^^ You watched that Documentary on Aljazeera English where many maids from Sri Lanka and South East Asia migrated to Lebanon as foreign workers? right. I remember the abuses of how dishes were thrown at her by the mother, where she wasnt paid for a long time etc. This is the video. Itd be entertainment if Peacenow came back too, i find him to be an funny Soler and i have nothing against Arabs.

This incident shouldnt lead anyone to generalize against the Arab people of which you are a part of. Its not good to self hate

Somalis are also Black Arabs, if you knew, Somalia is part of the Arab league. Plus Somalis like the Sudanese consider themselfes Arabs. They acknowledge their black racial grouping but regard themselfes racially distinct from other negroes; this distinction and their interaction leads them to view themselfes as a branch of the large Arab people. Both racialy and culturaly

very high suicides among foreign maids

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/22/pan-arab-narrative-myth-lebanon Anger towards Lebanon is brewing in Sudan and in Sudanese online forums. According to reports in the Arab media, a fundraising party held by Sudanese immigrants and asylum seekers in Beirut in aid of a child with cancer, was raided by Lebanese security apparently on the hunt for illegal residents. Eyewitnesses report that although most of those attending produced valid residency cards, this did not spare them from being handcuffed, beaten and racially abused. According to Sudanese and Lebanese newspaper reports (in Arabic), the detainees were referred to as animals who "learned how to wear nice clothes" and "black pieces of coal", and lined up flat on their bellies. Some members of the police, seemingly ignorant of the fact that there are any Arabic-speaking black Arabs, asked some of the Sudanese how they spoke Arabic so fluently. The Sudanese responded that they were Arabs from Sudan. In disbelief, the officers thought that they were being mocked, and another round of beating started. The Lebanese authorities have launched an investigation, but deny that there was any racial motivation to the raid. On the skin-colour and race spectrum, Sudan is possibly the most African of the Arab League nations. Lebanon on the other hand, or at least the image the country portrays in the media, is fair and Occidental, both in culture and race (Lebanese applicants at my university regularly ticked the "Caucasian" box on application forms). This incident highlights the unspoken, unsettling chasm between the two nations in terms of popular perceptions of different races in the Arab world. While mistreatment of migrant workers attracts coverage, the subtleties of intra-Arab discrimination rarely do. Lebanon is no stranger to such controversy. Following a plane crash in the country earlier this year, it was reported that "even though there were nine nationalities aboard the Boeing 737 jet, which burst into flames and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off in a violent thunderstorm on Monday morning, the Lebanese, naturally enough, only concerned themselves with one". The families of Ethiopian migrant workers were segregated into separate rooms and DNA testing and identification of dead bodies was prioritised for Lebanese citizens. Unfortunately, this, in addition to the well-publicised plight of foreign maids in the Lebanon and such insensitivity as manifested in the "Nubian monkey" affair, makes it hard to dismiss this episode as a one-off incident. Ironically, in an unusual and unique phenomenon of Arab migration to Africa, the Lebanese remain the biggest non-African migrant minority in west Africa. This community goes back as far as the 19th century, spawning a racial sub-category of African-Lebanese mulattoes and amassing riches in Sierra Leone where it has dominated the diamond industry. In a typically colonialist fashion, this embracing of Africans does not seem to apply back home. However, there is a public pan-Arab narrative to which all states adhere. Meetings of the Arab League are usually sessions praising and paying homage to the host country's leader and each other. The meme is that Arabs are all brothers in race, language, history, and anybody who dares suggests otherwise is a turncoat agitator in the pay of the west. Hence, both the Sudanese and Lebanese governments are doing their best to downplay the affair. The Lebanese ambassador in Khartoum even went so far as to praise being black by saying that "priests wear black as a sign of respect and that the Kaaba in Mecca is covered in black silk". As if the slurs were some sort of compliment. The Sudanese ambassador in Lebanon condemned a call to boycott Lebanese products as "sabotage". This is not surprising as Sudan itself does not have a glowing record of treating its non-Arab citizens particularly well. In addition, most Sudanese residents in Lebanon fled from such conditions in Sudan, which does not predispose the Sudanese diplomatic mission to a very sympathetic stance. Sadly, it is a region where few are innocent. Northern Sudan, which dominates the rest of the country politically and culturally, has since independence downplayed its African heritage and amplified its Arab and Muslim character, subscribing to the popular perception that Arabs are superior to Africans. Needless to say, according to statements on behalf of the Lebanese and Sudanese governments, this incident "will not affect the fraternal relations between the two nations".

