Gabay Somali oo wadani ah. Courtesy and credit to Ijaabo Aadan Weyrax. She is the one who composed this poem - a true Somali lady (who lives in Cairo Egypt). "Maansodaydan bilan, oo baawarkeedo wacanya, oo aan boow seego ahayn, ayaan soo bandhigayaa, barbaaryahay dhamaantiin, bulshoyahay dhegaha fura. Baaqa kaleeto(/kale) oo aan soo bandhigayaa, Barbaartii dalkeena, waxbarasho la'i iyo, baahi shaqo la'aan, buntuqay ka carareen, baduu laashku kula degaa! Burburkaas waxa na baday, waa belo qabyaalad ee, ana taa umaan bogin. Boqorkii na uuntiyo, baaqa keligii noolaha, Alle' ayaan baryayaa, burburkaa na haystiyo. inuu belada reeboow, bilicdii dalkeeniyo, noo biiso nabadii, amiin ta badiyoo, bismilaahi wada dheha. Baaqa kaleeto oo aan soo bandhigayaa, dekadii bilnayd iyo, burbur eeriboodhkii, bilicdii magaalada, qashin baa bayaxan oo, burbure daarihii beled, Booli qaran agteed iyo, badhtanka ceelgaab, bisadahaa nexh jiifoo, eeyaha butaamoo, waraabaha ku baacsan oo, Burburkaas waxa na baday, waa belo qabyaalad ee, ana taa umaan bogin. Baaqa kaleeto(/kale) oo aan soo bandhigayaa, baabuurkii ka baxa meel, bartii uu u socday, kuma gaadho badbaad oo, burcad baa jidka u geli, baas iyo qori ku furi, baa'bi'in dadkii qaar, baaqigii ka soo hadha, ma badbaadinaa yaan, biilkay siteen iyo, boorsaday ka qaataan, burburkaas waxa na baday, waa belo qabyaalad ee, ana taa umaan bogin. Baaqa kaleeto(/kale) oo aan soo bandhigayaa, buktada iyo dhaawaca, barin lagu daaweeyi'yo, baro caafimaad ma leh, bukto iyo dhibaatuu, dadkeeni la baa'ba'ay, dhkhtarkii u soo baxa, badbaadi dadkaago, bulshdaada wax u qabo, beryo markaanu ku raysano, badaw aan wax garaneyn, aya baas ku furoo, waa beesha reer hebel, ayaa loo bireeyaa, burburkaas waxa na baday, waa belo qabyaalad ee, ana taa umaan bogin. Baaqa kaleeto(/kale) oo aan soo bandhigayaa, raga belo ku faankoow, su'aal baaxad weyn baan, idiin soo bandhigayaa, baasuuka la dhacayoo, barbaartan la laynayiyo, sedka hadaan la ii badin, nabada waan ka baxayaa, baasiin dab lagu shido, baa'ba'u ma shraf baa ? beladu ma guul baa ? ma baa'ba'do taariikh, dalka aad burburiseen, bulshada aad dhameyseen, baaqigii ka soo hadha, hadhoow baal madoow bay, idin ka soo bandhigi oo, bulshadaa idin eedayn, beena maaha hadalkaasi, raga belo-ku-faanka ah, "boqolaal anaa dillay, anaa ka sii badan", ku baryaa shisheeyaha, burbur dalkaago, barbaartaada soo laa, baaruuda qaraxdiyo, lagu siiyo beesada, badaw aan damiir lahayn, burburiyay dalkeeni, Idiin baaqay anigu ee, baaqiga inaga hadhay, baa'bah yaysan inaga dhigin, abwaan baxan siduu yidhi, badnaan hadal wax kuma taro, tixda waan ka baxayaa, biyadhaca warkaygiyo, baaqaygu waa nabad, boqor iyo aqoonyahan, somaaliyeey baraaruga, dhalinyaray is biirsada. culimdoow wacdiga badi, hooyooyaaloow soo baxa, waa belo qabyaalad ee, badweyntaa ku rida oow, buntuqa iyo qoriga dhiga, buuga iyo qalinka qaata, sidii beriga leegaha, xumaha oo aan ka baydhnaa, nabada oo aan u baaqnaa, baryadii Alle iyo, balanteenu waa guul. Ku baryay ee Allahayo, Ku baroortay Eebow, Boqoroow Alahayoow, bashar kulama simi karo, ma beylihin ruuxii, xaqqah kugu barya yoow, ma badbaadoo ruuxii, aadan daryeelin adigu ee, boqoroow ku tuugayee. baryadayda iga yeel, Boqoroow Allahayoow, beeshayda kala maqan. baalaha aduunyada, beehdoowdu wada taal, badda laashku kula degay, saxara ku baa'ba'ay, Boqoroow Allahayoow, isu baadi goob oow, ka baa'bi'i xumaantoo, meel barwaaqo ah, barqadii isugu keen. barbaartuna ciyaaraan. AAMIIN AAMIIN AAMIIIN !!!

