Qabiil for a surname?

[Alpha Blondy]

N.O.R.F;941707 wrote:

Something that has been done in the middle east for centuries and that has worked. Somalis do it even. It will lead to a lesser qabilified society if people are known as Mohammed Ismail Ali [insert tribe name]. The problem is we would find another of cruel differencial practice -

class would be the new thing

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class is very evident within the Somali experience but it’s very often externalised and associated with 'others'. Somalis are known for being egalitarian and this maybe the reason why it’s being sidelined. the collapse of the Somali state in the late 1980s and early 1990's meant any class structures/social hierarchies were eliminated. in recent times, however, settlement pattern across the Somali peninsula suggest that the mutually opposed ‘urban’ or ‘nomadic’, dichotomy is no longer applicable. in urban and settled areas, you can see the stark differences between the ‘have’ and ‘have nots’. In my travels across Somaliland, Djibouti and Somali Region in Ethiopia, i've noticed many interesting social dynamics, not least, because class structures in place. all across Somaliland, particularly, in major urban areas, groups associate with their social equivalents. this is no longer determined by familial/tribal ties. its seems apparent that relative affluence of these nouveau riche groups as well as the old money groups. the creation of class structures has been intensified by the 'Diaspora', who express their class sentiments by their conspicuous and lavish lifestyles.

[Haatu]

N.O.R.F;941707 wrote:

Something that has been done in the middle east for centuries and that has worked. Somalis do it even. It will lead to a lesser qabilified society if people are known as Mohammed Ismail Ali [insert tribe name]. The problem is we would find another of cruel differencial practice - class would be the new thing.

Thank you Norf. Listen here folks, I'm not defending qabiil but trying to solve its current problems.