No, and I would hunt my dearest for the rest of her life as a ghost if she were to elope with any of my friends! But jokes aside, you never know, because me and my friends share many similarities in humour, mannerism, mentality, dress code so it would make sense for a widow to feel a connection.

If the above SMACK DOWN wasn't enough brother Raamsade, know that I haven't even touched upon Somalia's renewable energy potential, but here is a small candy treat for you after that beating: There is no place in Africa where the construction of Wind farms will pay off as much as it will in Somalia, and knowing that the likes of Egypt, Turkey, Sudan and Europe are switching more and more to alternative energy, a cable link from Somalia through Djibouti and Eritrea will surely become a reality in our lifetime! Allahu Akbar indeed!

Raamsade;855574 wrote: You guys are in for a shock. No, I think you will be, see below, why: Somalia has next to little resources of any value. Yes, there are the occasional iron deposits here and there, a little oil and gas perhaps enough to satiate Faroole unquenchable thirst, and some marine resources. First you say the above and then you make the following statement: Lets look at this objectively boys and girls. Practice what you preach my deluded SOMALI brother! For all its vastness the Somali coast line is remarkable for its barenness. No its characterised as one of the richest marine hotspots in the world, why do you think a waterbody covering Somalia all the way down to Madagascar and South Africa has been named the Somali Current Marine Ecosystem ? Booyaka! At the height of Somali fishing industry when there are no less thatn 4/5 large trawlers in operation along with dozens of modern fishing boats, Somalia hauled in no more than 300k metric tons of fish. That's paltry sum by international standard set by nations like Japan, Thailand even Spain. LOL, thats because this so-called 'height' your referring to only involved four Soviet trawlers, while the Thai, Japanese and Spaniards employ hundreds of ships for their annual catches. Somalia has yet to reach it's real potential when it comes to aquaculture. Of all the studies on Somali marine resources I've read not one has put the potential annul catch at more than 500k-1m metric tons. That's telling. The one advantage we have is the seasonal migratory fish that come our away (I think every fall). Other than there are is hardly any marine resources to speak of. The profit from that low-estimation would still give us billions worth of hard currency, in-fact the fish industry potential catch of demersal species alone would break that estimate, let alone the more numerous pelagic fish stocks which are estimated at 4+ million tons. The figure you quoted was based on Somalia's 'capacity' to bring in that catch annually if it was handled well, not it's 'true potential'. The story doesn't get any better on land either. We have no substantial and demonstrated minerals resources. Our Uranium deposits alone would make us a world leader in the mineral industry on par with Canada: Why do you think Brazil invested $300 million in a Uranium mine somewhere in central Somalia if the potential wasn't there? In today's money that be would almost a billion dollar investment. In the Bay area large iron deposits were found as well and in woqooyi they are already commercially mining gemstones, clearly you know nothing about the mineral potential of Somalia. The monotony of fauna and flora in Somalia is only surpassed by the world-famous daftness of Somalis. No biodiversity allowing diversified modes of living. Monotony? Somalia is a biodiversity paradise, one of the greatest in Africa: Three endemic bird areas fall entirely within Somalia: the Central Somali coast; the North Somali mountains; the north-west Somalia secondary area. In addition, parts of the East African coastal forests, the Jubba and Shabeelle valleys and the Northern Ethiopia secondary area lie within Somalia. The whole country lies within the Somali-Masai biome and 99 of the 129 species restricted to this biome are found in Somalia. The East African coast biome just extends into the southern parts of Somalia and 13 of its 38 species have been recorded. There are a number of significant concentrations of waterbirds including breeding populations of terns. 