at 'and shankaroon keeps singing.' Who is shankaroon? I only knew one Shankaroon and she was my friend's sister. Halkaroon ugu wici jiray, ar maxee necbeyd.

Where is Che? Xarfaantaan ma yaqaanaana.

Marba wax lee la xiiseynaa, Soomaalidaa. Xiligii magacyada Carbeed la xiiseen jiray la gaaray, awal ayaa kuwii Ingiriiska meelba loo heyn jirinee. Nuunka, ki salaamay widaay. See eta. Arlaadi seetee?

Am I the only jaamac who is a bit extra fond of this store and its brand? War, waa iga dhamaatay. Sometimes I see myself wearing from top to down in all H&M wear. Waaba isla yaabaa. Saas waligey dukaan ma uguma noqon. I have to admit, though, every cent that I had spent on their stores were worth what I bought. An H&M store in central Toronto.

Eebba caafimaad dhan haku siiyo, Kuusha. Hopefully you are feeling good, already. Say hello to the little Princess A. (Magaceeda ayaaba ka helaa, waa magac cajaa'ib ah. Makaa deensan karaana, qoftoo inaa u baxsado aan rabaaa. Copyright fee commission waala bixinaa, too. )

Originally posted by Al Zeylaci: Excellent point! I agree with everything you have said. They have only commited " war crimes" in Somalia. Amnisom was only doing the minor crime of, " assisting Ethiopia to achieve its objective of occupying Somalia and denying the Somali people.......... ". Btw, those aren't my words, you know. They are the words of a certain sheikh with a white kufi - who wrote a letter in protest to the UN, complaining about the conduct of amnisom. Let us find some other minor crimes, shall we? MMMMM, say the bombardment and shelling of civilians on purpose? The least I could find was them mowing down 40 Somalis on a minibus. And if I search, I could find plenty more crimes. Say for instance, the way they harrass muqdisho fisherman and shoot guns at them to scare them or how one of their soldiers took advantage of a young somali girl and impregenated her . Or perhaps how our neighbourly Afrikaan bratharis insult our religion and women by claiming IN THEIR national newspapers that a coaliation of SOmali women in Uganda asked the government to send troops to their couuntry, praying and complaining " “Since the UPDF left [the Democratic Republic of] Congo, we have been praying that they invade our country next. Just when we thought Allah and the African Union had answered our prayers, the selfish Ugandan MPs throw a spanner in the works . And how they are supposedly gagging to ride wid dem Ugandans soldiers: " “ Our Congolese sisters have confided in us that the Ugandan soldiers are good marksmen, both on and off the battlefield. These are precisely the kind of men we need ,” the Somali women said( so these dogs claim)". And apparently here is what one of your African brothers thinks about the Somali mission: "A man claiming to be a UPDF soldier told The Analyst that he was itching to go to Somalia “and you can bet my eagerness has nothing to do with the ruthless Somali warlords”. He said that from what he had seen in the pictures, Somali women appear to be even more beautiful than the Congolese". I suppose he did not listen to his president who said warned against " illicit love affairs with somali women But what is the significance of these crimes and insults, when they are deemed to be minor because, " wax saas ah u galabsan shacabka Soomaaliyeed", by some soMALIS themselves? These are all "excuses" concocted from the imaginations of Arab-inspired mullahs who are fighting against our broud, somali, Afrikaan- daqan, eh? That is about all I could find with a few minutes of googling. Ma saanaa daacad ka aah, and in addition want me to refute waxaan? Waxaa fiicnaan lahayd inaa si fiican, aad iyo aad waliba u fasiix ah inaa u fahantid waxaa qoray intaa casharkaas leyliga dheer aad iska soo qoreysay. Ma meel aan dambigee galeen ku diidaayo ayaa jirto, waa ciidankaan Midowga Afrika ka socdo. I just wrote it is misleading (and it is very true) to compare them to our historical archnemesis, the Xabashis and their atrocities and inhumane cruelty that they committed and still commit against Soomaalis. My other point was, even haddee baxaan, to those who are opposed to them, they don't have a political action plan. It is just an excuse of many that will follow. If they leave tomorrow, they will just name another long list of tired excuses that will never end. (What will be their next excuse? No dumar in the parliament and in cabinet. It is possible they will say that.) Wuxuu Caydiid rabay ayee rabaan to start -- which inay ciidamada ka baxaan dalka. UNOSOM left and what happened? Every one knows what the tragic result was. Some of us Soomaalis have short-term memory, particularly with so-called leaders and their no plan Bs in most political cases. We just repeat what we have witnesses throughout our history -- recent and distant past. Teeda kale, Soomaali iyadaa maalin walba isxasuuqeyso oo aanan kala hareynin, oo dambiyada bini'aadenka ka baxsan isku geysto. I guess we should also demand those who commit those brutalities to leave our country.

Iyada haddee rarantahay oo "mileage" saaranyahay, adigana xaa kugu raran oo ku saaran? Bus iyo boor?

