Salaan... Bari-Nomad, I only stayed Xamar because Xamar was my only originally intended destination, ee marka adi intee ii wadaa, Gaalkacyaa??? I might have gone to Hargeyso enroute to Jabuuti, but I had switched to Nairobi instead. And teeda kale if I am suffering from Xamarism, woooow, dankis. It sure beats to suffer from my-qabiil's-land, otherwise known as regionalism, don't you agree? P.S.: Some people are repeating as if Xamar has dozens of roadblocks, well you are not right into this. While in Xamar, I had never seen any roadblock, but outside of Xamar, I only had seen two. Those two roadblocks were located outside of Xamar in Cisaleey and Deyniile towns, both protecting the airport strips. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... HornAfrique, you are not alone supporting C/qaasin, and don't despair there walaalkiis. C/qaasin Salaad Xasan is sure not perfect, but he also sure is the least tainted leader in Soomaali politics now, and has the support of many Soomaalis, regardless of their qabiil background, including me. If C/qaasin really cared warlordism, he wouldn't have stayed in Qaahiro in the '90s while his counterparts wrecked Soomaaliya, particularly Xamar. Sure he wants power, but who doesn't? And his religious conviction is one further reason to support him. Some are against him and all their diatribes against on him draws from clan-lines. Some hate him about his religious conviction, about his bit wadaadnimo. Others hate him more because of the qabiil he belongs. And others get irritated to even hear his name because he makes some negative noises about the regions they enthusiastically support. ______________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by Bari_Nomad: 1)Claiming our land/property back 2)Turn around and selling it 3)Getting the Hell out!! Duqa, in that case, anaa dilaale kuu noqonaayo oona kuu gadaayo, ee adiga meeshaada iska joog yaah. Excuse aa Xamar ku imaatid xataa ma weyneysid, cajiib. Saxiiboow runtii sidaan kuugu sheegay, Xamar malaga maarmo. Maantadaan lagu jiro oo ugu amaan daran tahay Soomaaliya, wali Soomaalida dhamaantood Xamar waa joogaan. Xamar waxaa kusoo arkay nin ee Max'ed Siyaad Barre isku qabiil yihiin oo iska dhex socdo, remember this qabiil's members were persecuted wrongly at the height of civil war in Xamar. Marka wax qabiil la dhaho waa dhamaatay, the new qabiil is $$$; hadaa qabtid kistoo doolar godkaa aa biyo kugu galay. P.S.: Qabiilnimo Xamar maku difaacooyo, even my qabiil Xamar ma dago, lakiin waa magaalada aan adduunka ugu jeclahay. I have a passionate feelings for it--a city I was born, and a one I will always cherish. ______________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by BARWAAQO: ...laakiin maxaa la sameynayaa, ninku waa lakkad...garri ma gasho kamana baxdo! Intee ka galee?? :eek: :eek: :eek: Yac, ha u qarinin yaah yareey. Jaaw jaaw.

Salaan... In the societies most of us live now, we've been bombarded that we are living in the age of "enlightment"--an age of the most 'civilized, progressive, free-thinking, open-minded" people on Earth at this time. No wonder. We are thus then witnessing an age of consenting and lending your wife or husband to another person for one night stand, and feel or hold no grudge. Or even sharing your spouse with many other people in one same bed--s/he with the other person, and you with the other person's spouse, vice-verse. :eek: However, at the same time, unbelievably those same people would be against the notion of polygamy. If you think this is a far-fetched and mind-boggling, well, think again. Just read this article from the Toronto Star If this is, then, the ultimate civilization, count me out.

