SOMALIYEY TOOSO TOOSOO IS TIRSADA EE, TAAGEERA WALIGIINEE

[fagash_killer]

15 may remember that day and those fallen heroes who fought for somali freedom its sad that somali ppl dont even care about their history remember those warriors never would allow to see somalia like this how came that all somali ppl are divided and and they dont care about their motherland remember that the somali youth league was formed by 13 devoted somali youngsters who fought relentlessly for independence in their own way.Their slogan was 'XORNNIMO AMA GERI" (independence or death). Thousands of like minded boys, girls and elders joined them in their wholehearted and noble struggle. They all had grand dreams for the future of Somalia. Hence, the nationalist song "Soomaaliyey toosa." This Wake Up call paved the way for full independence in July 1960 despite various obstacles put up by you know who.



15-Ka May Maalin ku Weyn Taariikhda Somaaliyeed

[15/05/06]

Ummadda Aduunka ayaa leh Munaasabado si gaar ah loo xuso
oo Taariikhooda ku xusan,qiimeyn gaar ah leh,maalmaha xurmada
Weyn leh geedi socodkii halgankii xoriyadda Somaaliyeed iyo
Hanashadii Gobanimada qaaliga ah 15-ka May oo ah maalintii si
Rasmi ah loogu dhawaaqay curasahda Ururkii Dhalinyaradda SYL
Ee Dhaqdhaqaaqa Xoriyadda Somaaliyeed Sandkii 1943-kii.


Halgamayaasha swirkan ka muuqada oo 13-ka dhalinyaro ah waa Aasaasayaashii koowaad ee Ururka,hlyeeyo magac iyo maqaam weyn
Ku leh Somaalinimada iyo soo hooynta gobanimada,bileyskoodda,
Aragtidooda wadaniyadeed iyo ka gilgilashada heeryadii culeyka
Weyn laheyd ee Gumeeysigii Reer Yurub iyo hagidda Dadkoodda
ayaa ah waxyaabihii ka yaabiyeey Dowladihii isticmaariga ahaa
oo Isgu arkaayeey kuw aan cidi is hor-taagi kareen,marna meey
Filan in Dhalinyaro Somaaliyeed ku oran doonto dhulkan anagaa
Leh,gumeeysina waa diidney,xoriyad buuxda ayaanu rabnaa.




Halganka Xoriyadda Somaaliyeed ayaa xili hore biloowday
Marxalado badana soo maray:-

-Halgankii Halyeey-Imaam Axmed Guray.
-Halgankii Daraawiishta Sayid Max,d Cbadulle Xassan.
-Dhaqdhaqaaqyadii-Shiikh Bashiir,Faarax Oomaar iyo Sh.Xassan
Barsane ayaa Saldhig u ahaa Bileeylka Dhalinyarada Somaaliyeed
Iyo Garashada Qiimaha Weyn ee xoriyadu leedahay iyo xaqa Dadku
u leeyahay hanashada madax banaanidooda,Anigoo Sida ku haboon
u Garanaaya qiimaha iyo qaayaha eey leedahay 15-ka May,kana
Soo Qeyb qaatay Howlaha Hogaamineed ee Dhalinyarada Somaaliyed
Ahaan Jiray Gudoomiyaha Gudigga Dhalinyaradda iyo Ardeydda Jaaliyadda Somaaliyeed ee Cadan Dhammaadkii 70-kii,Waxaan si Weyn uga Xumahay Xaaladda Dalka iyo Dadka Somaaliyeed Waqtigan Ku Sugan yihiin,Dagaalada,Colaadaha Sokeeye iyo Xaalada weyn
ee Burburka ah,Dowlad la,aanta iyo kala daadsanaanta Umadeedba
Gaar ahaan-Dagaalada Khasaaraha wewyn sababay oo ka socdo 7-da
Casho Caasimada qranka Muqdisho iyo guud ahaanba tacadiyadda Xad dhaafka ah ee loo geeystay Ummadda Somaaliyeed.



15-Ka May maalintii taariikhdi ah xusuusteeda iyo xurmadeeda
weyn leh,lama illaawaan ah,xuskeena mudnaan gaar ah leeyahay,
Ummadda Somaaliyeed waxaan ugu Hambalyeeynaayaa xuska 15-ka
May,Anigoo Alle ugu rajeeyeey Aasaasayaashii iyo xubnihii AYL
Intooda Xigaabatey in uu janadii ka waraabiyo,Intooda noolna
Caafimaad,Camal Suuban iyo cimri dheer siiyo,Amiin.

[fagash_killer]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR YOUTH?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR YOUTH?

COMMENTARY
BY M.M. Afrah,
Toronto (Canada)


Having been raised as a "good boy" and changing over to become a sluggish copy boy in a newspaper office and later climbing up the ladder to become an editor and then editor-in-chief. But as I got older, I thought I liked to think that I have a strong sense of right and wrong. I joined anti-colonial demonstrations and with the help of hand operated press we printed inflammatory anti-colonial leaflets that naturally upset our colonial masters.

