What women really see…

We always hear women say “I’m looking for Mr right” and the usual character traits that they ascribe to Mr Right always tend to be caring, honest, friendly, compassionate, etc, etc… but in reality they never see a Mr Right. Here is what they actually see…
The Religious One:
The guy doesn’t really mind being around women [...]

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The Veil – again

Yes, here we go again! This case, highlighted a few days ago, might have turned into another Shabina Begum case, but unfortunately, the school lacks the wherewithal to fight the case without the council’s help.
I am not going to say that the 12-year old in question does not have the right to wear her [...]

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Thank You!

The power of these two effortless words is absolutely remarkable. But in today’s fast-paced world, who has the time to stop by and say Thank You, genuinely. Such pleasantries are outdated and old- fashioned. We are too busy and our lives are too hectic. Right?
I was at Tesco’s today, patiently waiting in a long queue [...]

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A social experiment gone wrong

This case has become an international affair, caused a diplomatic incident, provoked protests in India, received nearly 22,000 complaints, reached the House of Commons – all this for what?
For calling her an Indian and describing her eating habits?
Big Brother is a social experiment, and it’s main objective is to cause controversy, and she very [...]

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At the Court

It was a bright and beautiful morning today. The golden rays of the sun gave the fertile earth a striking radiance. I serenely watched the sun ascend the sky and listened to Nick Ferrari on LBC 97.3 while taking my nephews and nieces to school. It was there where I discovered the trial of the [...]

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Safety concerns

On Saturday the Somali Parliament approved of a Martial Law to be imposed in the Horn. A day later and it is bedlam throughout the capital. A sort of guerrilla warfare has taken root, just as we expected. And if the president is still intent on disarming the entire Somali population, whilst Ethiopian troops live [...]

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A scar on the conscious of the world, or is it?

Africa, the second largest continent in the world after Asia, mostly consists of high plains and plateaus, deserts, rainforests and dry grasslands (savannahs), and not to mention the high levels of poverty. And although dense tropical forests lie in extensive areas in Africa where the trees flourish with plenty of rainfall, unfortunately large scale felling [...]

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Shooting in the Dark

Despite the skirmishes, countless guests and family members have gathered at the house of a young couple to witness the grand event of their wedding ceremony, and in order to shower them with blessings and prayers as they embark on a life of bliss and merriment. Little did they realise that, on the other side [...]

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What a turn of events…

…After 16 years of anarchy, came the Islamic Courts. And though regarded by many as hardliners, yet they managed to secure the capital and bring some much-need stability into the region, and the public heaved a much-needed sigh of relief, for once.

…The Transitional Federal Government, upon witnessing the heaps of praises and welcomes [...]

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United Nazis sex scandal

“In 1997, a military court sentenced two Belgian paratroopers to a month in jail and a £200 fine for roasting a Somali boy over a brazier. Another Belgian soldier is reported to have forced a young Somali boy to eat pork, drink salt water and then eat his own vomit. Pictures also appeared in the [...]

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Mogadishu – The New Baghdad

We have waited for more than a decade and a half, patiently – everyday praying to the God of the High Heavens above that a new lease of life be given to the inhabitants of Somalia; that they may be restored back to their sanity and stop killing each other; that they may be pardoned [...]

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Poetry and I

I started writing poetry some time ago and I don’t even know why I did it. I had no purpose and no aim and my passion for poetry wasn’t very intense yet. However, start it I did and somehow managed to scribble a few words on to paper, trying to invoke my remotest places for [...]

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Where Next?

The situation is escalating in Somalia and now the beautiful port of Kismayo has become another battlefield. Ethiopian forces led by a shamelessly subservient Somali government are marching in the streets of Calanley.
It was prediction though, from their first day of setting foot into Somali soil that they would not leave very easily and that [...]

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