Ever checked the one at Yorkdale, Underdog? Surfiyo, digsi, qaato, macalgo, fargeeto, koob, dhoob iyo wixii lamid ah bas maa lagu gadaa dukaankaan horta? Mise other "things" wax kale waaye. What would they be?

Kuusha, qarxis yaah, LoL. I didn't know those who shot him a few years ago knew him personally. I thought they were some robbers or gangs. Is this the dude on Bloor close to Keele? Weston iyo Lawrence aeea ayuu small office ku leeyahay. Originally posted by LayZie G.: quote:I had noticed his office was closed the recent Fridays, since it was right next to the masaajid I pray at sometimes. Suspiciously, it was closed when it is the busiest time for accountants. His office is inside small building. You have to take the stairs, open a door, go to a hall and then stumble upon his office for you to actually spot it, not something kor ka arki karto. Its not something one notices right after getting off a masjid from outside, in other words, same old MMA snooping around as always. There goes all your ajar. If you have passed his office, you would have stumbled the small masaajid I am talking about. Let's just peruse your own words to give where the masaajid is: Masaajid is inside small building. You have to take the stairs, open a door, go to a hall and then pass the xawilaad office of Qaran, then further pass this accountant's office to reach the little masaajid I am talking about. For your information, the little masaajid in the same second floor hall ku yaalaa. Not outside, but inside the same floor in the same building. Hubso intaadan "snooping" iyo wax kale la soo boodin.

Musqulihii Soomaaliya aan ogaa in la geeyo fiicneyd, iyadaaba hal daqiiqo ku last gareyn lahayn. Baranbarooyinkii ayeeba space ka heli lahayn.

You took the message as a literal. The "world" the writer is talking about is not the real world -- he has in mind Mareykanka. Itoobiya would not and cannot be in Soomaaliya without Mareykanka's help. They just cannot do it without their financial, military and political assistance. If Mareykanka ka baxo meesha, their lap dog meeshana wuu ka baxaa, so Soomaalida markaas isku soo hareyso, wada hadli kartana. Faragaliska waa Xabashada uu Mareykanka kor kala socdo, la'aantooda ayba waxba tari lahayn.

A well-known Soomaali accountant is in a pot of boiling water in the recent weeks in this city. I had noticed his office was closed the recent Fridays, since it was right next to the masaajid I pray at sometimes. Suspiciously, it was closed when it is the busiest time for accountants. It was then when I heard the news: The guy fled and is, in fact, vacationing in Soomaaliya currently, and his former "clients" are in heat by the vengeancing Revenue Canada. He used to fill bogus, inflated incomes for tens of Soomaalis for years, who in turn got back hundreds -- if not thousands of unqualified earnings -- of dollars back in income returns. Until now. His actions were typical, so expected, but the burning question is: Was his running off to Soomaaliya warranted in order save his a$$ when he was caught in the cookie jar and in the process his clients -- who knowingly collaborated in the scam as well, though -- feeling the heat now? Should they pay their comeuppance more than their fair share, including his? Or probably, they too should cut and run on their heels. Tan ku cashar qaata, Soomaaliyeey. Many abuse the system, but always expect at the back of your mind sometimes it -- whatever you are doing knowingly and illegally-- can catch with you. Another Soomaali accountant did a similar action in Mareykanka, who was caught last year, and many of his clients ka shalaaye.

