Saturday was the celebration of the largest number of Somali high school students graduated the academic year 2009 – 2010. This is a very good news for Somali youth who wouldn’t have this opportunity back in Somali. Civil war and tribal fighting forced them out of their home country, it is a reality that this community tries to get past and beyond yet it silently haunts everyone in their daily life. Some are not lucky to start new life in the United States and educate their children.

This year’s gradates were promised to have a wonderful community party to celebrate their achievement. This was an initiation discussed by a couple of the Somali community services organizations based in Columbus. What a wonderful idea to encourage young members of the community to pursue their education. But the ceremony organizers disagreed from the initial organizing stage, and had to host two ceremonies on the same date.

Not only had this divided the graduate students who were supposed to celebrate as one group the class of 2009-2010 Somali students. It created a division and a tension within the community; I have seen people who changed their mind more than three times on which party to go.

There was pressure on the youth on where to support. Our cameras caught some of the students at both parties. They had to drive from one party to other very often, communicate with friends on the other side and coordinate so they don’t have to miss the moments. Well that was smart of the students and other participants who managed to satisfy both sides.

I later asked my colleague his opinion about the pressure and the stress this event puts on the shoulders of these young students and their family members and why it was happening this way. His answer encouraged me to write this piece and I think is what every leader in central Ohio should know and look at with curiosity. His answer was that there is a leadership struggle within the Somali Community for the attention and resources of elected leaders and government officials. Somali graduate students were having a hard time deciding between the two venues, one at the Hilton Hotel in Easton mall and the other at Monaco’s conference center on Cleveland Ave.

The difference between the two ceremonies was, one had the attention and support of some of the most important elected officials in Central Ohio, and this was the Hilton Ceremony. The other Ceremony had the support and the attention of most of the Somali community members and leaders. These two ceremonies were rivals and intentionally hosted to counter each other in a fight for community representation and the blessing of Central Ohio elected leaders and government officials. More than the young graduate students this was also about building personal and organizational profiles with the expenses of the community.

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Waaqica jiraa ayaa qofka Soomaaligaa ka dhigay mid la tuhmo lagana dhex arko khatar marka la eego ficilka ay ku keceen qaar kamid ahi. Kol hadii, ay xaqiiqadu saas tahay maxay noqon kartaa cilaaqada ka dhaxaysaa wadiniga Mareykankaa ee bulshdaa aan xasiloonayna ka tirsan, iyo laamaha amniga ee wadankan, sida FBI da. Muxuuse yahay doorka wadaninimo ee shaqsiga Soomaaliyeed? Maxaa la gudboon ficil ahaan si bulshadu u samo baxdo, fal kasta oo amni darana uu ugu gooni noqdo danbiilaha ku kaca ee aysan u galaafan bul-shda oo dhan. Taas waxaa fure u ah waxaad ka aaminsan tahay hayadaha aminiga ee FBI hormuudka u tahay.

Si aan arrintaas isula garano aadna u ogaato heerka aaminkaaga iyo aqoonta aad u leedahay nidaamka dawligaa gaar ahaan laamaha amniga dalka, waxaan jeclaan lahaa inaan sheekadan kula wadaago. Mudo ku dhawaad labo bilood laga joogo, ayaan fasal dugsi sare oo aan macalin ka ahaan ku casuumay sarkaal ka tirsan laanta amniga dalka ee loo soo gaabiyo FBI. Sida caadada noo ah Inaan shirkadaha, laamaha dawlada iyo jaaliyadaha deegaanka ka casuuno masuuliyiin ardayda la hadasha waxay noo ahayd caado. Sarkaalkii waxaa uu si furan uga warbixiyay shaqadiisa, waajibka laantan, fursadaha shaqo iyo sida ay bulshada ula shaqeeyaan. Gabo gabadii barnaamijka oo ay sodomeeyo arday oo Soomaali u-badani fadhiyaa, ayaan su’aashan ah ―Maxaad ka aaminsan tahay FBI? dhex-dhigay. Mid kamid ah ardaydii baa si aan ka fiirsasho iyo fakar dheeri ah toona lahayn ugu jawaabtay; “Ma aaminsani koley anigu” koox garab fadhiday baa isla markiiba madaxa wada gundhiyay oo micneheedu yahay waa u fiir dhow-nahay.

