WOW Much Power to the big mama! I couldnt beleive they elected her, how exciting and uplifting is that for women all over the world! ofcourse they are setting her up for failure, the country is basically overrun by militants and is a dirt poor, but hopefully big sis will guide the country into political bliss by using her connections and her God given woman intuition(nothing beats that ) she has already pulled some indhoyar stunt(baw!) and the asian world came to her rescue. How ya like dat? Guys..uh..ah..umm. How do I say this with the most gentle way.um..ah. Yo time is over, so move over. Halimo election is in session! ---------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometimes

DKNY's Be Delicious and Givenchy's Irresistible has been my latest target of my peculiar obsession with perfumes. I feel(how you say)Scandalously and irresistibly delicious when I wear them ---------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometimes

loool different folks? Only the billion&half salivating after him! But hey, like you said different strokes for different folks. no need to explain.

aahhh...ummmmmmmm..those wedding cakes yummmyy! Those wedding gowns(salivatingly)Scrumptious! darn it, this means I have to atleast consider one of those marriage offers dont I? just to wear one of those --------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometime

only the hottest and most yummy indian actor of all time(DUH!) He is the Indian Brad Bitt or even sweater with his roughed up jeans and sleek hair(looool dat sounds soooo gay!) I dont watch whole a lot of Hindi movies, but when I do it is hot&heavy date with him --------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometime

Pakistani?ummm..by any chance, do you look like your Indian cousins? and by Indian, I mean sherukhan? If you are his twin and uh.. maybe a bit taller, and you have no expectations of dowry I've got just the girl for you. Ofcourse she gets mad sick with mother in-laws(wut we somalis call xajiin) so make sure to mention your mother's recently tragic death if she doesnt do it for ya, goooodluck bro --------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometime

You go to drop off one person to the airport, but you take 50 extra people with you loooooooooooooool, walahi true.

Love..ahha.. .. just kidding. aint nothing wrong with wanting to love and be loved, to rear a beautiful child and have your happy ending as long as it is not diluding your mind. I mean there is a fine line between fantazy and reality. And when love becomes all about pain, then bounce! wut u waitin for? I know it is totally sad when marriage and men is all a girl can think of, what happened to her own life? I know this girl who plunges into a deep nasty depression everytime she hears about a friend getting married, or dating someone cute, or an ex dating.She becomes miserable hence makes whoever is with her miserable too untill they cant take it anymore. she is all broken inside and I feel like shaking her and screaming wake up! men come and go, live with it! Ahhhh... love is beutifull, love is good for the soul when it is reciprocated, if it is not it is Hell. now why would anyone in his right mind with a choice choose to stay in hell? -------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometimes

2. ENGLISH: Most sijuis will probably speak fluent English and have good comprehension of any typical English word unlike the 'others'..U will find a sijui speaking to someone in English and Somali meshed up. Now that is what i call self-dilusion! which plannet r u from, Oh! the sijui one My bad everytime a Sijui speaks English, I cant tell wether it is English or Jibirish. The romance part? If drinking and clubbing non-stop together is consdired romance. about the good looks: All farahs look alike unless you take a magnifying glass you said Educated? Have you been to the rurals of the North? seriously get over it! ---------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

F. Sis i think i can share your frustrations for I also have friends whom I would love for them to become muslims but it is hard because everytime we discuss Islam they can't pass the equality crab(excuse my language)! They are just trapped in that competetive part of the mind. so they ask me: so your telling me, women are not equal to men but they were created to complement each other? so the man is the head of the family, and if your father dies, your brother inherits more than you just because he is a boy? After long exhousting discussions, I tell them: maybe it is not time for you to grasp all these yet because it is really amazing how i can understand and be content simply cuz it is Allah's decreed. Allah said: 111. Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah.s plan. But most of them ignore (the truth). So I try my best to show them different sides of our religion, a side not covered by the media. like for instance, I was chatting with my friend Barbara no too long ago and I was so excited about the upcoming Eid. and she asked me: what attracted you the most to your religion and I responded Kindness. I told her how our Prophet(SWC) was the kindest man ever lived and gave her examples of such occasions. And to my surprise Barbara who knew a lot about the Islam(mainly she googles everything she doesnt understand) exclaimed with teary eyes, I didnt know that side about him. all I every read about his history is him being Political leader and a military man who conquered countries. so that wasnt a total waste. ---------------------------------------------- Get Up!Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Welcome brother and friend! I will be graduating in two years inshallah, so i guess you can say anxieties of the future are on da way. But I'mnot by no means prepared to deal with that right now. I hope this topic will be helpfull to many graduating students so welcome and good luck! ---------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Mashallah! JUST BEAUTIFULL. that ayah and the one after must be my favorites of the whole Qur'an: 140. If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound hath touched the others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by turns : that Allah may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself from your ranks Martyr-witnesses (to Truth). And Allah loveth not those that do wrong. We give to men and men by turns[/b.it reminds me of that cheesy metaphor(not that am comparing, subhanalah): and the wheels of fortune turned. it is one of the mucjiza of the Quran to have the effect it has on the human heart(those who are willing to listen). Every time you read, you feel like it is only for you. So special ------------------------------------------------ Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