Somalia's message to the world: Get Ethiopia off our back Afyare Cabdi Cilmi Globe and Mail March 11, 2008 P resident George Bush recently visited five African countries — Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Benin and Rwanda — and sent his Secretary of State to Kenya to try to end the political crisis there. But when it comes to Somalia, the Bush administration is not only silent but openly supports Ethiopia's occupation. The situation there is now far worse than it was in December of 2006, before Addis Ababa's invasion. In Mogadishu and much of Somalia, the American-supported Ethiopian intervention caused the deaths of more than 6,000 Somalis. According to United Nations officials, the humanitarian crisis in Somalia is "worse than Darfur" — more than a million Somalis fled their homes. The Ethiopian occupation did not deliver the outcome that Washington desired — crushing the Islamists, creating a secure environment and leaving the country quickly. Instead, after more than a year of occupation, the picture is one of assassinations, bombings, looting, media repression and systematic displacement. Worse, there is no end in sight to the quagmire. If there is the will, the U.S. and the rest of the international community can reverse the Somalia crisis. The issue is not about fixing an artificial and illegitimate government that exists on the backs of Ethiopian soldiers and donors' money. The U.S. should aim at the real goals: ending the Ethiopian occupation (the source of Somalia's current problems), addressing the humanitarian catastrophe, initiating a genuine Somali-owned peace process, and dealing with the war crimes committed in the country. It is about time the U.S. realizes that Ethiopia's occupation is radicalizing more Somalis and that the government of warlords is beyond repair. There is no choice: The occupation has to end immediately. Somalis do not want Ethiopian troops in their country and, based on the what has been happening so far, resistance to the occupation will only grow. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's scheme to create a no-win situation for the Somalis — accept the Ethiopian occupation or face a brutal civil war — will surely have a negative impact on long-term relations among the diverse communities in the Horn of Africa and different clans in Somalia. From the Somali perspective, Washington and the world community must understand that Ethiopia's occupation troops and their warlord proxies are a huge liability. Moreover, there is an urgent need for a Somali-owned peace process. Earlier peace-building efforts failed because one or another key stakeholder was excluded. Islam as a faith and Islamists as a force cannot be ignored; the values these diverse Islamist groups represent have roots within the Somali people and must be included in any peace process. Dismissing those forces resisting the Ethiopian occupation as terrorists is neither accurate nor useful for building peace in Somalia. The U.S. also needs to understand that its policy preference of incrementally fixing the results of the Ethiopian-manipulated peace conference in Nairobi (or imposing the Ethiopian design on the Somalis, as many believe) is untenable — the process that produced the current charter, parliament and government was tainted. What is needed is a comprehensive process that addresses governance, security and justice. The debate should start with Somalia's 1960 constitution — it is the only one that a majority of Somalis voted for and one that can accommodate different groups' constitutional and policy concerns. The real challenge is establishing a Somali-owned peace process. One important precondition would be to empower a neutral and credible third party. The UN understands this, and urged the Saudi government to take the lead. Others believe Qatar would be an excellent candidate. The international community should also tap the expertise and connections of the Djibouti government and its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh. As an ethnic Somali, Mr. Guelleh understands the nature of the conflict, and he has good relations with Washington. He might be able to facilitate such a process if the international community is serious about ending the conflict. Charles Taylor, Liberia's former warlord/president, is on trial for the crimes that his forces and his proxies committed against the civilians of neighbouring Sierra Leone. Therefore, the international community should not turn a blind eye when it comes to the war crimes that Ethiopia's troops and proxy Somali warlords have been committing against Somalis for the past year. Perhaps the recently created, New York-based Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect should make Somalia its first project. If a Somali-owned peace process is established, there will be no need for foreign forces — Somalis will keep the peace as they did in peaceful areas of the country, and they will challenge all forms of extremism. The key to bringing the Somali people on board is ending the Ethiopian occupation and the warlords' impunity. The international community has a responsibility to protect Somali civilians from Ethiopia's occupation troops. Its silence sends the wrong message — that Ethiopian soldiers are in Somalia with its consent.

Nimco miyaa magaceeda mise Naciima? Soor inay kariso ahayd intee baasto baasto ku qafiiftay.

What does the Soomaaali xeer has to do with the civil war? And why is he completely ignoring the giant geri in the living room -- Xabashada? Mise xeerka Soomaalida Xabashada hala dagaalamina leeyahay?

Tronto? Magaca ha noogu ciyaarin waraa. Waa Koronto, dheh Koronto, jeega dheerkaa taacun xaan dhahaa.

Ciil badnaa. Walaalaheena Soomaaliyeed Eebba ha u gargaaro -- aamiin, Eebboow, aamiin. Walaahi waa ciil ciil dhalay.. Isla Xabashada waxaan galabsaneyso dad "Soomaali" sheeganaayo u daba socdo, dabanaageynaayo. Friggin' unbelievable.

Originally posted by Hayam: LOOL MMA, walahi I read them as a 12 yr old, what else could I have done when everyone decided I was already too old to play outside and a long summer ahead of me at home..you cracked me, I turned the pages too, when things were well getting a bit too steamy! when I told my cousins that I read them they just wouldnt believe me. memories man [ :eek: :eek: :eek: ] It is a bit shocking if you read his books when you were merely 12. I was in my mid to late teens when I started reading them, and still was shocking to me what some of paragraphs were in his books.

Any way for the record, does any one has or came a cross the pic of this so called G Gabre???????????????? i just wanna see his face Waa kaas, with the dark sunglasses.

