beatiful people.

Originally posted by General Duke: quote: The first president of Puntland, Col. Abdullahi Yusuf, was a professional soldier feared by his enemies and widely respected by others. Much of the credit for building up a strong defense force for Puntland goes to him, and they were such a force that the state enjoyed peace both internally and externally throughout the entire period of his incumbency. Puntland’s noticeable decline came shortly after the departure of Col. Abdullahi to Nairobi where, after a long campaign, he ended up becoming the President of the TFG in 2004 until he resigned in 2008. Though Puntland was successful in enabling its first president to become the internationally recognized president of the entire country this came with a huge financial and material cost, which depleted its resources. Both the financing of his campaign and the military contingents it sent to him, not only as his protection force but also as a major contribution to a national army, which was said to be in the formative stage, weakened Puntland beyond measure both internally and externally. The man could teach many here something... here is an early from me to General Duke

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: Raw Meat is not Haram anyway ............ this is what i am talking about!! forget about whether it is 'Haram' or Xaaraan?? would you eat it? or should i say; have you eaten it?, or more importantly should i have asked - would you stop eating it in SOL's politics section?

i had good laugh reading that - thanks

Geelle, showqe baad eeddaas iska leh, su'aashada kale: maya, meelna laygama casumine, ee soomaalida halkaan malinba Dalabqabshaha (waiter) xabashiga ah ee ku magac dheer 'Dhaafaaye', cuntadduu ku afuriyo baan islaha u sawir. balse rajo kama qabo in aay ka tusaale qaadanayaan

maya, godin iyo hangool baan sitaa maanta.

i think - waad iga baqaysaa....

^ma aniga ila jeeda mise kuwa hilibka ceerinka ku cunay?

