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»U Codee Mudane (Sadik Warfa) 2-Da Bisha Novenber Si Uu Danaha Iyo Horumarinta Bulshada Soomaaliyeed Wax Uga Qabto. 06 Aug 2010 |
  (TL) Mudane (Sadik Warfa) oo ka mid ah aqoonyahanka Soomaaliyeed ee ku nool magaalada [Minnesota] ayaa wuxuu u tartamayaa in uu ka mid noqdo xubnaha sharci dejinta ee magaalada [Minnesota]. isaga oo raba in uu matalo degmada loo yaqaan (61A District). Mudane (Sadik Warfa) ayaa wuxuu magiciisa ku tartamayaa xisbiga aan dhana u xaglin ee madaxa banaan oo magiciisa marka la soo gaabsho loo yaqaan (IP). wuxuuna ka mid yahay 16 xubnood oo xisbiga aan dhanna raacsanayn uu ugu talo galay in ay 16 dagmo oo dagmooyinka magaalada ah ay maamulkooda kula wareegaan. Soomaalida dibed jooga ah waayahaan danbe waxaa aad ugu soo batay tirada dadka isu sharaxaya ka mid ahaanshaha maamulada degaamada ay degan yihiin, marar dhif ahna waxaaba dhacda in ay tartanka ku guuleystaan. balse xataa hadii ay guuleystaan oo ay Soomaalidu magaalooyinka ay degan yihiin golaha magaalada ee sharci dejinta ay ku biiraan, waxqabad koodu aad buu u yaryahay tixgelina ma'ay helaan.
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»Shirweynihii Qaranka Oo Uu Dib U Dhac Ku Yimid Iyo Shirkada (Somgulf Group) Oo Loo Xilsaaray Hawlaha Guud Ee Tanadland 29 Jul 2010 |
  (TL) Ururka qorsheynta qaranku wuxuu mudo haatan laga joogo 2 bilood uu heshiis la galay shirkada (Somgulf Group) faraceeda dhismaha (Somgulf Property Development), oo ah shirkada dhismaha ee ugu baaxada weyn shirkadaha dhismaha ee laga leeyahay bariga Africa. waxaana loo xilsaaray maamulka iyo dhismaha mashaariicda qaranka. mashaariic daasna waxaa ugu horayn doona 2 heshiis oo horu dhac ah wax ku oolna ah. (1) heshiiska hore wuxuu yahay in ay magaalo madaxda gobolka Xariir ee (Galdogob) shirkadu maalgelin ku samayso, ayna magaalada ka aas-aasaan shirkad kireysata ama leh diyaaradaha xamuulka qaada iyo garoon diyaaradeed.
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»Dhismaha Iyo Tababarka Ciidamada Qalabka Sida Ee Qaranka Tanadland. 15 Jul 2010 |
 (TL) Indhowaale gudiga siyaasada ee (U.M.T) oo loo xilsaaray hawlaha baraarujinta, isku dubaridka, mideynta iyo jiheynta umada karaamaysan ee Tanadland. Waxaana u qabsoomay shirar iyo kulamo isdabajoog ah oo ka dhacay meelo badan oo dalka gudihiisa iyo dibediisa ka mid ah. sida qorshaha ugu jirta ururka mideynta umada soojireenka ah ee Tanadland, waxaa ay shirar kaas gogol xaarka ahi ay socon doonaan ilamaa iyo inta laga gaarayo mudada uu furmi doono shirweynaha Gaalkacyo. bulshada umada taariikhiga ah ee Tanadland waxay fursad u heleen in ay taladooda ku biiriyaan mashruuca qorsheynta qaranka. waxaana in door ah laga soo ururiyey aaraa'dooda ku saabsan hanaanka dowladnimo ee ay aaminsan yiihiin in uu umada Tanadland dan u yahay.
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»Qorshaha Maamul Goboleedka (Somali Central State) EE Beel-Weynta (Mareexaan) Oo Meel Fiican Maraya. 16 Jun 2010 |
  UK-(GMN) Kulankii ugu horeeyay oo dhaqaale loogu uruurinayo Dawlad gobaleedka bartamaha soomaaliya ayaa maalintii axadda 13 bishaan juun 2010ka ka dhacay magaalada birmingham.Kulankaan oo ahaa mid si heer sare ah loo soo qaban-qaabiyay ayaa waxaa soo abaabulay oo gogasha fidiyay SADE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (SECO) oo ah urur ay ku midaysan yihiin Jaaliyadda Qurba joogta ah ee beesha sade ee Birmingham, Kaasoo magaalada Birmingham looga dhawaaqay bishii maajo ee ina dhaaftey. Waxaana ugu horeyntii halkaas ka hadlay oo shirka furay guddoomiyaha ururka SECO Cali jaamac Xuseen ( Cali dheere).
