The poor girl should run. If he isn't scared to slap her in public with all her family around her --- imagine what he would do in private. RUN, GIRL, RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Is it worth it, buying an unlocked iphone or should I just get an ipod touch? Are the apps the same for ipod touch and iphones? My brother is getting tired of me stealing his iphone

Wow. That's awesome news. Congrats babe. Wishing you both all the best.

Some really great Somali recipe sites for those who want more food ideas or want to learn how to cook --- they're excellent. My Somali Food Somali Recipes (with videos) Tammy's Somali Home (simple instructions & great pics) Abdiaziz Youtube Cooking Videos

Hi Guys. Need help with this --- I tried to search for other similar topics but I found nothing. [ Some of them you would have to say a whole sentence to get the point across -- I'm wondering if they have one/two word explanations.] Kidney Liver Spleen Muscle Lungs Arteries/Veins Blood clot Laceration/tear Food Poisioning Heart attack Cancer Edema Depression Blood Pressure Uterus Ovary Gallbladder Pancreas Bladder Obstruction Arthritis Failure (ex. kidney failure/heart failure) Thanks. I'll think of more if you can help me with these.

Love your blog Amina. I could stare at it all day. Emphasis on stare .

The alternative isn't pretty...trust me!

(May 10) -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday. Arab News, a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh, reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that "if a person gives SR 1,200 [$320] to his wife and she spends 900 riyals [$240] to purchase an abaya [the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear] from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment." Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine's statement, and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge, the newspaper reported. Arab News reported that Al-Razine made his remark as he was attempting to explain why incidents of domestic violence had increased in Saudi Arabia. He said that women and men shared responsibility, but added that "nobody puts even a fraction of blame" on women, the newspaper said. Al-Razine "also pointed out that women's indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country," it added. Domestic violence, which used to be a taboo subject in the conservative kingdom, has become a hot topic in recent years. Groups like the National Family Safety Program have campaigned to educate the public about the problem and help prevent domestic abuse. Saudi women's rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider told CNN that Saudi women routinely face such attitudes. "This is how men in Saudi Arabia see women," she said in a telephone interview from the Saudi city of Dahran. "It's not something they read in a book or learned from a friend. They've been raised to see women this way, that they're less than a person." Al-Huwaider added that "I'm not surprised to see a judge or a religious man saying that - they've been raised in the same culture - a culture that tells them it's ok to raise your hand to a woman that this works." Another Saudi judge, in the city of Onaiza, was the source of a separate recent controversy: he twice denied a request from the mother of an 8-year-old girl that the girl be granted a divorce from her 47-year-old husband. Last month, after human-groups condemned the union, the girl was granted the divorce. Source Slap on the face? Didn't the prophet say that even slaves should not be hit on the face? I will never be surprised by anything that comes from either Saudi Arabia or India.

My seven year old nephew was crying uncontrollably last night. I politely informed him that if he didn't stop that I would give him something to cry about. That's what I feel about men and tears. It is never okay. Straight from the womb.

Try this ten minute workout every morning. I arrogantly thought it was stup!dly easy but it leaves you huffing and puffing at the end.

Originally posted by underdog: Read in a book huh? Whats the name of the book and its ISBN? NG hit the nail on the head. Is this dead woman a mistress or a 2nd wife? Oops. You caught me. I must be an ***** to think that I could get away with something like that with Underdog here. The story is really about me. I'm having a moral dilemma about raising these children. For the other skimmers...the mistress is in the book...I tried to relate the issue to folks here and thus the 2nd wife.

I went to the gym for two months and gained 10 pounds! I only noticed because my mother and aunt both told me I was getting fatter the longer I went to the gym. Why can't Somalis sugarcoat stuff and not be so bloody honest? ARGH!

I was reading a book a while back about a man who cheats on his wife with her best friend. She only finds this out 6 months after his death. When she confronts her best friend...her best friend admits the affair but also reveals that she's dying of cancer. She begs her to raise her 2 year old daughter. The woman is conflicted about raising the daughter of her late husband and his mistress but at the end agrees to honor her best friend's dying wish. Anyway, I guess this question would be for the women. Let's say your hypothetical husband has been secretly married to his second wife for a while. She dies. He comes to you and tells you about the situation and you decide to stay with him. Would you raise his child(ren) with that woman if he asked or insist that they be raised by her family (or anyone else for that matter)? Men, if your first wife refuses to raise your children by your late second wife, would you divorce her or have them raised by someone else? **No trolling please**

This is why it baffles me that people rush into marriage for any other reason than that person is right for them. It's important to be very choosy so that you greatly decrease the risk of these types of stuff happening.

Women make the first move all the time. It's just subtle as Lily said. As long as the guys is not a complete 1diot, then he knows if you're interested or not. He acts on the signals you give him (most of the time).

^Tsk, tsk, tsk. You couldn't tell from the commercials that the acting was forced and the special effects sucked soooo bad? I can't wait to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Looks like it would be a great movie.

That's a true example of perserverance. Good on him.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. The brilliant light shining from the halo on your pure head temporarily blinded me from seeing your Moral Police badge. Like Blessed said...

Maybe you should be in the line and shot for being friends with someone who would associate with 'deenless & daqanless' girls.

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^Oops. I wasn't egged...my house was. But I knew the clean-up awaiting me and I sort of lost it I'm far from being a domestic anything.

Got egged once. Chased him with a broom without thinking. I think he shat his pants. Lovely memories.

Maybe they felt they had to silence her before she said anything incriminating. Allah knows.

Today I took care of a woman dying from cancer and her strength just amazed me.

SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch. BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change! JOHN MC CAIN: My friends that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me. GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here. DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun? COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road. BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken? AL GORE: I invented the chicken. JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now and will remain against it. AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens. DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken doesn’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how ****** he’s acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems. OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens. ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed access to the other side of the road. NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American. MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information. BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart-warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.