Jimcaale, qashqashaada badan caawa parking aa usoo dhigatee. Rooso ama tikid in lagu siiyo fadaasa miyaa? Yaa waayena Siciid Raagahaan sheekha ah? Ma Reer Landhanaa?

Ee maroor noo micnee nooh asagana haddaan unuka Reer Koonfur nahnay. Some of us Afsoomaaliga ma kala naqaanee.

Originally posted by Adam Zayla: well i haven't purchased my domain-hosting account yet since i'm being taught the ins and outs of websiteland by a personal friend, secondly there about 50 articles i'm working on that cover History,art,mythology,architecture, culture,traditions,economy,science etc and i want finish them all first (end April - mid May) somewhere in that time period Insha-allah Little unsolicited advice: Choose a one that is both attractive and fits perfectly your site's main idea. Also, if possible, choose a unique Soomaali domain name. There are many, I am sure, that might satisfy you. Keep what you are doing, this positive image you are doing in the name of Soomaalinimo, my brother. Dadaalka saas kusii wad, waana mid loo baahnaa.

Police hunting second suspect in Lawrence Heights shooting Police arrested one man yesterday and expected to arrest another one overnight in the shooting of six young men outside a Toronto apartment building two weeks ago. Wendell Damian Cuff, 25, was arrested at 5:30 a.m at his Toronto home on Amaranth Court, the same tiny street where the shooting took place. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. “Things went down through the night,” Staff Sergeant Bob Skinner said yesterday, confirming that the emergency task force carried out the operation. Police also issued a warrant for Owen Anthony Smith, 25 (pictured above). He is wanted on one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. Yesterday afternoon, Staff Sgt. Skinner said he expected Mr. Smith would be apprehended “within the next short period of time.” “If things go well, we should have an arrest later tonight,” he said. He would not confirm which man is the alleged shooter but said that both are from Toronto and have frequented Lawrence Heights, a maze-like public housing complex built in the 1950s that is bisected by the Allen Expressway. It was here that Abdikarim Ahmed Abdikarim, 18, was shot dead on March 14. As the high school student and five other young men talked in an alcove, surveillance camera footage released by police shows a gunman walking over to the group, an accomplice trailing behind him. The man pulls out a semi-automatic handgun and fires at the victims, shooting all of them. Both the shooter and his accomplice run away in separate directions. The arrest comes after police continued to interview and reinterview the five wounded victims last week. Police have not released their names but said they are all Somali-Canadians between the ages of 18 and 21. Last week, Detective Sergeant Brian Borg, the lead investigator in the killing, said the victims were co-operating with police, but not able to identify the man who shot them. He said police had ruled out several motives for the shooting. “We don’t believe there’s any gang association involved here and we don’t think the fact that the victims were Somali was a factor,” he said, but added that investigators were certain that the six young men were deliberately targeted. “This was not a random shooting: they were targeted,” he said at the time. “Something happened which led up to this.” Nearly 2,000 Somali-Canadians attended Mr. Abdikarim’s funeral at an Etobicoke mosque days after he died. The crowd of mourners was so large that they could not all fit into even the expansive Khalid Bin Walid mosque. The teen was the son of former Somali soccer star Ahmed Abdikarim, and was remembered as friendly and popular. Mr. Abdikarim’s killing was the 11th homicide in Toronto this year. Investigators warn the public not to approach Mr. Smith, but to contact police or Crime Stoppers anonymously if they see him. Mr. Cuff was scheduled to appear in court this morning. Xigasho --------------- I am glad they caught him, and I hope they will apprehend his accomplice.

