Ticklish??? See camal, qof budkiisa gacmaha ku dhuf dhufanaayo iga dhigte, waiting the tinniest slip. Mayaa, see camaleeto. Che, Boston celebration kama jirto miyaa, mise 4th of July lala sugaa?

Flags for U.N. Members Being Raised Flags of sixteen new members of the United Nations are raised during ceremony. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold (right, center) and General Assembly President Frederick Boland (left) flank Bakary Traore of Upper Volta as his country's flag is last to be hoisted. Other colors raised were those of Togo, Somalia, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Malagasy, Ivory Coast, Gabon Dahomey, Cyprus, The Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo), Congo Republic (former French Colony), Chad, Central Africa, and Cameroon. [siteember, 1960]

Aamiin to all your ducooyink, Nuunoow. -------------- Soomaaliya: It is not too late to save -------------- July 1st: The Forefathers Kept Their Eyes on the Prize T oday, July 1, is Somalia Independence Day. It was at the stroke of midnight on July 1, 1960, when the Somali people established their state and hoisted their beautiful flag. Somali Republic was the name given to this nascent nation. Every state worthy of its name should possess three fundamental nationhood features namely sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. After that, legitimate states strive to achieve internal peace and pursue good governance, economic and social progress. These universal national objectives are work-in-progress for almost every country. On July 1, 1960, the founding fathers of the Somali state secured the three prerequisite characteristics of statehood and recognition poured in from every corner of the world. Somali became a member of the United Nations and the new country took, literally and figuratively, its rightful place among community of nations. That is what our fathers achieved. Their hope was that the next generation would tackle the important work of nation building. Instead of rolling our sleeves and joining the global march for progress, we drifted to undo the hard-won independence of the founding fathers. Fast forward to July 1, 2008 and it is obvious Somalia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence is not intact. For one thing, one-third of Somalia otherwise known as Somaliland declared its independence from the rest of Somalia. The de facto secession of Somaliland puts a huge question mark on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia. More importantly though, there are thousands upon thousands of Ethiopian troops and spies in every corner of Somalia. The mere presence of these forces, whether they were invited by the TFG or they invaded the country, flies in the face of the cardinal principles statehood. Nations are sovereign because they have territorial integrity, in other words, the forces of other countries could NOT be in a sovereign country; consequently, states have political independence, that is, they are free to pursue their national-interests and manage their affairs as they see fit. In Somalia, foreigners such as the UN agencies or foreign embassies in Nairobi, Ethiopia and Eritrea are sadly more influential, when it comes to the political future of Somalia, then those who consider themselves as principal actors in the current Somalia drama. The simple reason the sovereignty, national independence and territorial integrity of Somalia are compromised is that we, SOMALIS, squander the achievements that our founding fathers. These national heroes attained their epic success with less education and resources then are available to us; they also faced formidable odds. Thanks to SYL and the Somali people who backed them, July 1, 1960, was day full of hope. The Somali people were literally one big happy family. To illustrate the maturity and forbearance of our people, let us revisit what had transpired the four fateful days between June 26, and July 1, 1960. On June 26, 1960, the Northern region of Somalia otherwise known as “British” Somaliland got its independence from Britain. Four days later, on July 1, 1960, the rest of Somalia known as “Italian” Somaliland attained their self-determination. That very July 1day, the two Somali regions - North and South - as they were known, reunited to form the Somali Republic. Due to perhaps the euphoria of the independence, innocent mistake on the part of the founding fathers or sheer insensitivity of some politicians, the key political posts and the most important symbol of power of the new Republic were awarded to the South. By this we mean, the President and the Prime Minister of the Republic were elected / selected from the South and Mogadishu, which is in the South, become the capital of the nation. This apparent imbalance was not lost to some politicians from the North but they could not dare postpone the birth of the nation, the act of union and July 1 festivals. The people of the North who enjoyed four days of independence and smelled the sweet scent of freedom wanted the creation of united, free Somali Republic. They expected their representatives not to indulge into politicking. The echoing mood of the masses - both in North and in the South as well as their instruction to the politicians was: keep your eyes on the prize – the creation of a united, independent, sovereign Somalia. Today July 1, 2008, neither June 26 nor July 1 is commemorated in Somaliland. In fact, May 18 the day northern Somalia declared its independence from the rest of Somalia has changed these important dates in the history of Somalia. This sad reality, as well as the fact that there is fierce fighting, political assassinations and absence of progress are the reality of most Somalia is as a direct result of our uncompromising and dilapidated politics. We are in this political and military quagmire because we, SOMALIS, bickered among ourselves. We perpetuated injustices among ourselves. We maltreated each other. We abused the trust of our people. Because of these self-inflicted mortal wounds, our body politic crumbled, our borders were infiltrated and everyone who had axe to grind with us or whosoever coveted after our resources saw a rare opportunity to exact revenge on us or to exploit our resources. The consequence is our current mournful July 1 Day. The reigniting the glory of Somalia is possible. We only need to employ the same political outlook our founding fathers. They compromised. They kept their eyes on the prize. We can celebrate the next July 1st Day in jubilation - that is if we reconcile, if we compromise and if we realize that we are one family – in the truest sense of the term. There are not many countries on this planet whose citizens share the same religion, the same language and the same culture and a beautiful country as we do. Let us keep our eyes on the prize. The recent Djibouti peace agreement seems to be the best chance we have. Let us give peace a chance. The key to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence as well as progress is unity. A divided house cannot stand. Xigasho

