Thanks, it'll come in hand InshaAllah.

^^ Ameen. Hopefully home sweet home, that is if Allah wills it.

loooool.. Funny stuff.

So sad. I wasn't fortunate to see him, for those of you who did, you are indeed lucky.. Ilaahay ha u nariisto.

Chimera;872943 wrote: Congrats! My first job was having a paper-route as a little boy. I remember there were a few dark houses in the early morning blackness that scared the hell out of me. I would push in the newspaper and then get the hell out of there, and there was always a feeling of an invisible hand trying to grab me........makes you want to scream hooyo!!!! Winter-time was the most brutal time, it cemented in me a lot of discipline. Nothing worse then getting out of your warm bed at 4:30 in the morning and deliver newspapers in the slippery cold weather full of self-imagined demons. lol indeed the winter was the worst. I had to drag a newspaper trolley that fell many times with me down slippy roads. The worst part was when I collected everything for ages only to fall down again. I threw in the towel after struggling one day to drag the trolley up a road close to my house for like an hour. Had I just left the thing behind I would have been home by 3 minutes lol. Narniah, my 1st job was delivering newspapers when I was 13-15. It was really a nice learning experience, I wouldn't trade it with anything. .You've been given many good advices. InshaAllah you'll be fine walaal.

I'm not really familiar with other places but in scandinavia and specifically Norway, there are more kids taken out of their homes and a large proportion of them are somali children. The government have recieved their share of critisism and even been accused of state kidnapping. I know there are many parents who shouldn't raise kids and clearly are not capable of doing so. Except for few cases, relatives ( some even resourceful) are usually not allowed to to take care of them, let alone anyone with the same culture and religion. And since there are few somali or muslim fosterhomes existing, the odds of these kids turning out to be dad dhisan with deen and culture is very slim. Those who actually are trying to raise their kids properly are unfortunately sharing similar fate, having their kids unneccesary questioned by teachers or kindergarden workers. I know i'ts a part of their job, which is really fine. But what I dont like is how some are instigating conflicts that did not previously exist, planting ideas in the minds of vulnerable and easily persuaded children and sometimes even blowing small misunderstandings out of proportion. Luckily some are revealed but not many. Maybe these occuring incidents is perhaps strenghtened by the fact that the somali community is relatively less connected and passive when it comes to dealing with these matters, contrary to 20 years back. I believe the child services are really testing the waters when it comes to somalis. Since many somali parents does not know how to go about it, or try not to disclose the misfortune of loosing their kids to others, helping them is often too late. Decaying families and lack of awareness of the society and its language does not really help much eiher. That's why I think our children are more prone to experience this. The eurocentric behaviour pertaining to ways of rearing children expressed by kindergarden workers and by the child services is quite obvious in many cases aswell. I'm not saying somalis are not at fault here, many really are, so the faults goes both ways which in turn makes it difficult to cooperate. But what's missing, which they are also critized for, is their lack of efforts when it comes to helping these families at their homes with their kids. That is instead of resorting to the extremes, which is breaking up families. Something they say is the last resort, but does not seem to be in many cases. Ilaahay ha u sahlo soomalida dhibaato yarayn ayaa haysata dadkeena.

Nothing wrong with men crying as long as it's not over everything and all the time. The occasions you listed are natural to shed tears over and a sign of a person with lots of raxmad. That's positive and really sweet.

People that walk real slow who block the way so that others can't walk past them. Unless they are old or sick, it's really annoying. Elevators and people forcing them selves into a full one knowing already its packed. Cidhiidhi jecela. I'm sure we can do without perverts trying to glue them selves to you while breathing heavily down your face. Wasps, lately these litle creatues are really aggressive. I just hate it when they get inside the room and all one can do for the next 5 or 10 minutes is to try to get it out or throw something at it.

2:152 Al-Baqarah: so remember Me, and I shall remember you; and be grateful unto Me, and deny Me not. 48:26 Al-Fath: While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat and cant of ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to his Messenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the command of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.

^^ Lool at Bbbcga naga damiya. Very well. The contentment and thrill on my parents faces, whenever they heard the voices of the family is still deeply ingrained. I loved them and since I had no pictures of most of them their voices were even more special and moving.

First of all xanuunka Ilaahay ayaa ilmaha yar u keenay. That is if its true. Wether the child has a well of uncle or not, does not mean they cant be afflicted with a disease. Or cant afford a shoe, what if this picture is taken out of its true context. The impression I get from this thread and its title is to put him in a bad light. If not, then who are you to openly discuss another brothers shortcoming? Allah only knows their intention, what they have done and are able to do. Also just because one choose to live in "miyi" does not mean that one lives in poverty. I feel these people are being looked down upon which is wrong. There are many people, including people I know who have chosen to live in miyi eventhough they can afford living in cities, which is truly admirable. As for being barefoot, I for one loved taking my shoes of in hawd feeling the warmth of the bronze coloured sand. For all we know she might have ran after a waxar or a nirig on loose and forgot to take her shoes on. It does not mean one cant afford shoes.

I couldn't find any pictures so If you are in UAE then i'd really recommend mango, oasis and zara. They got some really nice skirts, dresses and blazers. I can't believe that their stores in scandinavia don't sell anything close to the skirts and dresses I saw, shame really.

Perhaps Allah is testing your patience and has something even better in restore for you. Or it was just not good for you. InshAllah khair bay noqon.

He spoke of haram, sat next to you and then wanted to make up for it? lol ka dar oo dibi dhal. God knows what his true intention was but some people really need to leave da'wa to others. Maybe it was his strange way of getting your attention.