24 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been identified covering 47,689 km2 or some 7.4% of the land area. These sites contain almost all the restricted range species and good selections of waterbirds. However, many of the sites have not been surveyed in recent years and there is a need to carry out survey work when the political situation allows this. -- Source There is a reason why 90% are pastoralists or agropastoralists (farming for half of the year, tending lifestock the other half), it didn't come about by osmosis. Look at you pulling statistics right out of your azz, almost half of Somalia's population lives in urban centers, the other half practices agropastoralism not because that's the only way of life, but due to lack of technological upgrading of these industries. And then we have surely the ugliest, the most useless animal ever created by Allah the camel. Apparently Somali houses half of the world's one-hump camels. Any country that is home to so many camels is surely cursed. The Camels and the other livestock annually generate more revenue than Ethiopia's entire export volume, a country of 80 million people. I don't know why you're judging an animal's looks unless your into beastiality? lolololol Then there is dearth of the bare essentials of life - water, good land and reliable climate. There is more water in the Sahara than in Somalia. That is fact. The deserts of Libya and Egypt contain lakes upon lakes of fresh groundwater. LMAO, is that why Egypt is holding on to the Nile with all its political and military strength? Somalia's underground reservoir of aquifers would still put us above all of our neighbours: Allah bestowed the mighty Nile on Egypt whereas in Somalia he gave us puny rivers more fitting of creek/stream designation. The Jubba and Shabelle rivers are one of the largest in Africa, in-fact their combined length is greater than the RHINE OF EUROPE which sustains over two hundred million people. Since Somalia is a country of 10-15 million people, these rivers are more than perfect for a sustained agricultural industry which in the past made the country self-sufficient and a surplus exporter of food products to Europe, Middle East and Asia! Less than 10% of our land is arable and that is only useful if you have sufficient rains and water for irrigation. That would still represent an arable landmass larger than Belgium and the Netherlands combined, one of the largest exporters of food products! Even though some regions of Somalia get the requisite 500 mm of rain for rainfed farming, that isn't enough as Somalia's scorching sun absorps all moistures out of the ground. So we need to augment that with irrigation to get good yields. And Somalia has one of the most unpredictable weather batterns for any nation on the globe. It has two standing rivers flowing the whole year, the country only needs a large dam and several small ones combined with a system of irrigation canals and dikes to continuesly water the crops throughout the year. Somalia's soil can grow anything, so the introduction of new crops like coffee seeds, flower plantations, palm-oil, cocoa, all have the potential to make it a multi-billion industry. Also, it needs better storage facilities to prevent surplus harvest going to waste. This is a matter of technological upgrading, and sustained stability, not lack of water or unpredictable weather, because these drought occur in the United States of America, one of the top food exporters. Clearly Allah was working on a tight budget when created Somalia. He gave all the good land and resources to other nations leaving us with the leftovers. No country in Africa has been as greatly blessed as Somalia has, only DR Congo could make a counter-claim, which is immediately destroyed by the fact that our marvelous coastline - perfect for tourism, watersports, mega-ports, etc -dwarves theirs one hundred times, Indeed from the large uranium deposits, to the rich marine life, to the lush agriculture potential and large standing rivers, combined with the abundance of oil and gas that will surely put us in the top five producers at the end of the decade, Somalia has been more than blessed. Allahu Akbar!

