^^ its call 'Cali-Saambuus'

I'm in Education- my little bit is giving your children the tools to survive and be leaders in their chosing field. I've to get my PHD thou.

Laqaf laqaf ma laqanyooto? never heard of it- bal noo sheeg!

She better be done with the cooking by the time i get off from work or else- i will get a well train horse from Somalia:)

Palace? that would be Bakhaar (right)?

-I would have ban women from flying airplanes- -I would a deodorant and special made fragrances for Hindi's. (my God, why do they smell like suugo at six in the morning) -I would have added Natural healing and natural medicine as major brand of medicine. (due to hooyo giving me a garlic milk when I have a flu) yuk. i would have a 2 month vocation for all- by law you have to give your employees two months of vocation as part of their incentive. and Finally I would added a copy-right laws to the Somali music industry- (i am sick of hearing one song in thousand voices)

"Dhanka kale C/raxmaan Faroole oo shalay ka khudbadeeyey magaalada Qardho ayaa ka sheegay halkaasi in ay heshiis wada galeen madaxdhaqameedka" Glad to know that some of our elders have some decency. Nabad iyo heshiisku waa mid loo wada baahan'yahay:)

^^ "Ninba Midhihiisu meelbay ka baxaan" ba la yidhi- i was was just trying to be helpful dee. hadii SOL waxa laga soo saariwayey, maybe wajibuug baa geeduhu little greener yi-hiin.

Somaliland- a recent news came out of the white house- and it was reported that President Obama is planning a trip to Hargeysa. When asked about Obama and for detials about the trip -Obama responded saying " i want to see what the fuzz is all about" he added that he just bought his macawis. Alla maxay waalan la hayeen hadaan intaa ku qoro Hadhwanaag.

waar inanta (facebook) ha loo tilmaamo. I heard thats the hottest dating service these days:)

Dumar iyo Jacaylkood waa dun iyo hadal …waa basbaas iyo qiiq Ama daad ku soo galay adoon goa iyo hay wadan Waa gumeysi iyo goohad ka xanaqa garbasaarka walalnimo Qaar waa afmiishaar isla quman, aan qaadan qurux iyo amaan Waa qalad iyo haraad isu garaaba goalkaad dhalisaba Walee adin garto, idin ma gado flowers’ hahaha p.s. kii ku heesaya aan ku warqabin

For those of you with kids- do you guys feel its okay for the school administration to post all failing students as a method to motivate them? I mean its okay to have a A-list and brag about it, but its an issue of privacy when it comes to failing children? I remember in grade school teachers would put our graded projects in color folders. When they handed back to students, the 'A' grade was in a white folder, the 'B' grade was in blue folder, the 'C' was in yellow' and everyone below those letter grade would get a red folder; so when everyone gets their grades back you pretty much know who was failing. I always that was a brilliant idea.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) -- A Marshfield principal violates a federal educational standard by posting an 'F-list' for all students to see. The School Principal says the list was intended to put some urgency into his students. But, parents feel it's public humiliation and a violation of privacy. This controversial list was posted Thursday outside of Principal Dave Schoepke's office. It lists every student in the Marshfield Middle School with a failing grade. Anyone on this list can't go to the school dance. James Krier is a concerned parent with a daughter on the list. He says, "Their name, class and the F by it. It showed the F grade. I was pretty distraught when I got there I took a picture of it." Krier's daughter is one of a hundred names on the 'F-list' posted for the entire school to see. Krier says, "She couldn't believe it that she was on that list she was upset." Principal Dave Schoepke says his intent wasn't to embarrass students. Schoepke says, "What the kids have known for a long time is that if they have their names on a failing list, they may not have the opportunity to go to a dance or a field trip or something like that. Their privilege is gone." It's the first time he's posted the 'F-list' in public. He says posting the list of kids with failing grades was his way of motivating them to get their assignments in so they can go to the school dance and it seems to have worked. Schoepke says, "I also told the kids that once they get their stuff in and get them off the list then you'll be eligible to go and I think we're about half way through our list and we probably half those kids getting assignments turned in, projects turned in so this failing grade will go away." Still, parents feel publishing failing grades is a violation of their child's privacy and not a form of motivation. Krier says, "You should notify the parents. It's not up to him. How is it going to help? It's going to run them down into the ground even further." The Superintendent says Principal Schoepke did violate student privacy rules. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act known as FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of student educational records. He says Principal Schoepke had good intentions, but it was a bad method. He says they will follow-up on this and guarantees it won't happen again. SOURCE: http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12133471 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjADru5yo8&feature=player_embedded

GG, saxib you broke it down nicely. thanks! next time i'll come to you directly for approachable methods to get my "shukaani" across:)

E.C. it boils down to deen- and it looks like its prohibited even though the child is been neglected by his father-side. People want to challenge society norms, and naming a child after his mother is one of them.

I appreciate the input guys- Canjeex thanks for the source, now i have valid argument if that question comes in discussion again:)

Waar meesha "qoxontigu" sharci buu ka doonayaa. By the way- if they knew each other for 20 years why are they just talking about -names, and their expectations from each other as a family just now? Isnt 20 years enough to teach someone about your culture and family values?

I was having a discussion with a sister view days ago and she was ranting about how is there so many women running around with the " feminist ax" to cut all things that perpetrate women as less inferior to men- yet in most cases women pick the last name of their spouse- even though she is a single mother and raises that child on her own, in most often that child will carry his fathers family name. So my question to guys is should a sister name her child after his/her mother/grandmother. Example- lets say you're Ahmed and your father is Mohamed Hassan- instead it will be Ahmed Xalimo Ali- meaning the child will carry his mothers name instead of his father.

Beautiful pictures Walal, thanks for making us part of your trip. I am jealous in a way:) I wonder where they find a "baranbaro" for lunch every day. tolow ma meel baa lagu beera?

This topic reminds me an old Somali news paper my dad used to read, and there was a cartoon by the name "Labba Wajiile" walahay we are indeed two-face rats. I used to attend a small University in Northern Ohio and there were about eight Somalis- and even though we were from different regions in Somalia... we somehow bonded like no other. we were group of guys and girls who studied together- We told each other what professors to take- and the upper class would give their old class materials to someone who is taking that course. But comes graduation and each one goes back to Columbus and gets a party with relatives and view other tribe affiliated whom ay hooyo iyo Aabo soo invite-gareyeen. Parents are pretty much behind this phenomenon.

Originally posted by Prince of Punt: ^ her reason was: many Somali men don't speak English well , she ended up marrying a German revert LOLOLOL, i mean c'mon Germans watch 'Friends' in German LOL, even my little nephew from Holland has a better grasp of English than the average German. Hahaha, i suppose she wanted something outside the farax accent. but well said Punt. Both men and women have every right to partner with whom they feel is the right choice. the world is a small place with technology and more diverse than ever- Just because a somali woman is with someone outside her ethnic group doesnt mean she couldnt find someone within her own ethnic group. Its her God giving right to be with whoever she wants to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvO5kD4yr1Y This white man has the audacity to bring the Quran to justified the action of 9/11. I would have brought the Quran and make him point out where it says its okay to kill innocent people in the Quran.

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Oz- dont know Kamavi- ma bissad baa (muklal)? I have one- What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

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