Magaca Soomaali Maxaa loo eedeeyay magaca Soomaali? Teer iyo markaan caqliyeystay ilaa iyo hadda waxaan markasta isweydiiyaa waa kuma Soomaaliga la wada eedeeyo? Ma wax baa naga khaldan? Hadday wax inaga khaldanyihiin, ma sixi karnaa oo hal hayska u ah qof kasta oo Soomaali ah oo arka wax bulshada dhexdeeda ku xun? Waa kee eedeeysane kan eedeeynaya maxuu yahay? Run ahaantii dhacdooyinkaa aan la kulmay ma ahan kuwo la soo koobi karo waa dhacdooyin qof Soomaali ahi uu eedaynayo Soomaali kale. Tusaale ahaan: Galab ay tahay soon 5:30 ayaan waxaan isiri ajar doono oo ku tuko masaajidka intaad ku tukan lahayd gurigaaga. Markii salaada la tukaday baa qof walba u jeestay meeshuu ka bixi lahaa anigu waxaan abaaray irridda koonfureed oo aan ku ogaa kabahaygii waxa aan ku soo beegmay saf dheer oo dad badani isku garbinayaan, isagoo qof waliba ku dadaalayo inuu isagu horbaxo. Meesha kabaha lagu xafido hoosteeda waxaa ku dhegen “ogeysiis" dadka looga codsanayo inayan kabaha ku istaagin. Dadkii baxayay qaar ka mid ah ayaa ku istaagay meeshii calaaamadda lahayd balse waxaan u arkayay wax si qalad ah u dhacay oo aan qof lagu eedayn karin qofkii sameeyay maahee. Nin ka mid ah dadkii baxayay baa arkay qaladka dhacay oo yiri, "Meeshan yaan lagu istaagin baa ku qoran." Isla markiiba 50 jir garmadoobe ah baa soo booday oo ku dhawaaqay -- magacii dulnmane Soomaali -- oo yiri, "Soomaalidaan wax ma maqlaan." Markaasuu inta ugama harine waxuu yiri, “Waligoodba meel kasta oo ay joogaan dhaqan xumay la joogaan." Arintaa aad bay iiga careysiisay anigoo isu haysta inaan Soomaaliga aniga kaliya ka joogo markaas, baan iri, “Meel baad kaga dhacday magaca Soomaali dhaqan xumana laguma yaqaan.” Qaar ka mid ah dadkii ayaa si naxariisi ku jirto ii soo fiirshay, iyagoo u riyaaqaya jawaabtaydii ayay hadalo goos goos ah soo tuurtuureen, kadib ninkii jareexeeyay magaca Soomaali baa inta soo booday yiri, "War yaad ka xigtaa magacaan Soomaali?" Waa wax yaab leh oo Soomalidaa wax ay tiraahdaan -- "isuqabe aan loo qabin isla qaayo weeynaa" -- oo waxaan moodayay inaan ka xigo magaca uu ceebeeyay. Waxaan dhacdadii labaad kala kulmay maqaayad ay Soomalidu ka qaxweeyaan iyo waxaan tagay barta lacaghayuhu dalabka ka bixiyo, waxaan soo qaataya shaah anigoo abaaray darka sonkorta iyo caanaha looga darsado dad door ah baa iga hormaray iyadoo isheydu qabatay Soomaali iyo dad kalaba. Waxaan soo gaaray kaalinkii, waxaa garbahayagu simeen nin dhalinyaro ah si fiicana u labisan, isla markaas aan isiri reer magaalnimadiisu way qotodheertahay. Miiska waxaa ku daadsanaa wax yar oo sonkor ah iyo xoogaa caano ah, wixii meesha ku daad sanaa baan damcay inaan iska nadiifiyo markuu arkay inaan warqad qaatay oo aan tirtirayo buu yiri, "Maxaad ka nadiifinaysaa meel Soomaali joogta nadiif noqon meysee." Anigoo ka xumaaday laakiin aan u muujin baan iri, "War maxaad Soomaali u eedeynaysaa cid walbaa daadin karta." Waxa uu igu jawaabay, "Meel walba waxaad gurigiina ku soo gubteen baad la joogtaan." Arintaa iyada ahi waxay igalisay amankaag iyo yaab waxaan is iri dadkani miyaysan aheeyn Soomaali. Xaaladdaas qalafsan ee qofkasta oo waxgaranaya dhibka ku ah ama uu ka danqanaayo waxaa cadeystay dad aan ku tilmaami karo caqligaab ama aqoonyare, dadkaa iyaga ah waxay ilbaxnimo moodeen iska fogeynta dhaqanka iyo magaca Soomaali, soo dhaweynta dhaqan iyo magac aysan laheyn ku faanid iyo ilbaxnimo qof isaga la mid ihi sameystay, aan ku fakarin inuu la tartamo laakiin doorbiday in laga fiican yahay oo isdhiibay. Markasta oo aan maqlo Soomaali waxa ka sheegaya magaca Soomaali waxaan soo xusuustaa heestii ahayd, "San ku neefle ma ogali inuu iga sareen karo oo Soomaali baan ahay." Waxaa badashay, "This is Ameerika." Xigasho [Waala tifaftiray qoraalka.]

