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Rays of hope by Rageh Omaar
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:38 am
by Cawar
Its a good read...I think you should read it .
Rays of hope that the media do not see:
The vast majority of things I read and watch in the mainstream media relating to Muslims focus obsessively on what divides us. But, at several wonderful, uplifting moments each week, I find myself amazed and proud at how diverse Britain has become.
Sometimes these feelings come out of funny moments. A while ago, I was catching a train from Leeds to London. Before boarding I stop ped at a newsagent to buy a newspaper and a bottle of water. The man in front of me was a young British Asian. He was wearing the baggy pantaloons, long shirt and skullcap you see in religious seminaries in Pakistan. He also had an Islamic-style beard. The white woman behind the counter was probably in her mid-forties. She spoke in a thick Yorkshire accent as she joked and flirted with the customers.
http://www.newstatesman.com/200610160031
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:21 pm
by michael_ital
A good read yeah. But the author im assumin is married to a white woman, cuz she tellin him to teach his kids Somali. Im just curious as to why his hooyo or someone from his family isnt teachin them.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:15 pm
by Xplosive
^¨You don't know Rageh Omaar? His wife is British.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:25 pm
by Nabeela
His wife is cadaan miay?
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:43 pm
by Xplosive
Yeah.
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:01 pm
by B-MAX
He's married to a Baniyani chick.{Pakistani}
Scroll down.
http://www.allwadani.com/
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:02 pm
by highclass
^^ He is married to a this baronas's daughter you can get More British then that mate.
He is not paki.
He writes some interesting stuff....
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:05 pm
by X.Playa
fock that sell out, bubbly effeminate
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:13 pm
by Xplosive
Does he even speak Somali?

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:16 pm
by X.Playa
Yes he speaks good somali and he is as somali as they come, don't you know Raaqiya Omar is his sister , but he took this Black British fantasy too much,
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:37 am
by ABSAME'
Xplaya, he is not too detached from his roots. He has a potential if he writes more on his country like Nuruddin Farah. Artists who appreciate their culture and communicate the beauty of their culture and history succeed in the West. I don't think he can go anywhere with other subjects.
He is a good Muslim too.
"But best of all the things I see that make me so hopeful is the number of couples from different races and backgrounds. As a journalist covering international news, I travel frequently across the west and the developing world. Nowhere have I seen as many "mixed couples" as in British cities - not in the US, nor in Canada, and certainly not in any country on mainland Europe. "
hmm Amazing. May be I should go to London if people are such a tolerant diverse society.
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:01 am
by ABSAME'
[quote="X.Playa"]fock that sell out, bubbly effeminate[/quote]
Is he Habar Awal? You hate this clan, why?

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:08 pm
by Cawar
[quote="X.Playa"]fock that sell out, bubbly effeminate[/quote]
Cajiib. Greed and jealousy wont get you anywhere.
The guy is succesful, good at his job and keeps the Somali name up....whats your beef with him?? personal?? cant be...your not in the same league anyways...or is this one of those stupid thoughts of why didnt he announce that he is a SLander instead of Somali while broad casting on BBC???

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:52 pm
by Cilmiile
[quote="ABSAME'"][quote="X.Playa"]fock that sell out, bubbly effeminate[/quote]
Is he Habar Awal? You hate this clan, why?

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Absame
HY are very jealous of those Habar Awals. They accuse them of being soft and feminine. But the Habar Awals just get on being succesful like this guy's father Cabdilaahi Oomaar. That is the guy who owned 6 piano, the six story building on the road to Afgooye.
I remember him when he paid out a huge insurance money to us after our truck was written off after an accident. He owned a large insurance company as well as many other businesses.
The son is excelling in another field it seems.
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:23 pm
by surria
He married the ugliest white women, a fat brit. He says that his children will be exposed to both christianity and islam and they will choose which one to fallow when they grow up. He looks like a Habash and finally he is not that good, it just so happens that his wife is duaghter of a british lord and lordes.
