It's quite sad, this Somali Film Festival was as prestigious as the Cairo Film Festival of today.

Funny Korean variety show, my favorite characters are the Fat guy and the rapper Crown J <- third episode this dude made me laugh so hard man it's ridiculous. Aired in 2008, the show pairs up famous Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they really married.[1] Each week, couples are assigned missions to complete. During the process, candid interviews of the participants reveal thoughts and feelings experienced.-wikiped ia Watch online

^All women fight like that!(unless they train professionally) Sad thing is those two girls were best friends but the way they battered eachother you would think they were arch enemies. Their fight was about a boy, so common sense was replaced with rage, which reminds me of that ugly saying: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

He should atleast air it on Universal TV if he wants more exposure of his film. Right now I have no clue what the movie is about. Have you seen it?

It's a tricky situation. I've interrupted fights between Antillians and Indians/Turks many times, and because i'm Somali i'm allowed to, cause i'm the 'neutral guy' and would simply stand in between them like a referee. When the fight involves another Somali however then the technique is to take your compatriot to side and stay clear from the non-Somali or else you will be mistaken for 'back up'. Fights between women are the worst to break up because they have bossoms not chests so you can't use that area to push them away from one another. Too much force will make it look like your manhandling them plus they both close there eyes when they batter eachother so there is a chance you will be a victim of their rage. I still have this little scar from a sharp nail on my right hand when i tried to break up a fight between two morrocan girls.

are you sure she has a daughter? I still have a younger brother whose single. In 1990 i was 4 and out of my diaper phase

^Why isn't he bringing it out on DVD or atleast VHS?

Yep one of the many unknown Somali female millionaires.

^We have bad leadership at the moment but Somalis must never lose the sense of a national identity they currently have. It's largely responsible for Somali success in other countries including those in EAF like Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Somali Enterprise in Uganda

Ibtisam, well said, but your younger cousins, nephews and nieces should be your guinea pigs. You should test all of your theories on them and even interview them if possible to get a clear picture of their personal view of life and their future. This will help you in spotting all of the effects(good or bad) resulting from their upbringing in a western environment. Aaliyah, i think you are misunderstanding me. Somali husbands for my daughters is a 'personal wish' not a 'rule' that i will set up for them when they grow up. Compare this personal wish with the scenario of parents advicing their children to pursue medical education as opposse to photography. There is nothing wrong with photography, but still the parents do have the right to advice/pursuade their children in taking on the former professional route. Similarly i have the right to highlight my personal wish vis-à-vis my daughters and their future husbands. I as a parent will have the right to sneakily mastermind the path that will lead them to my personal wish. If they however were to chose a different path that doesn't retard their potential in life but actually enables them to be succesful then that guy is my son in law and i would treat him no different. I however i'm very confident with my theory as i have seen it already being tested in the field and the results were great. Mind you i'm not the type of person that has anything against those that marry outside their community. That's their decision and i respect it. I don't want to be seen as a bigot but i do hope people respect my personal wish.

Cara your sarcasm is noted.

Ibtisam, my childhood friend's fate really brought it home. Children are an investment, if i'm succesful in life(and Somalia has returned to stability) then insha-allah i will raise my kids there, but if i raise them in the west then there are clearly alot of issues i will have to contend with. Malika, thanks for that reply. Most parents are unaware of the pressures their children face at school or outside the house. If a Somali girl goes to school and all of her western friends have boyfriends and are chatting about the fun stuff they did like going to the cinema or bowling etc day in day out, how would she feel? She would feel left out right? The old Somali parental advice; stay away from them is retarded and illogical, you can't tell a person not to interact with people they see everyday of the week. Naturally in most cases a person will fall astray like my childhood friend. In the west there is a clear cultural system where from the age of 15 to 19 petty crushes are the norm and are actually promoted through shows like 90210 or O.C. Therefore if instead a father and a mother turned the tables by employing doube team tactics where they cleverly create a diversion and captured this natural feeling resulting from growing up with the aforementioned tv-shows. Then they would have the power to re-direct those 'crushes' in a less sinister direction.

Come on Sayyid, men too can tell if another guy is good looking or wether he would be popular with the girls. This is the classic Alpha male factor that makes lesser males stay in the company of him, because they are aware of his status. Unless the world in thirty years is replaced by male and female android spouses i don't see why it would be different then. I don't understand the ''prejudicial'' part of your post. Where did i show that? Che

Originally posted by chocolate & honey: Install fear in them early on, thats my only plan. I grew up in the west and Lord only knows I was scared shitless of my Mom during high school AND college. Funny thing though, she only hit me once in her life. And to this day, if she says "Naayaa!" I feel that fear rising to my throat,lol. Alxamdullilah, it served me well. It's not so much a physical abuse I was afraid of but the disappoinment in her voice and the anger in her eyes would stop me dead on my tracks because she raised me preciously. Mother: has the option to intidimidate her daughters without losing her role model status. Father: has the option to intimidate his sons without losing his role model status. Daughter: Father is good cop, mother is bad cop. Son: Father is bad cop, mother is good cop.

