Originally posted by Armchair Politician: Really long polished wooden table? Check Everyone has their own bottle of water? Check Everyone looks really bored, and noone has even opened their notebook? Check Looks as though Puntland has started offering a selection of soda pop with your water as well.

Baddacase by C/salaan Macalin Siciid. Dhul biyuhu maraanoo Xareeduna baliga taal Wacan bay ku dhalatiyo Dhul barwaaqo ah ood garan Biraanteedaan waayoon Baadi doon ku waashee Bariga ay ku nooshahay Shimbir buuba igu tiri Bararkeeda oon barkadiyo Basharkeeda ayaan u bogaya Bishaan dhexdeeda oon helaan Boqol aan soomaan Balan ku qaadee Bilaash laguma dhaartee Buurahaan jecleystiyo Bartii muuqa dheereyd Bartankeediyo Beledweyney ku nooshahee Boqolka soo baxaayeey Shan iyo tobnaadeey Baahida aan kuu qabo Barniyeey, biraan aragaa ha iga tagin Bootin dheer Bureeqa Oo baalasheedii fidisoo In ay buubto bilowdoo Bilcinnadii ka boodaay Berigii aan isbaranaan Wadnaha boog ku yeeshee Beerkii bay damqadayoo Boqoduhu kuu basaasee Baddacas baan ku geynayaa Biyo janaan ku siinayaa Bogeyga waan ku saarayaa Badbaado oo aragtiyo Barwaaqo oo aan gaarnaan Bilaahi kuugu marayaa

The meaning of Obama's robes A photo of US presidential candidate Barack Obama wearing Somali clothing is causing a storm after it got released to the Drudge Report website. Yusuf Garaad Omar, head of the BBC's Somali Service, explains the meaning of the robes. These are the normal clothes that nomadic people wear. The head turban is especially used by elderly people as a suggestion of respect. It is something that has no meaning whatsoever in Somalia culture. If you see someone dressed like that in Somalia, you think it is a nomadic person - that is all. There is no religious significance to it whatsoever. It is mainly the nomadic people who use it. Some of them are religious, some are not. It is simply a tradition of the place where they are from. In this particular place, Wajir in north-east Kenya, the community is majority ethnic Somali. They have a council for Peace and Development, and when they get delegates they dress them as a nomadic person. I have been trying to track down the old man in the photo with Mr Obama, and I have been told he is Mohammed Hassan, the chair of the council itself. But he is not in town today, and we could not get hold of him. This debate reminds me of people back home in Somalia, who say that women should not wear trousers, or other cultures who say men should not wear a tie. I just don't think it makes sense. Beenbeensii

Besides, there is already another thread regarding this issue incase you haven't notice MMA I know, sister. But this thread is a year and half old, so I remembered when I called him a marax in a mock reference in that time. I wanted to take that comment back now, since dad badan dhaqankeenaba soo faragishtay, wax kale ka dhigay. I see you didn't check the date. come on now, I think he looks rather handsome in that garb. Don't force inaa mid anigoo hoosgundideyga sabarindida mida ah waliba wato inaa inta kusoo dhajiyo. Hoostaa gilinaa yarkaan dhagaha kuus kuusan.

Hala isku tartiibiyo, aqiyaareey. Meesha aflagaado yee soo galin. Heated debates, yes, but aflagaado yaa lagu soo darin meesha idinkoo mahadsan.

This was the picture I was mocking a year and half ago. Where was the uproar when I called him marax? I called him marax wearing go'a iyo hoosgundida hidaheena ah in '06, when he was visiting Wajeer. I will take and swallow back that comment now. He is raggeedi now, so unmarax.

Rokko, how many tries did you do to get to that far? Runta sheeg yaah.