I have seen some obese somali women but still they aint your typical disgustingly-frighting-obese women. something about their bone structure, i think. while i dont condone obesity( for among its health affects are infertility, which scares me to death), I beleive there is more to that story. we should let the xalimos figure out what is at stake, and it is certainly not their dignity ! --------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

"Menstrual suppression" wat kinda of wack solution is that, I wonder? seriously ever since the studies came out I kept a suspecious eye on those pills. Oh! and those disturbingly painfull adds! Oh have you been suffering from menstrual pain, well no more. Guess what you can wear whites for the first time and be more clean( like you had to stay off white cuz you dripping all over) I seriously think it will do a collateral damage to women's health. but the world wont know that until some dumb rich blondee pours her heart out from her horrible experience with the pill on deadline, will we? menstruation and menstrual cramps(and amnot reffering to the lifethreatning one somali girl experience that is just an unfortunate. )are natural. it is a small fee you pay for being able to produce life, so get over it and get used to it cuz women have been dealing with it since the down of time! --------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Ok. here is my two cents: my friend(who is paranoid about black men)and I went shopping. while we were at the store, we met another friend of mine, Emmy( who is as white as they come, an irish cathlic) who happens to work at that particular store. after a long day of shopping and enduring nonsense whining, we decided to go eat on Emmy's lunch break.so we ate and we came back to the store. on our way, we run into two young Black guys and one of then was kind of hitting on me but i brushed it off, you know how goofy they get when they see a sister. and in that minute this unprecedented and unforseen conversation took place: Asho: Oh my god! na maxay naga rabaan. Oh my god i think they want to rob us! Oh my god is there a security arround. naaya if they approach me, i will scream. Oh am sooooo scared. allla maxaa igu watay? alla they are coming back, look at them, with the most accented english ever Emmy: calm down they wont do nothing, i promise. Aniga : Are u ***** Kidding me? shutttt the f****** up you little b****** Asho: look at them? OH,my God!!!! Aniga : Emmy : I got to go, nice seeing you and by the way not all black men are robbers. bye much love! Aniga : you little******, i cant beleive your ********* . Asho : what did I do, i was scared for my life. can you beleive we are at a classic store. we were on the men's floor and basically everything on the floor is brand name clothes. even the black boys were wearing all Sean John Sweatshirts,Ecko Jeans and Timberland boots. i was like do you know how f****** expensive their clothe is. what makes you think they will rob you inthe middle of the store? Oh my pride hurts even when i remember that day. --------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

plzzzzzzz tell me you are kidding? am almost waiting for the " haha i got you line" but me getting angry for i dont see that line in here. searching....searching.....searching, nope i dont see it. so here comes my explosion! first and foremost How could your head contain such dinosour idea, doesnt it hurt? didnt you even pick up some bystander knowledge from the places you been?(calm dooooown, breatheee, wummmbaaaa). back to da topic, so YOU dont beleive women should get higher education because they should be doing more more productive work like babies? by more productive you mean cooking, cleaning and slaving for your ******. why? do you miss the days of slavery, the days your sister had to miss school because she had to do your loundry Oh! cuz your education was so assential? second have you been living on planet earth? dont you know women make the world go round? you said we have enough women doctors, have you been to somalia? atheer waad hurudaa. wake up and smell the coffee. i mean i want to be as fair as i can be but seriously it is as confusing as explaining to a 4year old child why stealing a cookie is a moral assoult! women are out of the house, they'll elbow you in every profession possible, and what is more they will be far better at it than you, so my solution for your little insecure self? Get over it, and Get used to it cuz we are here to reach the sky! -------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

did you say Hitler? as the german Hitler? As The hitler who thought black peeps were worthless creatures worse than dogs? plz tell me there is another man named Hitler :confused: ------------------------------------------ Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

magnificantly electric! couldnt resist to drop couple of lines. I myself consider me a poet, so i will work on a matching piece as soon as am done with the project at hand ----------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometime

