Waxaan 'come in' maa iska dhaaftid. Meesha runtii meel ciyaaleed ka dhigeysaa. Meeshaan waa meel fagaare ah, qof walba u furan oo arki karo, if you want to write to a particular member, go use the private message. Shuud.

Toban iyo shanta Maajo maalin la iloowi karo ma'aha. Dankis, Che.

Walee kaare Kiinyaati lagu sirmay oo awood la mooday. Dadka qaska iyo fidnada wado waala ogyahay, maamul beeneed isku magacaabay. Waxa kale yaab ah isla kuwaan Soomaalida sheeganaayo wey ogolyihiin inay Xabashi kaabo ka ahaato Soomaali Galbeed (juuq kama maqleysid kuwaan), isla kuwaan waa ogolyihiin inay Kiinyaatiga ku amartaagleyaan NFD. Jaaq kama maqleysid. Laakiin madaxweyne Soomaaliyeed warkiisa in la maqlo lama rabo. Hadduu madaxweyne Xabashi ama mid Kiinyaati ah Xamar fadhin lahaa afkooda ayee qabsan lahaayeen and obey obediently. Bring Barbaarta back. The only group fidnada iyo xaqdarada ka joojiye Jubbooyinka.

Oooooh, maaan. Caadi u qoslay runtii, especially at the end. Soomaalida saas ayee wax iskula habeen karaan isma lahayn. Dankis, Che.

Dowladda Turkiga ayaa waxa ay dib u hirgalineysaa Waaxda saadaasha Hawada ee Garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Muqdisho taasi oo maanta la dhagax dhigay. Ra’iisul wasaare ku xigeenka dowladda Turkiga Bakir Bosdag oo maanta mar kale soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxa uu dhagax dhigay waaxda saadaasha Hawada ee Garoonka Aadan Cade ee magaalada Muqdisho, isaga oo sheegay in tani ay qeyb ka tahay mashaariicda ay ka wadaan magaalada oo ay ku doonayaan in ay ku dhisaan dalka. Sidoo kale Ra’iisul wasaaraha Xukuumadda C/wali Max’ed Cali oo ka mid ahaa Mas’uuliyiintii soo dhaweysay Bakir Bosdag ayaa waxa uu sheegay in uu uga mahad celinayo Turkiga mashaariicda ay ka wado Muqdisho, isaga oo ugu baaqay dowladaha kale inay ku deydaan Turkiga oo ay wax u qabtaan Soomaaliya. Turkiga ayaa mashaariic kala duwan ka wada magaalada Muqdisho taasi oo ay ka mid tahay dib u dhiska magaalada , waana dowladii u horaysay ee xil iska saarta wax u qabashada shacabka Soomaaliyeed inkastoo dad badan ay aamin san yihiin in dano gaar ah ay ka leedahay Turkiga wax qabadkaani. Xigasho [17-07-2012]