That is very, very powerful gabay; dare-I-say almost reminiscent of Suldaan Timacadee. Manshallah Ilaahay kheyrkii ayada iyo inaga ba ha ina siiyo.

"Somaaliyeey waxaad diidaneedayn, soo dulmiga maaha ? Waar maantana waxaad doorbideen, dhac iyo boob maaha ? Ragii aynu ku meel mari lahayn, waar wax madhan maaha ? Soo kuwaa masaaraha sitee, meydka faga maaha ? Magaceena kuwa dhumiyay ee, meel xun maray maaha ? Marastooda kuwa laynaya ee, macangaga ah maaha ? Meydadlka kuwaa safarsadee, musalifka ah maaha ? Maskaxkale nin uu leeyahayna, kala micneeyn maaha ? Imaankooda kuwa uu iblays, meel ku xidhay maaha ? Soo kuwaa xaqii diidayee, na xaqiray maaha ? Xoolaha dadkii dhacayoo, ka xajinaya maaha ? Dabeetana taasa xaqii xafidsan, soo maaha ? Masaakiinta miinada ku xidhayee, ka xamdinaya maaha ? Janadii Alle' ayaan xoog ku gelayaa, ku xarbinaya soo maaha ? Cadawgeenu wuxuu doonayaa, soow is cuna maaha ? Casumaad wuxuu noogu fidin, soo cakiran maaha ? Casharada wuxuu noogu bixin, cagajugleyn maaha ? Dabateena ciidaan dhacee, cagaha [ii] leef maaha ? Calankiinu waa kii dhumee. ceel ku rida maaha ? Soomaaliyeey cawaan baa tahee, soo car hadal maaha ? Caqli ninkii kugu hantiyey, kugu ciyaar maaha ? Badaheena kuwa boobayaa, dunida soo maaha ? Burcadana waxay ula baxeen, soow bulshadii maaha ? Inaguna waxaynu doorbidno na, soow iyaga maaha ? Debadaha waxaynu ugu didnaa, dewersi soo maaha ? Doofaar nin uu deeq la yahay, deeq ha barin soo maaha ? Dabadeedna aduun ayaan tabcadee, derejo mood soo maaha ? Dhaqankeeniiyoo inaga dhuma, dhabarjab soo maaha ? Dhalaankoo lagaa doorya, diin ka bixid maaha ? Daliishii Ilaahay ku baray, soow ka durug maaha ? Midii hore midan baa ka daran, dalabkuu soow maaha ? Dagaalada waxaan ugu jirnaa, damac rag soow maaha ? Nin waliba wuxuu doonayaa, derejo soow maaha ? Soomaaliyeey waxaan doorana, soow dan qudha m maaha ? Sharcigii iyo dastuurkaan lahayn, dabagal soo maaha ? Dulmi iyo ninkay derisyihiin, soow ka durug maaha ? Dalkeenu wuxuu doonayona, dib u dhis soo maaha ? Darajona Ilaah baa baxshee, soo ka bari maaha ?

"Qabiil kheyr ma leedahay? Qaneecaad ma leedahay ? Hadii aan ku qaadnona, Qibrigiyo qiyaamaha, qiil ma noo helaysaa ?" "hadiii aan qabiil ahay, kheyr eebe ka ma lihi, kharibe [beni] aadan [ay]aan ahay, hadiid aad i qaadaan, ama igu khafiiftaan, idinkaa iskakay qubin" "Qabiil waanu maqalee, qodobkee aduunyada, [ay]aad qeyb ku leedahay?" "Hadii aan qabiil ahay, xunuunada khataraha ah, ee qalqalay aadmiga, ayaan qeyb ka mid ahay"" "Qabiil waad na qabataye, jidhka kuwa dhameeyiyo, waar ma TBishaa tahay ?" "Hadii aan qabiil ahay, Kankaro iyo kud baan [lamid] ahay, kuwa aan wax garan baan, kadabkooda jarayaa."

So very very true. Very wise words - take note!

nuune;803368 wrote: ^^ What alternative can you advice them? My issue is with the mentality.

I look forward to the day Somalis wont think building a one storey house smaller than most residential mansions is horumar... especially knowing that the person sitting in that house will be useless.

^ Now thats more like it... landscaping and all

What is it with the Somali contruction companies' love for hideous designs SMH.

