Ciise, Aadan and Kuusha, try this one, one of the well-known optical illusions images found on the net. How many fool ayaa aragtiin? I see sagaal faces aniga, including cunuga's. I think there is more than double of what I found in the image. Here is another one, where I circled the hardest hidden faces that I could find.

I first see a jin or a ghost in a bottle lagu xiray waliba. Probably laba jini isku ciyaar heersare ah u socoto, oo sariirtooda [bottle] isku soo xireen and kuwa qoobarka [the dolphins] waa u sacabtumoyaan. -------------- A good, old nomad sister used to post interesting images like these following two on here. [Three faces in this image. Two are easy to spot, find the third.]

Abtiga, xaa ka qaldan Afxaayoow hee? Yihooy see camalkaa, ma'aha xaa mooday, goofkeena waaye. Heesta caan ah ee Xuu yiri, xee tiri wan taym [ ] ma maqlin miyaa. Waaba hees caalamiyee. ------------- ‘First of all, I am a woman. I talk to a thousand and marry one. Don’t you know that?’ Maxaa jiro, meesha suuq mee mooday, badeecooyinka badanyihiin. Ar intee "thousand" interview ka qaadeyso, yeenan meesha ku qadin halkeeda weynin, oo guumeys noqon. Horta nin 'guumeys' ma noqdaa asagana, oo maxaa dumarka kaligood loo dhahaa? Wax walba dumar lee waaye ku qaldan. Haddee laba isqabo dhali waayeen, iyada, not asaga, ayaa wax ka qaldanyihiin. Haddee guur la'aan ku raagto waa guumeys, asagana waa nin caadi ah. Haddee niman badan la seexato waa dhilo, asagana waa 'player.' Kan fadhi ku dirirka banaanka fadhiyo waxba kama qaldana, laakiin iyada haddee wareegto oo aroosyada iyo xafladaha ay aado isku badiso waa qeyrul masuul qoyskeeda neglect gareyso.

If these threats gain practical support , Somali diasporas in favor of Al-Shababists who protest in favor of this brutal group and thus abuse the rights given to them to live in peace and harmony in America would belong to the Interrogation rooms of Homeland Security. This is a dangerous and desperate measures taken by the hardline Al-shabaabists and their supporters. What are you bluffing about? Ma saasaa Homeland or Whateverland Security ugu baqdaa? For your own darn information: Naf, heybad, xoriyad iyo sumcadba Eebba ayaa haayo, not some old, weak caddaan unbelieving men in some old corridors of so-called earthly power. Fuleysanaa waxa. Any Soomaali group xaq ayee u leedahay to resist Xabashi occupation. I would take anytime Ceyroow to be the leader of my country than a Xabashi-worshipping, feeble-minded puppet of Beerlaawahaan madaxyaraha madaxweynaha sheeganaayo.

About Hobyo, I think a simple google image search would have helped you.

Maan, intaas oo bajaq isku dhacaayo Baraasiil ku nool maa kuwa qajac lagarooniyaal ah siray? I think he has a poor taste in women mise ookiyaal u baahanyahay, xaalka si kale ma'ahee.

Abtiga, adiga maa qortay sheekada, masii socotaana? It is an interesting one waaye. I'd have liked if magacyo unique Soomaali names ku dari lahayd, though, instead of "Ibtisaam, Tasliin..." Magacyadaan qaabka daran cusub ee Carbeed aniga allergy ayaan ku qaadaa, LoL. Nice story again, and I hope you wouldn't mind if I move it to General section, where it is more appropriate.

Abtiga, adiga maa qortay sheekada, masii socotaana? It is an interesting one waaye. I'd have liked if magacyo unique Soomaali names ku dari lahayd, though, instead of "Ibtisaam, Tasliin..." Magacyadaan qaabka daran cusub ee Carbeed aniga allergy ayaan ku qaadaa, LoL. Nice story again, and I hope you wouldn't mind if I move it to General section, where it is more appropriate.

