Date: 03/09/2012

Volume 3, Issue 3, The Somali Press

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THE SOMALI

Joyce Beatty wins primary not constituents

Tim Horton’s Serving up Discrimination

I AM A STAR

Muxuu Taraa Codkaagu Doorashadu?

Tiisa Daryeelaa Tu Kalu Ku Dara! thesomalipress.com

Invisible Heroes Highlighting the daring stories of young Somali Americans

Inside this issue:

CULTURAL IMAGE OF

THE MONTH

―Young Somali women car-

ing for goats - pastoral cul-

ture‖. Dirios Collection

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Ahmed Adan

Ahmed.h@somaliculture.org

Joyce Beatty showed to have strong support in a diverse and divided newly drawn 3rd Congressional District by winning Democratic primary.

The four candidate race in a primarily democrat new district results were Beatty 38 percent, the second was for-mer U.S. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy 35 per-cent, in the final unofficial returns. Columbus Councilwomen Priscilla Tyson had 15 percent and state Rep. Ted Celeste had 12 percent, according to the Columbus Dispatch.

Beatty 61, served in the Ohio House of Representative as a legislator and after leaving the Ohio House joined the Ohio State University as Senior Vice President of Outreach and Engagement until the end of January. Beatty won with a very narrow margin and expects to win in the November elections in the heavily democratic 3rd district.

All four candidates were outstanding people who served the state of Ohio most of their lives. Communities were divided in voting and to some it was a very hard choice to make among these great candidates. They all had the interest of the district at heart and wanted to serve, advocate and repre-sent this diverse electorate.

Tyson was the third running in this race and in her campaign she spoke many times about the lack of greater conversation and communication between leaders and their diverse segments of communities. With this stance she was able secure many micro-minority votes including Somalis and other African communities in this constituency. These communities feel they are not visible in the process and saw Tyson to be the missing link.

Kilroy emphasized on respect of cultures and the importance of di-rect connection with the ethnic communities, during her campaign. She was the chosen candidate for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and The New Americans Public Affairs Council (NAPAC). CAIR and NAPAC endorsed Kilroy because she understood their issues better than the other candidates.

The three percent margin win shows that Beatty needs to reach out to the larger constituency to get the majority support for the November elec-tions. Reaching out to ethnic communities that either care about specific issues or need recognition and inclusion is one way to win greater support.

Beatty’s win for the Democratic primary in the 3rd district looks to be a long-term commitment with the new district’s residents. A good represen-tative is expected to know local issues that are not uniform and building genuine partnerships with diverse residents.

―Partnership has to be year long. We need to work together.‖ Beatty

urged, in a community meeting for her primary election campaign. The ques-

tion is, if that was real or just another politician’s babble to pass the moment.

Only time will tell.

Joyce Beatty

wins primary not constituents Ahmed Adan

Ahmed.h@somaliculture.org

Racial discrimination at the Northern Lights operated Tim Horton’s coffee shop is real; it happened to me and I also witnessed this happening to others from the same ethnic background.

On March 1, at 11:40 a.m. I stopped by Tim Horton’s store on Cleve-land Avenue to get a cup of coffee. As I went to make my order, the cashier told me that I cannot spend more than 30 minutes in the store and marked my cof-fee cup with a white chock pen showing the exact time 11:45 a.m. meaning that I have to leave the store within 30 minutes from the time on the cup.

This was not the case for the three White customers before me. I to-tally did not like the idea and felt some-thing was not right and I asked the cash-ier; why me, and not every customer? The cashier simply replied to me that the store owner wants things that way.

The supervisor who heard my conversation with the cashier came and plainly said to me ―If you feel your busi-ness is not appreciated here why don’t you go somewhere else.‖

I witnessed the store owner using the same statement to Hassan the last time I was at this store. The owner goes by the name Adna, and was harassing Hassan and his friend in the store. That day she came in to the store grabbed and trashed Hassan and his friend’s coffee cups. She then ordered them to leave her store and called the police after they asked a refund of their money.

When the police got there she could not come up with one single reason of why she harassed the customers and she had to refund their money. The po-lice where really concerned about the customer owner relationship and sug-gested that Hassan to take his business somewhere else.

It was obvious that I could not win the argument because this is a set policy against one certain group of peo-ple that I happen to be part of. This dis-crimination is toward only Somalis,

which represent more than half of this store location’s customer base.

