Sidii hoteel inka jaray lee haki dhoofay, dhiiqa daraadiyee. Kuwaranba! ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Ilhaan aaba heeseyso. Cajiib!!! On the top of that, hees Soomaali aaba la tumoyaa. Yaab iyo yaabkiis. And her signature: "Dalkeyga waa jeclahay, dadkeyga waa jeclahay..." Ar waaba ka heley nooh. Saado Cali ii dhehbo. You know it is one of my all time favourite songs--not that I have many--with "Soomaalida u diida ceeb, naftiina u diida ciil" by Maryan Mursal. And speaking of Maryan Mursal, I had seen her sitting in a maqaayad in Arhus, Denmark. Darn, she got old. Waraa Jamaal, meesha kasii wad. Dad aaba heeso baroysaa walaahi. :cool: P.S., Jamaal, brother, masoo qori kartaa lyrics-ka oo dhamestiran oo ah 'Soomaalida u diida ceeb, naftiina u diida ciil' by Maryan Mursal. Dankis in advance. ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Lakad, duqa, manooshahay wali? Maba dhimatid miyaa adi, bacoow waaxid. Sabtaa aaba sugoyaa. Maalin Ilaahey keeno ducaa ku jiraa. Naga ganbiso yaqeey, bariiskaa ha cunee. Ee laakiin duqa hada maa ogaatay inee 'salaan' ajir free laga helo, LoL. Meeqo sanaa 'salaan...' ku jiray, LoL. Minee bilaash tahaa mooday miyaa? Yur. Duqa, yep, I am up--literally. Horta cudurkaan SARS la lee yahay cajiib ahaa. Ani waxaa ka tagay Toronto iyagoo lix qof dhimatay, waxaa usoo noqday iyadoo 27 hilfaha loo laabay. Ar Ilaahey aaba iga waday. Xamar aa joogay markii saa'id uu u socday, and the folks down there would ask me where I was from, and when I answer, they would immediately say, "Ma SARS-kii baa kasoo qaxday?" Balaayo nila qaxdo. Duqa, inta kale aboosto ee waa kasaa. _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Baashi, it truly seems so. And I secondly concur with you. As I had been away from this forum in the past couple months, it seems the forum had changed a bit. In the General section, upon reading it now, it seems too many ciyaal kuni kuni had invaded it. I know the site is growing, but God...kamoon, wax quman qora hadii kale naga daaya wareerka badan. And the issue of debating with a certain group of people regarding the 'secession' movement, mar horaa faraha ka qaaday. Because of torobo tedious, repetitive, droning, monotonous articles--to be repeatedly posted, yet still does not prove a thing. With this, faraha aaba ugu wada qaaday. Dad qub iyo qash iyo "forum joogxumo" maala doodi kartaa, Ilaahaa nalahee. So save your breath. Faraha iskaga qaad dadkaas, ha iska raaxeystaan with their delusional dream. Long so as it will soon be HISTORY! _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Soomaali!! Period. Inta kale been. Those who keep calling 'hypocrites' to those whose loyalty and allegiance primarily rests on Soomaali, rather than qabiil, might think EVERYONE is like them. Them being who grew up some bush down the country, and had been fed with the sheer and utter propaganda of their qabiil having some superior quality or that their devotion should rest on their qabiil than on Soomaali. We are not same. Thank you very much. I was born as a Soomaali, and I will keep, God willing, as it is. To die as a true Soomaali. Shaqsi, brother, I am a fervent nationalist, a real Soomaali; however I mostly keep those thoughts to myself. And as a son of a father who was a member of the Leegada {SYL}, by opposing the majority will of his family at that time. Because most of his family members were against Leegada, because of qabiil, but my father stood up, showing the true colour of Soomaali. Telling them they were wrong, and as imperfect as the SYL seemed, it was not the time to have a division lest that it might be taken advantage by the Gumeysiga. He was a man who understood and stood for it--'it' being the sacred unity of Soomaali people, regardless how we differ in some minor issues. He was always a genuine compaigner and dreamer of the unification of ALL Soomaali-settled lands into a one powerful nation in the Horn of Africa. I thus will emulate him, insha allaah. And finally, as far as I respect and like my qabiil, but it would never come before Soomaali. Thanks qabiil, but not when the Soomaali is in. And I remember how our ciyaal xaafad really never used to care about qabiil. It was some funny scenes that used to happen in our xaafad in Xamar when some old folks who would come from the country-side and used to come to our xaafad asking us ciyaalka xaafada to give them some directions of where 'ina hebel and ina heblaayo' live. We used to laugh at them. Asking them to tell us the names, save the qabiil for we don't