I for one welkam this, but qabqabliyaasha iyo dagaal'oogiyaasha Soomaali ayaa heerkaas gaarsiisay. If they didn't have dad u dhaqaalo qaaraamo, dad u dagaalamo heerkaas ma gaareen. Dad waxmagarada ayaa daba taagnaa. The last warlords standing is this dowlad ku sheeg, and soon, I hope, kuwii hore inay raacaan raadkooda aan la arki doonin.

Hayeh, adi how long kugu qaadataa hee? Depends the situation nooh. If mid isku dhaceyso lala joogo -- well, no comment hee. Geeljire, aniga Reer Jabbaan waa hore gacan u taagay, runtii. Dadkaas truly do not waste their minds to remain idle, regardless how as trivial, pointless or useless as anything can be; always wax cusub inay soo saaraan ku dadaalayaan. If only the rest of the world's residents were like that. Check this one, too.

MMA, surwaalkaa intaa lugaha u laabto aan wiilasha la tartami jiray after dugsi...Saa u bitin jirey lee hadaa ogaan leheed...Wuuuuuuuuuush, hawo miyaa mise aala'is dhihi jiray (xoogaa aan camiraanaa) Iyaah, waaw. Kushineetana ma waday waligaa intii lagu riixay? ------------ Originally posted by Haneefah: Ciyaal kuni kuni, kuleel lagu dhalay ...I haven't heard that in a long time. Waligeey ma arkin this thing mana maqlin gariir. What's the fun part? Would kids race with it? Kuusha wee iska ciyaareysay, oo bahalkaas waxaa la dhihi jiray garaangar, not gariir. Gariir ciyaar kale oo gabdhaha ciyaaraan ahayd, in meel la xariiqo ama god la qodo dhagaxaan la xisaabay isla meeshii la giliyo, hal dhagax or a ball yar gacanta lagu qabsadana kor loo tuuro, dhagaxdii godka ama meesha xariiqsanayd ku jirtay lasoo bixiyo, markaas all but one in lagu celiyo loo baahanyahay after the ballka la guuro again. Ciyaar badanaa gabdhaha ciyaari jiray ahayd, though aniga mar mar booooooooooring saa'id markee i qabato ayaa too gurigeena joogto la gishan jiray. ----------- Baashi, garaangar waxa laga sameeyo waxaa ugu fiicneyd tan bahalka cunuga ku socod barto ee baby walkerka ah laga soo bixiyo. Midaas smooth ayee ahayd, unlike tan fuustada laga soo gooyo oo rough edges lahayd. Ar maxa ciyaal Soomaaliya la mashquulay. Mar lagu mashquulsanaa kushineeto, mar baliil, mar boojo, mar imbili, marna beyruud, marna lacageey lacageey laga sameeyo waraaqdii xanjada ku duubneyd, marna abaabiteey, marna bugle, marna kadhimeey kadhim, marna kuun kuun, marna qooleey ka daba orod, marna quful quful, quful naar, marna jarkaboodo, marna jarduqeed, marna kuwii turubka ee iskaalo, shaanis, dabaka'eri, marna ciyaarbiloow, marna laadhuu, marna nacash nacash, marna...Ar xaa ilooway ka tagay? The memories, Eebboow. I don't think I would ever experience anywhere else what I experienced in Xamar in my childhood, and I believe dad badan saas ula tahay as well. My God.

Adduunkii wada qafiifay.

Ee Nuunka aa qori karo. Ninkaan mutacalin Afsoomaaliga shahaado sharaf sare ka heysto waayee. Afmaay iyo kan Maxaatirigaba Bii-Ej-Dhii uu ku heysaa, bar iskeerso.

Fiirso [Only few seconds long.] Reer Jabaan gacan lee u taagaa dadkaas, wax walba isku tijaabinaayo or try to invent.

Saa u xasuusto lee, GARIIR maana baree hadana... Saa u xasuusatid lee. Ar ma wadi jirtayna hee, wiilal lee ku ogaa, wiilo waaxid. Geeljire, "giraangirna" xee ahayd?

