Stuff Somali People Like

[Naden]

^ And 'dagax', the single most infuriating pejorative used by many arrogant and ignorant nomads.

 

#3: Signing the organ donor card or the back of their driver's license.

 

We have no issues getting brand spanking new kidneys and livers from people who died. But put our selves in the shoes of that donor? It will be a breezy day in hell.

[Jacpher]

#4 Reasonable, sensible debate

 

Reasonable debates involve critical thinking, knowledge of subject, persuasive argument and sound judgments. It requires to go outside the comfortable zone and respect and acknowledge the opponent's point of views while skillfully showing the flows of the argument. The aim is not to win the debate per se or deflect attention, but to present and convince others of your views in a civil tone. That's just too philosophical and much work for a nomad.

 

Nomads employ all the kab and kal at their disposal to dominate the debate and win this thing over. Remaining calm and rational ain't get you there quickly. Easier is to overtop the debate by all means. Raining in insults and taking the 'higher self' is a must have commodity and a good ingredient for nomad debating. Don't just sit there with a pool of evidence. Take it straight to where it hurts the most, the person's emotions & feelings to prove them wrong. Drop the dabo-dhilif, gaalo raac, clan racist, black/arab hater (or lover), adeero remnant bombshell occasionally. Shut the %^$* up by any means necessary.

 

Next entry: Qabyaalad. A huge dislike for anything qabyaalad, yet 'yaa tahay' remains a popular household greetings.

 

p.s. I though the list would grow bigger with the likes but the dislikes work too.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Nice going, guys.

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Stuff Soomaali People Dislike

 

#5 Qabyaalad

 

Any sensible Soomaali will vehemently deny to espouse any hint towards to qabyaalad. They profess their dislike of it. He or she equally would denounce any qabyaaladist, mostly publically, condemning the qabyaaladist being an ignorant who is stuck in a passed age, a one who needs an enlightenment.

 

Even the most die-hard fadhi ku dirir obsessed faarax does not believe he is a qabyaaladist, and soundfully would eschew it, negate it.

 

Yet, at their own living rooms, the mask goes off. Hebel waa qoladaas waxba tarin; heblaayo laftaas liidato ka dhalatay; kuwaas waa laangaabyaal; ma anoo laandheere ah. And it goes on. Occassionaly, also, the mask goes off in public, when the heat gets a bit warm.

 

Yet, again, dalkeena waxa dhulkaas dhigay waa this qabyaalad every Soomaali professes not to practice.

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Next entry: Immobile -- always moving around

[Hayat]

somali-men love their KHAT. don't fall into the trap of calling it leaves, they will argue on every basis that its not a leave. most of all don't ever tell them to give it to the sheep. yep you have insulted their faith. you have officially declared war, you have insulted their family... you get the picture.

 

 

somali girls love to be affiliated with being light skinned. words like "cadeey" and "birimo" which serve as a constant reminder of their lightness.......will mean automatic enlistment in their good books.

 

somali girls HATE!! to be called "NAYAA". this is an inflamatory word which call for automatic boycotting of any association with you. :mad: not will the girl who you said it be angry but suddenly you have the whole girls in the neighbourhood suddenly plotting your demise.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Stuff Soomaali People Dislike

 

#6 Immobile -- always moving around

 

Go, pick out a random Soomaali from any street. Ask him or her how many places did they live at. The average to those in Galbeedka is around seven cities in the last two decades. To those in dalkeena, probably far more.

 

What makes Soomaalis move around? Always looking where the sun is always shiny, where the earth is always green? Or does it have to do with 'heblaayo baa degan xagaas oo amaaneysay' or 'hebel baa meeshaas shaqo fiican ku sheegay'?

 

Or is it, as some say the cultural make-up, as a result and consequence of thousands of years of being nomads, whose very by nature is moving around and not living at one given place at any given time?

 

They are age-old questions that cannot -- and possibly ever -- be found its answers that easily.

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Next entry: Innovation

[Geel_jire]

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