I remember reading an interesting piece of this very topic on New York Times a few years ago. Let me google. Ah, here it is. Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace With pirates running rampant offshore and Islamist militants boxing lawmakers into a corner of this bullet-ridden capital, the beleaguered Somali government does not control its land or its seas. But Somali politicians are confident they can wrest at least one frontier from the grip of outside forces: the skies. For almost 15 years, the United Nations has controlled Somalia’s airspace from a little office in Nairobi , Kenya, where an international staff of air traffic controllers sit quietly in front of computers to make sure the scores of commercial jets that crisscross Somalia each day — usually on their way to somewhere else — do not crash into one another. Taking charge of this is far more than a matter of pride. Tens of millions of dollars in airline flyover fees have been handed over to the United Nations since the caretaker arrangement began, but Somali officials complain that very little of that has gone to Somalia itself . So much of the money is spent paying the generous salaries of United Nations employees , they contend, that little is left over to train Somali aviation officials or repair the country’s decrepit airports. At Mogadishu International Airport, rats have chewed through the wires of X-ray machines, and chunks of concrete routinely break loose from the ceiling and crash down, frustrating Somali officials to no end. “ Definitely, we will reclaim that authority,” said Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Somalia’s prime minister. “It’s very simple. The airspace belongs to the Somali people. We are a sovereign country. This isn’t just about the money .” United Nations officials say they agree, in principle, with allowing Somalia to play a bigger role in managing its own airspace, but they are worried about handing over the keys to a complex and potentially dangerous operation to a government that is constantly teetering on life support. Even in the little zone of Mogadishu that it loosely controls, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia struggles to demonstrate that it can pay its own salaries and pick up the trash, let alone juggle several dozen jetliners hurtling through the air at 600 miles per hour. “It’s fundamentally a question of safety and security,” said Denis Chagnon, spokesman for the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations agency that took over Somalia’s airspace in 1996. Mr. Chagnon said that although the agency had stepped up in disaster zones before by, for example, temporarily managing the skies above Kosovo and Haiti, “nothing really compares to Somalia.” “If you are going to hand over the control to installations in Somalia, you have to ensure that those facilities are up to par, that the personnel involved are well trained,” he said. Talks have been going on between the two sides for months, but some Western diplomats are suspicious of the Somali government’s interest in the airspace fees. Transparency International recently ranked Somalia the most corrupt country in the world, and one Western diplomat contended that there was “a feeding frenzy now” because it is unclear how much longer the transitional government’s mandate will be valid. Given the uncertainty over what will happen after that, some Somali officials are “going after any little pocket of money they can find,” said the diplomat, who was not authorized to speak publicly. But the Somali officials counter that it is the United Nations that has been stealing from them. “ The U.N. has been using our money for luxury cars and villas,” said Capt. Mohamoud Sheikh Ali, who until recently was the general manager of civil aviation in Somalia. “They are looting our property .” And therein lies another problem. Captain Mohamoud, a former Somali Air Force pilot who once crash-landed a Russian-made MIG on a Somali beach after he ran out of fuel, was abruptly dismissed in one of the frequent, wholesale change-outs of ministers and top civil servants in the endlessly bickering Somali government. “We’ve been trying to find a transition,” said Álvaro Rodríguez, a United Nations official who works on Somalia. “But with the T.F.G. and all the staff changes, it kind of comes and goes,” Mr. Rodríguez said, referring to the Transitional Federal Government. In many ways, the fight over Somalia’s airspace is similar to the battle over its pirate-infested seas. The shipping lanes off Somalia’s coasts are vital to global trade, especially for oil tankers passing from the Middle East to Europe and the United States, prompting Western powers to send warships to patrol Somalia’s waters. Because of Somalia’s strategic position at the crossroads of Africa and Arabia, about 90 flights enter its airspace every day. That traffic includes some of the world’s biggest airlines, like Air France and Emirates. And thanks to a little-known fact in the world of air travel, air navigation charges, every time a jetliner soars above this war-ravaged country — Air France from Paris to Réunion, Emirates from Dubai to Johannesburg, or El Al from Tel Aviv to Thailand, for instance — the authorities managing Somalia’s airspace get $275. The Somali government used to collect those fees, now estimated at $4 million a year, but the government collapsed in 1991, suddenly leaving the airspace wide open. The United Nations civil aviation authority stepped in to help, part of a huge peacekeeping mission. But when the peacekeepers failed to pacify Somalia, the flight information center was moved to Nairobi and the airspace fees were used to pay for the United Nations-run operation. As Captain Mohamoud pointed out, no Somalis appear to have been consulted. Then again, nobody knew that Somalia would languish so long without a functioning government. So what was supposed to be a temporary caretaker arrangement for Somalia’s airspace is now pushing 15 years. One of the main goals was to develop “an essential nucleus” for a Somali civil aviation department. But while Somalis have been hired to work in Nairobi, they complain of being treated like second-class citizens and say that few, if any, of them have been promoted to management positions — even though that was supposed to be a priority of the United Nations program. Many of the Somali employees make less than $1,000 per month, though Somali employees say some of the top international staff members make 10 times that much. United Nations officials declined to provide salary figures. The Somali government has promised not to change the operation and to keep the Nairobi flight control center open. It merely wants the ownership of the airspace transferred back to Somalia; that way, Somali officials say, they will better manage the money generated by the flyover fees and make more improvements to Somalia’s airports. “The right of Somalia to take over the responsibility” of its airspace “is undeniable in the light of international law,” read a letter from the previous prime minister, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, dated last May. Gesturing to the crumbling terminal building at Mogadishu International, where passengers wait for crews in grubby overalls to wheel up a decidedly shaky set of steps, Captain Mohamoud said: “You know, these people are collecting our money, using our money, and look at us. We just want to be like any other country and have a real airport.” New York Times [Abriil 14, 2011] _____________________ We need to thank Turkiga, without them this wouldn't have been possible. Turkish officials recently flew to Ankara and trained Soomaali workers who will overtake these technical jobs. Qaramada Midoobay never intended to train Soomaali workers, their original policy. The skies of Soomaaliya mashruuc u noqotay, malaayin doolar ka dhargeen, in the name of Soomaalis not having the capacity and technical know-how to guard the skies and airlines. That is until Turkiga arrived. Mahadsanid Turkiga.