Originally posted by Che -Guevara: MMA.......LooooooooL@Tolkaville...Macbuudka xabad xabad usoo baxa dheh. MMA, I say you do fine job dealing with these gangs aka Somaliland Gang, Puntland Gang, and who could leave Hiiraale Gang, and oh yeah Maakhir gang,but there are peaceful and a bit more mature. Hal hal maa sheegtaaye, koox koox ha usoo baxaan. Xiinfaniin and Baashi, meesha groupthink mentality baa ka socoto, wax cusubna ma'aha to this special group ku jiro in this thread. The familiar, usual suspects familial groups were succinctly mentioned by Che. Come hell, they will follow an ilma'adeer than correcting or criticizing him or her on publically. Xishood ma jiro, not to mention meel aan absolutely waxba yaalin in wax laga raadiyo. I have no idea why and what my moderatorship sometimes has to do with my opinions. Am i censoring forumers on here? Am I deleting, editing their posts? And when did I ever dad ka buriye inta, ka xigsaday? Simply waxaa la rabaa in qof's opinion la shut gareeyo because the groupthink tolka finds it indigestible, and the easiest they can find is always lagu gambado under this moderatorship position, which I am volunteering. And that would not be expected from me, not now, whether under my name has a MOD sign or not. Never. My firm stance of the sacred unity of Soomaaliya will never change; I will always firmly be against qabyaalad iyo qurunkeeda, too. Anyone lasoo shirtago those two issues should expect a firm rebuke. Kuusha, Xaa heysaa abaayadiis caawa?

You can not tell me that Xamar belongs to this ppl [people with their roots in ancient Arabia, Persia and South and Central Asia] The unfortunate fact, however, is those same people -- whom you refer to have "roots in ancient Carabta and Persia" -- were the founders of Xamar. I gave my sources in prior posts of mine, and will post another source below. There were no Soomaalis there, iskaba dhaaf a sub-clan you are persisting to claim on their behalf. Soomaali dhan ma joogin when they arrived, founded a civilized, functioning city. History, not kutiri kuteen, attests to that. Archaeological evidence as well validates that. Masaajidka Cabdicasiis [whose xaafad and degmo was named after, and which still stands] is almost a millennium old. Old Masaajidka Faqaradiin, which does not stand today, is also built a time dating way back several hundred years ago. Arbacarukun masaajid too as well, though assumed built much later than the former other two. The reality, again, is that maryooleeys did not built those masaajido. Heck, they were not even there. They were in the deep interior, closest in Shabeellooyikna. And those who were there were not even the sub-clan you are claiming to "own" Muqdisho now. The founders of Xamar built it, the founders who even named Xamar as Xamar, who named Muqdisho as Muqdisho and Banaadir as Banaadir. Here is a screenshot of an excerpt from authoritative The Cambridge History of Africa: As you can see, Faqaradiin masaajid was apparently named the founder of Muqdisho sultanate, according to that book and he was not ethnically even Soomaali. And here, another quote from the same book: Ha u diidin dadka waxee dhiseen. Aniga dadkaas Xamar ma siinaayo maanta, shaleyna ma dhihin iyagaa leh, oo iyagaa leh kuma dhahaayo, but should one group be attributed being founders of our beloved Xamar, then they are the first and the last come to mind. Give credit where it is due. That is history. You cannot deny that and rewrite history because some clans now have the biggest guns in Xamar. Your map only labels where the so-called "major" armed clans live, it does not include the so-called "minority" non-ethnic Soomaali clans. A whole junk of Jubbooyinka and Shabeellooyinka are lived by those people "minority" loogu waco or that unsavory, offensive labels of "others/barka" loogu sii daray. Ee marka war lee maa wadeynaa. Intaan ka badan xaaraan waaye. Isdaba socod iyo muran dalac bilaash ee noqonee, which I don't want it to be. Bas waaye, intaan kusoo gaba gabeynaa.

Ha moogan kulankaas.