Waxaana sarkaalkii uu durba waydiiyay sababta keentay aaminaad la’aanta; ma dhibaa laantan kaasoo gaaraybaa? Ardaygii waxaa uu ku jawaabay―”Maya”, ma waxaad ogtahay oo gooni ah baa jira ―”maya”, ―saan baa la lahaa‖. Intaa kadib waxaan ii suurto gashay in aan si gooni ula sheekaysto ardaygii, anoo ka codsaday inuu arrinta baaritaan ku sameeyo. Doodii dheerayd ee aniga iyo ardayga Soomaaliyeed waxay nala gaarta ilaa heer aan is waydiino cida qaabilsan dabagalka iyo ilaalinta miisaaniyada waxbarashadiisa ee ka timaada dawlada dher, taas oo ka mid ah waajibaadka laantan. Todobaadka kadib wax weyn baa iska badalay aragtidii ardayga, fahamkiisuna intii waa uu ka balaartay.

Laanta amniga dalka ee loo soo gaabiyo FBI waxaa xil ka saaran yahay sugidda amniga iyo saxiloonida guud ahaan dalka. Shaqada ay qabaataa waa mid cad, waxayna masuul ka yihiin aminiga shaqsi kasta oo dalkan ku nool, meelkasta ha ka yimaado, jinsi kasta ha noqdo, diintuu rabana ha aamin-sanaadee. Shaqsi kastana masuuliyad baa ka saaran amniga iyo sixada deegaanka uu daganyahay. Caafimeedkeenu wuxuu ku jiraan deegaanka iyo bulshada aan ku dhex nool-nahay. Waana laga maar-maan in aan ku dadaalno sidaan ku hagaajin lahayn bulshdeena iyo deegaanka aan ku nool-nahay. Amaanku waa qodobka ugu horeeya aas aasiga iyo udub dhexaadka u ah horu-marka bulshada deegaankaba. Mana jiro caalmakaan cid bulshda Soomaaliyeed uga baahi badan amni iyo horumar bulsho, waa markaan arrinta dhankeena ka eegnee. Sidaas awgeed, waa in qofkasta oo naga midihi ka barto in ku filan nidaamka dawli-gaa iyo hayada aminiga ee dalka Marey-anka. Waxaana qabaa in lagu jira xili arrin-tani muhiimad gooni ah leedahay duruu-faha iyo waaqica ummada Soomaalieed awgeed.

Ahmed Adan, The Friday Bulletin

Waxaa noo suurto gashay inaan waraysi gaar ah arrintaas kala yeelano Dr. Mahamud Diriye – Diros oo ah madaxa qaban qaabada bandhiga iyo hayada Somali Culture and Research Center. Waxaa waraysi qaaday Axmed Kooj.

Mohamed Diini, Waa musharaxa jagada shrci dajiye ama State Legislator ee dagmada 119, magaalda Portland ee gobolka Maine  dalka Mareykanka. Waraysi gooni ah oo aan kala yeeshay qorshihiisa siyaasadeed ee ku aadan jagadan uu isu sharay ayuu faah-faahin dheeri ah iga siiyay sida ku cad waraysiga codkaa.

Dhagayso:

Diini waxaa uu ka sahraxan yahay xisbiga Democrat ee gobolkaas waxaana uu hada ku jiraa is-reeb reebkii hore ee isla dagmada oo ay gabar musharaxad ihi kula tar-tamayso. Waxaana uu ku rajo weyn yahay inuu tar-tankan ku guulaysto. Tirakoob ahaan markii la fiiriyay labada mushaax waxaa uu ku hogaaminayaa dhibco yar.

Gobolka Maine waxaa uu ka mid yahay meelaha sida weyn bulshda Soomaaliyeed u dagtay. Musharaxnimada Mohamedna waxay fursad gooni ah u tahay bulshda Soomaaliyeed ee dalkan Mareykanka gaar ahaan kuwa reer Maine.

Ahmed Adan – kooj

Radio Luuliyo, Columbus Ohio

Waraysi arrintaasi ku saabsan ayaa waxaa inoo suurto gashay inaan la yeelano Mulkiilaha Unversal Ahmed Abukar, Maamulaha WAqooyiga America Dayib Sheikh Ahmed iyo Muumin Hassan Barre oo isagu ah Maareeyaha guud ee TV.

Waraysigaan ayay ku qeexayaan maamulka TV universal qorshahooda iyo qaabka ay ku soo gaareen waqooyiga America.

Ahmed Adan- Kooj

Radio Luuliyo Columbus, OH