Originally posted by NGONGE: Shock horror. The shot was heading left of the goolkeepers right dive. That wouldve probably been a goal. :eek:

Who was watching the coverage on ITV yesterday? The commentator said something along the lines of "I am surprised that Ghana are playing a mix of the traditional African football with BUT with organization of the Europeans. Its truth, a lot of the African teams seem to have good players but at the same time have bad tactics and strategies. Thats why theyve been all over the place in regards to winning and losing. Some of the pundits actually were saying that they would prefer an African team to go through but not at the expense of their own nation. Although im not one that should judge how you personally identify yourself, but for that we do have a category. Your Black African British. You would be Muslim foremost but as a citizen your nationality would be British.

after all the African leave, I am supporting the most entertaining or the best team Its called appreciation How would it be if it was the other way round and Pundits openly supported White European teams because of their skin colour when playing against teams. That would be prejudice. And you cant use the underdog excuse considering that East African dominate Athletics. No one should feel duty bound to cheer England, the Irish, Scots and Welsh nationals openly despise England and cheer on whomever is playing against them so why do we feel the need to cheer for them. Those that i have seen that have this antogonistic approach to England are those that reside within their countries. Scotland, Wales are still seperate countries.

Originally posted by Che -Guevara: War Oodweyne maad joogtid-one day your daughter might warm up to Oromo and bring him home Well judging him he would probably disown here.

Originally posted by Oodweyne: Che , In your dreams, dear lad . For, I would rather eat ten inches of strong cardboard, in every morning as my breakfast, than the idea of snuggling up, comfortably, in most night, with some "Oromo" gal. Particularly, as a would-be mother of my children with a wide-breeding-hips of her own to boot, indeed... lool Your the last person i wouldve thought would come out a a prejudice. Let me ask you does eating this ten inches of strong cardboard every morning extend to all non - Somali Woman?

whether we even will allow Somalis from Somalia to become a citizens in our land; much less about Oromos and Amharas of this world, indeed... [big Grin] Well forget about using terms such as citizens and refugees, the Somalis settling who come from the South are recognized internationally as IDPs. [internally displaced persons]

Haatu, how is NFD? Loool, it seems to me (considering how the discussion went) that you were picking a fight here. Kikuyus immigrating to the NFD, loooooool.

Unlike somalis in ethiopia The deases is out of control in Hargeys at alarming rate. Dufaan, your contradicting yourself here, your allegation to me sound like they stem from xenophobia towards the Ethiopians

but "the Somalilanders don't want us; the best way we could do this is by inter-marrying but how can we do this if they won't even interact with us?" I dont get this, there are other ways of integrating than intermarriage. I mean if their allowed to stay then their should be no problems.

It was going all good until it was ruined in the last line Imperative, Episode, impartial, keen, emerge and the journalistic style of writing is all too advanced for him its probably one of those amatuer short articles you occasionally find hanging around in Somali blogs he copied and pasted here.

Reading about how the lifes of these people changed and improved and how they saw their errors of the past, you cant help but reflect and review on how your living your life as Muslim. Your thinking since youve already had a Muslim upbringing, you should already understand this but not admire and follow the same life they use to live.

Originally posted by Oodweyne: ^^ E tu, Rhazes? Heh, my friend ... Its early 20th century literature with a bit of Victorian era in it aswell. Inspiration to write like that? maybe from Churchill.

How do they regulate this? Also has such a rule been imposed in an Islamic state in the past? allthough i do know that cutting your beard is wrong in Islam, but i always held that it was one of those thing that should be more employed as an individual responsibilliy not the authorities. Not suprised anyways since their playing some sort of a racing game for radicalism with Alshabaab.

Originally posted by Xaji_Xunjuf: These people don’t even look Somali they could have been Umar al bashirs janjaweed forces lol @ Janjaweed forces You cant even see their faces to make such a judgement, misse madowgooro maa ku jeeda, cunsuri yahow!?

Masha'allah Mansha'Allah MarshAllah

Puntland officials working hard as usual masha'allah, hope something productive comes out of this meeting. Love the Somali traditional buffet. “I am telling you that Puntland enjoys peace and tranquility both in the rural and urban like you have seen now, the peace is a common interest for everyone in Puntland,. We only need the developed countries to support us on what we can’t achieve. We pray to God for the stability of the rest of the country that is suffering from conflict. We call on you to offer your help and we will always welcome you,” said Islan Isse Islan Mohammed. .

Masha'allah for these Productive events.

Look, Sub saharan Africans are "Sub saharan Africans!!!" and always will be. I mean its as simply as that.

True Qat does make you lazy if you chew excessively , but it also makes you very alert and wide-awake, contrary to popular believe the notion thats circulated that men cant do work because of it is untrue, yes its harmful and has harmfull side effects to your social life, but that doesnt make it worthy of banning while more harmful things are kept legal. How is it anyworse than the booze the Europeans daily indulge in? Wouldnt it be hypocritical to ban Qat and not the excessive alchohol which is abused far worse. If its not Qat its coffee shop and makhayaado-politics, the US somali community is a good example and a bad role model, this problem should be solved by the Somali community considering that its stigmatized by families in general; where i live in the Uk its rarely used anyways while legal. But on the positive note to banning Khat the somali community would have less bariers into intregrating into the UK if this wretched thing was banned, there are no coffee shops here and taxi driving isnt at all that popular profession .