Dad wareeray waaye, wali Soomaalida dabeecadooda ma baran. Dad madax adagna waaye, oo wax aan tooda ahayn mid kale aanan aaminsanayn. Wuxuu ka dhahay Diinsoor maalin dhawayd markuu ku sugnaa saacado Mukhtaar Rooboow lee cajiibkeeda fiiri: "[D]adweynihii ayaa u sabciyey kadibna wuxuu ku yiri, "Aniga sacabka waxaan ka jeclahay Allaahu Akbar, sacabka waa midka aan soo nacay oo aan ka dagaalamayo..." Allaahu Akbar, sax, qof diidan maleh. Xaa keenay sacbis la dagaalan? They believe in uu sacabka bidco yahay or shuqul isgaaleys iska dhig dhig ah. Dad waashay waaye, meel ay wax ka bilaabaan iyo ka wadaan wali aanan garan.

Originally posted by ONE SOMALIA: MMA damiin far waaween aa wax loogu qoraa marka see wax kuu fahamsiiyaa qabiil meesha malugu qorikaree post aan kuuggu soo qoray meesha ka aqri muqdisho qeebta ugu danbeesa mar kasta yaa la dhihin one clan oo dhan ayaa leh xamar ama so called banaadir waa la og yahay dad qaas aanan doon iyo wax la mid ah keenin inay leeyihiin marka cool off and read the history i cant write that spicial sub clain here. DUKE i know moqdisho inay kawada dhaxeeso soomali l;aakiin waa in loo qirtaa dadka leh INSHAA ALLAH wayna fiicnaan doontaa waana loo wada noqon doonaa Horta Ms. Wan Soomaaliya, kusoo dhawoow golahaan, maadaama aad wali ku cusubtahay. Meeshaan SOL ayaa la yiraahdaa, oo barasheeda kuu dhiman. Should you bring any kutiri kuteen and hearsay opinions masqueraded as facts from the grapevines of tolkaville, and not actual known, proven facts, expect to be dissected, examined, scrutinized, sliced, challenged, analyzed and matched with if they confirm to the historical, written facts. Alas, this forum is not tolkaville again, where expectedly everything, regardless how absurd, is yes, yes, yes. You should have better known that. Bring known facts on the table, not what hebel or heblaayo said. And I read what was on that page from the source you have posted. It seems you yourself did not read much for there are facts on that page itself against what you believe.

Dagaal culus oo ka dhacay deegaanka Dhoobley ee gobolka Jubbada Hoose Dagaal xooggan ayaa maanta (Feb. 24, '08) wuxuu ka dhacay deegaanka Dhoobley ee Gobolka Jubbada Hoose, iyadoo dagaalkaasina uu u dhexmaray maleeshiyo beeleedyo ka soo jeeda deegaankaas iyo ciidamada amniga deegaanka. Dagaalkan oo ay ku dhinteen 3 ruux, 8 kalena ay ku dhaawacmeen ayaa la sheegay in uu salka ku hayo nin dhalinyaro ah oo dhawaan ay bartamaha deegaanka Dhoobley ku dileen ciidanka amniga deegaanka Dhoobley. Warar aynu ka helnay Degmada Afmadoow ayaa waxay sheegayaan in ninka la dilay ee uu dagaalka ka bilowday intii aan la dilin ay u yimaadeen rag hubeysan oo ka tirsan ciidamada amniga deegaanka Dhoobley, kadibna ay ku amreen in uu demiyo hees uu dhegeysanayay, iyadoo markii uu amarkaas qaatay kadib oo ay raggii ka tageenna uu dib u daaray heestii nin kale oo la joogay ninka la dilay, taasi oo keentay in marxuumka ay ku furaan rasaas uu u geeriyooday . Dagaalka maanta ka dhacay deegaanka Dhoobley oo la sheegay in uu ahaa mid aad u culus ayaa wuxuu saameyn ku yeeshay dadkii deegaankaas ku dhaqnaa, kuwaasi oo qaarkood ay ku qaxeen xadka u dhaxeeya Soomaaliya iyo Kenya, halka kuwo kalena ay ku carareen dhulka baadiyaha ah. Xaaladda deegaanka Dhoobley ayaa haatan waxay tahay mid aad u kacsan, waxaana laga cabsi qabaa in uu dagaalka faraha ka sii baxo, isla markaana uu geysto khasaare ka badan tii uu maanta geystay. Xigasho

AfricaOwn do you know when the TFG's term will end? Officially, it ends August, 2009. But it already ended when they invited Xabashis to Soomaaliya. It is just another puppet entity with no legitimacy.

