Tbh the award has gone to many non-Arabs, a Nigerian and Tanzanian have won alongside Bengalis and Sri Lankans.I don't care about if he was a "lander" or a "Somalilander" or a "Wiil Isaaq". At the end of the day, he's a Somali and globally he will be seen as a Somali who looks like Barkhad Abdi, since they all think we look the same. Ajnabis view us as Somalis they don't give a damn where in Somalia your from, they will look at you and laugh at you like "Look at this guy, he said he's from Somaliland? Get a load of that!" He was deported cause they seen him as a legend in the making. Here are the facts:
1) They were intimidated because he was going to win the tartanka.
2) They couldn't handle seeing an "Somali Aswad Abeed" win the tartanka.
3) They couldn't handle a Somali geeljire winning.
4) Like Kodak Black said "they don't wanna see you winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnning".
He should see this as a lesson that we will always be seen as "Somali " first and "Muslim" second. He was going to go down in Arab history books as the Somali who was the best xafaad Quran. Mashallah. I hope this brother continues with learning the Quran and being the best xafaad Quran.
This just seems like a diplomatic spat which turned out messy for the brother
And I agree Inshallah we host our own contests in the future.