Originally posted by money: MMA ...who is throwing Qabiil names from left to right now? man! practice what you preach- thanks for the edit but edit thyself before you do others! I see Qabiil names! Easy there, duqa. Banaadiri koley qabiil ma'aha. Kuwa kale aan isticmaalay kamid ah Banaadiriga might or might not considered to be a "clan" name. If you found that to be the case, waaka xumahay. ---------- Dabshid, gartooda waaye inay ku kacaan whom they call "maryooleey" or "lamagoodle." Dadkaas si xun loo galay by those they refer to "maryooleey." Si xun baa loola dhaqmay, marka I don't blame them if they have this deep-rooted grudge against other so-called "ethnic" Soomaalis.

Horta gabadhaan run ayeeba sheegeysaa, waligey online kuma arkin ruwaayad ka dhaceyso Atlanta iyo wax anything meeting ka dhacaayo meeshaas, especially considering Soomaali xoogahoo roon degan magaaladaas. Mise Soomaali kala daadsan waaye, oo xataa shirar iyo kulamo yar yar soo qabanqaabin karin?

Oh, oh, and this: Cadawga kowaad ee Somaliland maanta jira waa... Daahir Riyaale Kaahin. Period!! He is a coward that has no idea about what going to war means. Ciidanka waxa uu moodaya in la iska diro oo hadana sidii xoolaha la iska soo kaxeeyo. He absolutely needs to go. This SOB is a failure and shame to Somaliland. Shame on your Riyaale. We solute Minister Waqaf for refusing to bring the Army back. We solute all rer Somaliland for going behind their sons in times of war. This is how rer Somaliland feel about this SOB's desasterous decision to bring the army back. And this: Duke, You can ran the field today. Because that SOB is my leader. And i have absolutely lost faith in him. He needs to go. Until then, this will remain my last post on SOL. See you when that SOB is removed from office. Good bye Aha Same man maanta la leeyahay "His Excellency Mudane."

"His Excellency Mudane...?" Aha, what changed? The path to one-man-show rule always ends in utter failure and shameful ouster. I know most people in Somaliland gave Dahir Riyaale the benefit of the doubt and even sided with him against Ahmed Mohamed Siilaanyo. But this is the result and the fruits of such support. Somehow he thinks he is Mr. know it all and Mr. Above the law. Whoever told him that must have gave the worse advice. He is a total failure. He needs to step down ASAP before the wave for better change and freedom topples him and takes him to the landfills of history. An old dog never learns new tricks. The only thing he knows is to put people behind bars because that is what he has been thaught during his service to Afwayne's dictatorship. Hmm...

Yes, Malika, Boosteeyo is a naaneys, inkastoo kuwa caadi loo dhaho arkay. I think it is originated from a Talyaani word for post, postale (?) The central bus station in Xamar la dhihi jiray boosteeyo. Reer Baradho ma maqashay waligaa as well? I remembered them because wiilkooda la dhihi jiray Bistoole Baradho. They were a family neighbour back home in Xamar.

You cannot downplay the Persian influence in the history of Banaadir [a Persian word itself]. Waxyaaba badan ka muuqato inay jireen, qaas ahaan ereyada abkooda kasoo jeedo Persian, kamid yihiin Banaadir, Muqdisho, reer la dhaho ****** oo Banaadiriga kamid ah, ****** and other "Banaadiri" people ee Reer Xamarka. ______________ MMA, baliis, no clan names allowed in this forum. You've been warned. [ July 08, 2008, 02:02 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

Yes, use warankiilo. Better if you prolongingly keep the unwanted fingers with cilaan in the warankiilo for a few minutes. Disclaimer: Absoultey in no way SOL or I is responsible the opinion above that is just advised.

Cabdiyo Cabdi [ , what a name], what does "bud" mean, sheegba? Ha i dhihin budka garuunka ah dadka lagu garaaco. Boosteeyo qof la dhaho ma maqashay waligaa? And if you do, can you guess its meaning?

