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WHAT IS BEING A SOMALI??

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Hibo   

We really need to discuss this as most of us dont know what it means.

 

Lets see what they boys and girls can come up with.

 

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unixguru   

Being a memeber of one of the Cushitic tribs that inhabit Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia, south of Eritrea and north of Kenya.

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Ashkira   

Right Now

 

-Being Somali means, having your innocence ripped out.

 

-Being Somali means, Being a Decent Criminal.

 

-Being Somali means, Struggle.

 

 

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Hibo   

To me being somali is:

1) Listening to my parents, than my own desires...except for the man I will marry.

2)Helping out anyone I consider to be a somali, ragardless of whether I know them or not.

3)wearing dirac & kuntiino, when the weather permits.

4) Taking pride in saying " i am somali"..

5) Listening to qaraami music & buraanbur booditaan....

6) Having a cup of tea every afternoon with heel, qarfo, iyo sanjabiil... bigeeys ama cadeeys depends on my mood.

7) Having Xalwo, sambuusi, doolsho, icun, shushumow, iyo buskud in Eid iyo any kind of xalfad...

8) Helping elders when they need, without them asking for it.

9) Referring every older person I meet as adeer ama eedo ama hooyo.

10) Not kissing others ass, for personal gain...

To be continued.....

 

Uunix: Ina adeer marka geela loo heesaba adi maxaad dameeraha ugu heestaa??

 

How about u Shaqsi...u didn't tell us..what being somali means to u??

 

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Hibo   

Being a Somali I believe in Allah and His Prophet S.A.W and prayer.

Being Somali is knowing where I come from and not forget you culture and beliefs.

Being a Somali means you don’t hesitate to help when a Somali needs you.

Being a Somali means you don’t frown upon your own.

Being a Somali I forgive those who offend me; and try to teach them what’s right though I know it would take time and hard work to achieve it.

Being a Somali I have to believe in my people and myself however bad the situations gets.

 

As a Somali I love myself; my family and most of all my people the fellow Cushites.

As a Somali I believe I deserve the best and try to get the best.

As a Somali I believe that success is result of intelligent effort;

As a Somali I believe I will get out of my life exactly what I put in to it.

As a Somali I enjoy the traditional Somali foods and wouldn’t change them for anything.

 

 

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Hibo   

being Somaali is a blessing .... dats all folks cwm37.gif

 

ooooh Hibo ..... i love ya list esp. da last point.

 

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Hibo   

Oh I forgot being a Somali is being able to wear a macaawiis and cimamaad with abakoraada and swing around town without much care about what others think. Being Somali is standing in corners and make alot of noise talking about this and that and most likely qabiil (bad side of it). The good side is talking about humour and stories about life in the west and how they are coping. Stories like ... Me no Isbeekin ingliish come to mind.

 

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ARAWEELO   

Being a Somali means:

Unstable

Home sick

Angry

Frustrated

Depressed & victims of post traumatic stress disorder

Victims of war, social breakdown, loss of family

Homeless

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Supporters

Survivors

Nurturers

Fighters

Dreamers

Unbreakables

Winners

Soamlis

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Hibo   

Play tough and yet nice inside..

Unbelievably kind and yet dont show much.

Uneducated but seems smart in the face of adversity.

 

Arrogant without acause.

 

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wow those are deep! ...on being somali and here I was thinking thats being somali was being from somalia,djibouti,ogaden or the northern frontier district of kenya. cwm32.gif

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Hibo   

Try as deep as you can get in your description..perhaps then we could have areal definition/understanding of what we are smile.gif

 

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Hibo   

To me its ......Drag your shoes on the ground......i just love that about somalis it is so unique crazya.gifcwm20.gif And a whole lot more of course....but i can't get into it right now!

 

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raula   

being somali is being asked "r u somali"..all da tyme...& starring @ the unnorms..very weirdly & blantly..

 

Moreover, isfanis..is very common among somalis...4 godsake..stop claiming the watch u aint..

 

 

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