Allow Muqdisho nabad ka yeel. This is the place, despite it's instability, the free Somali spirit lives. Bombs and bullets are flying, markets are bombed , yet they raise the next day. These resilient people deserve good leadership and wise people to guide them to the right direction. The same thing goes in Baghdad, where people are maimed, bombed and killed by dozens every day, yet the great people of Iraq rise up , go to work, and sit in cafes sipping tea and smoking the Shisha . They bury their dead and rebuild the shops destroyed by the evil terrorist. Yesterday, thousands of Somalis freely demonstrated in the streets of Mogadishu objecting the Trump announcement which denies the Palestinians their capital Qudus. Since this city holds so many important holy places for diverse religions communities, it should have been designated as international neutral city. Yet this provocation and hasty decision by Trump was loudly objected by the free people of Mogadishu. This demonstration will not affect or changes the reality on the ground, but it is a symbolic gesture by those who are free. In America , you could see white nationalists, anti fascist and right wing zealots marching freely, because they have the freedom to assemble. By the way, there is nothing more illogic and backward than the so called white nationalists. Anyone could be white whether they are Muslim, Christian or Jewish. THen again if they claim to be white christian , how about their black christian brethren?.In Mogadishu, just like America, you could see people marching with Osama bin Ladan pictures, albeit in small numbers eve in 2011. The issue is the Somalis of the capital are the last free people among Somalis in 2017. No one in Hargeisa, Garoowe, Kismaayo or Djibouti would dare to protest. In Hargeisa, a paramilitary group called RRU will shoot you immediately if you protest against the government or even speak up against some government official taking your property, #am in the morning. Ahmed Guray ma uu dhiman Ma gablamin darwiishkii Geenyada ma daalana Ma af beelin Gamstii Waxan uga goleeyahay Haddii Geesi Ii kaco Geyaankayga Waan Heli Biciidkaan dili doono......... Waxaan ku riyooday habeen hore anigoo : Wiilasha Hargeise Calanka buuluuga diiday, , Kuwa Mudug iyo Bari Jooga,, Kuwa Hiiraan iyo labada webi ku dhex wareeray, kuwa banaadir nabada U diiday Iyo Kuwa Jubada Sawaaxiliga gabaadsadayba,, Anigoo Police ah iyo iyagoo budhcad ah oo katiinad kuwada xidhan oo dhar hurdi (Jaalle) ah xidhan. Illaahayow run ka dhig.

just saw the movie called " The Pirates Of Somalia". I realize it may not play in major theatres. Though, it has academy award winning actors like Al-Pacino or Academy nominated Like Barkhad Abdi. I have my reservations as to why it is not being played in any of the theatres and had to travel about 45mins outside the cities. I have seen my fair share of pirate movies done in Somalia, Some exaggerated Hollywood style where the American always wins, Some focus on the dialogue more than the action and gun-toting and the suspense. However, this particular one told the story of a Journalist wannabe who spends 5 months in Garowe and Puntland after listening to the advice of his friend to go somewhere dangerous and live to tell about it. He later learns that the truth isn't what the media is after, but to be supplied clips for the stories they already have. Ps. If ever it does matter I have done very small work in this movie as well:-)

How many know where SOMALIA is located?

Mogadishu residents are the most resilient. It is obvious they didn't like Trump giving more legitimacy to Israel's occupation of Islam's third holiest site. In hindsight, It was a good thing that Farmaajo refused to meet Natentahu in Nairobi before the Jerusalem controversy started.

Very resilient people

New youth FX style in Hargeisa

It could be the "Black Hawk Dawn" movie effect.

The bar is set so low when you hear the previous government had left $5 million for the entire nation.