The coffee shop happens to be at the center of the Somali concentrated neighborhood in the north side of Co-lumbus. It is on Cleveland Avenue which is presently the heart of the Somali com-munity in central Ohio. They make up more than 50 percent of the store cus-tomers, but the owner does not like them.

Sadly, this is the closest Tim Horton’s coffee shop to the community. The least that I can do is to share the story in hopes that I can influence some respect from the ownership for me and my community

Until things change, I am not giving any more business to this loca-tion, but I think this is bad for the whole community and the local business envi-ronment.

Like many of you, I thought cus-tomer discrimination was long gone, un-til I was a marked target and was dis-criminated against.

Tim Horton’s Serving up Discrimination

A picture of my cup and on it is the exact time I was

served at the store.

3rd district map by Google

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I AM A STAR Mohamed Mohamed mmohamed@thesomalipress.com For the last six months, these words, ―I AM A STAR FOR SOMALIA‖, has been uttered across the Diaspora. Motivated in part by the need to raise awareness on the humanitarian catastrophe that was unfolding in Somalia and neighboring countries. A massive Somali Famine Relief Campaign, ―I AM A STAR‖ was launched in Minneapolis, MN in September 2011. This groundbreaking new approach was de-signed to bring communities together and stand up for the less fortunate in Somalia. According to Daniel Wordsworth, American Refugee Committee President whose organization partnered with the local Somali community in Minneapolis to address the humanitarian issue in Somalia has described the effort as a platform that ad-dresses the Famine relief in a fresh and uplifting way. Furthermore he states ―It’s rooted in the Somali Diaspora community’s leadership and passion for change and the American Refugee Committee’s experi-ence and expertise, and it makes room for the solidarity and creativity of motivated people everywhere‖.

Social Movement for Somalia If one visits the website (www.IAMASTAR.org) you will see a plethora of groundbreaking ideas of ways to raise awareness and taking action for Somalia. These ideas range from tweeting, blogging, bake sale, flash mob and organiz-ing a car wash for Somalia. Whether an individual is based in Australia, Rwanda or Macedonia you can di-rectly be part of the campaign and immediately make an impact. The site provides a venue where one can learn about the crisis in Somalia and relief efforts. This campaign takes advantage of the social media net-works to bring people together for a common goal. Goal for “ I AM A STAR” The Minneapolis based campaign, has now spread across the world. According to a press release statement by the American Refugee Committee, ―The number of people affected by the Famine in Somalia is staggering, and I AM A STAR connects people to the impact of relief efforts on the ground.‖ ARC has already sent of individuals to Moga-dishu and other parts of Somalia. Their efforts in-clude, providing clean water, latrines, health care, and other life-saving support. ARC has also partnered with Benadir Mother and Child Hospital in Mogadishu to provide service to the people. “I AM A STAR” in Columbus I AM A STAR campaign is visible here in Ohio also, few months ago after ARC met with the local So-mali community here in Columbus, a partnership was formed and immediately efforts was made to raise

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more awareness. A sophomore Somali student at Co-lumbus International High School, Safia Aden rallied her entire school to conduct a bake sale for Somalia. An entire week of school was dedicated to raise awareness on the humanitarian issues in Somalia. Some students, for the first time were exposed to So-malia and immediately felt inspired to do more. In Granville, Ohio, Denison University stu-dents organized a concert to benefit Somali famine relief efforts that featured a variety of student musi-cians. I AM A STAR campaign was well received in Granville and for one night, the entire community came and became ―Stars For Somalia‖. Nadira of So-lay Bistro and Bethie Woods of Columbus Food Ad-ventures, partnered with ARC and hosted a series of ―Fundraising Dinners For Somalia‖. These dinners have been successful in part because, participants experienced the Somali cuisine first hand and were able to learn about the famine in Somalia. It was uplifting to see individuals who ral-lied for the Somali cause speak highly of the Somali food. Support for “I AM A STAR” I AM A STAR campaign is a social movement campaign that continues to unite communities across the Diaspora. The famine in the Horn of Africa received less media attention compared to other major disas-ters of the last decade. The international community raised less money for the Famine compared to the earthquake in Haiti.