Manshallah itlooks very modern and organised. Kudos to them and I can see what looks like Somali operators/employees which is also very good. That said, I hope the products are not for export but only for import-substitution purposes as exporting would be a grave and strategically unwise decision to make. Domestic market only means that this way the venture can still make a lot of income/profit especially considering that the implementing of the import substitution policy in this context, further supporting this venture. It would be a very unwise decision to support the export of our most precious and extremely scarce/limited resource (water) when Hargeisa has a water-shortage, millions of people throughout Somaliland and the Somali peninsula cannot aford the basic neccecity of water, knowing that somali lands are particularly prone to and have deeply been affected by drought even leading to famine. Creating factories for export substitution, job creation, cash-outflow reduction is a great initiative - we should not export our water however.

Abtigiis;802676 wrote: This Somali Single mother has slight problem with English but she can help herself with filling immigration and other forms. This is how she did the last time I got word of her: Name: Fadumo I. Jibriil Date of Birth: 23 Feb 1972 Place of Birth: Shushubaale, Somalia Nationality: Swedish Sex: bewildered why anone would ask such a question, and reflecting on her current situation since she divorced Faarax-dhuub she wrote: Sometimes Professor, sex and hoyooyinka Somaliyeed ayaa xaraabo kuu noqday ? Very lame joke.

I hear around 40 of the invading xabashis were killed...

Music bismillah lagu bilaaway,, see waaye

See these pictures: http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v13/n7/fig_tab/5201390f1.html#figure-title http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v13/n7/fig_tab/5201390t2.html#figure-title

^ Samaale wuu jiray. Odayaashii carabtuna way jidhay. E3b1 is characteristic of Somalis, with only 15% Y chromosomes from Eurasia and 5% from sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v13/n7/full/5201390a.html Discussion The present study demonstrates that male Somalis has the highest frequency of the haplogroup E3b1 (77.6%) observed in any population studied until now. The great majority of the Somali E3b1 Y chromosomes studied (96.8%) carried the otherwise rare allele 11 of the DYS19 STR locus and, thus, belonged to the cluster defined by Cruciani et al.10 The E3b1 cluster was previously reported in five of seven (71.4%) male Boranas (Oromos) from North Kenya, in 52.2% of Somali males, and in 32.0% Ethiopian males.10 The majority of the E3b1 Y chromosomes (91.0%) were further characterized by the DYS19-11, DYS392-12, DYS437-14, DYS438-11, and DYS393-13 alleles. The Eurasian clade FR had a frequency of 15.4% and the typical sub-Saharan haplogroups A, B, E3a*(xE3a4), E2 and E3b* were found in only 5% of Somali males. The network of the E3b1 lineages in the present Somali population sample (Figure 3a) displayed star-like features and we observed a low Y STR haplotype diversity and a very limited spread in the sizes of the STR alleles (Table 3), suggesting a coherent, common, recent ancestry. The network of the E3b1 lineages of previously published data of East African populations and our data (Figure 3b) demonstrate that the E3b1 cluster lineages of the present Somali population sample are part of the East African E3b1 lineages. E3b1 cluster lineages were observed in low frequencies in Bantus from Kenya, North Egypt, Morocco and Niger10 (Figure 4). In the present study, haplogroup E3b1 was found in 6.3% of Iraqis and none of them belonged to cluster . Only 11 subjects with a DYS19-11/DYS392-12 pattern were reported outside the Horn of Africa in 26 654 subjects analysed in a worldwide set of 236 populations by November 2004 (http://www.yhrd.org/index.html). Taken together, the data suggest that the E3b1 cluster DYS392-12 lineage was expanded in the Somali population. Cruciani et al10 suggested that the E3b1 cluster lineages originated in East Africa and estimated that the TMRCA (time to the most recent common ancestor) was approximately 9600 years. We estimated that the E3b1 cluster DYS392-12 lineages of the present Somali population sample originated 4000–5000 years ago, and that the expansion of the E3b1 cluster DYS392-12 lineages in these Somalis involved a relatively small number of Y chromosomes (around 1000 males). The time of the eastbound Bantu expansion was estimated to be 34001100 years ago.24 Bantu populations have high frequencies of E3a haplogroups.4 We have observed only a few individuals with the E3a haplogroup in our Somali population, thus, supporting the view that the Bantu migration did not reach Somalia.42 It has been suggested that a barrier against gene flow exist in the region.43 The barrier seems to be the Cushitic languages and cultures to which Somalis belongs. The Cushitic languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic languages that are spoken in Northern and Eastern Africa. The Cushitic languages and cultures are mainly found in the Somalis and the Oromos, one of the two main groups inhabiting Ethiopia.44, 45, 46. The Somali and Oromo languages have a high degree of similarity and the two populations share many cultural characteristics. The Somali and Oromo people live in clans with special patterns of marriage and the Somali and Oromo people have complex, interwoven pedigrees.44, 45 The very high frequency of the E3b1 cluster in our Somali population sample could be due to ascertainment bias or special clan or family relationships in the present sample of Somali immigrants to Denmark. No reliable information on geographic origin or clan relationship in the present Somali population sample was available. However, the genotypes of the autosomal STR systems were in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, indicating random mating in at least the last generation, and the distribution of Y-STR haplotypes in our Somali population was similar to that in a sample of Somali immigrants to Norway,37 indicating that these two population samples came from a larger, homogenous population of Somalis. The haplogroup K2 was found in 10.4% of Somali males. Haplogroup K2 was suggested to have arisen in Eurasia.4, 9 K2 has a patchy distribution in Cameroon (18.0%), Egypt (8.2%), Ethiopia (4.8%), Tanzania (3.8%) and Morocco (3.6%), probably due to back migration.3, 7, 8, 9 Luis et al9 estimated an expansion time of 13.7–17.5 ky for the K2 lineages in Egypt. The BATWING expansion time estimated for K2 in our Somali population (3.3 ky) is consistent with an African southward dissemination of the K2 haplogroup. The observation of two Somali males with the M17 mutation (haplogroup R1a1*(xR1a1b)) may indicate a recent gene flow by migration from Eurasia.47, 48 A possible explanation is offered by the fact that from the 7th century onward, immigrant Muslim Arabs and Persians established trading posts along the Somali coast51, although also British, French and Italian people were present in Somalia in the region in the 19th and 20th century. The distribution of the haplogroups J2*(xJ2f2) (0.5%) and J*(xJ2) (2.5%) in Somalis support the recent gene flow hypothesis. Haplogroup J*(xJ2) was probably spread by the Arab people.40 The ratio between the haplogroups J2/J*(xJ2) may be an indicator of the genetic components from populations like (1) Balkans, Turks, Georgians and Muslim Kurds and (2) Bedouin and Palestinian Arabs, respectively.40, 52 The ratio was 0.26 in the Oman population.9 The J2/J*(xJ2) ratio of 0.2 in the present Somali sample suggest a predominant gene flow of Arab Y chromosomes. In conclusion, the data suggest that the male Somali population is a branch of the East African population – closely related to the Oromos in Ethiopia and North Kenya (Boranas) – with predominant E3b1 cluster DYS392-12 lineages that probably were introduced into the Somali population 4000–5000 years ago, approximately 15% Y chromosomes from Eurasia and approximately 5% from sub-Saharan Africa. Work is in progress in order to study closely related populations with new informative markers to obtain a better understanding of the E3b1 lineages settlement process in East Africa.