A dog which refuses a bone is not alive = Eygii laf diiday manoola The child you sired hasn't sired you = Nimaa dhashay kuma dhalin A thousand assignations, one marriage = Naag kun baa koodisa, kow baana guursada To be without knowledge is to be without light = Aqoon la'aani waa iftiin la'aan A man prolonging his age sees a camel giving birth = Cimrigaaga raago geel dhalaayo aas ku tusaa [What a translation! ] An escaped lie does not reach the truth = Been fakatay run ma gaarto You don't go searching for bones in a lion's den = Aqal libaax lafo lagama waayo (?) [A mistranslated maahmaah, I think.] A deer is an elder to its family = Sagaaro inteeda waa duq (?) [Another mistranslated one, perhaps.]

Waaw, folks. Easy on the qabiil names thrown out from left and centre. I know it is innocuous and educational, but still... Baddacas, yaa ku baray that clan's name? I mean it is a long way from Waqooyi Galbeed to Luuq, Gedo, where that particular clan's people live. Yea, you have a point about some current community members of that particular clan you mentioned were originally from Waqooyi, but not the clan as a whole.

Ee kaligiis ma support gareeyo in uu dagaal halganka ah lagula jiro Xabashada ka socdo Koonfurta. Dad badan ayaa aaminsan saas. Mise asaga kama imaan Koonfurta miyaa so he has no business to encourage halganka ka socdo Koonfurta? Anyway, some of us are making him to be a diehard separatist. We need the people like him to get closer to the idea of Soomaaliweyn, instead of alienating them. That Bari invasion thread is one of the alienation I am referring to. It was a sheer reaction of accusations labelled against him.

Are you serious about those questions? Kamoon. Its not just a simple interaction (fadhi ku dirir), some people live by it and die by it and have no social interaction outside the net. I don't know how you came up with this. What did you base on this, especially after your admission of coming to this site "once in the blue moon"? Oh, you were a silent reader, but only posted once in a while, I see. How does SOL help its members? How of what? I don't know how SOL helps its members. It is just a social website, an interactive one, a virtual e-gathering of us nomads around the world. It facilitates our e-meetings more easily and sharing our thoughts, opinions with ourselves. Probably you were referring to this fact, but I don't know if that can be defined as a helping tool. Perhaps to a Soomaali who lives where there hardly is any fellow Soomaali around. If this is the case, then most of us live in large cities with too many Soomaalis. This site, once again, brings together us nomads together online and more easily to share our opinions and ideas. It is also a clean, friendly site, which is a bonus.

Wax yar aan ka dhaho: Baddacas is not a "hardcore secessionist" oo quusasho laga taaganyahay. Our brother waa qunyarsocod, and I believe in the end believes a just, caddaalad lagu dhisay Soomaaliweyn. It is not, I believe, too much to ask. Marka hasii fogeynin Xiimaayoow, by accusing him being hardcore iyo waxyaabahaas kale. There are plenty of other diehard separatist fishes you can find in this pool, in this section. Baddacas is not one of them.

It is just an extended interaction of daily life, whether this platform is online or not. Nothing more or less. People just share their opinions. So you were one of the lurkers, err silent readers, I see. Do you also have an "emotional attachment" yourself to be a frequent silent reader of this site as well?