Queen Araweelo: A Short Story of a Somali Hero, Queen Ebla Awad (Araweelo) Historical Distortions: The story of Queen Ebla Awad (Araweelo) is one of the most controversial in Somali society. Since almost all Somali stories are oral and not written, it is impossible to prove their authenticity. When these stories were first told, most Somalis were nomads who did not know how to write and read. Many centuries after these stories were first reported; Somalis have become educated and are curious about the truth of these stories. Since Somalia is a male-dominated society, few women have had the opportunity for an education and to challenge the bias that has long existed against them. Therefore, Queen Araweelo’s story has been exaggerated by Somali men. Queen Araweelo ruled Somalia around AD 15. The men who passed on her history called her a monster, who maimed and castrated men for no reason. Not one shred of evidence supports this claim. There are however, a few poorly written articles posted on the internet that try to repeat the same false assertions. Fortunately, many Somali girls and women have become educated. Today, in Europe, America, Austria and even the Middle East, Somali girls out perform their male counterparts and many more women are in schools than men. These trends favor Somali women in all areas where Somali is spoken. These educated women are challenging the status quo and questioning the legitimacy of what has been reported about Queen Ebla Awad and other famous Somali women. They are asking themselves who Queen Araweelo was, if she was real, how she came to power, and how she ruled. Many of these women like me are re-examining the unsubstantiated and biased stories that have been told about her. There are also many elderly and wise women who dare to tell their versions of what they have heard about Queen Araweelo. These women who feared retribution for years are now coming forward to tell the world what they know about Somali women’s plight and the real story of Queen Araweelo. The real story According to some of the wise elders that we have interviewed, Queen Araweelo came to power around AD 15 after a long war between Somali clans. These feuds had claimed thousands of lives countless and more had died starvation. Some of the elderly women we have interviewed said that Ebla’s husband was killed few years after the clan warfare started. It was also reported that the only two children she had had died of starvation during the civil war. During this period, it was taboo among Somali men to marry a widow. The only exception was a widow with living children could marry one of her late husband’s brothers. This practice was merely to keep the deceased man’s family together and make sure that his assets such as livestock wouldn’t pass to someone else. In that kind of arrangement, the woman was considered as part of her husband’s family property. Since Araweelo’s husband didn’t leave behind any children or livestock, she was no longer considered part of his family. As a young and destitute woman, Araweelo walked away from her husband’s family which she had known since the age of 16, when she was married. She decided to go back to her own family. But after she went back to her family, she didn’t fit in and everybody shunned her. In nomadic Somali society, it was very rare for a widowed or divorced woman to return to her family. She is not considered useful, since she is not expected to bring or earn a dowry. No man would marry a widow. When her own family rejected her, Araweelo became very depressed and decided to leave. She met with many other young women who were in a similar situation. They hunted together and lived in the wilderness for many years. As they lived in the jungle, they had to face aggression from Somali men who wanted to destroy their organization and their way of life. During this difficult time, Araweelo showed great bravery and toughness when the women were attacked by Somali bandits; consequently, they chose her to be their leader. When other women who lived in similar situations had heard about this group of women who banded together to protect themselves, they joined in droves. The number of women in the jungle community grew and became a force to be reckoned with. In later years, many minority groups who needed protection against larger clans also joined. Araweelo was eventually crowned as the Queen of Peace and Prosperity. The word spread to every corner of Somali territory and many women felt liberated. After she was crowned, the Queen gathered her wise women and men and asked for their counsel. She told them that stopping the civil war was one of her first priorities. The conference produced a three-point plan: 1) to approach the fighting parties and offer them an impartial reconciliation, 2) if they refused, to give them a warning, and 3) if they still refused, to declare war on them. During the negotiations, the Queen started building a strong army. Before the Queen’s army launched the war, she ordered the construction of a huge prison that could hold thousands of prisoners. This prison later became the home of many clan leaders who refused to accept the Queen’s peace proposition. This kind of scheme had never been heard of before, and because this was a society with no central government, Somalis has never seen such a huge building before. When many men that were imprisoned did not come back to their families, many people wondered why the men had not been able to escape. Soon there were rumors about what had happened to them. In Somali culture, a man’s testicles are everything. There are many myths that Somalis believe, such as “if man loses his testicles he cannot escape, think or help himself.” Since the prison was maximum security and no one was able to escape from it, many people were convinced that the men had to have been castrated. When the Queen heard these rumors, she was amused and encouraged her staff to spread the same rumor, in order to frighten her enemies. This rumor helped the Queen to prevent more bloodshed and discourage more young men from joining the feud between clans. Conclusion In all fairness, the Queen was tough on trouble makers, but at the end, she liberated thousands of Somalis from war, poverty and humiliation. She was a good woman, and she ruled her people with fairness and justice. Unfortunately, on her 40th birthday, a renegade warlord called Oday Biqay had her killed while she was attending the funeral of a revered elder woman. After the tragic death of Queen Ebla Awad (Araweelo), the Somali clans started regrouping and rearming themselves and began to slaughter each other again. For centuries, even after the Queen’s death, Somali men continued to kill each other and inflict untold agony and suffering on their people. Regrettably, the Somali men had never appreciated what Queen Araweelo had done for her people, but instead they labeled her as man-hating lunatic. Fortunately, there are enough educated Somali women capable to tell the true story of Queen Araweelo. It is also equally important that Somali women to take their place in history and liberate the Somali people one more time. We cannot watch our people; particularly women and children suffer, and die of starvation because of crazy men.

sheikh google waa beenlow - aniga i waydii - aniga war kuu hayee

Originally posted by Polanyi: la is three times the size of qardho. ma hubtaa?

Originally posted by Polanyi: quote: to the small village of Las Anod ' :mad: :rolleyes: [/QB] @ L.A Village remember the article was written in 1988 - you weren't even born then

Raw meat dishes are commonly believed to have evolved as a war-time necessity in Ethiopia, when the smell of cooking meat could give away an enemy position.

Cay? hadal nin si u yiri; ninna si u qaaday :cool:

ahlan - maxaa la sheegay?

Su’yeen: Ma walenweyn baa? Sey’ teen: Maya! Su’yeen: Dee, waa qolama? Sey’teen: Waa Islaweyn!

Originally posted by Haatu: Sayid how was it. I was actually in Lambeth you know. Just couldn't make it Ps: I'm not dark

Originally posted by Captain_Mike20: type in Qardho on google maps...just do it and then type in sheick, somaliland one of the smallest villages. Sheick is bigger then Qardho..yet duke calls it a city. isla waayna ... keep dreaming. ALWAYS ...STANDING HERE...TO SLAP YOU BACK TO REALITY. @'sheick' - there is no place by that name anywhere in the lands resided by Somalis. stop shouting, stand there and slap yourself into correctly spelling the names of places that you want to use in an argument. General Duke - well done for correctly spelling Qardho - here is a sticker Captain_Mike20 - also well done for correctly spelling Qardho - but next time: for other places.

