I mean real Zinaa? Hope to be enlightened by the sheikhs here.

I would've joined here 2 years ago but I couldn't. I was supposed to get a ''recommendation'' from an already existing member but I knew no one here so I just gave up. Wish membership wasn't so strict. 10 years is a lifetime. Congratulations!

Libaax-Sankataabte;745521 wrote: lool@ Admin Bal waa su'aale, intaas oo dhib ah iyo boor isku qaris maxaad u martay? You could have taken the plunge in the politics section. hehehe. And here we were all thinking you are a genuine new nomad who had an important topic to contribute. Ceebeey tacaal. I'm new here, sir. New. Dhibna ma jiro, boodhna la'iskuma qarin.

nuune;745539 wrote: ^^ I thought she said something about my Raas-Caseyr deep down accent. Ps: The only feminine name I see here is the name Somalee(not the persona), had that thinking as Baashi to think the name is a gabadh xiiran! The name ''Nuune'' is so feminine, sort of childish and cute. No homo

By Abdi Kadir Omar The thought of joining a university in a peaceful and stable country to pursue ones dreams is beyond the scope of the average Somali’s imagination, whose own country, ravaged by civil war and widespread corruption, cannot entertain the possibility. The efforts of international aid organizations and foreign governments in trying to educate Somali men and women, allowing them to realize their dreams, is therefore a welcome relief for the young, enthusiastic population of Somalia. However, this obviously very exciting prospect is not long-lived. Somali embassies, those to whom NGO’s the much-needed grants, see to it that the program fails before it begins. Corrupt officials, hungry for money, do not allocate them to the people they were meant for. Instead, these scholarships end up being sold, often undeservedly, to people who cannot even write their own names. Some Somalis, whose aim is to get a visa to Europe or North America rather than partake in Somali education and happen to have the money to do it, bribe officials working in the countries embassies. In a further insult to the system, there are even cases where visas were sold directly to non-Somalis. Underprivileged Somalis, regardless of their eagerness and keen interest in higher education are sidelined by circumstances; they cannot afford to pay the huge sums of money asked by the embassy officials. Unlike the handful of young Somalis who are worthy of scholarships, buyers see little more than a plane ticket to a western country flooded with opportunity. As a result, after the transaction is completed and a visa issued, the institutions often never get the students they were waiting for. Most of the Somalis who bought the visas do not turn up at these institutions. Instead, they cross borders into other European nations, pleading asylum, and disappear in the crucible of EU immigration. In a country with virtually no transparency and accountability, where everyone seems to have adjusted to the climate of chaos and lawlessness, the most powerful reign supreme. Amongst them, members and sympathizers of the so-called Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are the ones who benefit most. Leaders in the government engage in all sorts of corrupt and unscrupulous deals, from selling food aid meant for the starving masses to organized crime against the helpless. They will enrich themselves at the cost of their deprived people. The sale of scholarship visas meant for young Somalis, the potential future of Somalia, will therefore not come as a surprise to many. Interestingly, the value of these scholarships is not all the same. European and North American scholarship are the most expensive, followed by Asian and middles eastern ones and lastly those offered by other African countries. In most cases grants offered by western countries reach between 10,000 and 15,000 USD. But aid organizations and foreign governments offering scholarship opportunities are oblivious of how they are managed. Consequently, little is being done to stop increasingly systemic corruption. The door of opportunity for young Somalis, who have no means of generating such huge amounts of money, is therefore shut and all but locked. Even in those rare cases where a young Somali has squeezed though the system without resorting to bribery, it is most commonly on the basis of clan, not merit. The ambassadors in the Somali embassies are the ones leading and coordinating this shameful scheme. Corruption is ubiquitous in Somalia, and this is yet more evidence that it has marred every aspect of the Somali society. There is, quite obviously, an urgent need for change in how these grants are offered, starting with enhanced co-ordination between the governments offering them and their representatives on the ground. For instance, if Turkey was offering scholarships to Somalis in Ethiopia or Kenya, it follows that the Turkish embassies in these countries should be in-charge of everything from application to departure. In short, aid organizations and governments wishing to help educate Somalis should not trust the Somali embassies. Being the representatives of a failed state, crippled by corruption and nepotism, they have consistently proved they are no better than the corrupt and incompetent administration that appointed them. The education of any Somali abroad must therefore be organized any other way. Thankfully, it is not a difficult wrong to right; directly contact students, avoid Somali officials and ensure the ones approved deserve the opportunity they are given. Source: The Ethiopian Reporter

Juxa;745490 wrote: Cidihiina Faanka & faataa dhugta idinku nacay! Cidehee? Cuqdada iska saar, isna dabci. Waa iga talo.