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»Ururka Mideynta Tanadland Ee Lagu Dhawaaqay Iyo Himilada Laga Leeyahay 17 Apr 2010 |
  (TL) Dadka reer Tanadland oo aan ka warqabin hadii layiraahdo warshadaha iyo shirkadaha ugu waaweyn ee ku yaala magaalada (Boosaaso) waxaa leh ganacsatada reer Tanadland. waxaa laga yaabaa inay dadka qaarkiis u qaadan waayaan. dhanka warshadaha tusaale ahaan, ganacsatada reer Tanadland waxay leeyihiin labada warshaddood ee cabitaanka sameeya ee magaalada [Boosaaso] middood. (2) labada warshadood ee saabuunta dharka lagu dhaqo sameeya mid kamid ah. (3) warshada ugu weyn warshadaha ku yaala magaalada [Boosaaso] iyo goboladii horay loo oran jirey Mudug, Nugaal iyo Bari oo dhan. oo ay leeyihiin niman walaalo ah oo ah lafta ugu shirkadaha badan Beelweynta Reer (Xirsi Muumin). warshaddaasina waa warshada [Hargaha & Saamaha].
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»Qaranka Tanadland Hadaysan Maantay Maamul Goboleed Samaysan Dhaxal kii Boqor (Maxamed Daarood) Goormay ku Tanaadayaan?,"Guubaabo Qaran". 08 Jan 2010 |
  (1) Dr/Ugaas Axmed (2)Ugaas Maxamed (3)Ugaas Cali (4)Qoraa/Imaam Geesood (5)Imaam Xaaji Ciise (6)Imaam Xaaji Cali (7)Imaam Xaaji Xuseen (8)Qoraa /Hindisaa/ Imaam: Maxamed Muumin (9)Macalin/Ugaas Muumin Aadan (10)Ugaas Cismaan (11)Ugaas Yuusuf (12)Ugaas Muuse "Cadaawe" (13)[Ugaas/ Hindisaa: Cali "Khayre"](14)Ugaas Maxamed (15)Ugaas C/raxmaan (16)Ugaas Cabdulaahi (17)Ugaas Ismaaciil (18)Ugaas Aadan"Xoosh" (19)Ugaas Maxamed (20) Ugaas Sakad (21)Ugaas Waaqroone, (22)Ugaas Udnenfale (23)Boqor- Suleymaan "Abaarmoog" (24)Boqor- Korshe (25)Boqor- Muuse "Wacle" (26)Boqor- Asaannabi (27) Xeeldheere/Boqor: Shucayb "Leelkase" (28) Hindisaa/Boqor: Diiftire] (29) Boqor- Haaruun (30) Boqor-Dirir (31)[Hindisaa/Boqor: Cadnaan Hoobaanle"] (32)Boqor- Sajiis (33)Boqor- Masdaan (34)Taariikhyahan/Boqor: Maxamed "Tanade" (35) Shiikh/Xeeldheere: Daarood (36)Ismaaciil (37) Al Jabarti (38)Ibraahim ----119) Nebi- Nuux (120) Lamik (121) Mutwashlak (122) Hindisaa/Nebi- Idiris (123) Yarid (124) Mashlalil (125) Caynan (126) Anusha (127) Xeeldheere/Caaqil: Masdaan"Sed" (128) Nebi- Aadan.
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»Taliyaha Abaanduulka Ciidamada Tanadland Oo Mooryaanta Gaalo Raaca Ah Ee Dhabayacada Siiyey Digniin 24 Saac Ah. 29 Dec 2009 |
  (TL) Beelaha Tanadland ay ka koobantahay ee reer (Amiir Suhure) iyo reer (Boqor Masdaan Boqor Maxamed) oo maalmahaan ku shirsanaa dhamaan degaanada iyo Gobolada Tanadland, sida gobolka (Xariir), (Hoobaanle) iyo Gobolka (Koonfur Bari) ee ay magaalo madaxdiisu tahay (Bandarbayla). Waxaana shirar kaas ka soo baxay qaraar ah in hadii aysan mooryaanta beesha kibirtey, ee Dhabayaco aysan mudo 24 saac gudahood ah ku soo deyn weriye (Maxamed yasin Isixaaq), in ay beeshu qaadayso talaabo milateri oo baaxad leh. Weriye (Mohamed Yasin isixaaq) oo ah wakiilka magaalada Gaalkacyo u jooga Idaacada ay umada Soomaaliyeed sida weyn u qadariyaan ee VOA-da. ayaa waxaa qafaashay mooryaanta gaalo raaca ah ee Dhebayacada. Waxaana dad badan oo reer Tanadland ah layaab iyo fajiciso ku noqotay, sida nimankii loo han weynaa ee (Muuse Cali) har cad wiilkoodii Gaalkacyo looga kaxaystay iyagoo soo taagan.