Cabdinuur Darmaan oo booqasho ku tagay dalka Israa'iil Hoggaamiya kooxeedka Soomaaliyeed C/nuur Darmaan ayaa waxuu booqosho rasmi ah ku tegay Dalka Yahuudu ay leedahay ee Israa'iil asigoo noqday hoggaamiya kooxeedkii ugu horeeyay ee si rasmi ah u sheega in uu jooga Israa'iil. Darmaan oo ka mid ah hoggaamiya kooxeeyadda Soomaaliyeed ee xiligan danbe soo baxay ayaa waxuu noqday ninkii ugu horeeyay ee sheegta in uu Israa'iil booqosho ku joogo arinkaas oo dad badan la yaab ku noday maadaama Darmaan uu sheegan jiray in uu tageersan yahay muqaawamadda uuna maamula kana soo horjeedo joogitaanka Itoobiya ee dhulka Soomaaliya. Sida uu booqosho ugau tagay dowladda Cadowga kaliya looga aqoonsanyahay dunidda Islaamka xoogana ku heysato dhulka shacabka Carabta ah Reer Falastiin Dowladda Israa'iil iyo dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa aysan jirin wax xiriir dublumaasi ah oo ka dhaxeeyo maadama Israa'iil dhul Carbeed heysato Soomaaliyana dowladaha Carabta ka mid tahay, laakiin waxaa la aaminsanyahay in ay jiraan shaqsiyaad Soomaali ah oo xiriir fiican la leh Israa'iil, dhuumaaleysina ku taga xarunta Israa'iil ee Talaviv sida ay sameeyaan dadkooda dowladda badan oo Carbeed oo anan xariir la laheen Israa'iil. C/nuur Darmaan oo ahaa ninkii ayidoo cidna dooran iska sheegtay madaxtinimada Soomaaliya ayaa waxuu ku sheegay wareysiyo fara badan oo uu siiyay saxaafadda Carabta xiligii uu Jordan joogay inta uusan Israa'iil aadin in uu asiga madax u yahay kooxaha xag jirka ah ee ka dagaalama magaaladda Muqdisho, sida Alshabaab waxeyna dad badani is weydiiyeen Darmaan ma Alshabaab ayuu tageero uga dooonay cadowga Islaamka ee Israa'iil maxaaba lugu diidaa Itoobiyaan hadii Israa'iil la rabo maxeysa kooxahan muqaaawamadda sheeganaayo uga hadli waayeen arintaan maadama uu sheeganaayo Darmaan in uu metelo. Xigasho [Edited to clarify.]

What about Range Rover? Laakiin I don't know, too many Land Rovers Soomaaliya yaali jiray, along with Toyota Cressida, Toyota Corolla, the little minivan/4X4 Mazda -- not to mention Fiat, any of their models.

Originally posted by Canjeex: ^ It's about time ma'istiri (jks) Good luck though!! Today, i did the house-chores (scapulo sucks ) and it wasn't funn i tell ya. I don't know how you ladies enjoy doing that Where are the RAALIYOOS when you need them horta, help a brotha out nooh!!! Poor guy. It was this afternoon as well when I offered my good boqorad to wash the dishes. She kindly refused, oo iska fariiso oo baashaal i tiri. Now, that is a boqorad. You need to change taa la socotid, raaliyo or not. PS - It is good to do the chores sometimes. It is not that bad, really.

Wixii kale calaacalkii markee wax kasoo bixi waayeen, "wicked days, blessed days" iyo yada yada yada la keenay sidii ciyaal kuni kuni camal. Keep trolling.

Nice going, guys. ------------- Stuff Soomaali People Dislike #5 Qabyaalad Any sensible Soomaali will vehemently deny to espouse any hint towards to qabyaalad. They profess their dislike of it. He or she equally would denounce any qabyaaladist, mostly publically, condemning the qabyaaladist being an ignorant who is stuck in a passed age, a one who needs an enlightenment. Even the most die-hard fadhi ku dirir obsessed faarax does not believe he is a qabyaaladist, and soundfully would eschew it, negate it. Yet, at their own living rooms, the mask goes off. Hebel waa qoladaas waxba tarin; heblaayo laftaas liidato ka dhalatay; kuwaas waa laangaabyaal; ma anoo laandheere ah. And it goes on. Occassionaly, also, the mask goes off in public, when the heat gets a bit warm. Yet, again, dalkeena waxa dhulkaas dhigay waa this qabyaalad every Soomaali professes not to practice. ------------- Next entry: Immobile -- always moving around

That is our dal, dhul, and bleeding and pleading to its daughters and sons. Goormee Soomaali haddaa nahnay kici doonaa, oo aan wax isku fali doonaa. Dankis for sharing abaayo, Kuusha.