Ka warama kan la baxay O'Hirsi, ula jeedana Awxirsi? Irish baaba la aaday. Berina maxaa maqalnaa? McRaugh mid la baxay magaciis ah Macruuf? Aan iska dhaafnee dad maqan boggaan ayaa noogu filan fiiriskiisa, inta 'magac' kala jaabo shisheeye la wato, badanaana ereyo Ingiriis qaabdaran ah. Kalsooni la'aan ereyada Soomaaliyeed heysato. Keyga inkastoo sadex erey Carabi isku wada yahay, wali waa ereyo Afsoomaaliga la wadaago yahay, lana Soomaaliyeeye.

Ma waxaan kugu cusub? Dad daanyeer pet u ah? Soomaaliya ciyaalka daanyeero ee wadan jireen, oo xiiso u ahayd mar mar. Gacanteyda forearm uu iga qaniinay ilaa hadda xasuustaa, wali ilkahiisa ka muuqdo if one gives a closer look. It was a daanyeer owned by yar ciyaal xaafadda ahaa. Some of those daanyeero were shaxaaris, musqulaha kor ka feedan guryaha qaarkood ku yaalay ayee gabdhaha qabeysanayo ugu gali jireen. Aaah, iih, ohuhohuh gabdho ku qeylinaayo dadka maqli jireen. Iyagoo qaawan qaarkood musqusha orod ugu soo bixi jiray. God, the memories!

Originally posted by ONE SOMALIA: MMA. Reer xamar waaba dalxiin dalxiin sidee kuyihiin dadka dhulka iska leh I have proof of it so. click here and read some history web page Horta mar labaad aan ku celiyo: Muqdisho cid gaar ayaa leh waa kasoo horjeedaa, laakiin haddii cid gaar ah sheegan karto, well let history talk. Here a piece of history for you. [Disclaimer: I have no connection with Reer Xamar and Banaadiri people whatsoever. Meel aan iska galno ka ahayn Soomaalinimo, diinta Islaamka, afka iyo dhaqan wadaag ma jirto. I am just reporting history as it was. We cannot deny that fact.] -------------- The Banaadirs (also spelled "Benadir") are people with their roots in ancient Arabia, Persia and South and Central Asia. Their name is derived from a Persian word "bandar" which means "harbor" or port, reflecting their origins as sea-faring traders who crossed the Indian Ocean to the easternmost part of Africa and established centers of commerce which linked that continent with Asia. The first Banaadir communities were established in what is today southern Somalia about one thousand year ago. Their reputation as the settlements of a prosperous and peace loving people was set down in written accounts by foreign travelers to Africa dating back to the 13th century. "The Banaadir Coast" as proper name for coastal northeast Africa was used well into 20th century, and as an informal designation for southern Somalia remains in use today. Being the first to live in this region – nomalid "Samale" (Somali) people from the African interior did not press south and east to the Indian Ocean until centuries later . The Banaadir port city of Hamar eventually became Mogadishu, Somalias capital. The Banaadir continued to live their ancient stones homes of their forebears built in Mogadishos old quarter. Although there has been intermarriage and influence from African peoples over the centuries, the Banaadir today very much remain a light and few dark skinned minority whose economic livelihood, unlike most of Somali people, is based on commerce and not agriculture. Xigasho I The source you yourself provided also mentions this fact: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the southern city of Mogadishu became Somalia's most important city. Mogadishu, Merca, and Baraawe, had been major Somali coastal towns in medieval times. Their origins are unknown, but by the fourteenth century travelers were mentioning the three towns more and more as important centers of urban ease and learning. Mogadishu, the largest and most prosperous, dates back at least to the ninth century, when Persian and Arabian immigrants intermingled with Somali elements to produce a distinctive hybrid culture. The meaning of Mogadishu's name is uncertain. Some render it as a Somali version of the Arabic "maqad shah," or "imperial seat of the shah," thus hinting at a Persian role in the city's founding . And then there is the archaeological evidence, whose physical structure that is still up that you and I cannot deny: We cannot deny historical buildings [many of them destroyed] that are located in the heart of Muqdisho: Xamarweyne and Xamarjajab and other nearby degmooyin I mentioned in previous posts. Muqdisho started from those degmooyin and the founders of these degmooyin dadkee ahayeen waala ogyahay, ma beenaa isku sheegeynaa? Also until the Talyaani colonials arrived, Muqdisho was ruled by not maryooleey, but dadka kor lagu soo sheegay. Run miyaa mise been? Marka "dalxiin, dalxiinkaan" aad ku heysid xee tahay? Dadkaas dhul banaan oo aan cidno deganayn ayee dhiseen a thousand years ago, oo magaalo caalami taariiqi ah kasoo saareen, a highly functioning civilized city waliba. Xiligaas dhulkaasba Soomaali kuma sugneyn, iskaba dhaaf Soomaali gaar oo u gooni ah meesha. Qofkii kooyto ah waa kan gadaal ka imaaday. Anyway, intaanan ka bixin this thread, aan ku celiyo mar labaad. Muqdisho Soomaali ayaa wada dhisatay, iyagaana wada leh, wada wadaago, waana magaalo madaxdooda xudunta ay iskugu yimaadaan. Cid gaar u sheegan karto ma jirto, iskaba dhaaf sheegasho aanan jirin.