even know any qabiils. And they in turn would laugh at us because of our ignorance of qabiil. That was the days of a true Soomaalinimo. When allegiance used to lie on ciyaal xaafad, not on qabiil. Whoever says the mentality of qabiil cannot be erased from a Soomaali's mind is dead wrong. I am a proven, me and my ciyaal xaafad. Even with this civil war, and us all being in Qurba, we are still saxiibo. Caring as ciyaal xaafad, not because of qabiil. __________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Even though my gratitude took ages to write on here, it is about time I show how grateful I am to London nomads of their terrific and superb reception to their wonderful city. And I apologize in advance for not writing this appreciation sooner. And to be honest with you all, it was a rare and exceptional night, and I will make sure to cherish every moment of it. Horta, tutigiin waa wada mahadsantihiin. Mahad Alla!! And I will mention you personally. Idinkoo kala ah: Shaqsi Shuuqle Jamaal Jacjacle Barwaaqo Baac Sophist Sanifaaye :cool: Aamino {Ameenah} Afgaab Muno Maankuus Shujui Suujisle Garyaqaan Garfuunweyne ExDane Istiraasho Winger Waraabo Dante Dandaansade London-Lad Laxcune And our departed but not forgotten brother Max'ed Ismaciil {Ilaahey ha u naxariisto}. A pleasant, genial person, I might add. Ilaahoo adaa weyn walaalkeen iyo adoonkaa u danbi dhaaf: Aamiin. Once again, dankis feeri maajo, inkastoo I was or acted like a 'frozen freak' in there on that night, but still I did enjoy. LoL. Yep, I am like that when I am in a new environment; I know on that night, I became a real coy with an attitude of a real un-MMA. ___________________ A special thanks goes to Barwaaqo and Jamaal-11. Without them, it would have never been possible. Thanks aqiyaarta. ___________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Taqwa, the laadar of the brothers, ii waran? Aboosto ii dheh hee, marax. Good. Silent mode, aha? I was in Xamar a couple weeks ago, and God. I think a great population down there were 'silent moders,' and a great confusion were going on there. The silent moders think others, who are majority, are crazy, and the majority, on the other hand, think the silent moders are the true, abnormal, eccentric ones. I tried to have a conservation both of them, and believe me, 'silent moders,' who are thought to be 'crazy' are really hokey, but the majority themselves are a bit crazy. Waa dad dhan BUUFIS ku dhacay, marka kii waalan iyo kii kale maba kala taqaanid. And finally, they might even think you as some kind of crazy. Marka waala isku wareerey. So, I think you can't be a 'silent moder,' unless you want people think of you some kind of an erratic wacko. Believe me. Anyway, you can't seriously be in a self-confined solitudeness. Humans need somekind of interaction. ___________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Waraada labadiin shib naga dhaha. Torobo kirif-kirif iyo quuq xay tahay? Wah. Tacsi aa taalo mahaan iyagana qeylo iyo qub iyo qash ay wadaan, waraada neerta nasiiya. Shuush. Socdo soo neersada, banaanka aaryada kistoo kusoo kala baxa. OG, duqa xariif aaba kumooday maxaa waaye saana? Wah! Kaaba naga ganbiso hee, at least kistoo maskiinta ka qaleey oo igaartoo yaraa faceysanee. Mayaa, saan si ma'aha widaayoow ee u tartiibi walashaa. Waji kiyaawo waaxid. Waaba soo taagan yahay oo kaanbiya xataa masiinaayo maskiintaan yaniista eh. Miss, adigana midoo kalaa tahay ee see waaye. Intee lagaa keeney, from Gaalkacyo to Somaliaonline.com miyaa?? Naga deey hee wareerka badan, hada is maslaxeeya hee bas. __________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Laa illaaha illa Allaah...walaa xawla walaa quwata ilaa bilaah...inaali lilaahi wa'inaali raajicuun...bismilaahi... Ar walaahi waa isku naxay. And I never thought I could be the last one to take his picture alive--possibly. I can't even look at some of the pictures of him I have now. I was fortunate enough to get acquaint with him on one great occasion with other nomads live, and he was an amiable with a great cordial personality. Just the thought of that a very young, healthy, jovial man gone just like that reminds me how geeri is XAQ. That is how xaq geeri is, whether we expect it today or not. Ilaahoow adaa waaxid eh u naxariiso adoonkaa: Aamiin!! Ilaahoo adaa weyn oo awood leh, u naxariiso: Aamiin!! Ilaahoow dhamaanteen wixii nool iyo wixii dhintay oo Muumin eh noo wada naxariiso: Aamiin!! ______________________ P.S.: I wish I was in London today because duugdiis aan ka qeyb gali lahaa.

