Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;770110 wrote: But there was no Dharkanleey degmo in '79 nooh. Qariirada dib ha loogu noqdo. Lol! That's where you guys come in. I need assistance on the network of roads, neighbourhoods and landmarks in Mogadishu. What was that road called then in the 70s? Also, another situation involves one of my starlets leaving the National Theatre by the back door with her bodyguards, through the alleyway, and then her car enters the road (at the farthest tree of the below pic) and subsequently takes a right turn. What are the names of these two streets? (especially the one the mini-buses are riding on) How far is the Al-Uruba hotel from the National Theatre?:# And where was the NSS headquarters located? I have a thousand more questions but answers to these would help me progress significantly. If someone knows of a good map that shows everything I need, I would be very grateful( I once had such a map, but can't recall its location, it had road names like "Via Liberia" etc)

Magnificent thread Somalina, as always lifting up the quality of the forum that is degraded daily by the Politics section. I think alot of these towns should educate their students in cobblestone construction. These places would look even more beautiful and developed with cobblestone streets and roads:

NSS agent is pursuing a Soviet spy, their cars are coming from the road heading to Merca and Kismayo. This is 1979, all Soviets are enemies of the state. (Blank map) The spy's objective is to lose the NSS agent in the maze of urban Mogadishu, and reach the old port, he has a slight headstart. What type of landmarks and neighbourhoods would they be encountering on their way? Does the road in the map - where the chase the starts - even lead to Merca and Kismayo, or should I start the chase coming from the E1 road?

MMA, everything's fine brother, I'm doing well. How about you? Marx, thanks for the welcome. You're a teacher, doesn't it bother you to see an amateur dig up ancient artifacts that should belong in a Somali museum be it in that specific region or Hargeisa/Mogadishu? The artifact in the picture above will forever be a mystery to us, for we can no longer determine a time-period through carbon-dating, because all of the organic material - present in the grave that item was looted from - has been defiled and now lies open at the mercy of nature.

Above post inspired by amateur tomb-raiders looting ancient Somali artifacts: http://www.medeshivalley.com/2011/12/sweet-home-sanaag-is-virgin-land-that.html Either they hand over these artifacts to the likes of Sada Mire, or they are plain looters.

Greetings my descendants, I speak to you from the grave, I have temporarily coveted the body of Chimera to share my thoughts and fears with you. I do not remember my name nor that of my family, therefore you will know me as the Ghost King. What I do know is that I lived more than a thousand years ago, before your parents and grand-parents' parents were born. I ruled over a grand and prosperous kingdom, with bustling trade around the world. Yet I do not recall its name, nor those of my loved ones. In death, all these details disappeared, and my mind became as blank as that of a newborn. My soul lies inside the halls of Barzakh with another hundred billion souls awaiting Judgement Day. I'm plagued by lost memories returning in bits and pieces, and by regret. I was conceived before the true religion was born, do not grudge me for what I'm about to say. I burried my riches with me, so that I would be reborn in the other world with plenty of wealth. It was futile, for a poor man with a pious soul became richer in the new world than any King with a bad heart. My wives and children were most likely burried in the same tradition, yet I do not remember their names nor my own. I now understand why; my memories lie within the stone symbols of death. Inside the tombs of my loved ones; within the necropolises of my Kingdom's subjects. And within the lavish burial chamber I was laid to rest. Occassionally pieces of my past reach Barzakh and re-enter my soul. Memories returning from the world you call home, the world of the living. But they remain vague, for I fear my ancient Kingdom is being laid to waste as we speak. Protect the remains of my kingdom, and we can both learn of the past, so we may improve upon the future. I bid you farewell, and remember the Day of Judgement is inevitable!

If it were a comedy like Will & Grace maybe, but if its a graphic gay love-story, no thanks! Why would you choose this concept in the first place? There are so many genres you could explore with Somali characters and in the process attract a Somali audience. Unless this is directed towards a non-Somali audience, specifically Western, then I would say continue writing since they always love a good gay story set in a traditionalist community. However if you make their sexuality a secondary feature of the story(basically we know their gay but they aren't doing gay stuff) and instead focus on the trials and tribulations they have to endure, and also don't rip into Somali culture & Islam, you might still have an audience. I'm editing my own 105k manuscript at the moment, but its an Epic fantasy tale set in Medieval Somalia, so its very much smooth sailing for me, while you will have to contend with the perilous and merciless waves of controversy. I hope you're a great sailor, the Somali Ocean has some nasty sharks and krakens hidden within lol.

^Its a part of life for me, like brushing your teeth in the morning, rather than a hobby. If you have that mindset, sustaining it becomes alot easier.

Ibtisam clearly won. Someone outmulti-nicked me. Jinns!