Waa dhab. Siiba waxaa la yaabaa kuwa la simo ciidamadaan fara ku tiriska ah oo wax saas ah u galabsan shacabka Soomaaliyeed to Xabashadii la ogaa tee dhigeen. It is not only wrong and misleading reasons to compare the two, ciidamadaan cadowtinimo soo jirto nagama dhaxeynin, mana naga dhaxeyso; dhul Soomaaliyeed ma heystaan; dagaal waligoodna mana dhex marin; and finally, xasuuqii Xabashada galabsadeena ma galabsan, kuna jirto waxee Soomaali Galbeed ka dhigaan ilaa iyo maanta. Meelahooda iyo xarumahooda iskaga jiraan ciidamadaan Midowga Afrika ka socdo. Ciidamadaan danta yaa nagu kaliftay inay na dhex joogaan, oo anagaa heshiin weynay 20 ku dhow, ee yaa waxba marmarsiyo tan ugu weyn laga dhigan. Haddee xataa beri baxaana marmarsiyo kale imaaneyso. Waa sheeko ciyaaleed, ee ma'aha macquul siyaasadeed ku dhisan. Waa taas gurmadkii adduunweynaha soo gurmadeen ee 32 dal -- Muslim iyo gaalba ah ka koobnaa -- ka socday dalka imaadeen horraantii sagaashameyada. Mid kamid ah qabqabliyaashii kuwa ugu awooda weynaa waagaas ha naga baxaan yiri, lana dagaalamay. Dantiisa buu watay. Markee baxeena maxaa dhacay? What was the result? Kuwaan waa saas camal. Dantooda ayee wataan. Wax isbadalay maleh, shaati diimeed bas la wataa oo lagu gambanoyaa. Dad ayee dagaal lee ka heysaa. Walaahi waa yaab. Fursad hala isa siiyo ma jirto, oo waxa hala arko meeshee ku dhamaanayaan ama qofka wuxuu lasoo shirtago oo siyaasadeed. Ama i dil ama waa ku dilaa waaye. Wax kale maleh.

Unugaa yaab aragnay. Xaa la iga rabaana oo galabsaday.

My name happens to be a chance. We had an honourable old man who was a bit fond of Cabdi names. After naming our two eldest brothers Axmed and Maxamed, he went right straight to business of naming the remaining 11 brothers of us Cabdis. Two have since acquired to be known more of their nicknames than their original Cabdi names. I just happened to be another Cabdi..., though of all those Cabdi names named my brothers, mine is closest to my character.

at the title.

This sister quoted it best: “ Nin naagtaada raba, gabartaada ma yeelo ” My mother summed up the current impasse in Mogadishu by quoting this proverb.

CEEB-of-the-century 1: Who knew you had to wear googaraad with your diirac sheed..i thought it was thick and opaque and no one would see your undies and legs--apparently not..sunlight+googar ad-la'an = really pissed of nomadfolk... I for one have no qualms dirac without goorgorad; in fact, I welcome it. To those who objected, waa iska reer miyi. Don't mind them. From now on dirac kaligiis ku soco, nothing else hoos ku jiraan, dadka kalena yee ku wareerin.

Rob a multinational bank. I guarantee you will either be in jail or a bit of $$ in your hands.

Originally posted by Nin-Yaaban: MMA, nin wakhti haya ayaan ahay. Wax weliba waan fiirsadaa. JB, kani waa mid cusub oo jimcihii shalay aheed soo baxay. Dadka inta jooga, ayaan asxaan u qabanayaa ee filin kastoo aan eegto ayaan soo sheegayaa inuu fiicnaa iyo inkale. Filimaantee kale fiirsatay marka, xaajiga. Maan, the last time shaneemo aaday maxaa ka socday taloow? Hmm...Untraceable, it was. Some thriller.

This thread, hopefully, will clarify for you. And yours wasn't the only thread that gone kaput -- others as well went down, since some data was corrupted. Hopefully, it will be recovered, ee be patient.

Hambalyo iyo boggaadin to walaalkeen Dabdamiye. [Wuu dhamaaday xiligii dabka la shidi jiray now nooh. ] Eebbana ha idin siiyo kuwa dalkooda, diintooda iyo dadkoodaba wax u taraan, anfacana -- aamiin, amaiin.

Originally posted by Al Zeylaci: I am telling you the truth, so that you awaken from your false mirage, which is like a man who finds water in the desert but laughs at the predicament of his brother who is thirsty and needs some water. Moreover, you are like a man in the desert who think the fact that he is found a little water makes him superior. What he has not realised is that finding a little water to drink doesn't take him out of his primitive status. In fact, the other peoples of the world, who have built cities, town, empires and have provided for all of their citizens laugh at the case of the desert man whod devotes his existence to mocking his fellow thirsty brother. good night. Waaw. This truly deserves a true sacab.

Ma filimaantaas camal ayaa fiirsataa? Waligeyba si u necbaa filimaanta qeybahooda yihiin fantasy films iyo sci-fi. Iimaba baxaan.

Waa qeyr hadduu SOL si nabad ah kusoo noqday.

Waa qeyr hadduu SOL si nabad ah kusoo noqday.

Labadaan gobol -- waa Waqooyi Bari iyo Waqooyi Galbeed -- taageeriyaashooda ugu xagjirsan ee siyaasadeed mala isla qabaa. Waa midba midka kale jabka gobolka kale ku farxaayo, intana la sugi karin in uu lasoo bandhigo. Laba dal oo cadow qarniyo soo jiri jiray dad ka dhaxeeyo ayeeba ka dhigeen. Acuudi bilaahi.

I was there today. It wasn't bad, inkastoo -- expected perhaps since it was a Soomaali kulan after all -- late bilowday the meeting. Took some pictures on my cell phone, will share later.

Xiddigo halkankeeda dheeraa runtii waa in loo abaalmariyaa. Buur dheer wey u kortay iyo god gaabanba wey u gishay soo celintiisa. He is finally free. Two long exile years in the e-wilderness.