HAG gabadh ha layga doono .

Alpha Blondy;895836 wrote: at the end of the day IBZ, when all is said and done, the truth of the matter remains: we are perfectly fine with our women being educated and given the chance to learn. after all, a learned woman is more useful to a family and the wider society. laakin, our Resistance to the current western mantras resolve around the 'civilising attitudes'' of spinsters, whose frozen eggs will never yield no dividends -to giving us dictates, telling us how we ought to behave what models we should implement our culture is backward and should be reformed other such fantasies. in our egalitarian society, it's not an expectation but rather an obligation, a civic responsibility, if you like, and duty to assist in ensuring that equality is practiced, to enable all are given the opportunity to flourish, to establish a fair and just society. laakin, we will not accept prescribed and indeed foreign ideologies which seeks to deliberately undermine our sacred norms and values. we will not accept the imposing white super-structure, which has seemingly permeated every aspect of our society, to force-feeding us ludicrous ideas from afar. we will not accept laws and values which have no applicability to this land. we will not tolerate the vicious Somali spies and agents of the devil whose aim it is to infiltrate and change from within by transplanting their western norms and values in our midst. we will never accept these and many other things..........indeed. Allaylehee ishaad ka ridday.

Rampage waa rageedi!!!

Exactly, Apo is right on this one. Too bad he's gone to the other extreme though and has disaowed anything and everything deeni.

Alpha Blondy;895819 wrote: +1000 and to put some flesh on the bones of your premise, at it were wadani, IBZ is attempting to reconfigure our sacred values. if its not broke don't fix it! Precisely Alpha.

*Ibtisam;895809 wrote: ^^Wadani- she is in school- sexual and feminist revolution adiga ayaa sheegeaya. I am amused how from school and office work you reached all that conclusions and then the added spices of what is intended for SL/Somalia etc. Yaab. Fair enough, but do u agree that feminism has been the bane of the west?

I''m all for strong Somali women, but I cringe whenever I read the deluded and self entitled rantings of a Somali feminist from the diaspora. Don't they realize that the sexual and feminist revolution of the 60's has systematically eroded the pillars upon which the western world was built? Is that what they want to import to Somaliland/Somalia?

oba hiloowlow;895474 wrote: Hassan sheikh its just a retarted kid just look at him: LMAO!!!

Thanks Bilaal.

I too can't believe Chimera is not on the list. SMH

I voted for Oday Abtigiis. Gabigiisuba waa maskax malaasan, marmarka qaarna waa ciro baaqatay.

Narniah, I recognize that there are many dysfunctions within Somali society. But our opinions of any social phenomena are not only shaped by reality as we experience and observe it, but our perceptions will also be shaped by how much we choose to focus on one aspect of reality to the exclusion of others. This leads to extreme and rigid views, and broad generalizations that do not capture the truth in its entirety. The truth is, despite all of the existing problems u've so aptly described, there are countless Somali men who are the complete antithesis to the protypical dead beat Faarax loser you take issue with. So just as you recommend that we look around us, I advise u to do the same and u may become pleasantly (maybe unpleasantly lol) surprised.

Narniah;893872 wrote: What's with the dramatic reply, I never said I wanted to marry ajnabi! I was just calling you out on your generalization saying indirectly people who are married to ajnabi are basically not Somali anymore (Or stop being Somali according to you). What you want is entirely up to you and I have nothing whatsoever against it. That's not even an issue. I admit, my response was a bit over the top. But u've never really explained y ur so supportive of somalis marrying muslim ajanibis. Wat r the pros to these unions in ur opinion, that can't be found within a somali-somali union.

Kolay wax baa ka jira :cool:

Narniah, I am who i am and want wat i want. If u wanna marry an ajanabi or just condone it in principle go right ahead. Just dont expect me to applaud your decision. I'm Somali through and through, and i want my kids to be also.

This girl must be truely exceptional if she has u entertaining the thought.

Oh yeah, and that too, I almost forgot. But then again, our kids will always be thorougbred Somalis since the lineage is inherited through the dad.

This topic has been beaten to death on this site already. But it's such a charged and polarized topic that you'll receive tons of very opinionated replies nontheless. I'll start by saying i'd never consider a non-somali for marriage. I need the smell of uunsi, and the mouth watering scent of bariis and hilib adhi when I come home from work. I don't wanna come home to a febreezed apartment with a hamburger helper dinner plate on the table lool.

Nin yaabanoo, anu ma .5 baan ahay ninyahow. Si degdega waa in aan iskaga dhex arkaa liistka hadii kale ta kadhacda anuu masuul kama ihi.

Luqadda laftigiisa ma hubtaa in lawadaago? Kolayba anigu wixii mudug ka hoosaya af-jinni baan u aqaan

When will this be held exactly?

OdaySomali;892485 wrote: Like a city on the move but with a long long way to go yet. Progress at a snail's pace. Development obstructed by psuedo-politicians & cawaan politics, corruption and qabyaalad. Poor, underdeveloped, lacking infrastructure, a dearth of good leadership or management, lack of public services, lack of entertainment. Lack of everything. If I had to sum it up: Extreme poverty. Extreme underdevelopment. Extreme bad and incompetent leadership, across every field and sector. Marmite. http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/58340-Sharing-my-experience-of-back-home Thanks for the honest assessment. But there had to have been some positives also, am I right?

Once Somalia is stabilized I predict it will become a hybrid of sorts, combining traditional xeer, islamic and secular laws much like what Somaliland has done.

Thanks Haatu. I'm in the education field walaal.

That's good advice, thanks. Wat r ur impressions of hargaysa overall?