Because less attention was given to the famine in Somalia, people assumed that the im-pact was minimal. Last month, the United Nations declared the famine to be over and that prompted our com-munity to slow the relief efforts. People assumed that everything was back to normal now just be-cause the famine was declared to be over. That is untrue, the danger is still there, thousands of families have been displaced and their livelihood destroyed. You cannot restore and change the situa-tion overnight. The people in Somalia will need help for a while. A long lasting partnership needs to be formed where the Diaspora can be a helping hand to the less fortunate. Despite less attention given to the hu-manitarian issues in Somalia, a campaign such as I AM A STAR will continue to unite and attract more people to spearhead the Somali cause. No small effort will go unnoticed, as long as the Dias-pora is standing up for their kin back home, there is still hope. BE A STAR FOR SOMALIA. To learn and be part of this campaign, please visit these links http://iamastar.org/ https://www.facebook.com/iamastarforsomalia http://www.youtube.com/user/IamaStarCampaign/feed

Daisy Villanueva and Roseniz Velez of Columbus International HS during a

"Bake Sale week for Somalia". Photo By Mohamed Mohamed and Abdi Roble

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Ahmed Adan ahmed.h@somaliculture.org Central Ohio is home to the second largest Somali community in the country. This community is quite large, but has not received much posi-tive media attention; specifically the young people and cultural issues are not discussed greatly. A very significant number of young Somalis grow up in central Ohio. They are leading progressive lives and are active members of the community. They are facing a great deal of misconception due to the few misled individual choices that makes the headlines in the media. Invisible Heroes program highlights the progressive and the positive behaviors of young Somali Americans especially those in cen-tral Ohio. The stories of eight young and active community members is produced and shared. The program is designed to inspire all youth for their journey in life by sharing inspirational stories of people they can relate to. These are stories with challenges and successes from young people that other with same background can easily relate to and can seek advice for their own situation. Sindiya Darman is one of the young people featured in this pro-gram. She is an Instructor at the Columbus city schools and works with high school youth with majority of them immigrants. "You have to learn how to take the good parts of both cultures and combine them.‖ Sindiya said. ―That is how you have to assimilate into this country." The few heroes featured in this program are inspiration to oth-ers and want to directly speak to youth by giving them words of wisdom on how to engage with the community. "I think it is more of our responsibility then of our parents to take active part in changing not only the situation "Somali" but the way we look at the situation and making it our problem." Ilhan Dahir a stu-dent at the Ohio State University said. Community Activist Mohamed Mohamed believes the world is an open book to everyone for learning and being positive to everyone is the key to that knowledge. "Don't limit who you can learn from and what you can learn from." Mohamed said. Invisible Heroes is a step forward in tackling some of the major issues affecting the young Somalis including; radicalization, drugs and violence. The best way to tackle these issues is to improve their life style and facilitate easy assimilation to the wider society. By sharing the sto-ries of those who deserve praise is an opportunity to reflect the positive image of the majority. The program transcends a message of inspiration and hope. The aim is to show the good side of the first generation young Somali Americans. Watch the "Invisible Heroes" Program http://fridaybulletin.com/InvisibleHeroes2011/ The program was produced by the Somali Media and Cultural Organization (SMCO) is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organiza-tion established in October 2007 and has been successful in building awareness through community based media strategies. Sponsors: this program will not have been produced without the support of these agencies: US Bank, Dalmar TV. The Ohio State University Center for African Studies. Ash Brothers Home Health Care Inc. Metro Transportation Inc. Full-Care Home Health LLC.

Yusuf Farah went to North Adult High School and gradu-ated in 2004. Started college at the Columbus State Commu-nity College during winter 2005, transferred to The Ohio State University and graduated with Bs degree in Dec. 2009. He is currently working as a instructional assistance at Northland High School working with primarily limited English proficiency students. Farah has a passion to teach and enjoys helping his fellow new Americans.

Mohamed Mohamed moved to Ohio with his family in 1999 and attended school in the Columbus area. He has been an incredibly active member of the community. Mohamed has been volunteering for the Columbus Council on World Affairs for two years, he also volunteers with the Columbus Chapter of the United Nations Association and interns at Mondokio International News and The Somali Press. Mohamed plays an active role in the substantial So-mali Diaspora community in Columbus. He co-founded Learn With Me, a non-profit public interest organization awarding scholarships annually to high school minority students (including Somalis). Mohamed has been coordinating ―I AM A STAR‖ program; a massive Horn of Africa Famine Relief Campaign that was launched in Minneapolis, MN in Septem-ber 2011.

Ilahan Dahir is the youngest heroes featured in this pro-

gram. She is a political science student at The Ohio State Uni-

versity and graduated from Hilliard Bradley High School.

She has a great interest in poetry and wrote many

short poems. Most of her work is geared to inspire young peo-

ple in leading a peaceful and progressive life. Her story reveals

courage and interest of cultures as a young Somali and Mus-

lim American living in Central Ohio.

