WHAT AN IMPOSSIBLE ENGINEERING!
As Saudi Arabia announces the successful completion of the 2026 Hajj season, with more than 1.7 million pilgrims performing the sacred pilgrimage, it is worth appreciating the remarkable planning, logistics, and engineering that make this spiritual gathering possible year after year.
In this video, my good friend @sai7org takes us on a fascinating tour, explaining some of the incredible infrastructure behind Hajj operations. Particularly interesting is how the enormous amount of water used across the Mashaer, that is, in Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah, is transported from desalination plants connected to the sea and distributed efficiently to serve millions of pilgrims, despite the challenging desert environment.
From water systems and transportation networks to crowd management and public services, the Hajj remains one of the greatest logistical operations on earth and an example of what human ingenuity can achieve in the service of faith.
Every Muslim on earth has faced it in prayer. Billions have seen it in photos. Almost nobody knows its story.
Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli and @AlmaMilisic go beyond the cloth tracing over a thousand years of faith, craft, and empire woven into a single garment.
My two cents:
I have been covering Somali politics and security for 35 years now. Whenever Somalia has political crises and difficulties, most of its elites tend to blame foreigners for the majority of the shortcomings - from Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Egypt, to Ethiopia and Meles Zenawi, Italy and Bettino Craxi, Mohamed Sahnoun, Mahiga, Turkey, and the UAE.
I’m not saying all foreigners are blameless, but Somalis should also look at themselves in the mirror. Somalis are front and center in their own challenges, and only they can overcome them.
Some helpful actors were maligned and eventually forced to completely abandon Somalia. We are seeing it happen all over again, time and again, over the years. We know who they are. If you don’t know, read the history.
You can’t stop foreigners from pursuing their own national interests - that is not in your hands. But you can solve your own problems, because that is in your hands!
Turkish Parliament has approved grant support agreement signed between Türkiye and Somalia.
Under the agreement, Türkiye will support the construction of the Somali Embassy complex in Ankara. The project is considered an important step toward deepening the strategic partnership and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The measure was adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and officially became law.
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Xajaaj Bin Yuusuf kolkii Ciraaq loo dhiibay muddo yar gudaheed waxaa dadkii ka baxay cudurkii Daacuunka ahaa ee aadka ugu faafay.
Xajaaj ayaa Masjidkii u dhawaa Madaxtooyadiisa ka is taagay oo ku faanay in markii uu amiirka ka noqday Ciraaq inay dadkii caafimaad heleen oo Daacuunkii laga dul qaaday.
Waxaa u jawaabay oday masjidka fadhiyey oo yiri, “Ilaahay waa ka naxariis badan yahay in dadka Reer Ciraaq uu isugu daro cudurka Daacuunka iyo Xukunka Xajaaj.��
Waayadaan waxaan maqlaa Xamar waa nabad iyo amniga waan ku guulaysannay. Waxaan uga jawaabay, “Ilaahay waa ka naxariis badan yahay in shacbka Muqdisho uu isugu daro barakocinta Birmade Xasan iyo bambada Shabaaab.”
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🚨🇮🇱 🇦🇪🇸🇴 BREAKING: Following Israel's recognition, the UAE has also quietly recognized Somaliland without announcing it.
They now accept passports and documents from Somaliland in their official visa website; visitors from Somalia are banned from UAE visas.
Why Jubaland is a key state for Somalia’s hydroelectric power and food security🧵
1- Bardere Dam (Hydropower & Irrigation)
- Name: Bardere Dam Project
- Location: Bardere, Gedo Region
- River: Jubba River
- Planned use: Hydropower, Irrigation
- Electric Capacity: 80–100 megawatts
- Electric Supply: Southern Somalia
- Key supply: Mogadishu, Kismayo, Baidoa
- Irrigation: over 200,000 hectares
- Proposed Cost: $400 million USD
- Estimated Value $1.6 billion USD (2025)
- Funding: World Bank, Gulf countries, Italy
- Impact: Energy for industries, food production
- Among top-tier irrigation projects in Africa
Warbixin cusub oo ay soo saartay shabakadda Semafor oo fadhigeedu yahay New York ayaa shaacisay xog aan horay loo maqal oo tilmaameysa in Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya (DFS) ay Mareykanka u soo bandhigtay maamulka dekedaha istiraatijiga ah ee ku yaalla Gacanka Cadmeed, gaar ahaan kuwa ku yaalla Somaliland iyo Puntland.
Sida ay shabakaddu sheegtay, DFS waxay tallaabadan uga golleedahay laba arrin oo waaweyn:
1. Ka Hortagga Aqoonsi Caalami ah oo Somaliland Hesha: Mareykanka ayaa sanadihii u dambeeyay aad u daneynayey xidhiidhka Somaliland, iyadoo dhowaan uu wargeyska Financial Times sheegay in Washington ay la gorgortamaysay maamulka Somaliland si ay saldhig milatari uga hesho magaalada Berbera. Tani waxay DFS u aragtaa khatar toos ah oo horseedi karta aqoonsi caalami ah oo Somaliland hesho.
2. Ka Hortagga Saldhigyo Shisheeye oo laha hirgaliyo Xeebaha Soomaaliya:
Halkaan ka akhri warqadda kasoo baxday dowladda Soomaaliya.
Warqaddu waxay sheegaysaa in iskaashi xooggan oo Soomaaliya iyo Mareykanka ka dhexeeya uu xoojin doono amniga gobolka, kobcin doono iskaashiga dhaqaale, isla markaana horumarin doono yoolalka istiraatiijiga ah ee wadajirka ah.
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