Salaan... Toronto in this summer is becoming like London--constant showers. Darn. Almost this summer is an extended spring. And the weather in Yurub, Ilaahey ha idiin garab galo. Especially the subway trains. Even they are hot in winter time and very small space, very cariiri. Wixii British ehbo small waaye, balaayo idinku yaraatee. _______________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Duqa, horta soo dhawoow. Teeda kale give a visit to www.ciyaal-faay-cali.com Or www.tabakaayo-madoow.com Ooh, perhaps ciyaal faay cali was created after you left, I guess. Saxiiboow soori, ciyaal madiino ma'aheen, lakiin dad ah waaku jiraan aan filaa. P.S.: By any chance did Matiyoos {Lothar Matthaeus} happen to be your abti? If so... ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... OG-Moti, duqa, I already opened the very first franchise on SoL, soori kaaba. But you can have a sample of my latest crapuchino _________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by Bari_Nomad: But who wants to go back to Mog?!?! A lot. And I can assure you that while in Xamar recently, I had seen a lot of what you call Puntlanders, Soomaali-Galbeeders, Maay-speakers, Soomaalileen, and what not. Soomaali Xamar maka maarmato--diid ama ha diidin, dhiso gobolkaa ama ha dhisan, Xamar ma laga maarmo. Xamar is the gravity of Soomaali activity. So, Bari-Nomad, maalintaa Xamar kugu arko ha dhihin waa soo dhumay. _______________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Some TTC beefs, aha? Hokey, here you have one: One early evening in 2001 we--me and two of my friends--got on this bus, #58 {Lawrence West}. We were standing, having a conversation, suddenly when this old Jamaican lady, who was sitting under where we were standing, freaked out, shouting repeatedly, "All you Soomaali no-good, good-at-nothing people." For a second, I thought this must be a Candid Camera gone bad. And she then particularly looked at me, as though I was a creature from another planet and said, "You stink! You Soomaali people stink. And yes, you stink!" We immediately started laughing--dhaq dhaq dhaq...kikikiki. She got more angrier and kept bad-mouthing Soomaali people until she no longer couldn't tolerate our laughing and left from the bus. We later realized she was a real crazy person and had a beef with Soomaali people particularly. _________________ Macsalaama.

Originally posted by waayeel: QALDAAN: XAAFADDA BAAN QABANAYAA MARKUU AASKU MADOOBAADO? XAMARAAWI : YAAH? MARKA HORE CIIDAN AA XAAFADA KU QABATO MAA QABTAA? MARKA KU XIGANA YAA AASKA ( DABADA ) KU MADOOWEEYNAAYO? QALDAAN: WAR HEEDHE CIIDAN MA QABTAA MAXEEY TAHAY? LooooooooooooooooooooooooL. Waraa horta welkam, teeda kalena ereygaas aa isticmaashay iska jir dadaa ku sanifee, oo xataa waa laguugu tuuryeynaa. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Under, macalinka, ha u bixin. Mar mar in rooso la isku cabo waa fiican tahay nooh. Caarif majirin meesha, adaa TTC soo fara gishatay, and I have every right to defend its reputation since I had been given a whole year's worth of free pass, ee marka hadii magaalo kale ama meel kale ka hadli lahayd, shuqulkeey ma ahaan laheen. Hadaa si kale u qaadatayna, raali ahoow, widaay. Baashi, yac waraa. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... I guess someone cannot distinguish between Chicago and Toronto. "They say Chicago is friendly city. Well, my last experience taking public transit was almost a little too friendly. In fact, if it happened in Afghanistan, I’m pretty sure I’d be in jail. Those Taliban guys are pretty strict about personal space and such things. It does explain why none of my female friends take the train, though. It was Saturday afternoon and I had errands to run on the North Side, and while I did know there was a Cubs game that afternoon, for some reason, I’d thought it was a 1:30 start. I was wrong. ****** me, I got on a Northbound train 45minutes before the first pitch..." Want to read the whole story, click here _________________ Credit where it is due, baliis. And quit tarnishing the TTC. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Honestly, this leader had been humiliated and has every grievance to even walk-out from the Conference. Xataa maloo ogalaan labadii qof shirka ugu qeyb gali lahaa ka aheen C/llaha Deeroow iyo Xasan Abshir, whom don't share his opinions any longer. Labaduu shirka usoo dirsaday waa laga bixiye, kaararkoodana waxaa loogu daray Deeroow/Abshir group-kooda, which was absolutely not fair. I personally concur his departure from those lame discussion talks. All of those so-called faction leaders meeting there, C/qaasin really seems the lone honest Soomaali nationalist leader. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Xafsa, haa walaashiis Tarbuunka agtiisa Suuqa Jaadka weyn Xamar aa laga furay, oo meeshaas uuba kusoo dagaa. Teeda kale SoS Huriwaa maka mid ahenoo? I had seen SoS several times, inside it is in tight but outside maka kasi kartid. By the way, my sister used to live in Hurwaa waagii nabadda, close to Suuqa Hurwaa. Muraad, xirtii timaha aafarada iyagoo meesha taag taagnaa oo cadeey afka ugu surnaa aa igu danbeysay waagii nabadda, hada iyaga maaba joogi karo, koleey hilfaha loo labaa filaa. LoL. Xariifiinta kale, Xamar waa aragteen in la dhiso ay u baahan tahay marka ee kii fuundi ahoow is diyaari, kii faryaamo ahoow ku xigso, kii xamaali ahna awalba waa joogtay ee sii wado shaqadaa. Ani rinjiga aa ku qoranahay, hokey. __________________ Macsalaama.