Originally posted by *Blessed: quote:Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: Well, it is SOL's -- Soomaaliya Onlayn -- capital, lest you didn't decipher that. If you don't believe Soomaaliya as your own country, I don't know what you are doing here and desperately deluging with propagandic, unverified hearsay articles day in and out, that advocate the dismemberment of the very name this site honourably carries and is named after. That is the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever written MMA. Somalia is a divided country, if JB doesn't consider Muqdishu his capital, that's his opinion and I dare say that he is allowed to express it. That is really beside the point I want to make, there are Somalis of all camps on this website, the are also none Somalis. It's open to all! This website, however it’s named does not advertise itself as a forum for those who share a political ideology. In fact I often viewed this place as being a Pan Somali website. You being the sole Mod of the politics section, is doing SOL a great disservice by telling those who don't share your political ideology that they don't belong here! I’m just glad the owner is a bigger man than you. U kaadi, u kaadi. If my words ku gubay, well, waa loogu tala galay in dad xaasidnimada iyo naceyba Soomaaliya u qabaan, including its capital, ku raagtay lagu gubo. Mida koowaad, no body ka xigsanaayo anybody on this site. Wax xigsasho la yiraahdo ma jirto. I am not the site's spokesperson. I am a member who is just volunteering his time to moderate, nothing more or less. What I am writing on here is purely my own personal opinion, not SOL's stance. Anybody can believe whatever they wish to be so, including haddeeba even their capital ku taalo on Mars. That would be the least of my concern. My concern sheerly concerns the resentment he had shown to Muqdisho and probably its residents, how happy he is seeing it dhulka lala simo. Qof walba baa ka dhadhansan karo taas from his very satisfied grinning. Reminded him it was his own capital as well. It was not was his answer. Fine. Wuxuu rabo ayuu sheegan karaa, ama ha goosto maa sheegtaa, ha kala baxo hadduu rabo. Waxaas iima taala. Waxa ii taalo is coming to a Soomaaliya site, yet quite happily showing xaasidnimo and bitterness without any hint of irony coming to a site which was named that very capital's country he was showing towards to his spite. After all, this site was named after Soomaaliya, no? Our 'foreigner' Soomaali brother needs someone straight path tusiyo, tusiyo his inconsitencies and contradictions because isma arkee. And yes, the site is a pan-Soomaali. The last definition of "pan-something" I knew meant in layman's terms pro-unity of any given subject, particularly siyaasad mid ku saabsan. I’m just glad the owner is a bigger man than you. Qof qof kale ka sareeya ayaaba iska yar meeshaan joogo, iskaba dhaaf qof qof kale ka 'big' ah. Waxaan kindergarten playground ciyaalka joogo ayaa dhaho, not wax mature adults isku quuraan in uu afkooda kasoo baxo.

