Maansadan oo magaceeda la yidhaahdo DOONI  waxaan curiyay markaan taariiikhda meel walba ka baadhay umada soomaaliyeed dhibaatada haysata ee meel loo [...]

Bartamaha (New Delhi):- In yet another strike, Somali pirates have seized one more vessel with 22 crew, including 19 Indians, on board [...]

Maansadan waxaan la yidhaahdaa (Siyaasadi Aabe ma leh) ka dib waxaan tiriyay markaan arkay ujeeda xumada ay umada soomaaliyeed maalin walba kii [...]

Gabaygan waa gabay jawaab u ah gabay uu baafin u bixiyay saaxiib abwaan xasan garaad oo dhawaan ku soo baxay [...]

With no objections and no reply
stranded are the men who stand by
some question, some deny
some go with the wind, as it goes [...]

When winds blow down trees
and tides began to recede
when oceans bring up breeze
and man holds to a creed
and we hold just to [...]

When the situation is bleak and dire
that’s when you know you’re a dying empire
when the situation is dire and bleak
that’s when you [...]

W/Q, Axmed-Assad
MURTISOOR (G&B)
GURXAN:
“Mirqaankaad maqasheen waa
Naf mowtideed la cadaaboo
Mootan oon is ogaynoo
Maqsin foorno la moodoo
Marfash baas lagu sheegoo
Daaqaddii la malaasoo
Albaabkii laga moosoo
dhammac miici [...]

I walked passed a grave today
These moments dont last they go away
Memories that last seldom fly away
Memories are moments from yesterday
Death occurs [...]

Just like the moon waxes and wanes
Just like the sky rumbles when it rains
There will be an hour, it will have a [...]

This soul leaves when i die
far from where i use to play
far from where i use to cry
far from where i use [...]

It begs to stay in this world longer
when it begs, it begs to make this world stronger
It has never touched a tyrant
It [...]

Did you cry, when they lied and arrested you?
Did you try, when they tried and convicted you?
Did you cry, when they tied [...]

All the way to their grave
they will forever carry that stain
for they came to enslave
this stain will forever remain
they came to the [...]

no rules means nowhere to hide
stay alive keep a gun by your side
if all fails, theirs always suicide
hardest part is when to [...]

We lack the knowledge to innovate
So violence is what we perpetuate
Our future is what dissipates
Life is what art imitates
Dissipate is to evaporate
What [...]

Halkan waxaanu idiinku haynaa sheeko taxane ahayd oo dad badani ay naga dalbadeen inaan web-ka idiin soo galino. Sheekadani waxay ku saabsan [...]

Bartamaha (Ohio) Kadib markii Cabdicasiis M. Liibaan uu ku laabtay dhulkii hooyo ayuu wuxuu magaalo kasta uu tago ka maqlayay niman ay [...]

I leave way too soon
Just before noon
Just like the moon
Gone all afternoon
I am alot like Barack
strong like a rock
dont walk but jog
keep [...]

IN OUR POLITICS

 
In our politics now, there has been a big shift
From north to south, there has been a big rift
A new [...]

Be Cynical
 
They say my words are political
and that anyone who believes them is cynical
When the U.S. takes steps that are unilateral
Why is [...]

My people watch and pray
hope and pray to see another day
Obama, I thought change came yesterday
what do you say to those who [...]

Mustafa is in Grade 7 at Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Regent Park. This poem, “A Single Rose,” earned him a [...]

A note of appreciation for my father
Can I ever thank you enough for being the wonderful man you are?
Abo, thank you for [...]

Were looking for salvation
so we pray five times a day
that’s five times a day, every single day
from Monday to Sunday
and every single [...]

A native of Rochester, New York, writer, activist, and educator Amir Sulaiman is a member of Goodestuff Entertainment, an Atlanta based collective [...]

We stand united for united we stand strong
You have interfered in our politics , for too long
Proving that two wrongs don’t make [...]

 

Do we not have any sense of nationalism
or has it been replaced by a backward system called tribalism
Don’t pretend this isn’t true
It’s [...]

 
 
We needed change and they all agreed
so they came to us, in order to lead

 
their plans were different, indeed
 
but all wanted to [...]

He sees the blue sky
and he knows his ready to die
he puts on his disguise
and packs all his supplies
his ready for his [...]

My people are tribalistic
 
 
My people are tribalistic
My people are very tribalistic
So I’ll try my best to be 100% optimistic
The fact of the [...]

Picture taken by Mohamud Mumin
My people watch and pray
hope and pray to see another day
Obama, I thought change came yesterday
what do you [...]

Picture taken  by Mohamud Mumin
 
We stand in the shadow of history
while others determine our destiny
can you picture this imagery
where children suffer tragically
they [...]

When the situation is bleak and dire
that’s when you know you’re a dying empire
when the situation is dire and bleak
that’s when you [...]