The Somali Youth League (SYL) formerly the Somali Youth Club (SYC) was formed by 13 devoted Somali youngsters who fought relentlessly for independence in their own way. Their slogan was 'XORNNIMO AMA GERI" (independence or death). Thousands of like minded boys, girls and elders joined them in their wholehearted and noble struggle. They all had grand dreams for the future of Somalia. Hence, the nationalist song "Soomaaliyey toosa." This Wake Up call paved the way for full independence in July 1960 despite various obstacles put up by you know who.

I also know that young students, like George Padmore, Kwame Nkrumah, Du Bois and Jomo Kenyatta among others created the great Pan Africanist movement in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. From that humble beginning Africa sprung up to a full independence in 1960 when dozens of African countries became independent which subsequently led to the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Unfortunately, old Haile Selassie hijacked the organization and used it to undermine Somalia's fledging independence, convincing African heads of state that infant Somali government was an expansionist. Our delegates have been outnumbered and outmaneuvered by the emperor and his like minded cohorts within the OAU. As a result of these behind the scene machinations, a calamity was in the making in the form of border skirmishes intermingled with war of words. And eventually a full-scale war that claimed the lives of our youth in the spring of their lives. Historians now link those very machinations with the present conflict in Somalia as well as the volatile situation in the Horn of Africa. But that's another story.

What bugs me most is why our contemporary youth became docile and indifferent to the grim events in our country? I understand that not all people can get along due to the cancer of clan loyalties back home. But would it not make more sense for the youth in the Diaspora to join together and step out into the world as a unified force to bring about peace in their native country?

Now I may be an old fashioned man who has gone through the mills, but I am sure I am not the first person who has entertained this notion. Take for example the postings on the Banadir Public Forum by Libangedon who has been preaching a united Somali youth to fight the villains at home who ruined our country and reduced our people to paupers and corpses. The country became rapidly without government and people, a country where foreigners who wanted could come in and could go out at will without so much as by your leave. As a matter of fact a foreign diplomat described Somalia, unlike Afghanistan, as a fruit hanging from a tree (READY TO BE PICKED UP!).

This was not the way the founders of the SYL visualized that Somalia should be run, and that it needed to be put straight. That's where you come in. You should not expect manna to fall from the sky. Only you could make a difference. It is not for me to say who is called to lead the United Somali Youth and who is not. It is not for me to say whether or not someone is qualified to start the new movement or not, it just seems to me to be unnecessary to have the Somali youth divided along clan lines forever. I had always believed that the youth in the Diaspora are free from that cancer called tribalism or clanism.

This leads me to wonder what is wrong with our youth today? I believe many would say I am a dinosaur and that boys wearing ear rings and spending hours glued to the BET channel, listening to rap music or wearing over sized pants are "the in thing". But I ask myself: do those Pan Africanists and the founders of the Somali Youth League long time ago did not know what they were doing and as such it is necessary to be ashamed to be a Somali, and that boys wearing ear rings and watching the BET channel day in and day out is "Cool". I am sure BET will never teach you how to rebuild the country from the ashes of vicious clan wars or resuscitate the economy. Today the old Wake up Call is as important as it was 50 or 60 years ago.

No doubt that after you have been uprooted from your native country by nasty people with guns, it has been challenging living in the Diaspora face-to-face with stone-faced immigration honchos, beefy security men and bullying landlords. But thanks to our Somali ingenuity and tenacity we are still standing and it is time to begin to look ahead to all the good things the old country has in store for us in the near future.

You may have faltered, you may have stumbled or you may even have considered yourself an outright failure, but dear future leaders of Somalia I want you to rise and prepare yourself for tomorrow. There is nothing you can do about what had happened to our country during the last ten years. Yes, the past may be a story written in blood but the future can be written in gold. Do not be discouraged about the sad stories emanating daily from Somalia. For almost every great country on earth had gone through similar turmoil, or even worse. Here are few examples, the American and Spanish civil wars, not to mention the devastation of the Two World Wars and the Bolshevik Revolution that claimed the lives of millions of people. Again, it was the youth and the womenfolk who rebuilt their countries from scratch under extreme difficult circumstances.

The ball is NOW in your court.

I VALUE YOUR COMMENTS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND YOUR EMAILS TO ME OR TO THE PUBLIC FORUM www. Banadir.com (IT IS GOING TO BE THE BEDROCK OF A FUTURE BOOK, HOPEFULLY).

Afrah95@hotmail.com

[Homer Simpso]

Soomaaliyeey toosoow kulahaa?... goormaa laga tagay warkaa?... that statement is as dead as soomaali haisraacdo!!!... somalis will never ever tosoow!!... that idealogy is gone and will never be revived!!!.. it died with the former government!!!