Great reply Malika but could you elaborate on the last part? SayidSomal, never claim such! The boys being Somali is a personal wish but if my daughters were to find a muslim brother from a different race then i probably wouldn't mind. I however am sick tired of people trying to scrutinize or degrade my personal wish as if it's 'haraam' or as if i committed a crime. What was the point of Allah swt dividing mankind into different tribes and colors if preservation of these same tribes and colors is not allowed? I'm very confident it won't backfire and what kind of question is that? Ofcourse they have to be goodlooking or else what is the point?, i want my daughters to gossip about these boys not mock them.

Ibtisam i'm not sexist bisinka, there is a whole different method i will be using on my sons. You see; men respond to different psychological mind tricks than women. To a son a father only has to be there as a male rock in their life and a good role model and they will follow his example. I will be one of those soccerdads who goes with them to every game, i will be dependable, but i will induce in my sons a clear dose of fear and discipline through intimidation. This is an avenue i could never take with regards to my daughter(s).

Geedka Nolosha was a Somali movie made in the 80s which won a few awards at international film festivals. Though i havent seen the movie yet i found this interview with the director very interesting:Interview He wonderfully tells about the Somali film industry and film festivals that used to be held in Mogadishu. He mentions a feature film adaption of Sayyid Abdullah Hassan's life(i was really schocked, i didn't know a movie was made about him) This is something i already suspected, there was a lively film culture in Somalia with actual feature films being made not just Riwaayads. The Somali Film Agency in Mogadishu and independent film makers kept this industry before the war afloat. I hope copies were made of these films so they can be re-released for the new generation.

Cara, this issue is not like Khat where if foreigners were to burn the Ethiopian and Kenyan fields where it's cultivated you would end up with a 'Khat free Somalia'. This practice is deeply rooted in our society and the only group that can reach and eradicate this traditional archaic part of our culture without being seen as offensive or insulting are Somalis themselves.

Aaliyah sister i always take your opinion highly and today is no difference but i disagree, we don't live in Somalia we live in the west. This 'ignorance is bliss' attitude that Somali parents have adopted is counterproductive and is responsible for the many problems in our community. I've analysed the lives of my sisters and figured out why they chose a Somali Husband and stuck close to their culture; they all grew up in the proximity of popular Somali guys at the blessing of my parents. My mother similary grew up in the same neighbourhood as my father who at times came to my maternal grand parents house as martii when they were kids. If i tell them they cannot date then there is no telling what they might do. I know how the whole high school system works and the peer pressure that comes with it. I can't accept the advice of just staying patient or trust(they have my genes so i can't trust them) when i saw what happened to my childhood friend and the effects of being disconnected with your community. I instead will find some good looking Somali boys and sneakily hitch them up with my daughters without them even knowing it. I will befriend the boys parents and have them reguraly visit our house. Even if the two groups don't end up marrying eachother atleast i will have created a diversion from the more horrible path of darkness.

Don't be offended by my advice sxb, i'm just tired of the nomads who go on Ajanabi forums with their superiority complexes forcing me and others to trash those Ajanabis who rightfully attack these Somali trolls back. The girls will be yapping about how beautiful Somali women are accompanied by pics of the usual suspects(models) and the boys keep on going that they were never enslaved. The links posted here will only add to that rubbish.

Not you too Che, Bro I don't think it's wise to post links to such hateful forums on SOL, i have already advised Sophist to delete them.

Farah, Farah, Farah aja Farah, Farah, Farah ajaaaa

Alright i'm a bit high on sugar right now which makes my brain accelerate fast and think about the weirdest things like my future children if i have any: If i have daughters, then around the age of 15 to 19 i will pick some good looking Somali boys from the neighbourhood and have them befriend my daughters, the close proximity to these Golden boys will keep them close to their culture. While they go out to the cinema or the prom, i will simply pick them up later on and prevent anything from going further. This way my daughters have fun, and at the same time they won't feel like they are missing out on something when they go back to school with their western friends and therefore they won't feel the need to rebel. You might say this is wrong but if i still live in the west when my daughters come of age then i believe this is the only way i can prevent them from getting dragged into the various sub cultures dominant in their highschools and beyond. I know these sub/dominant cultures because there was a time i myself was dragged into it, but i managed to get out before anything serious happened like marriage. Destroying the neutrality syndrome is very important. I remember when i was still into Dutch girls there were Somali girls from my school who tried to figure out where i lived by following me, so i had to go through the mall several times before i managed to ditch them but these same Somali girls today are all married to Somali men. Their close proximity to Somali boys is what kept them close to their culture. To add on my theory; there is a girl i grew up and went to duqsi with, a truly amazing sister whom from the age of 9 to 12 i had a major crush on but she moved to an area and a school where there weren't any Somalis and the transformation that happened to her while she was there caudubillah. Despite the stories surrounding her and the social pariah she was turned into by the community i never stopped greeting her or talking to her because she was still my childhood friend but everytime she came to our city and the guys in the mall brought out more stories it felt like someone stabbed me with a knife and i would threaten motormouths to keep their mouths shut out of frustration. I think if this happened to my daughters i would simply pull my hair, scream to the world, collapse and die on the spot.