*Blessed, if someone has dry skin, that person uses vaseline, nivea, babylotion, whatever to get a nice smooth skin, right? The situation with BoldNewSomali is most likely a similar case where his scalp has become dry because of the build of DHT(converted testosterone) underneath his scalp, which blocks the pores and the hairs die out as a result because of lack of oxygen. The products I recommend remove DHT and keep the pores open for healthy circulation of oxygen that nourish the follicles. If I ever come to that stage where I have bald spots, then I will definitely start using it, because losing your hair is not some trivial matter for a guy, I don't know why the sisters portray it so, nor will it only affect a person's interaction or luck with a woman, it could dramatically change a person's self-perception in general society. People Magazine's "Sexiest man alive," Matthew McConaughey says it on the David Letterman show: "My hairline's better than when I was 18." And again, "I've been using Regenix, stuff for healthy hair to keep this hair strong, because in the year 2000, some of this hair was falling out. "Not yet baby!"

National treasure; Zamzam should have never competed in the 400m, but in the 1500m or the marathon competitions instead, like the male athlete who thankfully didn't come last. TRUTH BE TOLD, none of the SOL guys mocking her would have done any better against those WOMEN she was up against. Those WOMEN have more muscle mass on one leg than Alpha Blondy has in his ENTIRE BODY lol, these women are human Tanks: Only a Somali sister fed five chickens every day and squating 120kg every week could stand a chance against those fast-twitch muscle fibres.

Carafaat;854917 wrote: Do you think girls are attracted to guys who use more creams and cosmetics then they do? They aren't attracted to you now, so you might as well give it a try.........LOL, goal!

Because they like to annoy Somali devils in disguise. lololol

Somalia is stabilizing, so many of the heritage sites and cities in the South will be able to welcome visitors again in the near future, insha'allah. I'm surprised S-land and P-land have done next to nothing to promote tourism based on the wealth of heritage that can be found there: SOMALI HERITAGE: South Destinations: Merka and Barawa - Many old mosques, palaces and shrines - The old sections of the cities have houses four or five storeys high - Stone Towers Destination: Warsheikh - Historic mosques and shrines - Pillar tombs - City walls - Ruined houses Destination: Gondershe - Old citadel - many historic mosques and shrines Destination: Luuq - Old city - ruins of historic mosques and tombs Destination: Bardera - Old citadel Destination: Mogadishu - 13th century Arba Rucun mosque - Fakr Ad din Mosque - Jamia University - Almnara Tower - City walls - Shingani - Hamar jajab - old lighthouses - etc Northeast Destination: Taleex -Fortresses of Taleex -Shrines of Sayyid's mother and father Destination: Bosaso -Old palaces of the Alula dynasty -Several Forts -Historic mosques and shrines -Old port Destination: Las Khorey - Palaces of the Gerads - Several fortresses - Old port Destination: Qandala - Old stone city - several palaces and forts Destination: Hafun - ruins of Ancient Opone - ancient harbour - 18th century forts Destination: Hobyo - Many 19th century ruins such as forts and palaces - Ajjuuraan Palace with seven arches. There are also several other important sites and places such as Bargaal, Botiala and Bandar Beyla with lots of historic heritage. Northwest: Destination: Berbera -Old stone city of Biya Guure - a few miles east of Berbera(again ask a local Berberawi to show you the way) -Ancient Dubar fortress Destination: Hargeisa -There should be an old giant Fortress in the city(i think its best if you asked a local Hargeisawi knowlegdeable of the area where the precise location of that large fortress is and he/she might show you even more historical sites which are still unexplored) -Laas Geel rock painting Cave complex Destination: Amud and Abasa -Two large stone cities(you can see some ancient ruins of Amud if you type ''Amud,Somalia'' in google images) (^ both of those cities are situated in the Borama area which is close to Hargeisa) Destination: Saylac - Sa'ad ad Din Island and the medieval ruins and shrines - Old City walls - Ruins of the old quarter of the city - Qiblatain Mosque and others (Saylac is in the Awdal province and close by Borama) Destination: Bulhar -Ancient Port city with lots of historical relics (close to Saylac) Destination: Heis -Ancient city with lots of relics (close to Berbera) Destination: Mait -Ancient city with many ruins (next to Heis) Destination: Erigavo - Ancient Stone city of Maduna in Eel Afweyn which is close to Erigavo(type in Maduna, Somalia in google images and you will see some interesting remains of that city) - Dervish Fortresses in Erigavo ETC....

Don't believe anything the kindhearted sisters of SOL say, LOOKS DOES MATTER!