Great dancers and very entertaining. Of all the videos of seylaci in youtube thats my favourite one. But aside from that and jaandheer, I absolutely love this one starting from 3.56:) That is when its done properly..

MashaAllah thats nice. The hotel looks like barwaaqo hotel in burco. Do they have the same owner?

Waxaan aahay qabiilkii aakhiray reer Afriiqiya'e Abaartiyo colaaduhu anay ila rafiiqaane Arradka iyo gaashada ayaan ehel wadaagnaaye Waxay dhalay iblaysiiyo jin iyo odayo sheydaane Abtirsiino kala sooca baa ii iskuula ahe Aji iyo sab anigaa ka dhigay uun walaalo ahe (Xaaji aadan Af-qalloc) Hooyoy la'aantaa Aduunyadu hubaashii Habeen kama baxdeenoo Iftin lama heleenoo Dadku uma hayaameen Xiddig hawd ka lulatoo Sida haad ma fuuleen Dayax heego joogoo Hubka laguma tureen Hawo laguma gaadheen Cirka hirar ka muuqdoo Hooyoy addoomuhu Halkay maanta joogaan Adigow horseedoo Intaad hanad xambaartee Haaneedka siisee Horaaddada jaqsiisee (Mohamed Ibahim warsame/hadraawi)

*Blessed;827796 wrote: Saxansaxo, even with such organisations, laws and leaders paying lip service to the issue, society is often forced to dance to the egos and dictates of their rich. The UAE does seem to deal with the maid abuse but it's still very difficult for a foreigner to seek redress against an Emirati. There is generaly a dire lack of balance in our practice of Islam across the muslims world and this leads to a sickness which manifests itself in many forms; anarchy, racism, decadence, injustice. Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within them.. sadly, most interpret this to mean an adobtion of the outward face Islam and not the internal struggle to perfect our character and hence our societies.. Why does it not surprise me sis, they have the money and thus the power to do as they please. But I've heard it before that if one is not a native, one is more likely to be treated differently. I just hope they change for their own sake indeed what goes around comes around..

InshaAllah I'll look into them. Here are others. Claude Alvares of India speaking about resistance to academic imperialism at the International Conference on Academic Imperialism held at Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran, on 1-2 May 2010 "Planting African Memory: The Role of a Scholar in a Postcolonial World." By Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Calool xumo! I'm glad the man speaks up, muslim or not. It needs to be adressed more and especially by the arabs living in these countries. How can people expect to have blessings in their lives and wealth by tormenting a human being who Allah knows is probably fragile as one can possibly be. InshaAllah they'll get what they deserve. If i'm not mistaken there is an organization(s) that works with these issues in UAE.. Cant remember its name I think it was on al-jazeera/BBC once.

Unfortunately its too ingrained in somalis. Some old grannies say they are able to spot ones qabiil by the way one walks. Its sad but it actually made me laugh when a woman guessed a friends qabiil and then said I knew it "socodkaada ayaan ku gartay" lol.

A man with no backbone, mid la iska watto No integrity Brags and looks down on others Bad hygiene foul language Balwad

I hardly used to listen to it before and the few times I did it I just liked the rythm.. It was difficult to understand the lyrics due to my limited somali vocabulary. Back then, somali music wasnt a part of my life. That is other than the few times I were exposed to it during one or two family weddings which I attended. I remember being 13 and my father buying us a somali cd, I didnt care about it then. I wish I appreciated his efforts of trying to connect us to our culture. Over the years, I changed, got more ashamed over the condition of my somali. Instead of adopting new words, developing my vocabulary, I found my self regressing. So, I started reading alot of somali litterature and listened to somali music. It played an important role in terms of advancing my somali. But more importantly it exposed me to my peoples beautiful ways of expressing themselves. I started asking the elders of the meaning of certain words and tried to understand the songs I was listening to. Somali music was one of many instruments that conncected me to a land, which for a while, seemed abstract. It brought me closer to a place, which I had felt was too far away, but now seemed very close. I started digging out songs that stucked with me since childhood which left a profound impact on me such as Maryan Mursals heartwrenching "somalida u diida ceeb" and also Hassan Aden Samatars "qoraxdoo aroorti". But litle did I know about the beauty of somali words and the emotion stirring voices. That is until I came across the kaban and qaraami songs. The likes of Omar dhuule, Mohamed saleeban tubeec, Ahmed Gacayte, salaah qaasim, Sahra Ahmed etc. Somali music constantly reminds me of the need to free my self from this linguistic prison that I find my self in. Its a constant reminder of how far away I am from speaking my mothertongue at the level of my elders. And last but not least, Its reminds me of the need to master it so I can one day relay our culture from a somali lense InshAllah. Sorry if its too long lol. But I hope it helps! God luck sis:)

wyre;822575 wrote: Believe me, I've seen somali's from the worst side, I was born in Somalia but grew up in Kenya In 2001 Kalmad somali ma aqaan And now kuwi kusoo koray somalia anigaa qaar ka badiya 2001 ki ayaan xamar tegay, what I found there, Liars, cheaters Haters and killers, Nothing else, I tried to create friends but most of them, Or say it All of them daneysteyaal bey ahaayeen... I don't like somali peoples Except kuwa SOL ku jiro Iyagu kuma jiraan kuwa xun xun :D I never thought I'd be saying this but you're right! Too much xassad, waxna isuma quudhaan. The less contact one have with them, the better. Many aspects of our culture is beautiful & admirable, I just cant say the same thing about many of our people. But there are things that I like, which is: - they help eachother out during calamities/difficulties. - they cooperate when something important occurs despite their differences - Respect for elders - They are comedians - Have an appropiate phrase/proverb for most occasions. - That one can usually spot a somali from a far distant. Its something about the way they walk.