Salaan... Originally posted by Nafisa: Miracle by Lancome ---Rich and enchanting Aw, Nafisa uses Miracle. We need to talk, girl. ______________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... I use OneManShow. Kikkikiki. I can bet it is a rare of you to know it. Anyway, I am fond of men's spray stuff. Like Lynx. Those down in London know what Lynx is, because I can't get it in here. Next month, when I get in London, I will buy tons of it. Barwaaqo will show me around. And also Axe. Axe has a cool commercial in Toronto; that commercial appealed to me. It was about a guy in an elevator, and he sprays it while in the elevator. This cool chick gets on. Smells the aroma on the background. Gets close to him. Couldn't resist the guy. Bacdal seconds, the elevator door opens, and the guy had been turned upside down, yacni, LoL. Because of his sprayer. Get the hip? :cool: So, I always have that Axe sprayer in my pocket, and whenever I get in an elevator, I spray like God-knows. Just in case a caasho gets in. And you xaliimooyinka, anyone know Miracle? If you do, and use it, wiiiw gacanaa kuu taagey. Waa carfaa miyaa. This friend of mine had it on one time, and I am still smelling it. God. It was so... __________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Mr Whiteman: Kuuntadaa Buufkeed u sheeg Again, it is proven that one of the main reasons why we should always write in Soomaali is because dhaba kadhirifkaan aa joogo oo cadaan iska dhigaayo. Well, I am not surprised Soomaali madoowba waa iska dhigtaa. Just check the teen's section. _________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Is there anything better than that? I think aniga, Jamaal iyo Nova aa die-hard nationalists eh, inta kale kistoo at least waa roon yihiin. Nice choice, Jamaal. Nova, good one; this one used to hang in our house back in Xamar, and I always used to admire it. I still do. There are some good reasons why the shabeels are there though, but I don't remember. _______________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Sheekada waala sii xamaalanaa, kii wax kale haayo haku sii daro. In la isku wareersan yahey afkeena iyo ajnabi dhaqtar eh. _________________ Islaantoo aa wiil ayeeyo u ahayd dhaqtar u wadey, si uu ugu turjumo. Markii dhaqtarkii u tageen uu weydiiye meesha laga haayo iyo sidee xalkeed tahey. Wiilkii ay u sheegtey sida loo haayo oo dhahdey, "Maandhoow u sheeg, meeshii lagu gaaro tobanka saac habeenimo baa cirkaas layla aadaa, oo anigoo dhanbaa laysku key cel celiyaa..." Wiilkii ayeeyda u ahayd waa fasiraa ma dhihinoo hee. "She said, at exactly 4:00 a.m. every night, someone or something takes me to the sky, keeping my body crunched together..." Dhaqtarkii maxaa kasoo harey hee ka aheen . Finally, psychiatrist uu u direy. Ilaahoo duqooshinkeena iyo anagaba naga masaamax qurbo: Aamiin. __________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Kool-Kat: Mayor Mel Lastman maa kistoo shaxaad kusoo siiye yaqeey, intaan ka badan xaraan waaye faaliskaa Koronto. Dadkaan aa ku cabee yaah, nice, very nice pictures aa usoo qufee, ALL from the summer and spring seasons. Why don't you show them how bleak it looks now? If they had seen how it looks now, most would freak off. Nice pictures out there, though. But I do have one problem: presentation. Twenty-percent of the year, this city is covered by something called 'white blanket' and I have yet to see that that side in those pictures. Anagee summer nosoo aruuriyaan. Anyway, where are Digson {Dixon} folks? No one represents it? Dixon, Toronto, home to thousands of Soomaalis. The images are distorted, so they might look bleak, but I tell you, Dixon looks fine if you are there. Those buildings even used to be Condos, but maryooleey changed them to be apartments. _________________ Buubto, glad to see your dirac and garbasaar again, sister. Have you been to maqaayada Mac Macaanka Xamarweyne? Our Masaajid, Khaalid bin Waliid? Our entertainment section, Weston and Lawrence? Or barafkii sidaa ugu til tilaabsaneysid aa waqtiga kugu dhamaadey? ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Also bear in mind that there are another cities who share Mogadishu with the the same weather and sea-coast of Indian Ocean and are reasonably are multiethnic - Marka and Kismayo so dont think that these things are only unique to Mogadishu Kisima, brother, Marka and Kismaayo's weather is excellent, but not that excellent compared to Xamar. And the issue of multi-qabiil, we all know. Now, let's say Xamar isn't that multi-qabiil anymore, but tell me which other city is? Is it Qoryooleey? Is it Afgooye? Seylac? Laas Caanood? Or others like Burco? Or Luuq? Belad Weyne? Boorame? I don't think so. Not a single major city in Soomaaliya today remains multi-qabiil; still Xamar rules in this field. The issue of warlordism, well, now I agree with you Xamar isn't the Xamar we knew, but those warlords can be taken care of. Most warlords and their combative near-fanatic followers actually came to Xamar as an adult, born outside of it. They should go at least back to wherefore they came from. Don't they dare to mess our Xamar or play it in a chess. They never built it, and never would. What I am saying is Xamar at least has some qualities that the rest of the cities in the country don't. There is another thought to it: Not many people claim Xamar as their exclusive qabiil's land. Some maniacs would try to assert that, but Xamar is the only city that many feel embarrassed to say 'we own it.' Even some qabiil fanatics don't dare. And if they dare, they know they never built it. Rampage, waala isku lee yahey. ______________ P.S.: I never thought one day this issue would rise, and the validity of Xamar being a capital would be questioned. Never in a million years.

Salaan... Libaax, how is the honeymoon? Is it still burning on wali? Igu salaan walasheey, even if she doesn't know me. :cool: I have had a vague rememberance of my brief seeing of him, Max'ed Abshir. It was in 1989. He came to our house, searching my father, and my father was in the bathroom. He couldn't wait. He was knocking the bathroom's door, "War sheekh, sheekh, soo bax, soo bax, war baa jiro..." My mother was like, "Xaaji Maxamed Abshiroow u kaadi bal, sheekha ha dag dagsiin." I later learned he had the manifesto papers on hand, and he was afraid, had no time. He wanted my father to sign on it. Anyway, it is vague to remember it now, but I always used to hear pretty good things about him, especially from my mother. I pray him that he would be let to stay, especially on that special bill would take care of it. If America doesn't want him, he can move readily to Canada, as I think he would. ________________ Macsalaama!!

Salaan... Originally posted by SomaliaOnline-President: Wealth i think is what makes a city important, and Xamar has no wealth now. Boosaaaso and Hargeisa are the two most well off cities in Somalia---when we look it economically. Wah, and you want to become a president with that gaffe? Kaaba ga naga sii. Yes, Xamar is not that secure now, but economically it is well off than the rest of Soomaaliya. Suuqa Bakaaraha alone has the heaviest share of Soomaali economy, more even handling the combined business of the two cities you mention. To those who keep questioning why Xamar remain the capital, you missed two of the main points--the WEATHER and it being {or at least used being} multi-qabiil. My father settled Xamar because of it having the seat of the former first dowlad ever {1960-9}, but he also always, always used to mention falling in love with its weather; especially a person who has asthma. He is still there, never wanting to leave it, even while his qabiil is never based there. No other major city in Soomaaliya is as moderate being warm in weather as Xamar. Name them. Marko? Baydhabo? Baraawe? Kismaayo? Berbera? Those three are the closest and yet they can't even come close to Xamar. The qabiil factor, Xamar was settled by every imaginable qabiil in Soomaaliya. You just single out any qabiil, and you might have found them in Xamar. No other city to my knowledge had/has that. Even if you don't find certain qabiil in there now, their wealthy and properties are there. And no, they would never let their properties to be taken by some maryooleey from Ilaaha-og-where. And third small factor is having access to a great ocean. A fourth factor, most of the former government's major properties are there, most untouched. Why buy when a new government forms new lands in a new city from scratch when they have their own lands in Xamar. Even Maxamed Siyaad Barre had been recorded to have said, when Xamar uu kasoo baxay and had been asked why he invested and build Xamar. His answer: "I build Xamar because of its weather--darn it and would have build it again and again!" _________________ Macsalaama!!