There are many more historic sites in the following Somali cities and towns: Bender Ziyada, Alula, Mereg, Warsheikh, Abai Dakhan, Maduna, Abasa, Wargaade, Berbera, Amud, Borama, Bender Beyla, El Ayo, Durba, Las Qoray, Gondereshe, Luuq, Bardera, Qandala, Jaziira, Kismayo, Bajuni Islands, Danane, Munghia, Badhan, Las Anod, Hasannasa, Daamo, etc Gondershe Taleh Eyl Maduna Las Qoray Alula Zeila

Hamarweyne quarters

Old Merka Iskushubaan Fort Old Maduna Old Qandala Old Nimmo Old Bosaso

Old Barawa Bur Gabo ruins Old Gobweyne Ancient Hafun

throw in the historic cities too.. Old Bulhar Dhudo Fort Mogadishu Fort Geresa Fort Abasa City ruins

the Somali empires and kingdoms SULTANATE OF MOGADISHU The Sultanate of Mogadishu (r. 10th-16th centuries) was a medieval trading empire in Somalia. It rose as one of the pre-eminent powers in the Horn of Africa and the larger East Africa region during the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, before becoming part of the expanding Ajuuran Empire. The Mogadishans maintained a vast trading network, dominated the regional gold trade, minted their own coins, and left an extensive architectural legacy in modern Somalia. -- Source AJUURAN EMPIRE The Ajuuran state or Ajuuran sultanate was a Somali Muslim empire that ruled over large parts of the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. Through a strong centralized administration and an aggressive military stance towards invaders, the Ajuuran Empire successfully resisted an Oromo invasion from the west and a Portuguese incursion from the east during the Gaal Madow and the Ajuuran-Portuguese wars. Trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from a many kingdoms and empires in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa and East Africa. The empire left an extensive architectural legacy, being the major medieval Somali power engaged in castle and fortress building, with many of the hundreds of ruined fortifications dotting the landscapes of Somalia today attributed to Ajuuran engineers. and includes many of the pillar tomb fields, necropolises and ruined cities built in that era. During the Ajuuran period many regions and peoples in East Africa converted to Islam because of the theocratic nature of the government. The royal family, the House of Gareen, expanded its territories and established its hegemonic rule through a skillful combination of warfare, trade linkages and alliances. As an hydraulic empire, the Ajuuran Empire monopolized the water resources of the Shabelle and Jubba rivers. Through hydraulic engineering, it also constructed many of the limestone wells and cisterns of the state that are still operative and in use today. -- Source EMPIRE OF ADAL The Adal Sultanate or the Kingdom of Adal (c. 1415 - 1577) was a medieval multi-ethnic Muslim state located in the Horn of Africa. At its height, the polity controlled large parts of modern day Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea. During its existence, Adal had relations and engaged in trade with other polities in Northeast Africa, the Near East, Europe and South Asia. Many of the historic cities in the Horn of Africa such as Maduna, Abasa and Berbera flourished under its reign with courtyard houses, mosques, shrines, walled enclosures and cisterns. Adal attained its peak in the 14th century, trading in slaves, ivory and other commodities with Abyssinia and kingdoms in Arabia through its chief port of Zeila. The cities of the empire imported intricately colored glass bracelets and Chinese celadon for palace and home decoration The Adalite military was divided in several sections such as the infantry consisting of swordsmen, archers and lancers that were commanded by various generals and lieutenants. These forces were complimented by a cavalry force and eventually later in the empire's history; by matchlock-technology and cannons during the Conquest of Abyssinia. The various divisions were symbolised with a distinct flag. The Adalite soldiers donned elaborate helmets and steel-armour made up of chain-mail with overlapping tiers. The Horsemen of Adal wore protective helmets that covered the entire face except for the eyes, and breastplates on their body, while they harnessed their horses in a similar fashion. In siege warfare, ladders were employed to scale buildings and other high positions such as hills and mountains. -- Source DERVISH STATE The Dervish state was an early 20th century Somali Sunni Islamic state that was established by Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, a religious leader who gathered Somali soldiers from across the Horn of Africa and united them into a loyal army known as the Dervishes. This Dervish army enabled Hassan to carve out a powerful state through conquest of lands claimed by the Somali Sultans, the Ethiopians and the European powers. The Dervish State acquired renown in the Islamic and Western worlds due to its resistance against the European empires of Britain and Italy. The Dervish forces successfully repulsed the British Empire in four military expeditions, and forced it to retreat to the coastal region. As a result of its fame in the Middle East and Europe, the Dervish State was recognized as an ally by the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire. It also succeeded at outliving the Scramble for Africa, and remained throughout World War I the only independent Muslim power on the continent. After a quarter of a century of holding the British at bay, the Dervishes were finally defeated in 1920, when Britain used aeroplanes to bomb the Dervish capital of Taleex. -- Source --- These were the four Somali dominated empires and kingdoms that really had a significant impact on modern Somalia and East Africa, in terms of culture, religion, demographics, language, territory, urbanization and the Somalization of various ethnic groups. Other historic states such as the ones below were very interesting too, but the institution of clan was more prominent: Gobroon Dynasty The Geledi sultanate was a Somali Sultanate that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Sultanate was governed by the Gobroon Dynasty. It was established by the Geledi soldier Ibrahim Adeer, who had defeated various vassals of the Ajuuran Empire and founded the House of Gobroon. The dynasty reached its apex under the successive reigns of Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim, who successfully consolidated Geledi power during the Bardera wars, and Sultan Ahmed Yusuf, who forced regional powers such as the Omani Empire to submit tribute. -- Source Warsangali-Sultanate The Warsangali Sultanate was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia. It was one of the largest sultanates ever established in the territory, and, at the height of its power, included the Sanaag region and parts of the northeastern Bari region of the country, an area historically known as Maakhir or the Maakhir Coast. -- Source Migiurtinia Migiurtinia, was a Somali Sultanate in the Horn of Africa. Ruled by King Osman Mahamuud during its golden age, it controlled much of northern and central Somalia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The polity had all of the organs of an integrated modern state and maintained a robust trading network. It also entered into treaties with foreign powers and exerted strong centralized authority on the domestic front. -- Source Sultanate of Hobyo The Sultanate of Hobyo also known as the Sultanate of Obbia, was a 19th century Somali kingdom in present-day northern Somalia. It was carved out of the former Migiurtinia by Yusuf Ali Kenadid, cousin of Boqor Osman Mahamuud. -- <a href="http://Source">Source