N.O.R.F;745489 wrote: :D Don't have a problem with accents. Laakin marka aan nin xamar ka yimid (odayaasha) isa salaamayno wax kaama jawaabaayo. Eg, you ask the usual questions and vice versa. You respond with "alxamdullilah the family are fine, how are you and hows the family?" He will ask you another question like "how are your parents" you respond and ask again "reerki ka waran" he will not answer and ask you another question like 'shaqadii ka waran" and by then you give up and keep smiling The Arabs do the same thing. :D very funny, su'aasha kale aad u boodeysid adigoon tii hore ka jawaabin waxay ka dhigantahay inaad ka jawaabtay oo kale. Tusaale, markii lagu yiraahdo ''reerkii ka waran'' adiguna weydiiso ''caafimaadka ka waran'' reerkii way nabad qabaan adigoo yidhi oo kale weeyaan. Or else reerkii kawaran markii lagu yiraahdo maadan adiguna ku boodi lahayn ''caafimaadka ka waran'', you'd have said something like, ''Shalay bay ayeeyo dhimatay'' or ''Abti ayaa cagta laga gooyay''. I hope it made sense.

Aaliyyah;745253 wrote: first of all it is not an accent but a dialect. Secondly, I don't find southern dialect feminine but rather romantic. .abayo macaanto..aboowe..it is lovely!!..on the other hand, our northern dialect isn't as friendly as the southern one..waryaahee..nayahee.and so on and so forth.. salaam Marka hore waan ku salaamay, marka xigana nobody said anything about a 'southern' accent or 'dialect'. Thanks for trying to contribute though, would've been even better if you went through the five lines I posted before you tried

GaroweGal;745351 wrote: Lol@war ba'a" . I find mudug accent or bari accent for that matter down right funny. Northern accent is a turn off for me personally , especially when the person speaking is a woman. The women tend to sound rather aggressive as if overdosed with testosterone. Can you blame them its the enviroment, harsh weather results in harsh people.The few northerns in my family are plain rude when they speak. I think the northerns could do with a bit of manners. They need to be paired up with reer xamris, now these people are calm, cool and collective got to love them:) Exactly! That's what I was also thinking. The same goes for folks who use the bari accent, they're too feminine as if overdosed with estrogen. I was also thinking if all Somali women adopted the bari accent and all men the Northern accent...would be fabulous. P.S: Hope this doesn't offend the admins

Baashi;745239 wrote: Gents with waqooyi accent the door is wide open Somalee has put her cards on the table Somalee baayo "war ba'a" is a Mudug talk. Nin baan ahay sxb. How do you differentiate between mudug and bari? I was just thinking the mudug/bari accent doesn't go well with bass/deep voice. Saying ''war ba'aa'' with a deep voice, for instance, will sound awkward methinks. Better suited for a high pitched voice.

oba hiloowlow;745178 wrote: Loooool@ the thread Why exactly? It's not solworthy, the thread. I'm new to this place, you know.

Don't know if anyone else shares this opinion but I find northern (waqooyi) accent masculine and the eastern (bari) accent sounds very feminine to me. A heavy northern accent doesn't go well with ladies + it's somewhat odd when a man speaks with an eastern accent. Words like ''Ba'aa'' especially sound very feminine. What do you think?

Somalina;744876 wrote: Welcome to SOL. Have at it, ha is martiyeyn.

Congratulations bro.

Never seen an Al-shabaab member rocking a macawis. Importing 'Al-fajri' macawiis won't be bad. Not sure if they're still there, the macawiis.

AYOUB;744937 wrote: The newbies enrolled this term seems to be a civilised bunch. Tallow ma induction class baa loo diray mise waa waayo-aragnimo? Welcome somalee. Waayo aragnimo u badi. Waadna mahadsantahay sxb.

Malika;744750 wrote: Oh..How sweet! Welcome aboard Somalee! ps.Great minds aa? hmmm... Thanks + your skepticism has been noted.

Waad kumahadsantihiin dhamaantiin, soo dhawyenta diiran.

Faarax-Brawn;744739 wrote: Have you thought about the prospects of interacting with the not so great somali minds? do you have a game plan,in the event that you run into one of these minds? Anyway, Wlc aboard, hopefully, you wont be another dissapointing newbie,who at first shows great signs of being a great nomad,only to fade to turn out to be a dud. Don't have a long term plan in the event of that happening. The existence of the so called 'not-so-great' minds is necessary, they remind us how good it is to have a mind. I won't disappoint, hopefully. Thanks for the welcome.

Hello everybody, I'm glad to be here. Hope to learn from you and that my stay here will be great. Already excited by the prospect of interacting with some great Somali minds