Xiin, big brother, our hopes of a better Somalia where our children, sisters, daughters and elderly can live in peace and tranquility with each passing day, each passing month, and each passing year seems more like a fairytale dream than reality. A foreign mega-structure has been imposed on us, in which we aren't deciding our own destiny compared to the indigineous mega-structure that was the Somali Republic which we owned and led. In this current position, any sign of an indigineous mega-structure rising is obliterated at birth, we saw this with the Arta conference, we saw it with the Islamic Courts, and we saw it again with Farmaajo, a shattered Somalia is preferred over a strong and capable Somalia. Yes, our people are resilient, but how much more can they take before they finally break? While I'm very much aware of the psychological warfare Western think-tanks are waging on the country that is Somalia, there is some truth to their sensationalist articles. Everytime something positive happens, a much more negative situation unfolds. The only little hope that I have comes from meeting several Somali guys and girls from Mogadishu, Beledweyn and Hargeisa, all of them born post 1991, yet they were similar to me in attitude and mentality, same interests and dreams. I imagined them to be severely scarred internally or ignorant but instead I found them level-headed, non-qabilists and quite knowledgable. I sincerly pray the majority of our people are like that, otherwise I don't think they can handle another five years of conflict, and all the signs point to that exactly, with vultures such as Sharif Hassan and the foreign mega-structure in place benefitting from a chaotic Somalia.

Hehe.

Alpha Blondy;724791 wrote: lol@adam, yh i look african. i'm dark with bulgy nose as big as a boot, that you could wriggle about from side to side; and speak with a lisp. not that there is anything wrong with having that ''african look'' Wow, I said no such thing! FYI, you do look Somali-ish, just don't insult one of my Fam!(which you did with that blanket generalization aye!)

This is TREASON, somebody grab this clown and throw him back with the goats and chickens, and let a REAL patriot take his place. A country of 10/12 million people stretching from Zeila to Ras Kamboni can't be held hostage any longer!

Alpha Blondy;724778 wrote: i love Minnesota because ''its a blue collar state'' - pathetic. these people don't look somali. they look African-american. what a silly and cynical ploy to promote integration. LMAO, I've seen your pic sxb! Let's just say you're in no position to de-Somalify anyone lol.

“Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” Ouch!

I'm nothing like WIIL_SHAYDAANKA, David Letterman, Dhulqarnayn-Al Sumale, Adam Zayla, Prince of Punt or Chimera.

Great people, notice how their living standards in all walks of life drastically improved the moment they were no longer under the genocidal rule of the backwards regimes in Ethiopia?

Not a surprise that a "peasant" Ethiopian Tigray such as yourself will praise the genocidal dictator that is Meles Zenawi. But the pressure is on him, it won't be long before the myriad of Senators in the US succeed in uncovering the oppression that is happening in the O-gaden, on the scale of Darfur. Meles will become instantly radio-active and disposable.

Somalina;698342 wrote: Welcome party in Xamar for Abdi Bile after becoming the first Somali world champion in the 1500 metres (1987) The party is 1988. Wow, what a funky party, and the boy can dance man. The best part starts at 1:30, what a nice guitar riff. I wish I could spend a week in 80s Somalia.

Yep!

This has nothing to do with the Somali community, a 1000 homicides happen every year in the United Kingdom. Only a couple of days ago coming from the gym I had a situation with a non-Somali guy that wanted to sell me weed, I told him to fck off, which he did, then a hundred meters away I saw him going into the direction of Somali and Pakistani youth playing soccer so I ran after him and told him to go somewhere else, far away from here. Imagine if he pulled a gun on me and shot me right then and there, would that have been the fault of the Somali community? What if I had kept quiet and let him influence those bright kids with empty promises, would that have been the fault of the Somali community or should law-enforcement start cleaning up these shady and violent characters both non-Somali and Somali from our streets?

White people spend billions on tan-products, and hours in the sun just to look darker, and most of time they simply end up looking like human oranges, so this complex of beauty goes both ways. What shade are we talking about when you sisters say you're dark? Would you fit in with a Dinka family somewhere in the South of Sudan? kkk;) My skin color is similar to the second guy on the top left side of this collage, I guess that would be classified as dark by the people of the first video. In fact all of my sisters are lighter than me, but here's the catch; they got coarse hair while mine plays in the wind lol Somalis come in all colors; Gold, Copper, Chocolate, Caramel, boycott the Dianas of our world. United Foreheads of Bladland

Duke, the Young intelligent Somalis your copying & pasting that info from possess the "New Somali State of Mind", but your still a loooooong way from seeing every single Somali in our ancient Realm as a "Brother or Sister", which is a pity, because aiming a Master Propagandist like yourself towards a traditional enemy - like say; the "Ethiopians" would be devastating for that country, and highly beneficial for us. A role you would have most likely filled had the State not collapsed.

Young Somali sisters need to grow a damn backbone. Old Somali women are decadent and ignorant as hell with their FGM, shady marriages, minimum of 6 kids each and heavy hand in teaching these same kids about the retarded clan-system. The perfect counterparts of the vile, perverting, myopic, animalistic old Somali men.