the merchants Maritime history of Somalia refers to the seafaring tradition of the Somali people.[1] It includes various stages of Somali navigational technology, shipbuilding and design, as well as the history of the Somali port cities. It also covers the historical sea routes taken by Somali sailors which sustained the commercial enterprises of the historical Somali kingdoms and empires, in addition to the contemporary maritime culture of Somalia. In antiquity, the ancestors of the Somali people were an important link in the Horn of Africa connecting the region's commerce with the rest of the ancient world. Somali sailors and merchants were the main suppliers of frankincense, myrrh and spices, items which were considered valuable luxuries by the Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans and Babylonians. During the classical era, several ancient city-states such as Opone, Mosylon and Malao (ancient) that competed with the Sabaeans, Parthians and Axumites for the wealthy Indo-Greco-Roman trade also flourished in Somalia. In the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade including the Ajuuran State, the latter of which maintained profitable maritime contacts with Arabia, India, Venetia, Persia, Egypt, Portugal and as far away as China. This tradition of seaborne trade was maintained in the early modern period by later Somali states such as the Gobroon Dynasty. -- Source A giraffe exported to the Ming Dynasty of China

Malika;853832 wrote: ^I would like info on the scholars - Uways al-Barawi (1847–1909) – Somali scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th century East Africa and with followers in Yemen and Indonesia. -Sa'id of Mogadishu – 14th century Somali scholar and traveler. His reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the Emirs of Mecca and Medina. He travelled across the Muslim world and visited Bengal and China. - Ali al-Jabarti (d. 1492) – Somali scholar and politician in the Mamluk Empire. - Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342) – 14th century Somali theologian and jurist who wrote the single most authoritative text on the Hanafi school of Islam, consisting of four volumes known as the Tabayin al-Haqa'iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa'iq. - Abd al Aziz al-Amawi (1832–1896) – 19th century influential Somali diplomat, historian, poet, jurist and scholar living in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. - Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825) – Somali scholar living in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt. - Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i (1820–1882) – Somali scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyya movement in Somalia and East Africa. There are many more, indeed there were entire academies in Al-Azhar and the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus exclusively boarded with students from modern Somalia. "Arabic Sources on Somalia" by Mukthar Mohamed is a good start.