Alaabta wiilkaan ku ciyaarayo yaa yaqaano wixii loogu yeeri jiray, yaa sheegaayo hee. No, su'aasha waxee ku socotaa ciyaal kuni kuniga ku koray or qaangaaray qurbahana, not kuwa bahalkaas wadi jiray waagaas. Xarafka "g" ayuu ka bilowdaa. Wax sahlan u egtahay wadidda bahalkaan, but ma sahlano.

No, not another thread about this. Doobnimo wey dhaafi rabtaa now. Dad badan ayaa la haayaa, taloow xagaayada springtime ah miyaa? Ar ha jabina hee, qooq ma jabee ninkiisaa jabee.

Nuune, unuga Afmaay ku hadalnaa duqa, ee noo micnee hee walaxaa soo qortay. Eey diiday bil'aan iinsheegba horta?

Meeshaan, this forum, doobkii ayaa ku batay, three top current threads' posters are talking about "holes" and "bananas." Ceeb, war the forum last time I knew was PG-rated, ee barbaarta ha naga haleynina yaaqeeyoow.

Abtigiis, I believe Saado still qabyaalad inay ka ahayn ee kistoo wax kale ayaa qaaday. This is the second time ay kusoo dhaweyso odeygaas Xabashada u adeego into Mareykanka. I have had -- and still do -- my deepest respects for Saado, though lately waxyaabaha ee sameyneyso uma bogin. ------------ Buuxo, kistoo edit garee hee, heesta aa soo qortay magac qabiil ee wadataa. I don't know about that hees or whether Magool, Eebba ha u naxariistee, una dambi dhaafee, sung it or not, laakiin haa heeso qabyaalad ayee qaaday, kuwa kalena wey badashay oo qabyaalad u badashay, weyna ka waantowday, oo ka toobad keentay before her geeri. Bini'aaden wuu qaldamaa, oo qalad wuu galaa. We also need to understand she was exiled -- some say it was self-imposed exile to show her dissatisfaction of the last regime's actions -- for years oo just few years before the civil war erupted in Xamar kusoo noqotay Soomaaliya. What she did not distinguish was Kacaankii oo Soomaaliweyn ku wada jirtay iyo qabiil. Ciilkee dowladaas rijiimka ahayd u qabtay ayee qabiil u badalatay, a sad unfortunate.

We need to understand waxyaabihii dhacay in the civil war, especially during the early years. To some, it is still traumatic and painful enough, the wound still fresh after all those years, and one can understand because only qofkii witness ka ahaa waxaas dhacaaye, xaqdarada iyo xasuuqa wax qof fiyoow u adkeysan karay ma'aha. I remember as a boy in early '91 when it seemed every other weekend [Jimcooyinka] dad aan waxba galabsan la laaye the night before lasoo dhigi jiray as a public bandhig meeshii Tarbuunka la dhihi jiray (waa meeshii feestooyinkii 21 Oktoobar lagu soo bandhigi jiree) and dad aan waxba ka qasneen u daawasho tagi jiray, poking the cadavers around, seeing how the people lagu xasuuqay. Maba ka qasneen dadkaas. I also remember my sister's friend's brother dilkiis. A young man who knew nothing about qabyaalad, who was born, bred in and only knew Xamar. Habeen ayaa kuwa xaafadda ay deganaayeen gadaal kasoo dagay kala baxeen gurigiis, qeyladiisa iyo qeyladada walaalihiis and hooyadiis xaafadooda dhan laga maqlaaye, qof walbana cabsi daradiis ugu jiray gurigooda. Yarkii next day meydkiis meel bandhig ay lasoo dhigay, kii dilayna, to rub a salt into the family's wound, shaatigii yarkii la dilay qabay habeenkaas ayuu subixii xaafadii ku maraaye, asagoo qoslaayo waliba. My God. Remembering alone now is suffice dhulka kugu gariiro, naxdin iyo murugo. The other side likewise did their share, I am sure, oo Soomaali dhan ayee dhibkaan wada gaartay, gees ka gees maanta. Yes, we need to understand in this context, still traumatic waaye and more so to those whose family suffered it personally. However in no way does it justify in Xabashi lo cheer gareeyo, in no way does it justify shisheeye lasoo kaxeysto. Absolutely not. It has to stop at somewhere, oo la iscafiyo, la isgacan qaado. Qalad qalad laguma saxo, xasuuq xasuuq laguma saxo, especially what few moooryaans did. Moooryaan qori heysto ehel malaha ka ahayn calooshiisa, waana jaahil aan waxba kala ogeyn lagu shaqeysanaayo.

