^ There's a good boy. Thank you.

^ I think you should shut your pie-hole and kindly step aside. :mad:

^^What are you? His spokesman? :rolleyes:

^ Deleting is too good for him. He needs to be wiped from the face of the earth. :rolleyes:

No, but that's beside the point. Um..whats this thread about? :confused:

^What's the meaning of this? I say, you're getting on my last nerve!

Lo0oL @ Mizz...#1 is SPOT ON! Hibo, So my question is, how did we end up loosing a tradition this great? Where are the real brothers who did things candidly and openly made their intentions known? Good question. It makes sense to pine for the good old days, I guess, especially since today's Modern Faarax is a cunning, ruthless and unscrupulous rake who will do his damn best to get into your panties before he even knows your name! :mad: Enchantment, The cynicism! Don't you know it's Haraam? :eek: Its official – “The husband hunting season†has landed. What do you expect? Summer's coming!! Feel the love, Enchanty.

that is the most racist email I have come across on this site and am disgusted! Dear Moth, you haven't seen nothing yet. You should trawl through the archives. NG, What, PHIL is male now? When did she change sex? :eek: Bilan, i would not advice any somali to marry another race,marriage is more than love and two people,it's about two families,culture and language. On the contrary, marriages fail because of family and cultural interference. A marriage is between two people and no one else. And don't you know? Love conquers all! *Wince*

Viking, I think what I will do is edit together a little information on each of ur questions/points by way of introduction to the terms, their definitions and brief histories. That would probably be more useful. In the meantime, I posted a short piece on the history of the debt crisis last year in Baashi's Informative articles thread. Again, thumbs up on the topic. :cool:

Interesting article. BTW Afro, men gossip too. Think back to what u and ur friends discussed last and tell me you weren't b!ching.

Very sad news. I'm getting a terrible sense of déjà vu for some reason. Quantum Leap, Absolutely.

^ That's an interesting question. It seems as though a lot of campaigners are working for debt cancellation from that premise, especially for the worst-affected and poorest countries. In this context, Somaliland/Somalia's case would be somewhere at the bottom of the list, I think.

Regarding Debt, did you all know last Monday (16th May) was World Debt Day? The following excerpt is from a new report published by Jubilee Debt Campaign, ActionAid UK and Christian Aid, to mark the day. Where did the debt come from? From the 1960s and 1970s, developing countries were encouraged to take on large loans, which since then have escalated into enormous and unmanageable debts. Contributing factors have included the huge hike in interest rates caused by the oil crisis in the 1970s, and the collapse of many commodity prices. This has meant that many countries now owe more than their original loans, even after years of repayments. For instance, Nigeria originally borrowed about $17 billion; it has already repaid $18 billion, but still owes $34 billion. Just $2.1 billion in loans from bilateral creditors since 1971 has snowballed into over $22 billion in debts .1 Creditors – both rich governments and the international financial institutions – have not sufficiently taken on board their share of responsibility for this crisis. Negligent and inappropriate lending, usurious terms of lending, and unjust trading conditions have all played a role in creating the debt crisis or undermining poor countries' ability to repay debts. In many cases, loans were knowingly given to corrupt, undemocratic and oppressive regimes, often in return for political support in the cold war. Over $500 bn, around one fifth of all developing country2 debt, can be attributed to loans to dictators, which can also be termed ‘odious debt’.3 These include such horrific regimes as those of Mobuto Sese Seko in Zaire4, General Pinochet in Chile, 'Papa Doc' Duvalier in Haiti and apartheid-era South Africa. Rather than accepting responsibility for their part in propping up corrupt and oppressive regimes in these ways, and taking steps to repatriate stolen assets now invested in their countries, creditors continue to demand repayment from subsequent democratic governments. The countries’ populations, who suffered at the hands of oppressive regimes, now suffer again because of the debt. Read further:In the Balance

Viking, Amazingly, you have listed every single module I took in Uni. I have an insane urge to post all my old essays by way of answer. But I shall resist. Fantastic topic. Am actually looking forward to reading people's responses to the questions.

Is anti-zionism anti-semitism? As I understand it, one term refers to hostility towards (the existence of?) the State of Israel and therefore has political connotations, while the other refers to prejudice against Jews as an ethnic and religious group (racism). Therefore one is confined to Israel while the other applies to all jews across the board. Also, as NGONGE alluded, not all Jews are Zionists. Similarly, not all Zionists are Jews. Make sense? Am I wrong? :confused:

^ Incredibly painful. Sometimes I forget what life must be like for those left behind, especially the children. Hussein is a survivor and a smart kid, Mansha'Allah. Ilaahay nolosha ha u fududeeyo. Thank you for the article Xeeryaqaan and welcome to SOL.

My God, they killed her for someone else's crime? The injustice of it... Allah ha u naxariisto. Dalkaan ayaa ku soo beegmay xili oo Madax waynaha yemen cali cadala saalax uu sheegay in ay la dagaalami doonaan sida uu sheegay oo ay layndoonaan cid kasta oo soomaali ah lagu soo dhaceeyo arimo burcad nimo ah ama tuuganimo :eek: :eek: :eek: May Allah protect us all from injustice (and bloodthirsty Arabs).

Don't be silly Lexus, SOL may be a Somali forum, but all are welcome here whatever their nationality. I was a member of an Algerian Forum, which I came across while doing some research on the Algerian civil war, for a couple of years. Although I never posted much (because a good number of the posts were written in either Arabic or french), it was pretty interesting to read the views of young, educated algerians who like most of us grew up in the diaspora. I noticed loads of similarities between us and them. Point is, you learn a lot about other groups of ppl if you visit their forums and engage with them.

Amiin @ Gediid. Hope ur holiday is going well. Happy May 18th to all the Somalilanders. :cool:

[E] ^ Nothing. Carry on...

Wadh wadh. :rolleyes:

I have the following 15 songs (my current favourites) on my ipod shuffle. Other side of the world - KT Tunstall Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics Champagne Supernova - Oasis Days go by - Dirty Vegas In my place - Coldplay Bedshaped - Keane Dice - Finley Quaye/William Orbit Scar Tissue- Red Hot Chili Peppers My Favourite Game - The Cardigans Looking as you are - Embrace Last train home - Lost Prophets Cannonball - Damian Rice Run - Snow Patrol Somewhere a clock is ticking - Snow Patrol Sometimes you can't make it on your own - U2

Originally posted by *Afronaut* : Just for correction purposes, 50cent does not have a gang. He is an accomplished rapper who sold platinum albums in a very short period of time. He has a UNIT, named G-Unit.(Again not a GANG) who rap and dance on music videos, concerts and house parties. They look THUGISH and do thugly stuff, but they are not a GANG. ROTFLMAO!

I really do not mean to generalise because not all of reer waqooyi Somalis utter such blasphemies. Thank God for small mercies.

OG, I like to think that the people who do such things are a small group of muckworms, and not the entire online population. Also, should you be posting the site address? Your advertising it for them.