Rowda Sis, after the final exams get your gumber and i'll share some of my stories. prepare to lough hysterically, and avoid crying at any cost for this will give a preview of what the future is like. if you ain't married yet, and your hoping to bundle with a somali brother, some of the stories are guaranteed to upset your sensitive hearts ------------------------------------------- Get Up, Up Even the best fall down sometime

how can i be BOTH confused and have valid points? hon, you are confused because you are trying to compare one culture against another which wouldn't be a probmlem if only you didnt make the painfull mistake of holding the western culture as example.Do you honestly beleive that the west stands for equality and fairness? all I'm trying to do is point out some facts about the culture you so dearly hold valuable. you urgument would have made a lot of sense and would havehad merit if you argued in the context of our culture: suppose you argued that men shouldnt blame women for their impurity because women arent responsible, it says so in the Quran. in the beggining of your argument you made sense because there are actually some airheads who blame women, but not only for their impurity but for everything else that is wrong with the world as well[/ if only women covered more, if only they did what men told them to do, if only they stopped using their brain, if only they concentrated in the art of child-bearing, if only they took care of their men and obeyed (in every word of the sense) if only they remainded out of sight, then the world would be ok[ /I] But my point is they can choke in their hatred, i could careless. it is this area of men wishing women to be out of sight, you have some valid points, but you lose me when give me examples of what equality means. and dear did you say Pamela and Paris are enjoying thier freedom in their soceity? now that is something unworthy of discussion. ------------------------------------------- Get Up, Up Even the best fall down sometime

First off all welcome to SOL! I gotta conguratulate you on finding this forum, it is as good as it gets. If you ain't Somali, bear with us. I think you are definetly on da right track but your topic is too broad, even when you norrow it down to mineapolis immigrant women. how did the "sense of self" change? umm.. too broad still. Try to ask specific questions that will render the desired outcome. dont browse too much, you might get addicted to the forum, beleive me it is that electric Good luck! ---------------------------------------- Get Up, Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Ho! Ho! JB. bro you're confused and u trying to confuse others too.though you have some valid points, the majority of your article is baseless for three reasons (And i will tell you what they are if you are willing to listen, given that it isnt your best quality). bear with me. 1)First of all your urgument was, why should the man's impure thoughts be blamed on the woman? first,in order to raise such question, you need to know if the majority of Muslims do that and if we(the voiceless creatures whose rights you are defending, bless your heart)give a hoot about that! There is no moslim girl who wakes up one sunny morning and says to herself: Oh boy poor brothers will fall off the wagon, so to speak, if I dont wear blanket today. Allah said: Both men and Women are responsible for their actions. and i will punish according to their sins not their sex. plz get that through ya head 2)Hijab is from Allah not(and i repeat as many times as possible)from Maryooley. so really it is so simple, it all comes down to who you want to please Allah or the faminist, who represent another oppressed, confused and exhousted generation of woman who have no clue what equality means. what men think? seriously who cares? you are giving them too much credit! 3) What is this "normal dress" you keep talking about? Jeans and T-shirt is someone else's dress. Are u telling me to dump my values so i can be just like everyonelse? Do u really think that will get us somewhere? if we were all to become like Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton? Oh yeah! they are so free and their society is so fairthat they are outrageously insecure. They are so happy that they had to buy some new body parts they become anaraxic because they are so free? Check your facts bro. Yeah i agree we moslims have our own probmlems, and the intellectuall ones are working hard to fix what is wrong with their people instead of pointing the fingers at them. But i would rather slave to allah even if that means others arent pleased with my situation. Honor? A muslim woman knows how to defend her honor and we dont need some half-naked woman, who gets paid half of what her male partners does, who probably got the job screwing her boss because her daddy molested her and who is probably anerxic, come to my rescue. NO THANKS ----------------------------------------- Get Up, Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Huh, Rowda maxaad tiri sis? He what? did what? on what? wanted the goods in where? where did he got the nerve? i think he watched to many *cheap* movies. you had me rolling, am so so so truely sorry you had to experience that. takes the fun out of dating brick-heads doesnt it? But even without the testomony, i agree with you, Sis. Romance and Somali boys, something you dont mix. I used to think somali boys arent romantic because they dont like the hassle but now i beleive they dont have a clue. Next time you're on a date or a brother is bragging about how romantic he is ask him: what was the most romantic thing you have done for a girl? the answers will have you rolling! me, i've got my shares of stories, enough to buy me and my girls a hell of a time in our tea-parties(if you know what i mean) --------------------------------------------- Get Up, Up! Even the best fall down sometimes

nice one seeker. caadi ma aha shekadu. --------------------------------------------- Get Up! Up Even the best fall down sometimes

Castro, plzzzzzzzz say you are kidding. the it-is-in -our- genes what can we do urgument is soooo outdated. sexually, animals have the same urges, only the decipline and soft-wiring humans go through makes up the difference in reactionss. by beleiving men cant controll their urges, farahs are seriously setting up themselves for a demeaning failure. so women get periods? that is now an excuse to go off hunting for other women? what r u going to do when all four of them get their periods at the sametime( which is very possible)what then? I suppose it is their fault then, darn woman! cant get anything right, huh? I'm absolutely outraged by your suggestion. -------------------------------------------- Ge Up! Up Even the best falls down sometimes