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»Tacsi Kusocota Ciidamada QaLabka Sida Ee Tanadland Iyo Caa'ilada Mujaahid (Col.Cabdi Caaqil Cadeysey Caaqil Dhagahoor) 10 Feb 2009 |
 (TL) Walaalayaal waxaa maalinkii Jamcaha ahaa ee doraad ka horeysey magaalada Gaalkacyo lagudiley nin magac iyo maamuus kudhex leh reer Tanadland iyo Soomaalida inteeda kaleba.Sifaha lagu diley iyo sida loogu soogabadayna waxay shabahdaa sidii ay daalimiintu asxaabtii nebiga iyo ehelu qayrka udagi jireen, maalin jamcaa isagoo alle dertiis salaadii jamcaha masaajid ugu socda ayey dhexda ugaleen. Col. Cabdi oo ku magacdheeraa (Cabdi Kacaan) wuxuu kamid ahaa saraakiishii ciidanka nabad sugida ee caanka ahaa wakhtigii uu dalka ka arimin jirey Kacaankii barakaysnaa.
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»Dr.Maxamad Hussein "Ilkadahab"oo isu Soo Sharaxay Tartanka Madaxwenanimada Soomaaliya 28 Jan 2009 |
  (TL) [Sawirka Prof.Ilkadahab iyo Hoggaamiye Qadaafi] [Sawirka kaleetana waa Prof.Ilkodahab iyo priminsterkii hore ee Talyaaniga Mr: Prodi] Dr., Maxamad Hussein Mohamed wuxuu ka mid yahay takhaatiirta tirade yar oo dunida loo aqoonsaday in ay cabqari ku yihiin daaweeynta iyo cillad bixinta cudurrada indhaha bini aadanka ku dhaca. Dr. Ilkadahab oo ku soo qaatay dalalka Ruushka, Bulgaariya iyo Talyaaniga cilmiga diktornimada wuxuuna ku takhasusay daaweeynta iyo qalliinka indhaha wuxuuna aqoonta sare ee PHD-da loo yaqaan ka qaatay Jaamicadda Bulgaria, wuxuuna Dr. Ilkadahab uu imminka uu ku noolyahay kuna leeyahay cisbitaal gaar ah oo qaabilsan qalliinka iyo daaweeynta indhaha.
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»Yay Tahay Beesha Rabta In Magaalada Gaalkacyo Karbaash Looga Saaro Oo Xoogaagana Laga Daadsado?. 17 Sep 2008 |
 (TL) Intii ayaamahakan ahaydba waxaa kasocdey magaalada Gaalkacyo amuur wax allaale iyo wax lagu sheego aan la aqoon oo is xag-xagasho baas ah. arintaan ayaa waxay ka bilaabatay iskuday dhicisoobey oo ay samaysay beesha Sacad ayna rabtay inay xaqeeda ku soo dhacsato. sababtuna waxay tahay beesha Sacad sidii magaalada Gaalkacyo looga saarayba mudo dheer bay gaalkacyo marti ku ahaayeen, Xamarna isbaaro iyo xoriyad bay ku haysteen. laakiin maantay nimankii magaalada la deganaa ee ay xulafaysteen ayaa xamarna karbaash uga soo saaray. xaafadii [baraxley] ahayd bayna isugu yimaadeen oo ay ku wada dulmanyihiin.