Canadian insurgent 'Asparo' killed in Somalia A former Toronto resident who joined an Islamic insurgency in Mogadishu has been killed this week during violent clashes in wartorn Somalia. Ethiopian troops killed Canadian Abdullahi Afrah, 56, late Tuesday during fighting in central Somalia, according to local media reports and various members of Toronto's Somali community. Known widely as Asparo, he had left Toronto a decade ago to return to his birthplace in support of an Islamic group that fought to bring leadership to a country without a stable government since 1991. He became a high-ranking member of the Union of Islamic Courts that held power in Mogadishu for six months in 2006. The group's strict adherence to sharia law – such as the public executions of criminals and flogging of women who failed to don the hijab – drew comparisons to the Taliban. "It's unfortunate to see a former friend and colleague fall into the trap of the radicals, particularly for someone who lived in Canada and enjoyed the freedom and law and order," said Ahmed Yusuf, a Toronto social worker who used to play basketball with Afrah when he lived in the city in the 1990s. Others say the killing will undermine efforts to bring peace as Afrah was among the moderate voices within the Islamic movement. "It is not clear why Ethiopian troops went there at this particular time. ... This will reinforce the position of the hardliners who were arguing against any peace deal while the Ethiopians are inside Somalia," said journalist Sahal Abdulle, who returned to Toronto last year after surviving a bombing that killed Canadian journalist Ali Sharmarke. "(Afrah) was one of the few intellectuals within his organization that had weight to move this peace process forward." Afrah had initially immigrated to Canada when Somalia's government collapsed in 1991 and Toronto became home to thousands of Somali immigrants and refugees. He is best remembered here for running a halal grocery store on Dundas St. W. His friends say that, while he lived in Canada, he wasn't overly political or religious. When the Union of Islamic Courts was in power in 2006, there was tentative support for Afrah's group since their authoritarian rule had brought stability. Somalis celebrated the Islamists' defeat of the rival warlords, whose fighting had left the country in shambles. "There's a bright future if things go on like this. We can say people will be saved, resources may come back, international relations may improve, construction may happen, people's trust in each other may be renewed," Afrah said in an interview with the Toronto Star from Mogadishu in October 2006. Two months later, Ethiopian troops moved into Mogadishu in support of the country's fledgling transitional federal government and crushed the Islamic group, sending its leaders fleeing. Afrah had remained in hiding in Mogadishu with his family. During a 2007 cellphone interview, Afrah had warned that Somalia would descend into chaos if the U.S.-backed Ethiopian troops wouldn't leave the country and vowed to have them removed by force if they refused. Somalia has seen some of its worst fighting in the past 18 months, with almost daily suicide and bombing attacks that have made the country more unstable than Iraq or Afghanistan, according to some international observers. But a key step toward peace was taken last month during a conference in Djibouti, where Somalia's transitional federal government signed a ceasefire agreement with the opposition group of moderate Islamists, the Alliance for Reliberation of Somalia. But the June 9 agreement split the insurgents; radical leaders vowed to continue fighting and called Somalia's interim government a puppet regime for Ethiopia and the U.S. Toronto Star

I see xiligii irida la furaaye la gaaray in this forum since many are joining lately with their welcome-me threads. Eniwey, welkam, Ms. Xawaajiyeey.

Originally posted by Kool_Kat: MMA, my mom, sisters and their kids were there shalay...They had a blast there...Everyone came out, gabar iyo wiil, habar iyo oday, wax maqnaa aa iska yar...Darn it and I missed it I was on recovery mode from the night before... Ar heestaanaa maanta igu cusub, ee enjoy it dadoow...These artists are pretty good walahi, waxa maanta jiro wax dhaamo ma arag...Young and talented: Dhibaatada waa layska dhaafaa Dadkaaga loo dhintaa Dhulkaaga la tiirsadaa Dhexdawaa loo xirtaa!!!!! Qatar kamaa qatar!!! ALLOW WADANKEENII NOO HAGAAJI!!!!!!!!!Wixii cuqdad ku jirtana Allaha ka saaro... EDIT: Couldn't let this one go either: Nabad Heesta nabad waaba aboosto, loo gali karin. Gabadha ka heeseyso heesahaan waa isku egtihiin maqlay, xaaka jirto? Hooyo and your sister's family were there, really? Ameeba ka muuqdaan sawirada qaarkood hee. LoL. Dabshid, xataa warlords do dress like that, ka waran.

And what are the rest of Soomaalis? Ma Reer Waqooyi kaligood ayaa dalkooda jecel oo wadaniyiin ah? "You Soomaalis" kulahaa. Goormee Soomaali la iska saaray.

