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Maalmaha qaloocaa Haddii ay kaa marooraan Waa muraayad waayuhu Caashaqu ka muuqdee Marbaan sida mayeedhaan Mudo aamusnaayoo Isha midhiq ka siiyaa Mar waxaan idhaahdaa Siday tahey mar curad geel Ilmihii mawdku kala tagey Maqaarsaarka ciiddaa Yaa maali jirayeey? Marbaan mawjadaha dheer Maaxaa dhexdoodoo Muuqeyga la arkaa Laakiinse aan maqanahey
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It's not hard to learn Come on, come on It's called the U-Turn Put your hands up Bend your knees Bounce around in a circle Somalilanders are ethnically, linguistically and culturally Somalis. In reality the idea of being a ‘Somalilander’ is a very modern invention, predominantly used by the ***** elite in Hargeisa. Somali society runs along clan lines, and what the current government tries to achieve is a state for its own clan. Instead of speaking of a nation state, here we could start speaking about the clan state. Although there is nothing wrong with that, we can imagine what would happen if every clan or ethnic group, starts demanding its own state. When I reject the idea of recognizing Somaliland’s independence in my classes, my students always reply “why then did the international community recognize Eritrea? They do not recognize us because we are Muslims!” If Somaliland is to be recognized as an independent state, young students who are part of another clan elite in another area may also ask ‘why do they not recognize us? They recognized Somaliland and Eritrea’. The establishment of Somaliland, therefore, represents a trophy for “clan interests".
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maxkamad? you mean muqmad, right? no need to thank - just carry on with carrying my orders and i shall be happy with that - no extra thanks required
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you finally arrested the guy... While I was admiring the Red Sea from the coast, just outside Berbera, Somaliland's main port, an armed man without a uniform approached me. He greeted me with the usual ‘Salaam Alaykum’, then he started shooting in the air. More armed men approached me and forced me to kneel while pointing their guns at my head. Then, from what I understood, they were asking me if I was an Arab, an Iranian or a Pakistani. After they searched everything, and were assured that I did not have a bomb hidden or a gun, they openly stole from me 30 US dollars, and arrested me. I was transferred to Berbera Prison where I stayed for more than 10 hours. The other prisoners where all telling me that they had not eaten for 3 days, and from their weight, I do not think they were lying. No one explained to me my crime, and the police still have my passport. In the three different interrogations I did not even understand the questions that I was asked because no one spoke English, there was no lawyer, and when I refused to sign a piece of paper in Somali, the officers became upset with my attitude. I think my European passport saved me from the worst. (posted 16 MARCH 2011 - 12:53PM | BY MENELAOS AGALOGLOU)
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your fee was sent with ibtisaam -did you get it?
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Al Miskiin - wa iyyaka Showqi - Boowe waxwalba waa dhag-dhag weliba dhug-dhug dheertahay - Illahay mahaddiis. Iska waran adna?
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Narrated Abu Musa: Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands." (Saxiix Bukhaari 2:11)
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...... Duleysane wiilkeygiyow Anoo qori wataan ku dhalay Dabadeed waxaan gatay dhasiike Anoo waligay zuu wadan iyo Jiib baan kugu soo korshow Dalkeyga intaan duminaayay Ugaaskeyga daaro jeexday Dartaana saasaan u riday Rabigay iguma dilee Dib baan kaaga sheegayaa Markaad tarantasate dhameysay Adoon dibada u hilowbin Inaad qabiil daafac noqoto Hadaa dooratoo jeclaatay Hoobiyaan kuugu duceeyay -------------------------------- Aduunkaan intaad dul joogto Tareeso yaryareysi ma lahee Hadii rabi hub kuugu deeqo Ha noqon doqon fuley ahaado Beebeeshey yaan laguu xaman Dabajeex waligaa lahow Isbaaradana tixgali Dagaaladana daacad u ahow Hadiidinee tolkaaga raac Qabiilkaaga naftaada u hibay Waxaan daf iyo hirig ahayn Duleysanow kuguma ogi Murtidu duugowbi meysee Adiga & Inta kula duleysan Dardaaran idinka dhigayaa
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The rejection of separatism was not done in fit of anger - but is a matter of principle for majority of these folks . However, the fall out with the Imaam was in fit of anger of his feet dragging antics and following the same previous policy of Cadde (even though his is as dark as charcoal); that the SSC folks put their house in order before they can expect help from their cousins (apparently the cousins are afraid of another stab in the back). Hence some see the SSC as an outlet for putting the house in order. As for your mantra - if its premise is sound - then their clan interest would always be with PL As for perceptions - it only can be changed by physical manifestation of the opposite of what was perceived before . So use your logic man and naga daa this stuff and nonsense of only words on a screen
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Lost in Translation or Deliberate Misinterpretation?
