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		<title>Wise Old Nomads 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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After travelling for several hours, the family had just settled into their new location with ample grazing ground and access to water nearby. The mother was disassembling the hut, sticking the Dhigo and Udub firmly into the soil and in close proximity were the two young girls holding the harness of the camel on which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=1291&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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time to rest
Everything in life has its peak then its glory fades. And we are no different. After a man’s life has reached its pinnacle, having attained all the sagacity and prudence it could, it starts to wane. Soon everything he possesses will start to either diminish or disappear. Whether he likes it or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=1276&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Hospitality II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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A story has it that once a weary traveller came to a nomadic family by dusk. Unable to continue on with his journey, he decided to stay the night with the family that night. But due to the rainless season, the family had nothing much to offer. Noticing this, the guest did not expect a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=1272&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 14:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Somalis are renowned for their hospitality. Though in their breast lies an indomitable spirit, sculpted by the asperity of their surroundings, Somalis are generally a pleasant people with a keen eye for generosity and are known to indulge in the pleasures of conviviality.
In the vast arid countryside, where the nomadic settlers roam, hospitality is of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=1269&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Dear Friends and Fellow Bloggers,
Please accept my sincere apologies for I have neglected this corner of mine for a very long time. Though I have no very good reasons to explain my long hiatus, I have been inundated with work and moving houses but will resume posting (hopefully regularly) from now on. 
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		<title>Gaaf Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Once the drumming starts and the Gaaf is initiated, silence fills the air. Every ear is tuned towards the person reciting the poetry or singing, in order to assess and judge the worth of his/her words. Addressing everyone present, the young girl starts the ceremony with these lines:
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Hoobe hobaala hoobala hoobalow
Ee hoobe hobaala hoobalayey hadaba
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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boaters sunset
Whenever I close my eyes I see her. Her ageing face, pleasant with a few incipient delicate wrinkles; her skin, dark against the resplendent multicoloured stole gently resting on her shoulders; her wizened eyes still bearing the same reprimanding look that she had always effortlessly maintained; her greying hair neatly tucked away under the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=750&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; 
As the sun plummets down the horizon, the joyous people of the village depart company after the Gelbis to prepare for the more interesting part of the ceremony and the festivities continue through the night. Demonstrative of the happy times they are having, everyone in the village as well as the neighbouring settlements [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=748&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Cultural Weddings &#8211; Gelbis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The Gelbis (escorting the bride to her new home),  as I said earlier, is the occasion that marks the commencement of the wedding ceremony. And this (above left) is how it starts, with the women slowly making their way to the hut ululating, drumming and singing songs of praise and various wedding songs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shafisaid.wordpress.com&blog=477809&post=715&subd=shafisaid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salaam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shafi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random observations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings all,
I am back after my inexplicable month-long hiatus. Much has been happening lately and that has kept me occupied for over a month or so; so much so that I haven’t even had the time to visit this blog. Bear with me friends, I will resume posting in a few days insha-Allah.
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