Khat Trade

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

 

Maryann Ali, left, a khat dealer in Wajid, was a teacher before the Somali government fell in 1991 and the schools were closed.

 

 

A 34-year-old khat user who says he loves the feeling khat gives him; it keeps him awake. Chewing khat can be socially acceptable in a country where drinking alcohol is not.

 

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[Nephissa]

Bal ninkan eega, smiling like he's got nice, shiny pearly whites there!

[Maf Kees]

His teeth look like they are made of wood. Funny guy still.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Salaan...

 

Waajidna saan maa u dambeysay? Haduu jaad Waajid saan u gaaray wax haray maleh.

 

Ceel Cali Jeedo wali maku yaalaa taloow? Reer Taruuri taloow ma degan yihiin? Reer Aadan Yare [Cabdiraxamaan Ibbi's father]? The best two months I had spend there in early '91, drinking fresh caano gaal and lo' every day. Dankis, dankis Eedo Xadro, who sidee noo quudineysay nucmaan ku noqonay.

[Tuujiye]

Bismilaah!!!!!! Naagta macalimada ahaan jirtay ninka bidixda ka fadhiyo fiirsha idinka!! dad qalato uu u eg yahay!!!

 

iyo kan ilkihiisa aad u qabtid ganjeelo jilay kasameysan..

 

 

Wareer Badana!!!!!!!

[Janna]

Where is this taking place? In Somaliland?

[Janna]

 

Resembles Rokko

[-Lily-]

This isn't funny you guys. It's tragic. That woman should be teaching, shame on her for lowering herself so easily.

 

Khat trade is creating famine in the Horn beacuse its more profitable to grow khat than crops.

[Maf Kees]

That woman should be teaching, shame on her for lowering herself so easily.

What the .. The woman is trying to survive. She's forced to do this. How can she teach, if nobody can pay her allowance.

Khat trade is creating famine in the Horn beacuse its more profitable to grow khat than crops.

Boolshidh. Droughts cause famine in the Horn.

[-Lily-]

Well we dont know her circumstance but it would help if she could still teach, there are pleanty of private educational establishments.

 

Khat contributes to famine, do some research.

[Maf Kees]

Plenty, but not enough to employ every teacher in Somalia obviously.

 

Khat plays a small role in this. Of all the agricultural land in the Horn, only a small percentage can grow Khat. Coffee yes, but not Khat.

 

If you could grow Khat anywhere normal vegetables and fruit grows, every square inch of Somalia would be used to grow Khat.

Haduu jaad Waajid saan u gaaray wax haray maleh.

Hehehe. Aniga waxaanba la yaabanahay. Waajid haddeyba heerkaan gaarsiisan tahay, Burco oo kale ka waran. Hoogey!

[facklexm]

She could get a job as teacher; but she just knows she can earn more selling khat than teaching.

[-Lily-]

Yes well then shame on her. Khat is making generations of Somalis idle.

[ElPunto]

Originally posted by Farah Blue:

quote: That woman should be teaching, shame on her for lowering herself so easily.

What the .. The woman is trying to survive. She's forced to do this. How can she teach, if nobody can pay her allowance.

FB - lol - that is the same argument used by prostitutes. I had no other choice boo-hoo :rolleyes:

[Jaylaani]

Originally posted by WaTerLily:

This isn't funny you guys. It's tragic. That woman should be teaching, shame on her for lowering herself so easily.

 

Khat trade is creating famine in the Horn beacuse its more profitable to grow khat than crops.

Somalis don't grow khat. They import that shyt from Kenya and Ethiopia, which is even worst than growing.