^^^^^Waaba isla fiican tahay. Mish macquul. Noo, noo, don't tell us that. Xishoow. _______________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by flying-still: If I remember correctly the hotel guuleed area is still up and running. Huriwaa is the best part of xamar now...they have all the people from the US and europe buying and building houses there so its like the bel-air of xamar. Really? I bought one too, if that is the case. Do you know Isgoyska Sanca? Guess who sits there now? That famous guy who came up with the idea of la is cabiraayo. Ever heard that idea? Waa lagu cabiraa and you pay how much you weight. Markaas aa best area i leedahay. Ka kac. Jaaw jaaw.

Salaan... A Soomaali without Islam is like a person wearing a trouser without underwear. A Soomaali who doesn't speak or write Soomaali--whatever the excuse--and proudly says so in-your-face is like a ghost among people. A Soomaali without his dhaqan is like...well, without any clothes. Thus, if you are Soomaali plus Muslim plus with dhaqan: 100% Soomaali. Soomaali plus Muslim but without dhaqan {including not speaking the language}: 80% Soomaali. Soomaali minus Muslim and minus dhaqan: 20% Soomaali. I can hardly imagine associating with--even though I had seen--a Soomaali without his Islamic faith. I cannot even for now give a second thought a Soomaali without af Soomaali. __________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Che-Guevara: Noo, I didn't go the area where Hotel Guuleed is located at. I believe it is in Huriwaa area, which is not a good area now. Xafka, LoL. The Axmed Gureey Statue ani even markaa Xamar joogay aala fujistay in '92, but what is so worse is that now in that place, some cows are sitting right in the middle of the Isgoyskaas KM-4. Bermuudana isbaaro mataalo, lakiin xaafada wali ma fiicno. My xaafad really si xunee u galeen, inkaar qabiyaasha. Muraad, duqa, Bashiir Lugeey aa? LooooooL. Ar banooni maxaa ku ciyaarey meeshaas. You know barxadiis. It is so large and had good bacaad. I really wished inaa soo arki lahaa Barxadii Bashiir Lugeey. Horta manool yahay asaga? Lakiin Kaasa Balbalaare shaneemada ma ugu dhaafin dhanka kale, meeshee ku taalay camal Footo Kaah iyo meelahaas kale ma tagin. Shaneemada xataa baabuur aa saarnaa markaa masawiraayi, marka xataa gees gees waaye masawirka. You know Kaasa Balbalaare beysaani aa daganaa iyo gaalo. Especially the road that comes from straight from Taleex oona ku dhacaayo darbiga shaneemada, meeshaas aa Jimco walbo mari jirnay, anagoo banooni aadnay ama soo fiirsanay. Our elder brothers used to play banooni at Warshada Kookada barxadii kasoo horjeeday. So marka gaaladaan guryahooda aa dhagax iyo tuuryo ku rafaadin jirnay markaa soo noqono. Ar maxaa dhibnay. __________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by Bari_Nomad: I was so young all I remember is runnig by the tv(playing) and seeing my dad watching boring news AGAIN and AGAIN! No problem, sir. We can easily decode your message and it simply comes to: I watched all day long watching my dad watch the geel. It is hokey, we didn't even had tv much too, thus you aren't alone. ___________________ Some of you are talking about SoomaaliTv and you dared to forget the annoyous program on our tv at that time: Nucmaan and his sidekick Mansuul. "Keyfa xaalak yaa Nucmaan?" "Hadaa Mansuul, inta yaa..." Shuut. :mad: Waxaa ka necbaa majirin that shuluq-futac-butac costumed-guy. Him and the Carabi news at 9:00 p.m. I even can remember the anchor's face clearly now. Other shows included this Jarmal drama. Its opening had this bistoolad, and always used to start a person being killed and this old Jarmal dude would investigate. Don't remember its name. My still favourite show is Socdaalka Aduunka though. Cowke is my man. _______________ Macsalaam.