Second, Marna waxaad leedahay Soomaaliya ha ka go'in marna waxaad leedahay xabashi baa qabsatay ,,, which one should i follow ? ,,, are you calling me to stay under Gabre ?? ,,, mise waxa aan samaystay baad rabtaa inaad burburiso oo xaasidnimo ayay kaa tahay ?? Before Gabre iyo Gabraale iyo Garamgaram wixii la dhahaba maqashay ayaa Soomaaliya iyo Soomaalinimo ka carareysay, no? Were you not separatist in 2006, in 2005, in 2004 when there was no Gabre iyo Gubre wuxuu yahayba? Soomaaliya is not Xamar alone. Xamar is not Soomaaliya alone. Hargeysa, magaalada aad ku sugantahay, is in Soomaaliya, the very country aad ka carareysid. I am only saying dadkaaga iyo dalkaaga [even hadduu burbursanyahay currently] dhinac ka raac, oo keenso wixii keeni lahaa xal, not intaa meel ood isku soo oodid, wax long-departed pink man did a hundred years ago inaa dib usoo celisid, oo wixii halganimo ahaa, gobonimo ahaa aad ka dhigtid hal bacaad lagu lisay. Waxaa aamisantahay waa fikrad aad u qaldan, aanan qumaneen, xaadirkaana adduunweynaha aanan ka soconeynin. Come up with another solution. Third, With you or without you i'm gone ,, i'm gone forever ,, catch me if you can miyay odhan jireen ,,,,,,,,,, You have enough problems in Somalia to solve ,,, first Liberate it, then make it stable, then establish an administration, Form a government then call me for Unity ,,,,, then that can be discussed. If you were confident in your own self-delusional beliefs, wax la garay ahaan lahayd. Alas and sadly, adigaaba and your beliefs isku kalsooneen, do not even believe your own convictions since you try so desperately try to prove something non-existent on this site day in and out when you inundate some progapandic, half-truth or completely outlandish ah inta kusoo guurisid. I ask you again, why not aadan ugu guurin those same bogus articles on some typical Oromo or Canfari site, which I am sure do exist. Why on SOL? Before you answer, you and I and the rest of SOLers all do know the answer. Somaliaonline aad waxaan qoraalada dalkaaga kala goynaayo iyo naceybka dadkaaga abuuraayo kusoo guurineysid maalin walba, you are trying hard to convince yourself only, let alone Soomaalida kale. Maba isku kalsoonid. If you are gone forever, as you've just wrote, waxaas ma aadan ku fali lahayn. No? Sheeko. NB -- The very problems you mention includes separatists and their agenda. That is part of the major problem, not a solution.

Waligeey Soomaalinimadeyda kama tagaaye, aan heysto ama aanan heysan some other foreign baasaboor. Kanadiyaan uma dareensani saa Soomaalinimo u dareensanahay, oo dad baa dhistay dalkaan, not me or my forefathers. Dalkeyga oo hagaagsana oo nabad ah midkood dooro haddii la i dhahana isweydiis maleh kaan dooran lahaa. Will always be a Soomaali from Soomaaliya, first, second and last. Don't ever again compare Kanada dhalasho dad siiye iyo adiga Soomaalinimada ka carareysid, believing some crap xariijin [so-called boundary beenaad] some long gone white men iska xariiqsaday in Soomaaliya, Soomaalidiina kala gooye where no Soomaali solicited. Isla yaab xataa that same white men iyagii dalkooda uma quurin waxaas, oo Northern Ireland, Wales iyo Scotland ugu horeyso inay ka go'aan uma ogala.

