Maskiin Macruuf I had scenario close to that one happen to me and some of my friends few years ago. We drove from Canada to go and see some Somali concert in Minneapolis and our plan was to spend the night in some hotel after the concert since we didn’t know anyone from town. When partying was done late at that night we felt little hungry and decided to grab few bites from one of those Somali restaurants in town before we head to our resting place, so we found our selves in some place on Cedar St.. The restaurant owner was a bright old fella and he right away figured out that we were some Soogalootis and while we were there one of my friends stuck conversion with the gentle man for a while and he asked us where we from and where we spending the night at and when we told him that we were headed to a hotel, he put his arms on his head and said A HOTEL!!!. Yes a hotel… On the spot the gentle man insisted that we spend the night at his place, not to bug him we politely tried to turn down his offer but when we realised it was doing more harm than good by ignoring his hospitality we decided to put our land gear at his place. Late at that night while I was searching for a sleep at his place I kept staring at the sealing and started thinking about if other cultures did have this kind of hospitality to the point I realize that It is something unique to Somalis. I mean I don’t think if anyone out there will trust couple of aliens from planet X at their doorsteps let alone letting them in their homes. We have a lot to cherish and also few nasty habits but hey I would not trade anything with Somali culture..