Tuujka, baac, where were you today? Nin sintiisa kuusan meesha ka fiirinaaye, maba arkin wax sin kuusan. Intaa arkaaye waa walax calool iyo uus wada kuusan. Nuune, kuwoo Norway ka imaaday, "Simba" la magac baxay ciyaaraaye fiidkii. Probably your team might have faced them in Yurub. War Sujuu qaabdaran. Magac Soomaaliyeed mee waayeen markee "simba" la baxayaan? Libaax maxaa ka dhawaaq fiican. Sujuu seenbari Sujuu. They won, though, beating Atlanta Horseed, two to one.

What begins? Olympic Games? The usual squabbles ka wadaa, I see. Mansa Munsa, soo dhawoow wacan marka hore. I hope you will share with us pictorial report as well.

Thank you, duqa. Keep the good efforts up. And, yes, Soomaaliya iyo Soomaaliba ha noolaadaan. Here is Soomaaliweyn's map: Hopefully, one day all those lands isku imaan doono, with one indivisible unity.

Maxaa ku qosleysiin? The dress is not that bad ka ahayn koofiyada, ookiyaalka, sigaarka, jaakadaas jiiniska caddaatay, well beside those waa iska caadi. Maxaa harayba dhaha.

Reerkooda samir iyo iimaan, marxuumadana Eebba ha u wada naxariisto -- aamiin. Soomaali masiibooyinka wey ka dhamaan ladahay, but hopefully waaka bixi doonaa one day.

Originally posted by PlayMaker: quote: love this one she is claacaling big time for letting some guy have her beauties: Luqunteyda dheeriyo - my long neck Laafiyaha garaaraha - my hands Dhabanada labeenta leh - my creamy cheeks Midabkeyga luulka ah my pearly color Nimaan laasaneynoo - a man who want wait luflufku u macanyaanyahay - that enjoys ..... Anigaa u loogoo -Lingaaxa uga gooyee - i gave him all of that! All these beauty descriptions are coming from hibo mohamed lol.. and she says luqunutayda dheer..what luqun? lolo..Ilaah baa samaystay, i am not gonna comment.. What are you suggesting? Hibo Nuura waa foolxuntahay? Yaah, yaah. Ar dhaaf qofta.

Let me introduce myself, I am a girl and I am an only child, and a Somali lol. My parents (Allah bless them) and I have a very close relationship, not only are they my parents but also close friends. Anyhow, not to bore you, whenever people ask my mother/father, after seeing me and then the manshallahs, comes the question: How many kids? Marka loo jawaabo, haltaan gabar, you would think someone died. "Hal ka liiah"? Marka hore soo dhawoow. And being an only child to your parents is a bit rare in Soomaali family settings. As a son from a 22-siblings family, I don't know how it feels being an only child. Aabahaana waa raggeedi not listening the garbage those people spew, suggesting in uu guursado naag kale. Castro ayaana kasii daran on here. Segis iyo segsi labadaba beel.