Let's hear how accentless is your 'accent' now. Here you go.

DoctorKenney;949276 wrote: 1. By time 2. Indeed, mankind is in loss 3. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds, and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience. (Surah 103 "Al-Asr") Thus dhaqtarka has spoken. Waaba intaas. Gaal iswareeriye rabo inay ifka gacmahooda ku qabtaan or wada ogaadaan. Gaalaa...

I knew some xildhibaano were seeking impeachments/vote of confidence against not only Shirdoon, but against madaxweynaha iyo shirguddoonka baarlamaanka. That was weeks ago. So this dude Faroole waa dambeeyaa, I guess. Not to mention his followers. Eniwey, those who are seeking this useless vote of confidence waa kooxo kala kadisan, all united by their respective qabyaalad reasons. Some xildhibaano are against guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka because tolkiisa meesha lagu qadiye. Same reason they are against madaxweynaha for not nominating fairly the ambassadors, saraakiisha ciidamada, et cetera. Ditto to wasiirka koowaad. Then there are other xildhibaano from Reer Sool and Sanaag who are against madaxweynaha's meeting with Siilaanyo. Kuwa kale iyagana soo haray wanting to have a vote of confidence against ra'iisul wasaaraha. These xildhibaano waa kuwa kasoo jeedo Jubbada Hoose, because ra'iisul wasaaraha's lukewarm to maamulkaas beenaadkaas loo dhisooyo Jubbooyinka. And finally waxaa soo haray kooxda qashqashaadoonka. Qas meesha u joogo iyo inay ka faa'ideystaan. Waa kuwii dowladihii hore ku jiray. I hope Jawaari doesn't allow any of this nonsense.

Safferz;949304 wrote: This is slightly off topic but can someone explain to me why, as a people, we like curtains so much? Curtains as doors, wall-to-wall curtains, curtains on walls that have no windows, etc lol. And why does this bother me? Otherwise, cute photos Daahyada darbiyada waxaa loogu wareejiyo because wasaqda darbiga ku dhagsan qarisaa, waana iska kinda fashion. Irida waxaa loogu xiraa for private reasons. Why don't they just close the door? Because qolka leer fiican masoo galeyso otherwise. Dadka Soomaaliya joogo ayaana saan sameeyo. It started in late '70s to early '80s, the wall-to-wall daah, that is. It is same reason they paint all the walls green/blue, too, which is kinda absurd to me. There were some evictions in Islii, Nayroobi, after some renters painted their flats those monstrous colours without getting permits from the owners. They didn't know it would be extremely hard to repaint it again in mild white/cream, the standard colours. Waa runtaa, I extremely dislike this myself, including the primary colour-painting of the walls as well.

Kub iyo sin laba ayee kala yihiin, as far as I know. Then there is qoob.

Why go such length to knowingly distort an issue of a great importance and propagate a white lie? Baashi, caadi iska dhig. I didn't distort nothing, Keyd Media did. Granted, I should have validated the source. Laakiin it doesn't diminish an iota the truth: The true native residents of these coastal cities and towns -- the Greater Banaadir region of Baraawe, Marko and Xamar, plus Kismaayo. Those in the clip were the native citizens of these cities and towns. Waala xasuuqay, waala barakiciye, hantidooda la boobay, ilaa haddana la boobayaa, including dhulkooda. Taas iskama indhatiraaye, if others knowingly do, iyagee jirtaa beentee isku sheegaan. Not me. And that is what is important, to me at least.

I can't believe dad ayaaba dhaqankii Galbeedka ku taraaraxay, believing 'therapy, counselling' and the likes of AA. Quraan saar ayaa kun jeer dhaamo waxaas. Wax walba waa 'willing' -- a willingness from qofka rabo in uu noloshiisa badalo, no psychiatrist or counsellor or any therapist would change one, if one doesn't want to change. Wax walba waa mental. Same with qofka Quraanka la saaro, same way with qofka loo guuriyo. Everything comes from mentality, not from some egg-head men as though thinking inay adduunka soo dhameyeen. This person is not Linsay Lohan and her likes. What is next? An intervention and a treatment centre? We have our own ways, our own cultural intervention, which is much better than this fancy modern one. And it worked, still working.