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»Prof. Cismaan Salaad Xirsi Oo Laga Waraystay Badroolka Soomaaliya Ku Jira 15 Aug 2008 |
  LONDON, ONTARIO- Waxaa bahda Somalitalk.com u suurta gashay in aan waraysi layeelano Dr. Cismaan Salaad Xirsi oo kamida aqoonyahannada Soomaaliyeed ee cilmiga Joolojiga. Waraysigan waxa uu ka dhacay Hotel Hilton oo kuyaal magaalada London, Ontario, halkaas oo Dr. Osman uu kaga qaybgalay shir looga hadlay joolojiga, waxaana laqabtay shirkaas September 24-27, 2000. Somalitalk: Marka ugu horreysa Dr. Osman warbixin kooban naga sii sida uu mu'tamarkii (shirkii joolojiga) u dhacay iyo sida ay dadkii ka soo qaybgalay kaaga guddoomeen farriintii ku saabsanayd batroolka Soomaaliya?. Dr. Osman: Shirkan American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Eastern Section, waa shir sannadkiiba mar la qabto oo ay isugu yimaadan dad joolojistayaal ah oo ka kala socda waqooyiga America. Shirkan oo ah mid qaab goboleed ah ayaa aniga oo ka shaqeeya Quebec iyo Ontario la igu casumey in aan ka soo qeyb galo,
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»Xulka Qaranka Soomaaliyeed Oo Si Haybad Iyo Sharaf Leh Uga Qayb-Qaatay Xaflada Furitaanka Cayaaraha Olombikada 10 Aug 2008 |
  [His Excellence: (Duran Axmed faarax) oo calanka u sida Xulka Qaranka] (TL) Maalinkii shalay ahaa waxaa caasimada wadanka shiinaha ee bekin (beijing) lagu dhigay xafladii furitaanka cayaaraha Olombiga aduunka. xafladaasna waxaa ay ka dhacday garoonka bilicda san ee lagaba yaabo in uu yahay kan aduunyada ugugu qurxoon, looguna magac daray buulka shimbiraha. waxaana olombiga inooga qayb qaadanaya 10 qofood oo u badan sida aad idinba sawirka kore ka garan kartaan madaxda ururka olombikada soomaaliyeed. taas oo daliil u noqonaysa waxa laga filan karo xulka qaranka ee cayaaraha olombikada inooga qayb qaadanaya.
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» The Poetry And The Times of (Hawa Jibril) BY: Faduma Ahmed Alim, Editor and Translator 24 Jul 2008 |
 (TL) Hawa was born over 80 years ago in a small village in the Mudug Region of Somalia. Hawa doesn't know precisely her date of birth; however, she recalls that she was born in the year of the Sparkling Rains. This is no wonder as the traditional Somali pastoralists record orally the date of their childrens birth based upon the events surrounding their birth, such as a decimating clan war; a devastating drought and famine; great and bountiful rains; or other major calamities that befall their country, such as foreign invasion and colonial penetration.
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»Wardheere: Soomaalida London waxaan ugu baaqayaa in aanay u kala harin taageeridda Murashaxa Mudane Zakariye X. Maxamuud ee London Assembly (Endorsement) 14 Apr 2008 |
  (TL) Dhawaaqa farxadda leh iyo akhbaarta fiican ee London ka soo yeertay in la taageero ayay mudan tahay. Sida aan la soconno maadaama ay Soomaali badan u soo haajirtay qurbaha Sooyaalka taariikhda Soomaalida saamayn weyn ayay ku yeelan doonaan. Waagii hore waa yarayd Soomaalida qurbaha u haajirta laakiin hadda xaaladda waa ka duwan tahay. Haddaba Soomaalida qurbaha u soo haajirtay waxaa ay la kulmayaan guulo iyo khasaarooyin ilayn waa sidii adduunka lagu yaqaanay wararkoodana waxaa uu isugu jiri doonaa wanaag iyo xumaan (positive or negative). wararka iga soo gaaraya London ayaa sheegaya in siyaasiyiin badan oo British ah ay bilaabeen inay la soo xiriiraan murashaxa xiisaha ama soo jiidashada badan ee Zakariya Haaji Maxamuud ayagoo raadinaya codka Soomaalida isla markaana ku baraarugay awooda cod bixinta Soomaalida London - taasina waa mihiim.
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»CONFERENCE PROGRAM AGENDA, SATURDAY MARCH 1, 2008 19 Feb 2008 |
  (TL) 11:00AM-12:30PM Moderator: Ahmed Hamud, Panelists: Ambassador Abdikarim Laqanyo. Ali Fatah, Dr. Hodan Said Isse, Omar Ali Hashi, intern at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International trade, Canada. Naima Haile, Dr. Ali Bahar Mohamud Abdi, Moving Somalia Forward: Rethinking the future Peace and Reconciliation Disarmament, demobilization and Reintegration of youth and militia. Transparent governance structure and human rights. Peace and Reconciliation: The Role of Youth and Woman. Moderator: Abdurahman Hosh Jibril. Panelists:Dr. Abdiweli M. Ali, Awad Ashara, MP TFG Parliament Dr. Ali Said Faqi, Ismail Gaildoon Abdihakim Faqi. The Transitional Federal Institutions: Pitfalls, Challenges and opportunities: A SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats) analysis.