MMA, Xamar yaa lahaa tiri? Reer Xamar? Are you talking about the same Reer Xamar who descended from the Arab traders who intermarried with the local Somalis? Adaaba hada sheeko cusub furtee...Xashac... Noo, walaashiis, I don't believe any particular group can claim any 'ownership' of Xamar whatsoever. Dadka Xamar sheegto lee la yaabahay, and if any sheegan karo dadkii ugu soo horeeye, dhistay magaalada asalkeeda ayaa xaq u leh ka wadaa, not that they should either. Xamar waa magaalo madaxdii Soomaaliya, waana xuduntii Soomaalida, gaaf ka gaaf ee joogaan waa meeshee isku wada imaadeen, si wadajirna walaaltinimana u dhisteen.

Well, it is SOL's -- Soomaaliya Onlayn -- capital, lest you didn't decipher that. If you don't believe Soomaaliya as your own country, I don't know what you are doing here and desperately deluging with propagandic, unverified hearsay articles day in and out, that advocate the dismemberment of the very name this site honourably carries and is named after. Judging from what you wrote, won't then this site be a "foreign" to you after all? I don't think you would deluge those same articles in some Oromo site or Canfari one, no? Do you ever see also any irony on this? Ever notice this? Any thoughts ever occured to you about this before you rushingly propagate, inundate bogus articles, some with hate-filled, copied-and-pasted from God knows what ignominious sites. The country aad u dhalatay ka carareysid ayaa wali isku waal waaleysaa, isku dhax walaaqeysaa. It is just too contradictory. Ama si toos ugu carar, ama sida dhabta ah dadkaaga meel ka raac, dalkaagna Soomaaliya in uu yahay aaminsanoow, which is the reality aad iska indhatireysidee.

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: Just look at the wall behind them ,,,,, nice dressing but old and devistated buildings. The real story is on the walls behind them ,, Xaasidnimo heerkaan mee kaa gaartay? Are you happy to see your capital being destroyed like that? Are you really? Waaba la dhoola caddeynaa, like something quman wax la yiri camal.

Originally posted by Malika: ^I am good sis! Yeah those taageerada sure brings good memories of an era gone by! They must be wives of important people,just check out the body guards behind them.. They are just members of the so-called baarlamaan, some selected xildhibaano [MPs], one of them, the one in the middle, in addition carrying the titular, but useless, "minister" -- the minister of women's and family's affairs. But, yea, their dressing look exceptional. Waayo waayo lagu soo xasuusanaa, pre-day Soomaaliya, how beautiful and common it was to see dumar diracyo qurxoon wato jidka ku laafiyoonaayo.