[fagash_killer]

if you really think like that than is it really over when british and italians ruled us did the british thought that somali ppl will never be that strong again they Changed their strategy and recognised british somaliland but no one thought that somali ppl would unite again and no one including the amxaaro thought that somali ppl would never be so strong again remember how these brave somali souljas put fear in amxaaro heart did you ever asked ur self why we sucdeed time on time to be so strong cuss we were united we creatiod new movement we had strong leaders the ppl didnt really believed in tribalism and shit but today after siyaad left look how somalia is in chaos today somali ppl are divided some dont really care some are supporting warlords cuss of tribalism some gived up like you but we shouldnt we should start a new movement for the youth just like te syl did

the past may be a story written in blood but the future can be written in gold. Do not be discouraged about the sad stories emanating daily from Somalia. For almost every great country on earth had gone through similar turmoil, or even worse. Here are few examples, the American and Spanish civil wars, not to mention the devastation of the Two World Wars and the Bolshevik Revolution that claimed the lives of millions of people. Again, it was the youth and the womenfolk who rebuilt their countries from scratch under extreme difficult circumstances perhaps we should start with the youth


like the writer wrote This was not the way the founders of the SYL visualized that Somalia should be run, and that it needed to be put straight. That's where you come in. You should not expect manna to fall from the sky. Only you could make a difference. It is not for me to say who is called to lead the United Somali Youth and who is not. It is not for me to say whether or not someone is qualified to start the new movement or not, it just seems to me to be unnecessary to have the Somali youth divided along clan lines forever. I had always believed that the youth in the Diaspora are free from that cancer called tribalism or clanism.

okey i could agree with you that somaliweyn is dead and that somalia is in coma but the q still remains how can we make it strong again cuss if we fail that than dont expect it of our enemies who are keen on our division cuss those are the muttafuccas who divided us in the first place we should never seek help of the western countries we should learn from South Africa and other countries who managed to heal their wounds. We should seek the help of the likes of Mandela to achieve unity instead of seeking the help of those who are keen on our division

Given the chaos raging in most of the south, some of us may pose the valid question. Who should we negotiate with? The answer is quite simple and obvious. The dialogue should not be with those murdering warlords but with the decent peace loving civil society members. We can start by:

Opening a constructive dialogue with members of the civil society groups in the south. Creating truth and reconciliation meetings under the supervision of prominent figures who care about us Introducing Student exchange programs Initiating a constructive dialogue between the traditional leaders of the north and the south Sending Peace missions to the south to help them put their chaotic house in order The case for a United Somalia One of the most powerful arguments used by the camp opposed to the secession is the fact that Somalia is a homogeneous country whose people speak the same language, worship the same God and pretty much look the same.

The most effective rebuttal I have heard so far to this argument came from the President of Somaliland Mr. Rayale, when he remarked at a state dinner thrown in the honour of Mazrui that Arabs too share the same characteristics but are divided into more than 21 countries The rebuttal of our president may make sense to many, but we should not forget that the Arab world used to be one country under the Ottoman Caliphate. When the west started its campaign to loot the riches of the Muslim world, they devised a clever scheme of divide and rule. They divided the Arab world into many small countries making it easy for them to control and siphon off the riches of these countries. It is easy to deal with a population of several hundred thousand than with a population of hundreds of millions.

Those who call for division should ask themselves the simple question. Why do western scholars and those emulating them call for dividing us when Europe is heading towards a united entity with a single currency called the Euro, a European Parliament and a European Central Bank?

When Europe realized that it lags behind the United States of America and Japan, they decided to unite their economies in order to be able to compete against these economic giants. They realized that unity stands for prosperity, strength and stability.

for example The famous Berlin Wall crumbled and Germany became united again because both sides realized that it was in the interest of Germany to become united. Neither the Soviet Union nor the other European nations wanted to see a untied and strong Germany again. They thought that years of different political and economic systems would be enough guarantee to keep the two Germanys apart but the people of Germany proved them wrong. The Somali people will prove to the world that they can be a united country again; one that has learnt from the past; one that practices free enterprise and a genuine democracy.


i know what many black africans are thinking im black and i can do shit we are dumb we were slaves and that kind of shit but remember that Poverty has nothing to do with our people.
It's not in our culture to be poor.
That's only been the last 500 years of our history;
look at the last 2000 years of our existence and what we brought
to the world in terms of science, mathematics,
agriculture and forms of government.
You know the idea of a confederation of provinces where
one federal government controls the states?
The Europeans who came to this country stole that idea from the
Iroquois lead

its sade but We have to make a choice between: a strong and united Somalia, and small banana republics exploited by greedy multinational companies and powerful foreign countries that can corrupt our weak leaders to use our country as military bases and dumping grounds for their nuclear and chemical waste. When making this difficult choice, we should think about our future generations who will be affected by these choices. Before we make the choice, we should try to eliminate the hate and fear factors that we have been fed over 15 long and painful years.

REMEMBER YOU CAN MAKE THE FUTURE BUT IT STARTS WITH LEAVING THE PAST