Aduunyo

[Aaliyyah]

 

Inshallah in 2020 a lotta of things will change for the better and Somalia can come back to the way it was at least in terms of stability. But, obviously once it is stable and peaceful we can reach more progress than we did in the 80s...

 

Overall, mashallah loved how many of the ppl the guy interviewed in the video were still hopeful despite how the situation back home is....

 

n mashallah the guy who made this documentary is sooo cute and sounds smart..

 

haye reer london kan isoo radiya..joking....

 

Keep up the good work mr deeq mohamed...

 

salaam

[Juxa]

you know youtube quful baa saaran at work, you furthermore know youtube lama ogola at home

 

if you wish us inaad dhagta soo qabano, halkan kusoo dheji hadalkii oo cad sidi dayax 14naad

[Chimera]

Aaliyah seriously we have been in the "One day Somalia will be..." boat for only 4/5 years, our optimisim is still skyhigh, but imagine you were in that boat since 1993? I've seen many and their souls are decomposing, these individuals you saw in the video, their souls will decompose in 2020 because all of them are waiting and not doing anything at all to change the situation.

 

If one man like Wasuge can establish a system that allows ten thousand Somali children to go to school, imagine if there were ten more of his type, that would mean one hundred thousand Somali children going to school, imagine a hundred Wasuge types, that would mean one million Somali children having a chance to go to school. How big is our diaspora? Exactly!

[Aaliyyah]

^You have a point there. We don't need just to talk the talk but walk the walk. Inshallah in all due time many people will put their dream into action.

 

juxa lol gurigan maxa utube u diiday wa su'aale? tan kale gabadh war cad dhiibta ma ihi..marka hadad horay u fahmi waydey iska ilow

 

salaam

[Som@li]

2020, Will be different, Somalia will be one leading countries in Africa.

 

Things change very quick, and when "Peace"comes, everything will change.

 

I am surprised most of pple in the video lost hope!

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Ingiriis ayee qalad ka fahmeen, markaas ayee dadka kale sii eedeynaayaan. "Them, they" ku haayaan, oo Soomaaliya dal kale dadkooda dad aan ahayn ku nool ka dhigaayaan. Maxee iyaga iskaga saarayaan, mee meeshee joogaan wax ka qabtaan haddee ka qaban karaan, haddii kalena eeda yeenan dad kale dusha ka saarin.

 

Dhibaato anaga dhan ayee na heysataa, anaga dhan ayeena xaal naga sugeysaa. Waa fiirsanaa ibtilada, dad kalena eed saaraa, taas meelna ma mareyso.

 

Dalalkaas Galbeedka ee nu naacsanayaan oo ay jana ku jiraan moodaan yeenan moodin dalalkooda. Had iyo jeer qaxooti ayaa ka tihiin yaa u sheego, yeenan baasabooradaas idin sirin.

 

Waaba ku lalabooday jawaabaha ee dhiibteen qaarkood.

 

Gabadhaas walaasheen oo daqiiqada markee tahay 2:13 iyo walaalkeen daqiiqada markee tahay 4:46 cajalka ka muuqdaan kaliya ku raacay aragtidooda.

[Somalina]

lol@Aaliyyah...8:23 ilaah amarkii. lol

 

Kuwa wax baas saadaalinaayo waxba kama oga xaqiiqda, that is why I agree with SP.

[Chimera]

If Somalia only had a patriotic government we would be out of this predicament in no time. This government would inspire a patriotic Somali military and police force providing security and stability, and then:

 

Originally posted by Somali Psycho:

Somalia will be the dark horse in future Africa, the phoenix that everybody dismissed, only for the phoenix to surpass them in the span of a few years:

 

quote:

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How Somalia Thrives Amid Anarchy

 

 

To the surprise of many, there are numerous sectors of Somalia’s economy that have remained robust or have turned better than they were before the war. This is the Somalia you don’t get to read about.

 

Even more striking is the fact that a number of these sectors are more upbeat than those of the neighboring countries that have enjoyed relative peace.

One of the economic areas enjoying robust growth amid the volatility in the country is trade.

 

Abdullahi Abdi is a shop owner in Mall 24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He specializes in selling imported clothing and shoes. A citizen of Somalia, Abdi makes frequent journeys to his homeland to visit with his parents and siblings and clinch deals for his businesses in Somalia. He also runs retail outlets in Kenya.

 

Part of the businesses he runs in Somalia and Kenya include selling apparel, which he and his family import from the Middle East and Far East Asian countries.

The seasoned businessman told Afrika News that while both countries have vast markets, profits are larger in Somalia than in Kenya.

While Somalia has not known peace for close to two decades, Kenya has never been in turmoil since independence from Britain 43 years ago.

 

"There is a good market in Kenya, but the taxes levied on imported goods such as clothing and electronics are unbearably high. Somalia, on the other hand, is a free port that levies no taxes on goods. This makes commodities cheaper in Somalia,” said Abdi.