What if the "prospective groom" wants to look the other hair as well, I mean "downtown" in pre-nikaax? Is it allowed? Jokes aside, the answer of the thread's original question, I hope, is this. Or tan. Remember, what you read online is not always from authentic sources, and some sites also mislead and misquote, in order to lead you into their sectic beliefs. So be careful there.

Nice sheeko, well written as well. Ereyada sida meelaha loo gilgiliye i dishayba. I am glad dad ayaa saas camal u qorooyo, I felt lonely because saas intaas sano u qori jiree kaligee.

Saado Cali Warsame haddee saan ku socoto surely will tarnish and stain her heretofore good reputation as a fanaan nationalist ahayd and as a person. Soomaali badan u bogi jiray her daljecelnimo iyo Soomaalinimo songs ayee fankeeda nacsiin doontaa. Her memorable daljaceel songs -- "dalkeyga waa jeclahay, dadkeyga waa jeclay" iyo "baroom baa ka qeybgalay" to mention but a two -- yee nacsiin dadka dalkooda la jeclaa iyada if she continues in what she is doing lately. Waa inay siyaasadda iskaga dhex baxdaa, inteenana gaarin wajigabaxii Magool, Eebba ha u naxariistee, ku dhacday. Magool wey ka waantowday, and I hope our sister will see the bigger picture of xaalka dadkeeda oo dhan, waa Soomaaliweyn. Qabyaalad iyo fan isma galaan, Saadooy.