Nuunka, sawirka wax qaldan kama arki. Waraabe is meeting his madaxweyne. Beentee isku sheegi jireen asaga iyo kuwa kaleba iska joojiyeen.

You see, there is no faradheer in this clip, no lamagoodle. No Reer Waandaadshe. True, native Reer Kismaayo ka muuqdo oo malaaygooda xalaasha ah dabanaayo. The only faradheer cajalka ka muuqdo waa kan dowladda Kacaanka soo dirtay oo barabagaandha meesha ku haayo. Dadkii shalay Kismaayo marti ku ahaa ayaa maanta ugu quuq badan. Eesh caleeg.

malistar2012;948475 wrote: Fiqi seedigiisa si fiican u salaamoyaa. Laakiin seedi lagu qasaaray waaye. Gabar aad u fiican ayuu qabaa la yiri, xaafadii Afrikaan Filan (African Village) ee Xamar ka degnaan jireen, built by the Kacaan government for the government civil servants, the same government uunan maqli karin today. A government who paid his rent, what a true waraabe he is today.

Waaku celinaa: Baby pictures. For the sake of Eebbe, you are not the only person in the world with a new baby. Don't overkill the poor cunugta/ga yar with tons of pictures. Flashes from the camera might even be more unhealthy as well. What is worse, especially, is pictures of their parents kissing the poor unsuspecting baby in the mouth, that is very unhealthy for the baby, all those bacteria present in each person's mouth.

"Maalin kasta waan naxaa oo shirkaddii waxyba keentay lambaro laga naxo oo u eeg lambaradii koonfurta soomaliya, imminka mobile kayga illaa xalay maan furin welina wuu xidhan yahay, dee Ma Naxdin joogto ah baan korodhsadaa waxa sidan ii dhaanta anigoo mobile koodaba iska tuura" Sadiq oo kamida dhalnyarada Burco Paranoid xaal qaado. Nin jiran waaye qofkaas haddii meesha waxa ku qoran uu dhahay.

Qamriga aad iyo aad u necbahay, dadka cabana waaka fogaadaa. La ima tuso runtii bahashaas. Marka ma'ogi qof cabi jiray oo ka haray. Soomaalida waa lagu qasaaraa markee bahashaas u dhawaadaan. Waxaa soo xasuusatay anigoo London joogo toban sano kahor. Aniga iyo abtigey ayaa ahayn, bas ayaa sugeynay, waana habeen, goobtana waa near Tottenham stadium (White Hart Lane). Mid Soomaali aad u cabsan ayaa meesha soo maray. Dadkii kale shisheeyaha ahaa baska nala sugaaye caay ku bilaabay, asagoo Afsoomaali waa weyn ku caaytamaayo. Markuu na arkay su'aalo nagu bilaabay. Shib ayaa ka irnay. Jini miirkiisa waa qabaayee anaga nama caayin, kuwii kale caayda ku waday, asagoo na fiirinaayo. Wuxuu ula jeedaa ima fahmaayaan. Qosol isku celineynay. Bahashana saa'idu ugu ureysay. Qof cabaayo hadduu jiro oo aad taqaanid ama aad adigaba tahay, koley Quraan isa saar kula talin lahaa. Waliba Afrika aad, xoogahoo fog oo dheeraad ah maqnoo. Qofkaas hasoo caragadisto. Bahasha cabiteeda waxaa keento badanaa fikirka badan, wehel la'aanta iyo isku buuqida.

SomaliPhilosopher;947142 wrote: From what I am deducing, af maay maay is the most purest form of ancient somali that we have today. i may have to end my study of maxaa tiri and pick up maay maay Amaa ku wareertaa hee. Afmaayga in uu ka fac iyo isir weynyahay Afmaxaatiriga waxaa ku garaneysaa qabiilada Soomaalida magacyadooda, especially kuwa Afmaxaatiriga ku hadlo qabiiladooda. For example, qabiilka madaxweynaha Xasan Sh. Maxamuud la wadaago qoloda Xasan Daahir Aweys erey/magac Afmaay uu wataa oo Afmaxaatiriga ka dhumay. Dadka Afmaxaatiriga ku hadlana ereygaas waxee u yaqaanaan 'aroor' ama 'waaberi.' Another example, qabiilka qoloda Faroole iyo Khaliif Galeyr ay kor ka wadaagaan iyagana erey Afmaay wataan, oo Afmaxaatiriga lagu yiraahdo 'nin.' Just two examples.

