Posted in Creative Writing, London, Random observations, Women on October 30, 2006 | 3 Comments »
As if awaiting an impending disaster, the beautiful brunette briskly walked behind me. And, of course, it wasn’t before long when she caught up with me, strolling down the promenade, my bag around my shoulder, completely immersed in Oscar Wilde’s luxuriant book – The Picture of Dorian Gray. I looked at her, and at once [...]
Posted in Being Black, Creative Non-Fiction, London, Racism, Random observations, Youth/Yobs, black on October 25, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Perception is how we see the world around us. It’s the image we have of everything around us. Suppose you are sitting in a crowded train early in the morning on your way to work in the city or in a bus, and you look around you, you observe the commuters or passengers and from [...]
Posted in Cultural heritage, Religion/Politics on October 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
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Posted in Religion/Politics, Somalia on October 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
The ruins of my country make me grave. There are times when I think that, yes, it can be salvaged and restored, and take heart with the news of the establishment of a government, believing that any sort of governance ought to be better than non-governance, and there I stand brimming with pride and optimism. [...]
Posted in Random observations, Religion/Politics on October 20, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Common sense is not so common after all, if Shahid Malik, the Muslim MP for Dewsbury, said that the ruling (suspending Aisha Azmi after refusing to take off her veil on religious grounds) was a “victory for common sense”
Azmi, is now suspended on full pay but has been awarded a meagre £1000 for “injury to [...]
Posted in School on October 19, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday we had the Eid-ul-fitr celebration at our school. Not exactly a celebration but more a recognition of different faiths and cultures, which the school is doing its best to accomplish. Half of the school is of Ethnic minority origin and on top of the list is Somalis. So when the school holds a special [...]
Posted in Random observations on October 18, 2006 | 3 Comments »
So Madonna has adopted a Malawian Baby despite the Malawian government prohibiting international adoption. The baby arrived here in London yesterday. Now these so-called celebrities even think that buying babies from developing countries is OK! how appaling! and the parents of such children are a disgrace to parenthood. If you can’t look after your baby [...]
Posted in Random observations, Relationships on October 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
There is no forgiving poor conversationalists. At least a person should have the ability to realise when he/she are blabbering out of control and talking load of bollocks. You often find people who, at first sight, intrigue and hypnotize you with their charm or good looks, but upon probing deeper into them you’ll soon discover [...]
Posted in Random observations, Uncategorized on October 16, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Finally I have decided to join WordPress. With this being my first post, I am still in the process of familiarizing myself with its features. I have, using help, managed to successfully import posts from one of my previous blog (instead of giving them new dates and making them seem recent). But unfortunately some of the images [...]
Posted in Cultural heritage, Somali, Somali Culture, Somali Nomads, Somali Traditions, Somalia on October 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Koray(toor) is hung around the long neck of the camel.
Setting off for Dhaan.
Posted in Cultural heritage, Somali, Somalia on October 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing on from the Aqal in my previous post, I shall be posting here some photographs of the Nomadic life in Somalia. I shall also be posting a few other miscelleneous pictures, but lets start with the reer-guraaga! All the pictures below are taken in Hawd by a friend of mine, hamze, who visited there [...]
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