Whatever happened ideas and heated counterpoints [some pointless] that were known in this section? What is this personalization -- threads about members of SOL -- of this section lately? Kamoon hee, aqiyaarta. Meesha abaar siyaasadeed maa ka dhacday, oo wax laga hadlo maala waaye? Same old recycled news bites waa laga daalay, aha? Weary laga noqday miyaa? Waa wareey iga dheh.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: MMA, ummmm, een, indhaheyga miyaa, mise qofka gadaal taagan on this pic waan aqaan? No matter how torn our beloved country has been for the past 18 years, we can never ever forget our history, our independence, our halgameyaal, and etc...Although, our brothers and sisters are suffering back home, we can not let a day like Kowda Luulyo just pass by quietly!!! Insha'allah one day Soomaali oo dhan way toosi, wayna isku tiirsan, keena taagdarana weynaan taageeri...Insha'allah... Marxuum Cigaal maa ka hadleysaa? Edna Aaden Ismaaciil looks quite elegant in the image, though. Really, "qofkaas" ma taqaanaa? Yaa waayena, for he looks very familiar nooh. Ar aamiin to your duco. Hopefully qaxarkaan iyo rafaadkaan iyo ibtiladaan iyo masiibadaan dhamaantood one day waa laga baxaa. We have hope and we will never give up this hope, Eebba hanoo garabgalee. Happy Kowda Luulyo once again, Soomaaliyeey. Never despair what is currently happening in our country to discourage you not to celebrate. Every and each nation on this earth had its challenges, some even more greater than what we had ever faced. Some faced extinction of their nationhood, their people, their overall heritage; some still are facing this greater challenge.

Leave the legend alone. He is one-man show, and all Soomaalis of all walks of life jecel heesihiisa. And what he opined as nin jecel dalkiisa is true, wah. Every daljecel would have said exactly the same thing. Xabashi ayaa gumeysato dhulka Soomaaliyeed badankiis today, directly or not. Why uu Hargeysa ugu darin, though? I don't know. He might meant Xabashi military presence instead of indirect proxy they do in Hargeysa. And unlike C/qaadir Jubba -- who likes to say "I don't sing at the weddings because I have some principles" islaweyni daraadeed -- yet does attend parties where the division of Soomaali people are openly encouraged and where separation is a celebration. Not so our cultural living icon, Xasan Aaden Samatar, even xataa thousands of dollars loo balanqaado.

Yaa loo kala dhiibay xilalka hee?

ancient Somali culture or it came to us through Islam Dumaal is dhaqan Soomaaliyeed, and I don't think it has to do with any other culture. Likewise uma maleeyi Soomaalida dhanka Islaamka inay ka keeneen. Probably waa pre-Islamic tradition. Ereyga dumaal ayaaba ka garanee. We in this so-called modern world may never understand, laakiinse no questioin about it that it worked during its time and might still work. I don't think anything wrong with it, as long as labada isdumaaleyso isogolyihiin. I hadn't hear hebel or heblaayo ayaa la dumaalay in ages, though. The reason it declined has to do with three other reasons, I guess: Dhaqankii geeljirnimo ayaa aad u yaraanooyo, oo magaalooyinkii ayee dadka dagayaan; kuwii Galbeedka ku koray ama arkay, meeshaana 'ilbax' mooday ayaa si qalad ah ugu fahmay; kuwa kale ee wadaadada cusub ah qarnigaan soo shaacbaxay, iyagana who have their own reasons, probably thinking since it might not be Carab culture, might then be un-Islamic, waa iyaga Carab ka dambeeyee.

Geelka, yee ku waalin, saas ka wadaa, aniga, iyada iyo adigaba saas u wada fanahay, ee wax kale booto kuu galin warkeeda ha u bixin. Heestaa raadinoysid Gilgilo ayaa la dhahaa, tan Xasan Aaden Samatar ka hadlooyaa. Ar shaley he was a special guest on Beenbeensii [err, BBC Soomaali] and a whole hour dedicated to him, oo wada interview iyo su'aalo weydiis iyo sheeko nololeedkiisa ka sheekeynayeen. Soomaali dhana meel walba kasoo wacaayeen, su'aalo weydii. Ninka waa daljecel weyn, dalkiisa aad u jecel.

Soomaaliya will rise once again, Eebba ha idmee, and images like these will not be unusual. Dey heybo markee madaxdaada leeyihiin maxee dalkeena iyo dadkeenana heybo la leeyihiin. Dey laba walaalo isku soo noqday, seena ugu faraxsanyihiin isaragooda koowaad. Of course waa Marxuum Max'ed Xaaji Ibraahim Cigaal iyo Marxuum C/llaahi Ciise Max'uud, Eebba ha u dambi dhaafee.