Waraa maalin wacan. I have to go back to shaqo.

For your information, Xaafuun, the tuulo, kama wadi. Xaafuun represents the whole Bari. Dah. Adigoo Reer Xaafuun (err Reer Bari aan kuu jilciyee), Kismaayo qof kale ha u sheegin. Safka gadaal kasoo gal ku iri. Politically mine kulahaa. Yaa kuu dhalay. Eniwey, aragaana waxee 'politically mine' dhasho without kaaraha Kiinyaatiga.

Coofle;946764 wrote: So If records say Ahmed gurey was somali it doesn't necessarily mean he was an ethnic Somali, Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al ghazi is not a Somali name...Let us not Spoil the topic to Alpha...Meel kale inoo gee sheekadan, May be a thread on ahmed guray. What is a Soomaali name marka? Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan? If foreigners write Soomaalis with their version of our names, it doesn't mean the person wasn't Soomaali. Some foreigners until now write Sayid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan's name as Sayyīd Muhammad `Abd Allāh al-Hasan. So in a few centuries, someone like you will believe he wasn't Soomaali because his name was spelled Sayyid Muhammad Abd Allah al-Hassan. What in a Soomaali name was that asagoo leh waliba. Be careful just following how foreigners spell the Soomaali names. It may mislead you completely. For all we know, Axmed Gurey's full name could have been Axmed Ibraahin Gaas or Axmed Ibraahin Qaasi.

Adigoo Xaafuun ka imaaday ayaa dad kale Reer Koonfureed, waliba deep in the interiors ah, ku leedahay Kismaayo waa kaaga xigaa? Kismaayo Soomaaliweyn lagu wada deganyahay, loona wada leeyahay Eebbe ka sakooow, martina dadka Baajuunta loogu yahay. Haddaa waa kaaga xigaa bilowdid, adigaa safka u dambeysid taas u ogoow.

nuune;946816 wrote: ^^ Actually Tallaabo , to support the name " Lamme " which is an ancient name for maalinta isniinta, I had figured out and found few games that contemporary children at early age used to play, the games are: Gariir = it is common for gabdhaha to play ciyaarta Gariirka, and it is done with small rocks, girls against each otherr performing this adventure game. How is "Lamme " or " isniinta " related to Gariir, here it is: When Gariir is being played, and you want to count your numbers, numbers in this game are counted in shan-shan, you start by saying this: Lamme, lamme-kaale, Litte, Litte-abuure, Aw-loojin , this is like saying, one two three four and five. So Lamme or isniinta as being the first day of the week in the Somali Calendar, we can say that traditions has evolved and oral literature has being passed generations to generations. So we can say that, the game "Gariir" has supported this word "lamme", please don't confuse with Lammo which is number two,vowels in Somali language are dangerous and extra careful is needed. There was another game, but its seems the word Lamme has being misused, the game is called, "Kuun-kuun", again, it is an adventure game played by girls, when the counting begins, one says "kuun-kuun lammina , lammina-tabaaraka, sarta-una-baraka-siyeedoow-walax, hakayaa, wa.celaa baxayaa" . As you can see, the word "Lamme" referring to as being one has being maintained even though little bit of vowel misuse happened. The originality of the Somali language is something that needs to be appreciated. I am now gathering information about Somali Numbers, and the Somali Calendar Year even though ancient people used Somali Seasons to refer to years. Nuunka, gacan ayaa ii taagan. Lame laba ayaa loola jeedaa, waana lama as Afmaayga iyo Banaadiriga lagu dhaho. Marka 'lame' gariirka lagu dhahaayo dhagaxyada laba laba ayaa loo xisaabinaayaa, shan shan ma'aha. Same with 'kuun kuun laminaa.' Kuun kuun waa koowdii, lamina waa labadii. Toddobaadkana maadaama 'axad' ka bilowdo, isniin marka waxee noqoneysaa 'lame' ama 'lama' -- maalinta labaad. Marka saa u fahantay ma'aha xaalka.