Alpha Blondy;853770 wrote: i posted this. LMAO!! R.I.P to Queen Araweelo, your best multi-nick yet! Happy birthday Aaliyah.

Malika;853681 wrote: ^ May I be a pain and ask for sources of your claims - it would make a good presentation for my up and coming 'Somali Day' in Autumn.. Thanks in advance. I made alot of claims lol, which one do you need corroborational info for? The scholars? The merchants? The Somali empires and kingdoms? The list of historic cities? Between 2006-2009 I cleaned out half of the British Library for anything related to Somalis, and dumped majority of the info on wikipedia, back when Somali articles were ruined by Pan-Ethiopianists and Stormfronters, but they never knew what hit them. I think I still have some of it stored on a USB somewhere, just let me know what you need.

burahadeer;853634 wrote: There's only 3%(J) arab in somali DNA.The proximity to arab nations & the fact we been isolated from rest of africa for millenia has it's toll...producing the greatest brainwash voluntarily accepted in any modern nation!! No civilization has crumbled except from within excesses. Somalis were the civilizational entity that linked North Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa with the rest of the world. There is no other African group with that historic reach. There were Somali advisers and scholars in the Ayyubid and Mamluk empires of Egypt, there were Somali traders in the Monomopata kingdom of Zimbabwe and the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar. Somali empires and kingdoms influenced and advanced through most of East Africa, from Sudan to the Swahili coast in various wars against the Solomonids and the Portuguese, and this is only in Africa, I haven't even touched our reach into other continents. A people numbering barely a million, at one point dominated a landmass in Africa half the size of the Roman Empire. We had a seaborne trade enterprise spanning multiple oceans and seas, sustained by a vast civilizational matrix in Somalia consisting of more than 40 port cities and inland cities where education was promoted, where different professions flourished. This was a time where our image and reputation around the world was one of a land where an important muslim people of commerce lived, a land of mystery and intrigue, a land where many renowned scholars originated from, where rich Kings and Sultans had lavish palaces, where powerful soldiers lived, where many traders and sailors returned to after doing business in these faraway continents. However, never were our ancestors referred to as ''Arabs'', this nonsense only started when these European empires crashed upon our monopoly of the region and tried to explain our features as being hybrid, because only their version of 'negros' was the authentic representation of Africans. They found a few pathetic legends upheld only by petty clan-chiefs in parts of Somalia and imposed it upon all Somalis. Subsequent western literature ran with those myths, and unfortunately this is the same literature that is so freely available to ignorant Somalis, but genetics destroys these myths. It always baffles me that individuals with such an impressive heritage would forsake it all just to be a hybrid people, instead of the - original - ancient ethnic group we actually are. Many Somalis, because of what unfolded the last twenty years, are unaware of how various major ethnic groups in the region used to look up to them as a 'big brother' and champion for their cause.

Street preacher in the mall; Young man Jesus loves you! Me; I love Issa peace be upon him too! Street preacher; uhhhhh? Me; swagger walk

Dr_Osman;853296 wrote: If sharif comes and goes it doesnt bother me Im busy with this Why would you still be busy with a development plan that expired last year? Dude you always crack me up!

Ramadan mubarak dear Ibtisam, don't mind me, but everyday is a struggle lol.

MMA and Carafaat allahu naxariisto to both your relatives. I just found out the attacks increased right after the establishment of the state-of-art Soviet meat-packing plant in the late 70s, which was only a mile away from the tourist spot. In the future such foreign direct investment with a complete disregard for human welfare can't be approved and an alternative area far from the city needs to be established for such an industrial plant.