Why do so many Somalis prize Islam so much? I don't understand why. Just a few days ago, I saw a video of a man in Somalia who'd recently returned from the Middle East for education. Out of all the productive things he could've brought back home, he brought back Islamic Studies even though every elderly person in Somalia is basically a scholar. Seriously, why don't we do something productive? A few years back, I went to Somalia and everyone I met was ascetic; they were simply waiting for death. Even in academia, we suffer as well. Somali kids perform poorly compared to their counterparts in the U.K with high levels of unemployment. Why do Somali women have so many kids? What;s wrong with us?