I for one do not blame the international community, though. They did their business of usoo gurmasho, a once a lifetime political chance we had were cut short by narcissistic calooshood u shaqeystiyaal warlords in early '90s. What the international community [read: West] is doing in Boosniya, Kosofo, Afgaanistaan and other places, we equally had our fair share, actually the first. Meel 32 dowladood usoo gurmatay kama dhicin caalamka until Soomaaliya in 1992 to interfere a vicious civil war. Alas so-called selfish leaders ku sheeg dantooda ka hormariye danta guud ee Soomaaliyeed, dadkii Islaameed ku jiro usoo gurmadayna gowracay, qaas ahaan Reer Bakistaan. Anyway, qoraalkaan kale ila arka by the Guardian as well. ------------ How savage pirates reign on the world's high seas The crew of the Spanish-owned Playa de Bakio must have felt they were safe. Fishing for tuna more than 200 nautical miles off Somalia's coast last weekend, they were surely out of the pirates' range. But they had not reckoned with the 'mother ship' lurking nearby. A hijacked trawler was now the pirates' base; it was towing their high-powered speedboat. The Playa, with 26 crew, was easy pickings for an experienced militia armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. For the second time in a fortnight Somali pirates had captured a European-registered and crewed ship, the most lucrative prize. The French luxury yacht Le Ponant, hijacked on 5 April with 30 crew on board, netted a $2m (£1m) ransom, despite the close attention of France's military. Last night the Playa and its crew were safely heading for home waters, escorted by a Spanish frigate after negotiations between the pirates and the Spanish government, which refused to say whether an equally lucrative ransom had been paid. Vice-President María Teresa Fernández de la Vega said the release had been achieved through 'co-operation and diplomacy' between Spain, the ship's owners and representatives of the hijackers. The hijackings are confirmation, if any were needed, that the waters off Somalia are the most dangerous in the world. Last year, there were 31 attacks there, making the notorious bandits operating in the South China Sea and Malacca Straits look almost lazy by comparison. So far this year there have been 23 attacks by Somali pirates, including the 47-day hijacking of a new, British-captained icebreaker tug, the Svitzer Korsakov, on its way from Europe through the Gulf of Aden towards the gas fields in far eastern Russia. The ransom paid for its release was reported to be $1.6m. It is not only the frequency of the attacks off Somalia that has maritime experts deeply worried. It is the skill and daring of the pirates, some of whom call themselves 'marines' and claim to be protecting the country's maritime resources from foreign exploitation. Until five years ago, captains were advised to stay at least 50 miles away from Somalia's coastline. A spate of hijackings led to a doubling of the safety zone. Now, the recommended safe distance is 200 miles, but the Playa attack shows even that is no guarantee of safety. With the large ransoms allowing the pirates to buy faster boats, and more sophisticated GPS systems, they can strike even in rough waters several hundred miles out to sea. The surge in attacks coincides with the worst unrest in Somalia since the early Nineties - the last time the country had a functioning government. Insurgents are battling Ethiopian troops who toppled an Islamist authority from power in December 2006. More than half the population of Mogadishu has since fled the city. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Abdullahi Yusuf, which is packed with former warlords, exercises little authority and claims to be unable to stop the piracy. But it is perhaps telling that during the six-month reign of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts over much of south and central Somalia in 2006, attacks on passing ships all but stopped . Andrew Mwangura, head of the Mombasa-based Seafarers' Assistance Programme, and one of the foremost experts on Somali piracy, says there are five main pirate groups operating, sometimes together. ' Most of them are linked to warlords,' he said. 'And the warlords are linked to the TFG, all the way to the top .' Monitoring Somalia's 1,880-mile coastline, the longest in Africa, is no simple task. For several years a joint US-European naval unit has patrolled the region, which is on the trade route between the Mediterranean, east Africa and Asia, in an attempt to discourage attacks and keep an eye out for terrorists. But the bandits simply shifted their bases north to the semi-autonomous Puntland region. One-off military operations, such as the raid in Somalia's desert by French special forces to arrest six of the pirates who had attacked Le Ponant, are ineffective deterrents, say experts. Piracy is simply too profitable. A gunman on a pirate ship typically earns between $10,000 and $30,000 for a year's work - a fortune in Somalia. Those bankrolling the attacks from bases in the United Arab Emirates or Kenya, and sometimes as far afield as Canada, London or Hong Kong, can net several million dollars from a single strike, depending on the nationality of the shipowner, the origins and gender of the crew, the cargo and the age of the boat. 'Once the pirates' bosses have the ship's name they immediately use the internet to research how much money they can make,' said Mwangura. 'These guys really know what they are doing.' Most owners pay up quickly, transferring money through a network of accounts in Nairobi, Mombasa and Dubai. The crews are seldom harmed. When older, less valuable trawlers - often from Taiwan or China - are captured, the demand is not cash but the temporary use of the boat. The owners promise not to report their vessel missing, and it becomes a temporary 'mother ship'. In the past, pirates have attacked a cruise liner, as well as several cargo ships chartered by the UN World Food Programme containing food aid meant for Somalis. But as bizarre as it sounds, there is some truth in the pirates' claim that they are acting as a coastguard. Under international law, a country's 'exclusive economic zone' - where it has sole rights over marine and mineral resources - extends 200 nautical miles out to sea. Foreign ships are allowed to pass through these waters, but not to fish without a permit. Yet at any one time there are up to 500 foreign-registered boats fishing in Somalia's rich waters, according to the Seafarers' Assistance Programme. European boats catch tuna or shrimp; vessels from the Far East catch sharks for their fins. Almost all are fishing illegally. Often, pirate attacks are not even reported to maritime authorities: the ransoms paid are regarded as legitimate fines, both by the pirates and the ship-owners. ' One way to stop the piracy is to stop the illegal fishing ,' said Mwangura. 'That way there will be nowhere for the pirates to hide.' --------------