War dadkaan yaa naga qabta..willka iska daaya will ya. Mr Smith keep going mate...

good to see young people trying to make a difference. But its very short notice guys...why tell us so late. anyhow...good luck and will try to make it insha'allah.

Any Somali Maqaaxi (cafateria) would do for language and culture...and oral history.

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: According to Mowlid Macaane's interview with Hornafrik radio this week, he, the madaxweyne ku sheeg, reportedly told him he is not a "real" Soomaali. Read on. So MMA Is Mowlid Macane statement a verse from the Quran...and what eveidence do you have the president said this apart from Mowlid Macane claims. Isnt silly to bring statemnets that are untrue and based on heresay. Only a foolish person would take such comments wholehartedly, whilst at the same time cliaming somalinimo and holding a moderator post in SOL.

Man..WTF..and more ironically this MMA dude suppose to be one of the moderators. KK and UM Z..true...waxaan iyo akhayaarnimo aad bey u kala fog yihiin

Dr Hawa is good role model for all Somali women.....may be we will have few more like her from SOL!!!

Since when is somali unity a joke bro.

Mate.... how do you know these people sit behind a computer and do nothing for their community... You will be suprised mate....nt he thing about role models..plenty out there...if people need them.

Northerner bro...Its true you dont need to meet one, but the point I am making is that if people dont know what it takes to achieve something then they wont achieve that. Did you know 70% of medical students in the UK one or both of their parents have a medical background. I think is good we are concentrating on the achievement of Somali kids....however, the environment they live in will ultimetly shape their future. Unforetunetly as Somalis we live in the most deprived areas in the UK ,and hence most of the kids will become products of that environment.

This is nothing to do with family planning and young girls wanting to get married and have kids... You see in the UK we Somalians live in the poorest parts and have high unemployment rates and those of who work do most menial jobs (there is the opposite, however that is the majority)...how do you expect Somali boys to be different from other black boys, if they live and play together and go to the same school. How can a Somali boy aspire to be a pilot, doctor, engineer if he has never met one. how can they do well in school if there is no one to control and help them with the school work. How can they grow up to be respectible men if their fathers get no respect...i dont know. Worse still the few Somalians who do well, seperate themselves from the rest and not encourage and mix with them...I was trying to organise a careers day for Somali youths in our local mosque...it was so hard to get somali proffesionals to come and participate. Anyhow...lets stop procastinating and start doing soemthing...however little. sorry about my rant

Northerner...you dont have to hate people to make a difference...if anything hate will only consume you and cloud your judgement. The question is why hate one guy and not another...surely all politicians in Somalia currently are as bad as each other from the president to riyaale and any one in between. I have never seen all those ani-TFG people including MMA propose an alternative. If MMA really cares about the people of Somalia he should be sayin Yeey and Riyaale and his cousin ex-speaker of the house should not rest well...insted of picking one out. Anyhow...MMA can you write either in Somali or English instead of mixing these different languages...otherwise your arguments dont make sense.

MMA hatred has taken you to the next level. question for ya MMA...why do you all of a sudden care about Somali people, cos i never heard talk about other Somali politicians and warlords. LIKE OR NOT MR YUSUF IS THE PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA. Find a more productive way of helping Somalia instead of bothering this old man...who is unwell.

Is there a university called Jersey in the UK

Hatred is every where...while wishing death and hell on another muslim individual...i suggest we look at our actions...some might be closer to death and hell than the old man....just a friendly advice

Ismahaan...This is a recent study funded by the home office, the figure they qoute from their sample is 38%. However, it does emphasise that in this study and all other studies the sample size was small, it was not randomised and the power of the study could not generate statistically significant results. You come across as someone who is well versed in both scietific principles and statistics...so let me know what you think of it. This is the link www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr4705.pdf

Emperor...gabadha iska daa, the bbc is very accurate with all their figure...lol...yeah right, if its the BBC I know anyway. and for the Home Office dont even go there....they dont even know how many Somalis in the UK, let lone how many of the chew khat.

Baning khat is neither here nor there...it wount solve our problems overnight...if anything it might introduce criminality and gang warfare. What I have an issue with is this 90% figure, cos thats just ridicilous...there more people in the marfish than the masjid, according this figure. Like you said believe what you wanna belive...but evryone knows 90% of Somali men in the UK dont chew qat.

Ismahaan u tellin every ten somali men you know nine of the chew khat.....is that what you sayin...well i guess you know the wrong people. I worked on a research project about khat and Somalis....we had 5 controls for every 1 subject i.e we had 5 times more non-khat chewers. what you got to understand is that statistics can be spinned evryway you like...may be the survey was done in a marfish...then I would understand the 90% figure. Does anyone else think 90% of somali men in the UK chew khat.

Khat in the UK is becoming more of public health problem. There a number of public health and respiratory doctors lobbying the government regarding the status of khat. There was a big study several years ago which linked TB and time spent in Khat house(Marfish). Statistically it was difficult to show causation because there were confounding factors such as smoking. The study was commisioned beacuse of the high levels of TB amongst the Somali population. (Example 85% of TB cases in the Royal Free hospital in 2006 were Somali patients). So people dont loose hope, there are pressures on the home office from the NHS regarding the status of khat or at least marfishes in the Uk.

Bro A.J...whats with the anger. The guy is got his opinions from his life experinces....cos he is from certain place in london which does considerable number of wanna be Somali chavs. If you disagree with him...just tell us no need to insult him liek you did..... Somali accent ku lahaa..adiga maxaa ku hadashaa marka....engage your brain before you write.

Hey where do you get a figure like 92% of Somali men in the UK chew Khat...thats so rubish...if anything majority of Somali men in the UK dont chew khat. Only a minority abuse this drug.

gabdhaan is going through identity crisis. Every topic she is on she is hating Somalis.....sxb if you dont like being Somali...we dont want you either. Tell me who is civalised...all these western people who eat with forks huh....give me a break and go and mary some aginabi somewhere.

marc welcome Khat causes many problems to the individual and in society. however, i dont see how banning khat in the UK would be all of the solution. like others have said many in many other countires where khat is illegal, Somalis still use it and it causes more problems. p.s mate i know you funky glases or not.

What calebrations...I am at work...and its actualy annoying cos i keep writing 2007 and its already 2008...what inconvinience for me.

I dont know Somali girls playing sport could attarct that sort of public audience....something must be working in Mogadishu for people to go out and watch sports games.