Bulldozer = cagafcagaf Excavator = Qufe/faage Hauler = Xamuule Rig = Riigga [lasoo deensaday] Piledriver = [?] Trailer truck = isjiid macala rimoorkiis Tractor = cagafcagaf Elevator = wiish [anything that lifts is called wiish in Afsoomaali, crane being called wiish among them]

Kaganacsiga dhuxusha oo kusii kordhaya Jubbooyinka Kismaayo - Deegaanada Jubbooyinka ayaa tan iyo markii ay burburtay dowladii dhexe ee Soomaaliya waxaa si weyn ugu soo kordhayay jarista, dhoofinta iyo ka ganacsiga dhuxusha oo ay si weyn ugu taajireen dad badan oo ganacsato Soomaali ah waloow ay jiraan dad noloshoodaba ay ku tiirsantahay dhuxusha ka ganacsigeeda. Qaar kamid ah aqoonyahanada Soomaaliyeed ee ku dhaqan Jubbooyinka ayaa walaac ka muujiyay dabargoynta dhirta oo si xoogan oga socota koonfurta Soomaaliya waxaana aqoonyahanaasi ka mid ah Xasan Dhiilood oo ahaan jiray wasiirkii hore ee maamulka goboleedka Puntland waxaana uu qeexay in dhuxusha ka ganacsigeeda uu yahay mid xaaraan ah sida uu hadalka u dhigay isagoo ugu baaqay dadka Soomaaliyeed ee dalka kusugan in ay waxyaabo kale ku badashaan ka ganacsiga dhuxusha si ay u badbaadiyaan nolasha dadka reer miyiga ah iyo xoola dhaqatada oo imikaba iyaga la tiicaya oon iyo haraad iyadoo xoolahana ay yihiin kuwo waayay geed ay diirtaan iyadoo ay usii dheertahay abaaro ka jira gobolka. Magaalada Sismaayo ayaad arkeysaa wadooyinka dhinacyadooda qaarkood dhuxul sida dabaqada oo kale la isa duldulsaaray kuwasi oo lagu daabulo dekeda Sismaayo si loogu dhoofiyo wadamada Qaliijka oo imika loo dhoofiyo dhuxusha. Dadka ku dhaqan xaafadaha ay yaalaan dhuxusha ee magaalada Sismaayo ayaa ka cabanaya caafimaad daro iyo dhibaatooyin dhinaca dhicaca hawada ah oo si weyn u saameeysay dadka dagan xaafadaha Laanta Ganacsiga iyo Via Afmadoow halkaasi oo ah goobaha ugu badan ee ay yaalaan dhuxusha. Jarista dhuxusha oo ah meelaha sida weyn looga jaro dalka gaar ahan Jubbooyinka ayaanan la ogeen xiliga ay ka joogsan doonto jarista dhuxusha balse waxaa jirtay dhoor jeer oo hore ayay dowladu FKMG mamnuucday ka ganacsiga dhuxusha iyadoo hadana aad moodo in halkeedii uun ay kasii socoto. Soomaalida Maanta

A decade ago, the Western world were obsessed with this three-letter abbreviation. Too much fear-mongering, where a whole consult-based industry arose, to take advantage of many typical Westerners buying that fear and storing in storage Eebbe knows what, believing the world as we know it will end when the year 2000 hits. Maan, remembering all those brouhaha and much ado about nothings of these days. How gullible humans can be.

And the second one aniga uu ahaa. Waaba ka naxay when only one qof u codeeye. Beerlaawe in loo camiro waaye, see waaye.