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Invisible Heroes 2011 Sindiya Darman a graduate of Georgia State University with a major of English Literature. She teaches at Columbus city schools and working with new Americans. Darman is a teacher, writer and volunteers with the community service agencies. She is currently working on her first novel and some of her work includes: The Tragedy of Halima and Faarah, Every Somali Girl is My Sister, Sirad’s Son, The Dhegdheer Demon’s Smile, Cursing and Blessing, The Light of the Sun Poems, Rajo Day, I am a the New Gen-eration, The Lion’s Daughter, and My New Apartment.

Highlighting the daring stories of young Somali Americans

Ismahan Isse is very energetic and community oriented per-son. She is very active volunteers with the community service organizations. She shares her experience in living and going to school in Central Ohio with young Somali women through the local papers. She currently writes for The Somali Press.

Fahad Naleye organizes youth soccer and basketball tourna-ments every spring. He is responsible of brings together hun-dreds of young Somali soccer player around North America in Columbus Ohio every spring since 2005. He is the chairman of Ohio Sports Group a youth or-ganization founded 2010. ―The main purpose of this organiza-tion is to engage youth with sports and host tournaments for the young sportsmen in Central Ohio,‖ said Fahad.

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Poem By

Sindiya Darman

The woods are dark and full of the unknown You walk in and see everyone standing together You wonder why they don’t make a move Why are they standing together? Arguing over which direction to go Remember that no one ever wants to go first It is easier to stay with the crowd Sometimes you have to make your own choices Walk down the road of the forgotten Ignore the mobs chants trying to tell you to stay Follow the light to the right direction Do not succumb to evil or fear Be brave and walk toward to the right decision Do not look back they are watching you They will come after you walk through the spider webs Waiting to see if you slip on the mud Letting the webs cover your shirt instead After you step over the snake holes Smile and declare that it is safe No one minds going second You will not be alone They will walk with you Never have fear in doing the right thing

Never have fear in doing the right thing

Isse Ali is the founder of Somali Unified Youth a self-help group based in Columbus Ohio. When asked what moti-vates him to work with youth he said ―I am a big believer that young people can succeed with no limits and this coun-try provides the chances to be successful than any other country in the world.‖ His group is focused to lead with examples and encourage young Somali Americans become successful.

Mohamed H. Mohamed also known ―Big Mo‖ is a well-respected young man in his community. He co-founded Learn With Me, a non-profit public interest organization awarding scholarships annually to high school minority stu-dents (including Somalis). He is an exceptional community organizer and had hosted many youth events in Columbus Ohio.

What happened to you? Oh your father died during the war Your mother died during the famine Now you live on Mogadishu Ave with your friends But you are only ten and this is not life Don’t worry here is some money for lunch I will send you more every month

I will build a new house in Mogadishu and you can live there I will hire a nanny to cook, clean, and yell at you But you better take good care of the house and not play soccer in the house You can invite your friends to come live there too But all play and no fun won’t work for me I will hire a teacher to live with you I will call all the time to see your pro-gress Your teacher will make you do home-work everyday Until your brain hurts You must learn to write in Somali, Arabic, and English You must learn science and math You must study, be responsible, and show me your best Behave, behave, behave Why do I care about you? Why not? You are only a child and you are So-mali I have a heart, so I can’t leave you on these streets You need to come home to my home Don’t cry little one Everything will be all right from now on

Street Kid Come Home

Poem by

Sindiya darman

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The Somali Press Staff editor@thesomalipress.com Awooda codka Soomaalidu maahan mid la- xaqiri karo, magaalada Columbus iyo nawaaxigeeda. Waa mid wax tari kara hadii la qorsheeyo ama dhinac uu isu raaco. Waxaa awood cod oo keeni karta in baahida jirta ee bul-shda dibad iyo guddaba wax looga qabto. Waxa uu kalifi karaa in masuuli-yiin badani u istaagaan danta ummada Soomaaliyeed. Waxaa uu kasbi karaa ummad badan oo saaxibaa, kuwaas oo saacida danaha ummadeed ee aynu lee nahay, waa hadii ayba jiraane. Maahan wax la sahlan karo.

Badanaa codkaasi waa uu khasaaraa, oo waa mid qeybsan, gacmo badan mara ama dad yari ku danaystaan. Waana xaalad aan fiicnayn in wax qiimo weyn ugu fadhiya um-mada si dayacan ama aan xurmo ahayn lagu bixiyo ama loo khasaariyo. Taasna waa wax dhaca had iyo jeer, una baa-han in bulshada lagu baraarujiyo.