 

A pair of pants that costs two or three U.S. dollars in Somalia would cost double that amount in Kenya after tax. In addition, rampant corruption among police and immigration officials in Kenya who demand kickbacks for clearance of Abdi’s wares guarantee a rise in costs, which necessitates the hiking of prices “If you understand the system, there is a friendlier investment environment in Somalia than in Kenya or Ethiopia,” said Abdi.

 

Another sector that has survived the war and thrived beyond expectation is communication. It is one section of the economy that Somalia is well ahead of its neighbors, including Kenya-the strongest economy in the Eastern Africa region.

 

In November 2004, the BBC website reported that it takes only three days for a customer to get a fixed line phone in Somalia while it takes years to get the same service in Kenya.

 

Abdullahi Black, a journalist with Mogadishu-based Somali-language Tifatiraha Wargeyska Ayamaha daily says that fixed line calls within Mogadishu are free while it costs 10 cents to call a cellular phone. In Kenya, there are no free phone calls, mobile telephone calls on the other hand cost up to 75 U.S. cents a minute.

 

Also, internet service providers are rushing in to cut their piece of the Somali pie. “The cyber cafes in Somalia are charging less than 30 U.S. cents for an entire hour,” adds Black. This is in contrast to Kenya and other countries in the region where internet services cost twice as much.

 

The vast numbers of businesses are in a huge mall located in the heart of the city called Suuqa Bakaraha. Sahal Abdille, a Somali-American photojournalist in Mogadishu, said a new development after the civil war is the establishment of the city's biggest shopping complex.

 

This mega structure, which covers more than a square mile, houses hundreds of stores ranging from clothing stores, restaurants, financial institutions and telecommunications outlets,” Abdille said. “And like many other malls around the world, it runs all day.”

 

Many observers have pointed the success of Somalia to the big and largely patriotic Somali Diaspora community which they say has played a big role in keeping this country’s economy booming.

It has kept in touch with its people back home calling and sending money using a highly effective traditional banking and money wiring system called Hawala.

 

Many members of the community living abroad, especially in Western and Middle-Eastern countries, are the source of livelihood to their relatives at home. A money wiring agent in Mall 24, Minneapolis, MN, who requested anonymity said he is usually busy throughout the day helping Somalis send money back home.

 

"I serve people sending money to Somalia daily. The Somali community living in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul alone sends money running into thousands of dollars to their relatives in Somalia and other parts of the world each day,” he says.

 

The businessman said that on an average week, he helps send between $60,000 and $ 80,000 to Somalia. In a month, he helps transfer between $1.8 to 2.4 million. However, he said that his Hawala is relatively new and he doesn’t have as much customers as the more established ones do. He said there are Hawala networks which send up to two hundred thousand dollars in just a week.

 

Unlike other services, money-wiring can extend to the remotest villages in Somalia, a trade many of Somalia neighbors are yet to muster.

Perhaps even more intriguing is the speed with which the money is received. “If money is sent from Minneapolis today, the receiver can collect it the following day even in the remotest villages in Somalia,” he adds.

 

Furthermore, the Hawala money wiring system is cheaper than other international money wiring services with a $100 costing a paltry $5 and $50 costs $2.50 to send.

 

Regarded as one of the most dangerous countries in the world, where institutions of governance collapsed for years, Somalis have devised a way of making the very best out of a bad situation. It makes one wonder whether a lawless nation may be what some parts of Africa may just need to deliver affordable goods and services to their people.

 

http://afrikanews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=26

[Kamaavi]

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning..

 

Listen now to the gentle whispers of hope.

[Aaliyyah]

lol@Aaliyyah...8:23 ilaah amarkii. lol

Ninanc, lool are you referring to the guy with the long beard?...he is ok. I stand by my first claim that the guy who run this documentary is the cutest

 

salaam

[Somalina]

Qarxiska yareey nooh! lool...I have to disagree with you, kaaga maba u dhawa xataa 8:23. lol.... we need a tie breaker to settle this.

[Blessed]

Cantarbaqash? I found this on related-- Beautifully sad..

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

Duqaan Reer Toronto ayuu ahaa, online ayuu qoraaladiisa kusoo daabici jiray in early '00s. Taloow intuu ku dambeeye.

 

And that declared phrase was popular in '90s in Toronto. A lot of finaanado ku qornaan jireen.

 

Eniwey, why I posting it here? It is a fitting jawaab to cajalkaas ku jiro loogu jawaabo.

[Aaliyyah]

indeed whatever happens somalia is my country.

 

And, not all the ppl in the video sounded negative. Maybe just a bit hopeless. And, given the situation back home it is understandable.

 

salaam

[SayidSomal]

Message to Aliyah:

Mr Afrika is arriving at Toronto Pearson Terminal 1 on Thursday 5pm - Be sure to meet him there.

 

He is wearing a SSC pin flag and carrying a picture of Saado Cali

 

 

P.s - Ninanc - that is me - now where should we meet?