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»Interview With FreeThinker Banaadiri Whose Aim Is to Change the Name "Somalia". 02 Feb 2008 |
  (TL) "The Banaadiri coast", as name for coastal northeast Africa, was used well into the 20th century, and as an informal designation for southern Somalia remains in use today. So sophisticated was the Banaadiri urban culture and the extraordinary literate background of these early settlers along the coast of the Indian Ocean, that they were described by foreign visitors as "people bound together by ties of citizenship and not by tribal relationships". The Banaadiris are multiethnic people from Horn of Africa. They are living along the south coast of that geographic area which Italians in 1908 named "Somalia". Nuredin Hagi Scikei was born in Mogadishu as descendant of AlFaqi, known also as the Reer Faqi of Qahtan religious dynasty, and appointed by the Banaadiri as administrators of justice in the territory from the Middle Ages until the first years of the Italian occupation. Nuredin is a graduate in civil engineering from Bologna University in Italy,
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Abdisalan Ato Is The Biggest Somali Flim Director By: The Other Paper, Columbus,Ohio,U.S.A
30 May 2007 |
Somaliwood: Columbus has become a haven for Somali filmmaking
  ef Vidmar “I can say I’ve started the revolution”: Abdisalam Aato directed Rajo, one of several feature-length DVDs from his Olol Films company.
By sara smith
April 19, 2007
Abdisalam Aato sits in front of a computer screen at his office in Jubba Mall, a Somali marketplace on Morse Road, translating an animated short he created for the web from his native language into English. Hanging above him on the wall are half a dozen glossy movie posters for Olol Films’ latest releases—works that have posited Aato as the Scorsese of Somali
filmmakers.
He came to the United States in 1996, after spending more than three years in a refugee camp in Kenya. He settled in Columbus in 2001 and has spent the last six years making the city famous, in Somali circles, as the epicenter of Somali cinema. He has written, directed and produced nine feature films and documentaries, with two more in production, in his studio on Cleveland Avenue.
“Columbus is like the Hollywood of Somalia now because the biggest production studio is here, and that’s us,” he says, clicking around the Olol Films’ website. “So all the famous Somali actors are here in Columbus.”
Getting a box-office count for Aato’s films is impossible. He says most often bootleg copies of his films are shown in the United States, Europe and Africa, so there’s no telling how many people have seen his work. But a YouTube post of one of his animated shorts, Warmooge, which Aato claims is the first Somali animation ever created, has received about 18,000 hits.
“All this stuff is kind of guerilla filmmaking,” he says as he clicks to play another short film on ololfilm.com.
Aato says he relies on friends and volunteers to complete his ambitious feature-length projects. But no one at Olol Films has any formal training. In fact, Aato had never held a video camera or used a computer until he came to the U.S.
But he says he’s always known he wanted to make films.
“My cousin took me to see my first movie in Somalia,” he says. “I was 5 years old. We saw Spartacus.”
“After that night, I would use all the money my parents gave me to see movies. I would see every movie that came out.”
Going to the movies is no longer an innocent pastime in Aato’s homeland. In 2006, international media reported raids on movie theaters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Armed soldiers stormed theaters under orders from the United Islamic Courts, shutting all of them down.
“Islamic militia came to rule the city in 2006,” Aato says. “They said nobody can play music and no films.”
“People do die in the movie theaters there, but there are isolated places where people can still see movies.”
Music and movies have been banned in Somalia for more than a year, but Aato says cheap Internet access is rampant in the country, which is how he’s reaching people with his work.
“I just got a call from a guy in Mogadishu to tell me he likes our movies. And he sends me e-mails, like fan mail too,” Aato says.
Aato’s films aren’t only reaching the nether corners of Somalia; some films have been screened in movie theaters all over the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Rajo (which translates to Hope) was the first full-length Somali film, and it debuted to packed houses at both Studio 35 and a theater in Minneapolis on Thanksgiving 2003. A soundtrack featuring music from Somali performers Abdi Janan, Iskilaaji and others was released with the film.