Soomaaliyeey toosoo Toosoo isku tiirsadda ee Hadba kiina taagdaranee Taageera waligiinee Idinkaa isku tooqaayoo Idinkaa isku taamahayee Aadamuhu tacliin barayoo Wadankiisa taam yeelyoo Arligiina taako ahoo Sharcigaa isku kiin tolayoo Luuqaddaa tuwaaxid ahoo Kuma kala tegeysaanee Tiro ariyo dhaxalaa Sidiin laydin soo tubiyoo Ninba toban la meel marayoo Cadowgiina idiin taliyee Tuldo geela oo dhacanbaad Toogasho u bareeraan Oo ma dhilkaa dhan ee tageybaan Nina dhagax u tuuraynee Qarankan hubkuu tumayoo Toorayad dhaafaynee Oon taar samaysan karayn Uurkutaalo weynaayee Hadba waxaan la taahaayoo Toggaga ugu gayshaayoo Nin dalkiisii cadow taaboo U tol waayey baan ahayee Hadba waxan la ooyaayoo Ilmadu iiga qubataayoo Iqtiyaar nin loo diidoo La addoonsadaan ahayee Soomaaliyeey toosoo Toosoo isku tiirsada ee Hadba kiina taag daranee Taageera weligiinee

The seventh time Kowda Luulyo u dabaaldagooyo on inta. I know, I know xaalka dalkeena ku suganyahay, but that would never keep us at least acknowledging this historical day of ours. Never, regardless how some dimwits and stooges ka dhigeen dalkeena. We would not give up, as our forefathers did not indeed. They survived in 60 years of colonialization. Indeed, we can from this new Xabashi occupation. First fact they want us is to forget our history, starting from the struggles our forefathers did. Happy Kowda Luulyo. ----------- A very emotional and subdued Soomaali legends singing the full version of Soomaaliyeey Toosoo. It is very touching, ee marka fiirso.

Ani maalintii fud la isoo siiye waa shiiraaye, ababaliina. Tii i qabatay first lahayd iga qabta, iga qabta kasoo hartay urka daraadeyda lee nooh. Yaa igu qaldoysaana, ciyaalkii Carfoon oo udgoonta lagu dhalay? Bar iskeerso.

Was talking to hooyadey early this morning in Baydhabo. Xudur ayee qabsadeen i tiri Shabaabka today, same time markee galeen Beledweyne, but ka baxeen a few hours later after hubkii ka qaateen degmada. Though from the tone of her voice, uma bogsaneen kuwaas. I really don't blame my sweet hooyo since dadkeena dalkeena ku sugan are especially more war-weary, really, oo waxee nabad ka rabin, ka jecleen today ma jiraan. Eebba ha u gargaaro dadkeena, walaahi. Saan haddii lagu socdo hal hal u siibaneynaa, magaca Soomaaliyeedna meeshaba maku hari doono haddee dadkiiba harin.

Baabuurta qarnigaan cusub biyo ku shaqeeyo. La soco xiliga ee waayaha cusub, see waaye.

Money, heesaha Banaadiriga see u iloowi kartaa, macalinka. The songs may seem, to faradheers and maryooleeys, not to be that explicit on the first look of reading or listening to some of them, but, darn, some are -- hmm. Markee ku heesayaan: Shaq shaq Wareejiyoow Hurguf Ma inee masafo galey buunshadeeda laga daadinaayo ka hadlaayaan maa mooday? Tan kalena ah: Beydaankaa Soo hoobiyee Halahoo isii Midig ka dhaw Bidix ka dhaw Sii, sii malaboow Sanjab, sanjab Midigta iyo bidixda la dhawaayo, of course, intee kale waaye hee? Wah, no need to sharxo. What about that one where Castro in sarcastic way was seeking its translation. It went: Ani lee baraakadaa Ani lee baraakadaa Bukeen karaayee Ani lee bukeen karaayee Baraakada la bukeenaayo ma tan guryaha la saaro maa mooday?

Che, Reer Koronto xaa laga sheegay maqashay? Ebidkaa ma timid? Meeshaan balaayo waaye, haddee ku waalin, adigaa iska waalan doontid. Majnuun, mashalaaye, manaxe, macaacle, maxaa'igagalay, manoole, marmarle, mashiixe, makace iyo kuwa ka daran waa wada joogaan. Malika ayaa aragtay this city ee weydii waxee kala kulantay.

Awdalnews Network makes exceptional decision in publishing this opinion article in Somali language. This, however, should not be taken as a departure from our standing policy of not publishing opinion articles in Somali---Editor. Maxaa jiro afkeena Soomaaliyeed af laga yaxyaxo muu noqday? Ar maxee dadkeena qaarkood dad kale ismoodeen. Policy kulahaa, faarabuuto dheh.