His forces overwhelmingly were Soomaalis and he was Soomaali. About him being "nationalist," depends what one calls a nationalist. Are Ceyroow/Rooboow/Turki/Co nationalists since they are fighting for Soomaali lands now, not Muslim Oromo lands? I do agree with you, though, about not historically being known about his clan, and that itself adds more into his Soomaalinimo. No qabiil sheegan karo, and fast majority of those qabiils now la arko did not exist then. His qabiil was Soomaali then, since magaca Soomaaliyeedba itself waagaas cusbaa.

Some Somalis tried to reconstruct the image of Ahmed Gurey as Somali Nationalist( in the modern sense), or a clan hero for their respective clan; neither are true! And this is based on what? Axmed Gurey is Soomaali, as Soomaali as you and me are now. "Axmed Gragn" or him being attributed to Oromo is rubbish, reconscructed and re-written as history by those who do not like Soomaalis shine, cadowga Soomaaliyeed.

Originally posted by Dabshid: War nimanku maxay cuneen? Cambuulo iyo calooleey.

The Other Side of Midnight (1973 Windmills of the Gods (VERY GOOD)(1987) The Sands of Time (1988) Memories of Midnight (1990) The Doomsday Conspiracy (SUPER! Aliens) (1991) You are missing the most interesting ones. You should read If Tomorrow Comes, Rage of Angels, Master of the Game and Nothing Lasts Forever. Those four are among his best, and especially if you think Doomsday Conspiracy was superbly written, you will find those listed above much more fun to read. I've read all his books in late '90s to 2001 save his last one. The man is just brilliant, a writer bestowed with an astonishing amount of talent. I don't think I will see anyone who can write the way he wrote. I don't read fiction usually, but his books forced me to. One just can't put them down. I can't believe you read his books as a kid, though. I too was a teenager, and those days reading his novels, some scenes just used to shock me. I just used to turn over the shocking pages and paragraphs then. Skipper, Sidney himself said that that his books will almost always have a heroine. He was a small-f feminist. It wasn't a problem for me, though, seeing all of his main characters always being a female; what just fascinated was his absolute talent of writing that completely captures all of your attention, not to mention being humourous, suspense, thriller...

Saas maa Shariifka loogu dambeeyaa? Waaw. And who can guess the two lonely voters who voted odeygaas ibtilada miiran?

What state are you talking about to be an anti of it? Do you even know the real definition of a state? Last time I knew, Soomaaliya was not some Tigrey province, as you assume a state to be the state like Minnesota. Soomaaliya is a country state and it is currently occupied by Xabashis, thanks to that stooge whose poor, cult-like painted poster was put where a Soomaali heroine's statue was on, a heroine who fought and perished for the very country that is now occupied by the very enemies she was fighting against. It is too tragic to be ironic his overpolished, exaggerated image being put where her statue was.

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"We were trained as children because the clans used to fight. All Somalis are trained," he said with a slight chuckle. The man waa kaftamayaa ileen. On a related note, here is what the confused ra'iisul wasaare ku sheega leeyahay. Saan ayuu xil ku sheeganaa. Maarso 6, 2008 -- Ra'iisul wasaaraha DFKMG, Kol. Nuur Cadde ayaa wax laga weydiiyey waxa ay (DFKMG) kala socdeen weerarkii (Maarso 3, 2008) ee diyaaradaha dagaalka ee Maraykanku ay ku qaadeen magaalada Dhoobley, waxa uu ku jawaabey, " Arrintaas iyada ah wixii laga dhehi lahaa waa laga yiri, waana laga yimid waqtigeedii ..." Wariyaha idaacadda Codka Maraykanka, Cabdisalaan, ayaa markaas weydiiyey su'aal ahayd, "Laakiin dadka faraha badan ee mudaharaadka ka dhigay magaalada Dhoobley ee weerarkaas ka soo horjeedey iyo kuwa leh Bakaaraha ayaa dhibaato naga soo gaartey, haddaad dawladdii tihiin maxaad idinku ku oraneysaan?" Kol. Nuur Cadde waxa uu ku jawaabey: " Waxaan filayaa Maraykanka iyagu in ay ka hadleen wixii halkaas ka dhacay , annagana haddee wixii... haddii... dad dembiilayaal ah baadigoobkoodii difaacooda kolley horaa looga hadlay...." [ Xigasho ] Saasaaba xil lagu sheeganaa. Yaab iyo barkeeda. Ma meesha Mareykan ayaa dowlad ka sheeganeyso markuu leeyahay iyaga dulmiga wado ee duqeynaayo masaakiinta hala wareysto. Xiligeedii waa laga yimid kulahaa, masaakiin dhan la dhameeye waxba galabsan.