“People didn’t believe we really did this,” he says, pointing to the poster for the film. “I mean, we used a helicopter in this movie. People didn’t believe we could do it. It was huge.”
The poster and DVD cover for Rajo
features a shot of Columbus’s skyline in the background, three expensive cars gleaming in the foreground and a helicopter hovering overhead. It’s surprisingly slick and mainstream, which is exactly what Aato was aiming for.
“This movie was the first, and people will always remember Columbus was the place that started the whole Somali film industry,” he says. “I can say I’ve started the revolution now because other Somalis want to do movies—and they call me.”
Somali feature-filmmaking is a revolutionary concept. Not only have films been outlawed in the war-torn country, but the concept of movies is so new that the Somali language doesn’t have a direct translation for the word “film.” Somali speakers use an Arabic word—or the Somali word for “play”—when discussing movies, Aato says.
Despite the novelty of filmmaking in Somali culture, the Columbus Somali
community (which is the second largest in the country) acknowledges Aato’s work as an important asset to the community.
“I think Aato’s work translates the change of living in Africa, in the third world, and transitioning into living here,” says Mohamud Dallin, a local Somali entrepreneur who recently applied, unsuccessfully, for a Columbus City Council vacancy. “He is the only one in this country doing such a thing.”
Dallin says the Somali immigrant community sees Aato’s films as a vehicle to bridge generation gaps among the community and educate the larger society on Somali culture. He says that basic needs—such as housing, jobs, and goods and services—are well established for Somalis living in Columbus and that it’s good to see the arts added to the local culture.
“He has a vital part in the community,” Dallin says. “And I think he has the potential to break into the larger community, the mainstream.”
Aato does hope to find a broader audience for his films. He’s added English subtitles to many of his features, and his documentaries and newer releases have been produced in English. The subject matter and some of the wardrobe for his films reveal strong Western influences, and he says he’s taken heat for that from Somalis who hold more traditional cultural norms.
Xaaskayga Araweelo is a slasher thriller that Olol Films released in 2006. The female lead, Samira (played by local Somali actress Fathiya Saleban), is a newlywed and possible man killer. It’s a lot like So I Married an Axe Murderer—without the comedy. The themes are obviously taken from Western civilization, and it’s not at all what you’d expect from a culture known for its conservatism.
“We’re a society,” Aato says. “We have everything. We have gays. You don’t have to hide that from the people. That would be cheating.”
In an effort to bring hot-button issues into the open within the Somali community, Aato has turned his camera on Somali politics. He’s using his filmmaking skills to develop bartamaha.com, a website that features music videos produced in Columbus by local Somali musicians, as well as short films and coverage of news and issues of interest to the local Somali community.
“I wanted something that has the politics, has the music, has the short films and documentaries,” Aato says, clicking on a short video clip of a famous Somali poet who recently visited Columbus. “And this is a way to get things to the people in Somali quickly.”
“I have so many ideas I want to go after,” he says. “I would like to go back to Somalia, or film the refugee camps in Kenya, but I’m afraid to go back.”
Aato says he’s asked some Somali political leaders who visited Columbus tough questions on camera for bartamaha.com and that he’s afraid of how his work is being received in some circles back home. He says his fear of being killed because of his work is keeping him from making the trip home.
“I’m working for the people,” he says. “I’m not based in any group, but I’m afraid some might think I’ve done something against them.”
Far from the unrest and censorship in Somalia, Aato is in Hollywood mode, casting for his next project, Ambad, (which translates to Lost). It’s a story about a young Somali man who gets his girlfriend pregnant and is forced by his family to marry her to cover up the scandal.
“I’ve cast an unknown Somali actress. I really wanted to give her a chance to shine,” he says. “A year from now, every Somali will know her face.”
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(TL) Iyadoo ay jirto in gebi ahaanba wadanka soomaaliya oo dhan ay abaar dad iyo duunyoba waxyeelaysay ay ku habsatey, ayaa maalintii shalay ahayd waxaa dibad-bax roobdoon ah isugu soo baxay ardayda iskoolada kala duwan ee magaalada Gaalkacyo qaar kamid ah, jiilaalka xun ee dabo- dheeraaday iyo biyo la'aanta ayaa dadka waxaa uga daran iyagoo aan haysan wax ay wax ku kala gataan, waxaana gebi ahaanba joogsadey haatan isticmaalka xaashiyo lacag ku sheeg ah oo si sahlan footokoobiga loogu sameeyo.