As long as your aboowe is not with you when coming to this site, welkam then abaayadiis. Haddii kale...

Dankis, Dabshid. Meesha Dubeey miyaa? Obama ninkaan uu kasoo koobiyeeye labiska hidaha, ileen. Tooreeyda ka maqnayd lee.

Canadian Abdullahi Afrah, or Asparo as he's known to most, left Toronto nine years ago to return to his birthplace to see an end to the years of civil war that has consumed the country since the government collapsed in 1991. It is sad to report that according to this following news report, our brother C/llaahi Afrax Aasbaro, who u geeriyooday halganka dalkeena xoreyntiisa. Eebba janaadiisa fardowso haka waraabiyo -- aamiin, aamiin. Inta kale xaqdaro lagu dilayna Eebboow u wada naxariisto, aamiin, aamiin. ------------- Clashes in Somalia kill 53, dozens wounded MOGADISHU, July 2 ( Reuters ) - At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in separate battles, a human rights group said on Wednesday. The latest flare-up in the 18-month-old insurgency came a week before a U.N.-mediated ceasefire between an Islamist faction and the interim Somali government is to take effect. The interim government and Ethiopia both declined comment on the clashes or any casualties. Hardline Islamists have been waging an almost daily Iraq-style insurgency against the interim government and its Ethiopian backers since they were ousted from Mogadishu and most of southern Somalia in 2007. "A total of 47 people died yesterday in central Somalia and in the capital Mogadishu last night," Ahmed Sudan, chairman of the Mogadishu-based Elman Peace and Human Rights organisation, told Reuters 47 people were killed on Tuesday and overnight in central Somalia and Mogadishu. He said six more had since died of their wounds. Sudan said 11 civilians were killed when Islamists ambushed Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in the capital Mogadishu overnight, while dozens of others were wounded. Another 36 people, including civilians and insurgents, were killed when rebels struck an Ethiopian troop convoy in Mataban, 410 km (255 miles) north of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Among the dead on Tuesday were Moalim Farhan, commander of the militant group that attacked the convoy, and Abdullahi Ali Farah, also known as Sheikh Asparo , a spokesman for the insurgents told Reuters. Aspro is deputy to hardline Islamist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on U.S. and U.N. lists of al Qaeda associates. "We buried 27 Somalis," shopkeeper Ismail Olad told Reuters from Mataban. "We do not know the number of Ethiopians killed." Somalia has been mired in anarchy, functioning without a central government since the fall of a dictator in 1991. Piracy has become an increasing problem in its waters. A Somali ship was hijacked on Sunday near El-Ma'an sea port, close to Mogadishu. "The ship, MV Solsea, was on its way to tow another Somali fishing vessel which developed mechanical problems near El-Ma'an when pirates seized it," Andrew Mwangura, director of the Kenyan Seafarers Assistance Programme, told Reuters. Three Germans are still held captive by Somali pirates in a forest near the Gulf of Aden in the northern Puntland region, while five Somalis working for an Italian aid agency, who were seized on Monday, are still in captivity. The U.N. children's agency UNICEF called on the world to act to avert famine in Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa. It said acute malnutrition rates in Somalia were now above 20 percent.

What a sight to see! Beautiful Soomaali kids celebrating Kowda Luulyo yesterday, here in Koronto. I am very, very proud to see them, full in hidaha iyo dhaqanka as well. Daleys [with the small flag] still kicking.

Waraa A+, ii waran? Ma imaaneysid sanadkaan meeshii? I thought inaa sanadkaana iskeeneysid as well.

And of course, being happy in the bedroom department is a must... You mean sleeping some nine or eight hours at a king bed together. Waaw, really? What if one of them quuranaayana? Would that be a must as well? Maba ogeyn in hurdo saas loogu dambeeyo, mise wax kale laga hadlooyaa aniga too innocent iska ahee. Maryan Ruun, enjoy the site, abaayadiis. Don't hesitate to share with us your ideas and thoughts.

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?