LOL.. nice story @ BOB. Do share when you dream about your days as Ghengis Khan.

The only thing getting in my way of visiting the place is those rickety plans. Urgh!

I'm good honey. All is and seem to be going great, Alhamdulilah. How are things with you?

LOool.

^ I didn't make it up..LOL. And no they still have my PP, if I don't get it by Thursday, I'm going down to teach them the spelling of the Queens name, bloody dhoores!

^Salaams, you! Ibty, I guess a dhoore is the male version of dhoongo.

Okay, perhaps the approach is a bit dodgy but in all honesty why is being asked qolodaad tahay such a big deal? It's like being asked which country you come from? Trust me, I get asked both all the time and they seem to be conversation starters in my neck of the woods. Though, I sometimes wonder what islaamuhu think about in the silence that follows my response to their 'eedo qolomaad tahay’. To me, there's nothing at all special about being from a certain city, or qabiil or nationality, so the details of these categories are just superficial data that you (unfortunately) share with many dhoores and dhoongos, and a few cool folks, off course, who all happen to be your immediate relatives. Why turn it into some special classified information that only immediate family members are meant to know? Silly mukur, if you ask me. On the other hand, you get those who wear their qabiils on their sleeves and seem to be waiting for an opportunity to tell the world which silly Somali clan they belong to. You even have ‘I’m reer hebel’ groups on PT and Face Book where they’ll be like ‘I’m reer hebel too, woohoo’ … and your point is… ??

^Salaams sugar.. Maskiinah London, wey u dhamaatey. Allah yarxamha . A fellow expat left the words these words on the BBC news site.. ..' will the last person to leave London, please turn off the lights'. It's so on the point. Urrm. is the the end of the RISE festival? LoL. p.s Ibty, there's a huge UNOP office not far from me, let me know if you want me to get the 'waasta' ball rolling

Woohooo!

^LOL! Haha, waysaysoo ....It's only a game, abti. :mad: Dirty tactics Barca..maxay isla tuur tuurayaan. Tut, tut!

Bal waayahee, soo aruuri.

^Spoke about it, yes but I'm not having that some one of the caliber of those you've mentioned would make such a ludicrous (and down right xaraam) suggestions.

^LOL. Mayee waan ugu duceen lahaa. Yeah, he's here hating.... LOL.

^I don't believe that for a second. Who are these ulimahs? I hope they're not Iranis.

Uniteds leading the game so far...where's my tusbax.. LOL *holds breath*

I'm under the impression that it is allowed to see her hijaabless but modestly dressed with mahrems present as explained by (Shaikh Bin Baz) in the first fatwa posted by MMA. LOOL@ JB... That's edeb darro, huuno.

^Things are a million times worse in Somali. I once had a little boy say F*U in Somali. OMG, waan suuxi gaadhey. I never used that phrase on anyone since.

^I was taking the kaadi out of the FnB there, babes. I've edited so it makes sense. Hido covers all things tradional.

^LOL. Tell me about it, you get all these fish and chips girls who like to rock dirac but waxaba kama taqaan(to) dhaganka and they be like 'is hido some tradiona dance'?

Great stuff, it’s about time. Integration is great in theory but not always practical or helpful for all involved. Children with moderate special needs and disabilities can handle a mainstream school but those with more profound disabilities will get nothing out of being in a classroom and having them there will cause chaos and distraction of teachers and other students. It also requires a lot of funding which Somaliland just doesn’t have. I'm more into the SEN units within a mainstream school, cheaper and you shoot two birds with one. p.s I envy you JB, I've always wanted to work in Education Dev. in Somaliland. Maybe, one day you hook the sistah up, ay?

Beautiful. I'm just amazed at how quickly they returned to their land and rebuilt it. Bless 'em.

Kafan?

Here are a few photos of me local.... Don't hate nomads, these beaches are the only thing that keep me sane in this mad place.. :cool:

^I love the first verse and how the following verses explain it.. .. No surah speaks to me like ArRahman. It does only lift me up it also keeps me focused.

^Salaams honey... Here's the , Ibty. My dad used to tell us that getting educated meant certain types of Faraaxs wouldn't try it on. The kind with fixed notions of women and wotnot. Good riddence, I say.