:cool:

a short video by Somalia's Independent Federal Constitution Commission. There are two poignant moments for me in this clip: The young boy and nomadic man – the only two honest people who don’t pretend to know what is being asked. @the guy in 0:25 "dhag"

Dhamaadkii: Hooy, Hooy, Hooyooooo!!! Haddaadu hadey gashaa Hog goortii lagu dhigoo Wadaaduhu kula hadlaan Aabaha looma halwecee Waxaad tahay inna heblee Hooyadu waa lama huraan Waxaad tahay inna heblee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Adduunyadu waa haweeyn Halkaa laskuma hayee Nindoonaba ha hadlee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! =Oraahdan wax ka rumasan ma jirto, haddii la fiiriyo Somalia manta (Sayid) ---------=0=------------ Hirar gaagaaban iyo Hawada yaan ka hadlayaa Waxba anigoon hambeyn Hubaashiina aan hayaa HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Hanfada ruuxii noqdaa Hawraar kaama hantiyee Waxba anigoon hambeyn Hubaashiina aan hayaa HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN!

Sidii awr haama wada Dusheedaan halabsanoo Hah goortaa nama dhehdee Waa noo sii hoorsatey HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Marada ay nagu hantiday Haddaan hoos uga dhacnaa Wadnihi bey ka hinqatoo Calooshey ka halcateye HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Alaabta horteeda taal Haddaad laad ku hurguftaa Habaar weyn kuma dhahdee Inyar bey ka hifataye HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Hiloowlaha ay dhashaa Haddii meel laga hayaa Asuu haaraa habeen Waa tii hoogeysatoo Ilmadu ay hibitiqdee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Haddaan been lagu hadleyn Wadnaha harkiisa iyo Halbowlaha dhiiga wada Hareer baa laga dhigoo Halkeey joogaan iyagu Yaa loosoo wada hoydey HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Hantida aad leedihiyo Wixii aad haabataa Haddii loosiiyo hibo Abaalkood lama helee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN

Geed yare kaa hooshay meel Hadii aad haah dhehdaa Hubkii bey ka hmndadoo Iyada oon hagar lahayn Haaw waa tii soo dhehdee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Odaygu waa haajiraa Hawuu meel ugu kacaa Haduusan mawtku helin Hortaadey taagan tehee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Habeenkaad soo dhaxdaa Hurdada aad uma heshoo Qalbiga waa ka hamidoo Hiloow bey kuu qabtaye HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Horey adigoo aan ahayn Dudkuu bey u hanjabtoo Halyeey beey kaa dhigtoo Amaan bey ku huwisaye HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Abaarta hawaarsatiyo Harraad meelloogu go'ay Heeyhaata uu dhaanku yahay Cirkuna haawanahayaa Halihi ey soo heshaa Hadeey ho' inna dhehdaa Innaga oon soo hambeyn Waatii aan heensanoo Hamuunteedii horiyo Dhib bey la hagoogatey HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN!

Sidaanaan halis u gelin hungurigeey suubisaa Dhaqsaba hoo nama dhehdee Intii ey ka hubsataa Iyada yaa ku hormartee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Reerku haduu yahay hayaan Hayinka aan saaran nahay Hogaankeey haysatoo Hoosbey kaala hadashoo Intii aad ka hurudaa Waa kuu heestaa hadane HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Cilmiga shiikh ku hormariyo Nin haamaan ah iyo hanad Iyadaa soo hayn jidhee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Haddii loo baahdo hiil Geesiga loo habar wacdiyo Fuleyga aan haadka hubin Iyadaa soo hayn jirtee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Deeqsi aad soo haybsatoo Hamuuntii kaa ba'shiyo Bakhaylka aan kula hadleyn Iyadaa soo hayn jirtee HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN! ---------=0=------------ Aabbuhu waa hawsha guud Ayuna hoosbey hayaan Habantii guriga iyo Hooygii bee noo huftaye HOOYADU WAA LAMA HURAAN!