Waa arrin u baahan in laysla fahmo dadka caamadaana loo gudbiyo oo si ladifan loogu sharaxo. Laakiin, intina wooda inay qoraalkaan akhrido waa lagama maar-maan inaad dooda furtaan dadka intaad gaartaan arrintan ka wacyi galisaan. Waa hawl dhamaan-teen ina wada saran.

Maarso 6, ma codaysay, yaadse u codaysay?

―Waan codeeyay, oo qolaa inta gaari igu qaaday meesha igaysay waxay dheheen, qofkan u codee‖ Cali oo aan su’aashan waydiiyay ayaa sidaas iigu jawaabay. Xaqiidu waxay tahay in Cali qofkuu u-codeeyay uu san guulaysan. Markaan arrtaaas u sheegayna runtii waa uu ka xumaaday in codkiisii khasaaray.

Dad badan baa sidaas lagu sameeyay. Waa codeeyaan mana yaqaanaan waxay ka helayaan iyo wax musharaxu ugu fadhiyo. Kaliya waxay xurmeeyaan qofka Soomaaligaa ee la socda musharaxa doorashada doonaya. Waa wax fiican in la codeeyo laakiin waa in qofka codaynaya yaqaano cida iyo wax uu u-codaynayo. Codka qofkuna noqdo mid wax ku ool ah, oo bulshadu wax ka faa’iido. Ma jiro cod qof kaliyuhu wax ka faa’iido, dhab ahaan.

Siyaasadu Ka fiirsi bay u baahan tahay

Codka Soomaalidu wuxuu micno samayn karaa markuu midaysan yahay. Waxaana uu wax goyn karaa markuu danta um-mada guud u shaqaynayo. Shaqsiga, Kooxaha, qabiilada iyo ururaduba wax gooni ah kuma heli karaan maxaa yeelay ma lahan gudud lagu qadariyo.

Mushkilada ugu weyn ee codka Soomaalida haysataa waa inuusan muwaafaqo lahayn ama aysan jirin cid si wacan u hagta dadka iyo qodobada mudan taageerada um-madan, sida ummadaha kale ee deegaanka. Eedaas waa mid guud waxaase si gaar ah u leh inta hogaanka iyo cilmiga u saaxiibkaa ee bulshadan wada jirka u gabay ee shaqadooda ka sugaya inuu nin kale qabto.

Danaha Ururada aan dowliga ahyn ee bulshada

Ururada jaalliyada ee jiraa in-tooda badan dhab ahaantii qaabka ay doorashada u wajahaan waa mid lid ku ah danta ummadan qiimo dhac aad u-weyna ku haya nuxurka codka qofka Soomaaligaa ee degaankan. Ururadu waa kuwo dano hoose ka leh siyaasiyi-inta qaarkood, waxayna had iyo jeer wataan ciday is leeyihiin si gaara buu hayadaada gacan u siin doonaa. Mana awoodaan inay inaba ha yaraatee wax mucaaradaan, ama diidaan waxaan ummada danteeda guud ku jirin, ay-agoo eeganaya mida shaqsigaa ee la xariirta hayadiisa.

Shaqsiyaadka caawiya musharixi-inta

Waxaa jira is garab yaac aad u weyn. Waxaad mararka qaar dhacda inaad aragto Soomaali u-ololaynaya musharax xag jir ah oo diidan qaxootiga iyo dadka ajinabigaa ee aan kamidka nahay. Codka Soomaalidu waa waxa ugu raqiisan ee la helo, maxaa yeelay maba qorshaysana oo saaxiibaaba lagu kala qaataa. Arrintu waa ay ka fagaatay mabda’ iyo danguud hadayba marayso in shaqsi kastaa mid-kuu yaqaano jaalliyada barkeen u raro. Dhaawac taas ka weyn ma jiro marka

laga hadlo codka Soomaalida.

Jaaliyadaha Kale

Jaaliyadaha kale waxaay leeyihiin ha’yado iyo guddiyo u-qaabilsan si-yaasada. Waxay awoodaan ayagoo ha’yadohooda isticmaalaya inay kala saaraan musahrixiinta, ayna u soo ban-dhigtaan danohooda si qorshaysan. Halka Soomaalidu marayso waa ay soo wada mareen, waxaana ugu danbayn dantu ku qasabtay inay is aruurshaan isna qaabeeyaan. Waxayna tusaale u-noqon karaan in jid midakan lamid ah Soomaalidu marto.