ma ogtahay in xaafadaha xamar qaarkood ay goofaf ahaayeen markii carabta lagu keenay doonta bortaqiiska masoo dhaafi jirin xamar wayne iyo agagaarkeeda sidaas awgeed ayaa caanaha loogu keeni jiray waxaana laga keeni jiray goofafka hada loo baxshay xaafad sida yaaqshiid wardhiigley kaaraan iyo kuwa kale oo lagaa rabo inaa u qirto cida inee leedahay. marka reer kooytooy iska cuna canbahiina ileen qaxarka aa ka tiomaadeen ma laga helee . ISMAANDHEESKA CANUUNIGA BABAAYGA may be i stop intoo dhareer idin ka imaanin. Ee Xamar dhanka waqooyi lee miyaa, ee dhanka koonfurteeda dhan waa laga booday miyaa? Horta su'aalo relevant aan isweydiino. Koow, noo sheega micnaha iyo meeshee kasoo jeedo ereyga Muqdisho? Ma sheegi kartaa? Laba, micnaha iyo meeshee kasoo jeedo ereyga Banaadir ma noo sheegi kartaa? Ogoowna Banaadir Xamar kaliya lama dhihi jirinee, Banaadir from Warsheekh ilaa xataa mar marka qaarkood Baraawe loogu wici jiray, dhulkaas badda ku hareersan. Tan sadexaad micnaha Xamar itself noo sheeg adigaa claim gareynaayee? Maxaa loogu magacdari waaye dadka wey leeyihin aad leedahay magaalada? Maxaa iyaga loogu wici waaye Reer Xamar? Su'aasha ugu dambeysana: Horta yaa Xamar u talin jiray inteenan gumeysidoonkii imaan carada Soomaaliyeed? If you didn't read history books, Xamar waagaas laba dad iskugu imaan jiray oo ganacsi ka dhaxeeye; labaas oo kala ahaana: Reer Xamar iyo Xamardaye oo ay Kuulkat sheegtay. Adigoo history books aanan aqrin the very word Xamardaye ka fahmi kartaa micnaha loola jeedo. Waa dad Xamar maalintii ganacsigooda yar yar u imaan jiray, oo caanaha iyo qudaarta keeni jiray [and they still do to this day], habeenkiina ka hooyan jiray. Wey deyi [ama indha indheyn] jireen kaliya magaalada, intee arkaana ka noqdo. Howl iyo maamul magaalo shuqul kuma lahayn. Sad for you, though, dadkaas Xamar ma dhisin, highly advanced, civilized city with all its modern public services kama dhigin. Basically, dad marti iska ah, habeenkiina iska hoyan jiray ayee ahayeen. Talo magaalo shuqulkooda ma'aheen. Again, Xamarka laga hadlaayo waa historical Xamar, taasna lix xaafadood oo degmooyin isku badalay ayee ahayeen, oo aan ku celiyo mar kale: Shibis, Shangaani, Boondheere, C/casiis, Xamarweyne iyo Xamarjajab. Meelahaas intii xabbadda dhicin dadkii deganaa waala ogyahay, dadkaasna waligood inkastoo aynan isku qorin, isa siinin magaalada, though iyagaa dhisay, degnaana, loogu yimidka magaaladda. Hadduu qof Xamar sheeganaayo iyagaa xaq u leh. Degmooyinkii kale -- sida Yaaqshiid, Kaaraan, Iskuraran [Hodan] Wadajir iyo kuwii lamidka ahaa -- kooytada waxba ma dhaamin, oo Xamar la balaarteen. Kuligeen kooyto wada aheen, ka ahayn dadkii asalka dhistay magaalada, been yaala isku sheeginee. Xamar waa kaa qori iyo baasuuke badnahay ma lagu sheegto, taariiq ayaa jirto, oo buuggaag qoran. Iska dheh iyo kutiri kuteenka ma soconeyso. Maxaa caddeyn ah oo aad heysaa in reerkiina Xamar leeyihiin, whoever they are. Ma Soomaalida kale ayee ugu aqal iyo guryo badanyihiin? Ma Soomaalida kale ayee ugu dad badanyihiin? Ma Soomaalida kale ayee ugu hanti badanyihiin? Ma iyaga gaar ahaantood dhistay Xamar badankeed? Heck, hal meel oo taariiqi ah ma noo sheegi kartaa dadkaan aad leedihiin Xamaree dhisteen? [i don't even know dadka la leeyahay Xamar ee leeyihiin, but I assume inay maryooleey lamagoodle ah yihiin iyaga waxaas lagu yaqaanaa, faanka dalac bilaashka bilaa bisbaas la'aanta ah waligood maryooleey lagu aqaanay.] It is unfortunate one clan's members to claim a capital city, very unfortunate especially when the facts -- the historical, written facts -- say otherwise. Maki Xaaji Banaadir [waana nin magaciisa aabihiisaba Banaadirka wato] bilaash uma dhihin, Xamareey waa lagu xumeeye yaa ku xaal marinaayo. Qof guri uu lahayn burburiye suu u sheegan karaa in uu leeyahay haddana. Mish macquul. NB - "Isbaandhees, canuuni, babaay" iyo mirihii kale ee lamid ah, sida cambaha, mooska, seytuunka waxaas dhan Xamar kama baxaan, ka ahayn kuwa yar yar guryaha lagu abuuran jiray; gaafkeeda banaanka ah ee dhulka dhoobleeyda ayee ka baxaan oo Shabeellooyinka iyo Jubbooyinka ah. Last time I knew, Xamar caro maayo bacaad ah ahayd. Xamareey xaal qaado.