Originally posted by Odey: This must be one of the best news that I have read on Somalia!!!!! A few months ago I was watching a documentary about small pox. Apparently the last person on earth who was diagonised and survived from smallpox was a somali. I think he was a primary school teacher (1975?) and he was paraded in Mogadishu to the world press. The dude lives in Ca in the US. ------------- Cudurka furuqa oo dunida laga ciribtiray 1977 oo hadal heyntiisu dib u dunida ugu soo laabatay Furuqu wuxuu waqti kamid ahaa cudurada ugu halisan ee caalamka soo maray, kaas oo ahaan jirey cudur aad u xanuun badan, isla mar ahaantaana calaamadihiisa degdeg loo arkijirey. Cudurkaasi wuxuu ahaan jirey mid si sahala loo kala qaadi karo. kahortaga cudurkaasi wuxuu ahaan jirey tallaalka. Cudurkaas waxaa dunida laga ciribtiray sannadkii 1977. Taas oo dunida ku qaataya laba qarni in guushaas lagaaro. Qofkii ugu dambeeyey ee cudurka furuqu (smallpox) uu ku dhaco wuxuu ahaa nin Soomaali ah oo deganaa magaalada Marka, ninkaas oo ahaa kariye waxaa magaciisa la oran jiray Cali Macoow Macalin waxaana uu cudurku ninkas ku dhacay 26 October 1977, waana laga daweeyey, kaas ayuu ahaa markii ugu dambaysay ee cudurkaas dunida lagu arko. [November 2001. More on here.]

Warar hordhac oo ay ka heshay shabakadda boocame ilo xogogaala ayaa waxay sheegayaan in ciidamadani ay gaadhi doonaan ilaa iyo magaalada Hargeysa iyagoo ka gudbaya jiidaha ay isku horfadhiyaan ee aagagga Laascaanood ciidamada Daraawiishta iyo ciidanka maamulka Riyaale. Mala fajacaa, mala qoslaa, qosol rumeys la'aan ku imaado. Ma yaabaa, ma amakaagaagaa. Laba cadow isku sheegaayo, iskugu maleeyo isku horfadhiyo duur banaan, ayaa isla markaasna cadowgii Soomaaliyeed imaaday, kana gudbaayo, meeshuu rabana aadi karo, laakiin kuwii Soomaaliga isku sheegaaye isfiirinaayo, xabbad ka dhaxeyso kii soo gudbo xariijin. Maxaa la dhihi jiray horta? Doqon 12 indhood buu leedahay, mid cadowguu ku arkaa, kow iyo tobonka kalena sokeeyaha. How unbelievably true.

There is an air pollution, water pollution, light pollution, noise pollution -- and then there is visual pollution. Look at that leaning power line in the second picture, which is a recent post-war picture from Suuqa Bakaaraha. The other one too is from Bakaaraha. It is almost collapsing. Only Eebbe knows goortii la suray, probably 30 years ago, qof dib u fiiriyina maleh ka ahayn inay kor suraan anything. They [waa ganacsatada kuwa ah] put it on anything -- electricity lines, phone lines, internet lines... Those power lines are not only an eyesore to look at how ugly they are, it is also be very dangerous during rainy season, when a heavy downpours occur, some of those fiilooyin maasooyin iyagoo wato dhulka kusoo dhacaan because the power line is not that strong enough to hold. Maasooyinkaas dad badan ayee baabisay. Yea, yea, you are probably wondering this is the current Soomaaliya and its reality, so what do you expect? Those pictures tell us how the afarjeeble fat bellies do not care about their business, only u daran the short term profits. Soon or later, those power lines will give up and completely fall.

Maskiin. Awkuuku was one in a million. No, one in a millions. Eebba ha u naxariistee walaalkeen laga maarmaanka ahaa. Reerkiisa ha u samraan, iimaankana ha badsadaan. Tacsi ayaa u taalo Soomaaliweyn dhan.

Hambalyo iyo boggaadin. Ha noqoto mid teeda iyo dhamaan ummadda Soomaaliyeed wax u tarto, ka sakoow ehelkeeda iyo waalidkeeda. ----------- Kuusha, how is the little princess A. doing? Is she as shabeel as this said new Libaax's baby?

How do you say transgender in Somali? Mushakal? Labeeb? Taas lee amee tahay.