SayidSomal replied to SayidSomal's topic in General
An Epic Speech at the UN In 2009, Col Gaddafi made his debut address to the UN General Assembly, speaking for 96 minutes instead of the regulation 15. General Assembly president Ali Abdussalam Treki, a former Libyan foreign minister, held his head in his hands. Col Gaddafi's translator broke down after 90 minutes, saying he could not bear it any more. Col Gaddafi tore up the UN charter and said the UN Security Council was a "terror council". He denounced the Ottawa agreement banning landmines, and shared his theory that swine flu was developed for military purposes. He called on the General Assembly to re-open an inquiry into the death of John F Kennedy. He said the world should "impose one democratic state" uniting Israel and the Palestinian territories. -
Lost in Translation or Deliberate Misinterpretation?
SayidSomal replied to SayidSomal's topic in General
Bedouin Background The voice transmission was poor, and a bad interpreter was speaking at the same time as Mr Gaddafi, so the result was 90% unintelligible. At the end, the chairman of the session apologised to the audience for the gobbledygook, turned to me, and invited me to summarise what the Libyan leader had said. Luckily I had read up his theories, so I just made it up. Of such incidents is international understanding born. Mr Gaddafi's personal style is recognizably that of his Bedouin background. Bedouin have plenty of time and talk a lot when there is anyone to talk to. He regularly goes on for three or four hours at a stretch. Add to that, for 40 years or so there has been no-one around to tell Mr Gaddafi to shut up. He speaks without notes and says the first thing that comes into his head. I remember talking to one of his cousins a few years ago, and saying that the Libyan leader's speeches, always fiery and nearly always anti-Western and anti-capitalist, undermined the efforts he was making to attract investment to Libya. His ministers had to work hard to repair the damage he caused to his own policies. His cousin smiled and asked me to repeat my comment more slowly so that his secretary could write it down. One of Mr Gaddafi's most striking characteristics is that he loves to surprise. In a speech in Addis Ababa he attacked the Ethiopians for what he perceived as racism, accusing them of stuffing the bureaucracy of the African Union with anything but Arabs. "If you don't change your policy," he said, "I will take Libya out of Africa and put it back into Europe". I thought his speech on Tuesday, if not actually pathetic, was desperate. But what I think is not the point. The speech was addressed to his supporters and potential supporters, and it seems to have scored. By the way, the ruined garden shed was his family home struck by American missiles in an attempt to kill him in 1986. Since then, it has been a compulsory item on the tourist circuit for VIP visitors. -
How Gaddafi's words get lost in translation By Oliver Miles Former British ambassador to Libya Col Muammar Gaddafi's speeches this week will have struck many viewers as crazy and perhaps pathetic, with their overblown rhetoric, theatrical delivery and furious calls to arms against the "drug-takers" who oppose him. But the speech on Tuesday - broadcast live on television from what looked like a ruined garden shed - brought huge crowds out into the streets celebrating into the early hours with music and fireworks. Oratory is out of fashion with us - no longer do our statesmen hold the House of Commons in thrall for eight hours at a go. But Mr Gaddafi is also a bad joke throughout the Arab world outside Libya. How can that be? The Arabic language is rich and powerful. Even to a Christian, some parts of the Koran are poetic, almost magical (the magic is totally lost in translation). It is also the single most important bond uniting the Arabs, who are otherwise so diverse. But it has a problem. The educated form of the language, based on the Koran, is literally nobody's mother tongue. All Arabs speak a local dialect. If they are educated, especially if their education is traditional, they aspire to speak correctly, but scarcely ever quite make it. Hence the common remark to a foreigner who has learned his Arabic from a grammar book is: "You speak Arabic better than I do." In this respect, Mr Gaddafi scarcely even tries. For the most part he speaks Libyan dialect, and Arabic dialects are not fully understood by Arabs from other regions. There was a dramatic incident at an Arab summit when the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia cursed Mr Gaddafi in language I have never heard used in polite society. Perhaps, fortunately, the Libyan leader didn't understand, so he asked the then President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak what King Abdullah had said. The microphones were switched off as Mubarak started to reply. Mr Gaddafi is also hard to understand, unless you are Libyan born and bred. He spoke at the London School of Oriental and African Studies by direct satellite link a few years ago, on his pet subject Palestine. His solution is a single state composed of Israel and Palestine and called Isratine, which, of course, infuriates Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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:D @ Ngonge's attempt of selling secessionism to the SSC and here I taught that you could sell rice to the Chinese - but you ended buying more rice from them There are three things that you need to consider in your selling of separatism (that is what you are selling - is it not?) to the SSC folks. They have rejected separatism out right The allure of your mantra - clan is everything The lack of what they see as an equal political participation
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Ankara: Turkey welcomes Puntland Minister of education PICS
SayidSomal replied to General Duke's topic in Politics
Education is as important as peace. -
Ankara: Turkey welcomes Puntland Minister of education PICS
SayidSomal replied to General Duke's topic in Politics
General Duke;697304 wrote: :D like this picture - Juxa is the man. -
Poor Ngonge is left to defend his mantra at every turn - leading to constant contradictions.
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Dumaashi, heestayda kama helin? Alxamdullilaah indeed.
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Jacaylbaro;697307 wrote: Nakupenda i said that to a suijui girl once and she said something about juki chuki iyo wewe iyo wax kale oo aan la sheegi karin haddeer.
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^yeah i heard you got well-fare in Saudi now so man count your blessing - but play the game fair.