Having done some further research I can confidently say that the reason why there is some overlap of the Oromo and Somali clans is becuase (in terms of naming, language etc) is that the Oromos have been attempting and indeed have been 'Oromo-izing' Somalis who bordered them. Most likely this is said to be during the great Oromo expansion; this was in the aftermath of the long Adal-abyssinia wars when the Somalis and Xabashis had worn each other out and the Oromos used that to their advantage. They came from southern Ethiopia/Northern Kenya and migrated north and east conquering the lands and the people - this is when they also overtook Harar etc. Somalis are indeed and ancient, for the most part unique, homogenous people as I will post soon. I do apologise for even foolishly suggesting that we came from the Oromo.

Mukulaalow;801118 wrote: It seems the Federal government is confused with what the constitution states as they recognize Galmudug as a State which does not control other than part of Hobyo district and South of Galkacyo. Ma la inaga hubaa inuu kani HARVARD ka soo baxay ? On a seriious note though, Puntland controls only half of Mudug - yet it is recognised. Galmudug controls what it controls - yet it is recognised. Does mr HARVARD () not realise this and does he genuinely believe this crap is in the interest of Somali people :confused:

So what is the difference between Gal-hiiraan and Hiiran State... awal Hiiraan Online-na ma 'state' ayay ahayd mise website :confused:

A_Khadar;801096 wrote: The president signed and recognize and one of the deputy prime minister is unrecognizing Khatumo state.. Seems a show down between them. This was expected.. It doesnt mak sense though. He says "after reviewing this" and "re-reading that" and "re-checking this", I came to the conclusion X. Surely they should have done all reading and checking and reviewing of the 'rules' before publicly proclaiming things.

Che -Guevara;800938 wrote: the Tigrays are not interested in winning hearts and minds of any Somali. The only Somali they want is dead Somali. Yep, that about it.

Well said Abu-Salman.

Manshallah very nice!

Xaaji Xunjuf;800748 wrote: I don't think these people represent the people of the region they are just people paid by iley and the tplf . As for the gathering an epic fail look how empty it is Well said.

The Hermet;800709 wrote: I dont blame them...do you want development or ONLF? simple choice.. :cool: ********