I've always wanted to go back home, but I thought it would be in the future. Now that the future has arrived, I'm graduating next year with a bachelor's degree in history and planning to marry next year. I wanted to move once I married to a man who shared my goals, but the bomb in Moqdisho that happened recently was like a cold ice and made me realize Moqdisho/somalia is unlikely to be stable in the next 2-5 years. Now I'm facing the dilemma if I should stay in the west or move
(Rant) Shoud i move to somalia yes or no?
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No, I want to smell the beach where my forefathers were. I want to be with my people, not with the cadaans. I focused in the museum studies track since I planned to create a small library back home and work as a librarian somewhere in moqdisho or puntland.
Odious Delirium
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Mogadishu isn't the only city in somalia but I digress.
I would say yes go for it but if you fear for your safety then wait it out I guess until you feel its safe. I'm just gonna go regardless when I'm ready to leave and settle back home no matter the state.
Hopefully soon inshallah
This is my dream: to establish a tiny garden library and pass on my love of reading to the next generation, if only the government could get its act together.Good luck Amiira
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We want people with applicable skills: engineers, doctors, pharmacists, vets, electricians, plumbers, welders, carpenters, roofers, trussers, horticulturists, landscaping, and gardeners to name a few. With all due respect, with a degree in history, will not say no, but I do not know, sorry!
I know Moqdisho isn't the only city, but it's the only city with people from different tribes and where I have family. My father told me that buying land without family or tribal protection isn't a good idea, so I'll probably wait it out and take my plan for a small library to Garissa.Mogadishu isn't the only city in somalia but I digress.
I would say yes go for it but if you fear for your safety then wait it out I guess until you feel its safe. I'm just gonna go regardless when I'm ready to leave and settle back home no matter the state.
Hopefully soon inshallah
I don't blame you, i wouldn't move to Mogadishu either. Recent reports include beach side hotel bombings and restaurant bombings by Alshabaab.
Honestly it's not going to get any better any time soon the FGS Govt in Mog are basically foreign political actors/stooges that have no interest in starting negotiation with Alshabaab, even though many local Somali elders, business leaders, and Muslim-majority countries have intiated dialogue with Alshabaab and have identified some common ground with them where they could work out a peace agreement.
Dialogue requires non-opposition from FGS and it's the only way for the situation to improve.
My advice is to pick a safer city further north or Garissa Kenya like you said, and then relocate back to Mogadishu at a later date if it ever improves.
Honestly it's not going to get any better any time soon the FGS Govt in Mog are basically foreign political actors/stooges that have no interest in starting negotiation with Alshabaab, even though many local Somali elders, business leaders, and Muslim-majority countries have intiated dialogue with Alshabaab and have identified some common ground with them where they could work out a peace agreement.
Dialogue requires non-opposition from FGS and it's the only way for the situation to improve.
My advice is to pick a safer city further north or Garissa Kenya like you said, and then relocate back to Mogadishu at a later date if it ever improves.
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Odious Delirium
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Archeology is a branch of history and is definitely needed in somalia
Odious Delirium
VIP
Edo basra did you do tahrib from somalis when the war was going on or where you already out beforehand?
If archeology, or geology, then definitely yes.
Odious Delirium
VIP
Everyone who says no is part of the brain drain out of the country. The country won't just magically get better. We need to go back and actually help improve it.
Not everyone has those ambitions and conviction tho
Not everyone has those ambitions and conviction tho
Yes, here's why, there are tons of diaspora that live there without ever seeing a gun.
The other thing is you can get a lot of connections in Mogadishu, you meet so many people with similar interests. Who knows you might be the one writing the new books on Somali history.
The other thing is you can get a lot of connections in Mogadishu, you meet so many people with similar interests. Who knows you might be the one writing the new books on Somali history.
Yaraye
VIP
Once things stabilize in the next 5-7 years, then go live there full time. I would say first start your career and marriage in the west. Learn to navigate the job and the marriage. During the 5 years, go on vacations with your spouse to somalia to scout the opportunities there, and plan out on how to start your life there.
As the great American opined: Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but what you CAN do for your country!