Originally posted by Baashi: MMA, Woooooooow :cool: imagine that! we were classmates if u went Xassan Cilmi Qariindi elementary school in Hawlwadaag. Such a small world! Perhaps, LoL. But I don't know since a lot of my brothers and sisters attended Hawlwadaag Hoose Dhexe. I started in '84 and when the war started I was in grade 6 or 7, I guess. Cumar Boodboodle {what a name, } was my principal. Adi ciyaal Hawlwadaag oo Hodan u dhaw maa ahayd? OG-Moti, brother, haa yaqeey soo gili hadaa soo gilin kartid masawirada. Waa laguu fasaxay ee soo gili hadii awoodid. They are all yours. Illmatic, duqa, Isbitaalka Xooga agtiisa maa sheegee, mise dhanka Sarihii Ruushka? Ani baabuur lee ku socday, I ain't dared to walk, ee anoo baabuurka ku jiro lee qaaday masawirada qaarkood, like the Tarbuunka one. ___________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by Darman: whats up with Banadir hospital?!! :confused: :confused: everybody who was born in Xamar was born in Banadir hospital? is it the only hospital there or what?!! :rolleyes: If I am not mistaken, Isbitaal Banaadir was the only isbitaal that had a modern maternity ward when most of us were born at that time. Later Isbitaal Madiino got one of its own. Anibo waxaa ku dhashay Isbitaal Banaadir. ________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Originally posted by nomadrebell: ...ITS FUNNY YOU SAID YOU DID NOT GO OTHER PARTS OF MOGADISHU BECAUSE OF YOUR SAFETY AND YOU WENT THE MOST UNSAFE AND DESTROYED AREA OF MOGADISHU. WELL WE GOT YOUR POINT MY NOMAD FRIEND AND I ALREADY MADE MY CONCLUSION TO YOUR PICS'!!! PEOPLE CAN CLICK THIS LINKS OF YOUR PICTURES AND MAKE THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS Widaay, mey ki daarey? Wah. I went that worst area because it was where I grew up, and where both my parents refused to leave, thus still living there. I took those pictures with some caution, ee ma iga aha Xamar wax kasheeg. God. No person on this earth loves the way I love Xamar. Do not come to conclusion that quickly, and I showed you Taleex, the best xaafad now in Xamar. You didn't see that picture? What about the Jidka Sodonka picture? If I'm not mistaken, it seems that you used to live at Hajji Muqtaar's neighborhood. Widaaygiis, Baashi, I am Sheekh Mukhtaar's son. How quick aa xaafada ku kastay aa igu daran bo. Sxb sawirradaadii lamaba arko Kuwa aa aniga ku jiro standing on Xamar streets, they are charged extra $$$, LoL. Anyway, sawiradda hada waa arki doontaa, waa sameeyi kistoo. __________________ Macsalaama.

Salaan... Cajiib! Cajiib! Dadkeena mee faraha nooga qaato, kalabta kalabta dhashay, yaa ximaar dheh. Soomaali yaa ka qurux badan, qaas ahaan gabdhaheen? Her article just proved that. Nothing else. ________________ P.S.: Barwaaqo, you are finally a moderator. You know I was tired of lobbying the Admin. What is my quid-pro-quo? ________________ Macsalaama!!

Heey, guys, soooooori, I think there might be some problems. I sent a PM to the Admin., so be patient... raali ahaada. you can also copy-and-paste if you can't see any image. try that, it might work for you as some have done