Stuff Soomaali People Dislike # 2: Calling a Soomaali "black" They have their unique, degrading, pejorative words for them, from every region: Adoon, jareer, xabash, boon, sankadhuudhi -- you just name them. [Not to mention the equally belittling phrases of caqli lix saac, waa shuqul afrikaaneed...] Call a Soomaali any of the derogatory words mentioned above. One would think one insulted his faith. That is how far Soomaalis try to disassociate one of their own fellow human beings, whom additionally they also share with the skin colour and some more. Some more? Try telling that to a fellow Soomaali. That itself would be taken as an insult. Even the hint of sharing any of the skin colour is frowned upon. ----------- Next entry: Reasonable, sensible debate

If only kuwa Dhalinyarada la baxayna iyagana saan camal sameyn lahayeen. Af macaan dadka lagu soo jiidanaayo, ka fiirsasho wixii ka dhici doono qaraxa la tuuro ma la rido ma la duugo. Afhayeenkaan Suuleey dhowr jeer aqriye wuxuu yiri, hadaladiisana waa kuwa aad u wanaagsan, soo jiidasho leh. Kuwa Dhalinyarada la baxay haku tusaalo qaataan ninkaan.

Originally posted by Dabshid: JC, u know something we don't knw Yes, he does. Dabshid, waa iloow dhowdahayee.

If a community that wadaago hal af, hal isir, hal dhaqan, hal hiddo, hal diin, hal dhul isku wareegsan -- intaas haddee midnimo, wadajir, iskaashi, isku xirnaan, isbiirsi, isbaheysi keenin, what else gives? All other options, also, macquul ma'aha as well. It just does not make sense, not logical dad intaas wada wadaago in ay kala go'aan, particularly in this new modern era oo adduunweynihii dadkii deganaa isku soo wada dhawaanooyo. Maxaa isku haayo Hindiya oo wada wadaagin waxaa wadaagno? Maxaa isku haayo Shiinaha iyagana? Maxaa ku kalifay Reer Yurub inay iskaashadaan, and their ultimate goal being a complete unity? Maxaa awoodaas Mareykanka gaarsiiye, Eebbaa awood lahee? You'd think Mareykanka would be this powerful had their civil war resulted their country's bitter division? Midnimo waxee kaa celisaa cadowgaaga -- it is a natural law. Hal qof ma sameyn karo ama awoodo in u sameeyo waxee laba qof sameeyaan. Kun quraanjo isku tagtay baranbaro dhimatay inay qaadaan wey awoodaan, and it is a maahmaah shisheeye. Waxaan midnimo lagu keenin, wax kale laguma keenaayo. That is a fact.

Intuu ku dambeeye ninkaan? Ma qaxay taloow, juuqdiisaba wax maqlo maleh lately.

And what, pray tell, do you call kii Xabashi keenay, Xamarna ugu soo horseeday? The standard-bearer of Soomaali nationalism? *Shaking head*

Waa yaab. Gabdho haddee isku afxumaadaan la kala qaban jiray la ogaa, wax rag sheeganaayo u kala hiilinaayo gabdhaha, kuna dhex jiro. Ceebtaas yee nasoo marin. Ceebeey tacaal. The least any real rag can do is kala celiyo gabdhaha, hadduu awoodina banaanka ka joogo. And why Adminka loo heystaa? Muxuu galabsaday? Only because in uu dadkii dhex galo damcay, oo qilaafka joojiyo from behind the scenes? Isku dirka ma dhamaado miyaa, oo ciyaalnimadaan ma laga koro miyaa? It is getting quite ridiculous isku dirkaan ka socoto SOL lately. Qofkii shaley la dirdiraaye, lagu diraaye dad kale ayaa maanta qof kale lagu soo diraa isla qofkaas shaley loo camiraaye. Dad baaba caadi ka dhigtay waxaas. What an infantile behaviour. Heestii Shimaali kusoo xasuustay, ahayd, "Kaa sheegee, kaa sheekeeyee, kuu sii sheekeeyee, kaa sii sheekeeyee..." Sheydaanka iska naara, gabdho. Hana la kala roonaado. Haddii la kala roonaan roob ma da'o.

Xabash baa dalkii wada qabsaday, oo dadkiina dhameeye, asagana Indhamadoowe ayuu la taaganyahay. Do you consider Indhamadoowe, who is not even in the political picture now, your enemy today and Xabashi dadkaaga leynaayo, gumaadaayo your saviours? Acuudi bilaahi.