Midnimada Jaalliyada waa lama huraan

Arrintani xalkeedu maahan mid adage e kaliya waxaa uu u-baahan yahay in laga wada hadlo layslana fahmo sida ugu haboon ee loo illaalin karo danta bulshdan loogana faa’iidayn karo cod-keeda. Waxaana haboon in:

Laga shiro midaynta codka jaalliyada.

La dhiso guddi yaqaan, lasocda lagalana tashado arrimaha si-yaasada.

Xubnuhu noqdaan kuwa sum-cad ku dhex leh bulshda

Xubno aan dan gooni ah ka lahayn siyaasada

Lasiiyo gudigaas taakulada iyo taageerada ay u baahan yihiin.

Uusan noqon guddigu mid ku tagrifala awooda la siiyay ee ay xubnaha kale ee jaalliyada ka talo qaataan.

Noqdo guddigu mid qumiya danta jaalliyada, kana warqaba dhibaatooyinka jira.

Muxuu Taraa Codkaagu Doorashadu?

Xafiiska hay’ada Laanqeyrta Cass waxay baafinayaa shaqsiyaadkan hoos ku qoran, fadlan hadii aad ga-ranayso gaarsii fariinta. Mumina Mohamed Haji Ali,

Oo ah Digil, kana ah Shanta Caleemood.

Deerow Ibrahim Cise, Oo ah Marexan.

Makay Yussuf Haji Ahmed Oo ah Jareerweyne (Bantu), kana ah Hintire. Mumina Issack Abdi– Beesha

Hawiye, oo ka ah Gorgati.

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Waxay kaloo wadaagaan geeda saro waabka oo lagama yaabo inay inaba hawsha hoos ka soo unkaan ee waxay u boodaan halka ugu saraysa. Waxay kaloo ku caan-bexeen xurmo dari, hafaryo, been iyo dacaayda inta kale ama qofkay u arkaan inuu wax-tar rasmi ah bulshada u keeni karo. Walo ay sifooyin badan wadaagaan hadana kuwaas baa ugu caansan. Dadka noocan ah maahan kuwo aad meel fag ka raadinayso waxaana laga yaabaa in dhowr kamid ihi mar hore maskaxdaada ku soo dheceen.

Labadan sheeko dhuux, lana soco magacyadu sarmi maahan

Hooyo Barako iyo wiilkeeda Baariwor.

Barako: War hooyo Faahiye ka kac hurdad oo sariirtaan 40 baan ku jirsataye, nin iska dhig oo wax qabso, anigu waan sii cuslaanayaa kuma hayn karee. Anaa wax ihaya u baahane.

Baariyow: Hooya hurdada hanaga qasin,,Nooh, waa iska had-laysaa goormaan afartan gaaray wali sanadaa iiga dhimane.

Barako: Sanad meelna kuu buuxin maaye meesha ka kac, oo facaa wax buu dhaqaye la tirso.

Baariyow: Adiga war ma haysid, sow ma ogid xalay inaan saxiibkey la hadlay Xamar oo imow aas I dhahay wasaaradaa laguu dhiibayaaye. Waa baxaa Nooh, ii raadi lacagataa ku bixi lahaa. Hana dhihi ma hayo waa ogahay usbuucaan inaa qaaadanaysid Ayuutadii. Wasiir sadii noqdo wixii wasaarada soo galaba waa kuu soo diraa, balan waaye.

Barako: Hadiiba meesha ka koco waxbay ahaan lahayd (hoos isula hadashay). War bal ka coo farmashiyaha daawada iiga soo qaad. Xamar igu soo biil hadii aadan dhahaynin diyaarada waa kaa bixin si aad mar uu hurdadaan ug akacdo. Wasiirse cida kaa dhiganaysa ma aadanahii kaloo dhan bay wax dadka u shaqeeya ka wayday. Walee wasaarad aad maamushaan wax laga dheefin.

Baariyow: Allaa, hooyaday ayaadaa dadka iigu daran. Kuwo badan oo ka fiicanahay aaba wasiiro loo dhaarshay usbuucaan. Waa arki doontaa ee adiga xamar I gee mar lee.

FG…. Baariyow Wasiisu dowlaha hurdad iyo waxba ha qaban

hada wuxuu ka tirsan yahay golaha wasiirada dowlada Xamar.

Hooyo Barwaaqana oday feceed ah bay heshay oo ka raysatay

ninkii hurdada badanaa.

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