lmaoo oba who is that trick, she makes Somali sound like Chinese. I'm watching her other videos now and crying lmao

I don't want any of you SOLers, stop trying to claim me :mad:

lool SP didn't you just announce your marriage to an ONLF fighter earlier today? War nagatag

Wadani;948167 wrote: Lol Im here guys. Maxaa isku dhacayaa? Baryahan wanyu kala baadnee.

I don't know

SomaliPhilosopher;948162 wrote: Wadani is in town! He doesn't talk to us anymore

Not really... I'm more interested in the Somali region's incorporation (1897 and after) through to the mid-20th century with the rise of Somali nationalism across the Somali territories. I'm not sure sure how far I'll take it into the present, but I think 1991 is a good end point for my study because of what Somalia's collapse meant for the region, as well as the collapse of the Derg (and Amhara dominance) and the rise of the TPLF in Ethiopia.

I'm using my first summer there as more of a visibility trip... checking things out, identifying local and regional archives (and finding out what condition documents are in), improving my fluency in Somali since it isn't perfect (and getting Amharic practice when I can) and conducting preliminary fieldwork ie. talking to elders and other locals about the region's history, collecting poetry, that sort of thing. I'm hoping to write a dissertation that examines the tensions between Somali identites/nationalisms and Ethiopian state expansion and consolidation at the edges of its empire... so looking at the historical experiences of the Somali periphery to assess the paradoxical role of Ethiopia as both an empire and an independent African nation in the age of European colonialism and see the workings of Ethiopian state power and sovereignty. The real fieldwork is in the fourth and fifth years of the PhD, so right now I'm just looking to determine the feasibility of this as a dissertation topic and whether I have the source material to pull it off. I think I do

Too busy to look cute right now lol

Send me some I got lazy and only made the alfredo, but I submitted my paper and cleaned my apartment so overall I feel SO accomplished. If I can get myself out of this ponytail and do my hair tomorrow and wear something other than yoga pants I will feel like a rockstar lol. Essay writing hell is nearly over, one more paper to go and I can be myself again...

What's up, guys?

Che -Guevara;948143 wrote: Why do you people assume it's Nin Yaaban that needs the help? Because the question and content of the post is so specific, one can only assume it's (most likely) personal.

+2

The stigma and lack of understanding in our community towards addicts makes it that much more difficult. I don't have personal experience with this but I have seen it from the other end as a family member, and tragically it only ended with my cousin's murder at the hands of the same criminals he befriended. There are resources out there to support people through addiction, rehabilitation centres, support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, etc, so I encourage you to seek out these services as a first step. And once you are getting help, your family members will return and everything will slowly begin to fall back into place... no one wants to watch a loved one through their life away and destroy themselves, and there is only so much you can do when they refuse to get help and change their ways.

One more paper to go before I can head home to Toronto, so my writing playlist is all Toronto right now

I'm not, at the moment it's just land we haven't done anything with and some locals watch for us. Looks like an interesting project. InshaAllah my parents will be moving to Hargeisa permanently in 5-7 years when they retire, maybe they will do something with the land then

lool I've seen that, amazing. And no I have no connection to Ubaale, except that plot of land

Saalax;948069 wrote: Nice pictures. Where are the green fields located shown in those pictures? Looks like Ubaale or Gabiley. Yes, it's some land we own in Ubaale I actually caught the goats standing on top of the car at one point, but I couldn't get my camera out fast enough before some kids shooed them off lol.

Yes, why do you ask? lol

Since this is a Hargeisa thread, let me re-post some of my photos from last summer I'm hoping I can squeeze in a short visit again this year, since I will be in Ethiopia for a research trip.

I used the name Somaliland consistently throughout this thread, and I said north in the context of stability in the Somali peninsula, which I have no problem doing because it's accurate geographically. But I am deeply ambivalent about Somaliland, even with my family roots... I see it as a de facto state that is already independent as is, and that the focus on recognition is simply the elite detracting its people from more pressing issues. I also don't like a lot of the ideological components of "Somaliland nationalism," like the insulting language directed towards fellow Somalis in the south as well as the distortion of Somali history, which is why I took issue with your posts and XX's posts in the previous thread. I don't really want to get into a discussion about this though, it's off topic and it's why I left the other thread. But my point is that Hargeisa is my home, and there is no need to dismiss my position or question my background because I don't agree with you.

Give up XX, you're grasping at straws now. I was simply visiting my family. Saalax;948044 wrote: Pictures or no proof Well I'm not going to post photos of myself here (I've contributed photos to the Somaliland photos thread before though), and I don't feel the need to prove anything to people trolling me on the internet. But rest assured, I have photos of myself hanging out in parliament and at presidential palace, and a few photos with the president in his macawiis lol

Saalax;948039 wrote: I knew she wasn't one of the elite league members. I suppose that's why I'm escorted to the VIP section of SL airports, and travel in government land cruisers when I visit

Who are you again?