TRENDING NEWS Story of Rahma Hassan

[Aurelian]

Photo by @nicholesobecki / Before the drought, Rahma Hassan Mahmoud was a wealthy woman within Somali pastoral culture, with a herd of 300 goats and sheep and 20 camels. Then the rains stopped, the plants withered, and her animals began to die. When the last camel fell, her village pooled their money to rent a truck, which brought her and her husband and their 12 children to a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Burco, in central Somaliland—and into a life she could neither recognize nor escape. As National Geographic and @everydayeverywhere explore how difficult, fraught conditions around the world are pushing women from their homes, I returned to Somaliland and Kenya, where the climate crisis is a major driver.

 

[Royalflush]

Photo by @nicholesobecki / Before the drought, Rahma Hassan Mahmoud was a wealthy woman within Somali pastoral culture, with a herd of 300 goats and sheep and 20 camels. Then the rains stopped, the plants withered, and her animals began to die. When the last camel fell, her village pooled their money to rent a truck, which brought her and her husband and their 12 children to a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Burco, in central Somaliland—and into a life she could neither recognize nor escape. As National Geographic and @everydayeverywhere explore how difficult, fraught conditions around the world are pushing women from their homes, I returned to Somaliland and Kenya, where the climate crisis is a major driver.

its a test from allah. you can be rich one second then poor the next. allah make it easy for her

 

[Aurelian]

its a test from allah. you can be rich one second then poor the next. allah make it easy for her

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We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives, and crops. But [Prophet], give good news to those who are steadfast ]

 

[Basra]

Photo by @nicholesobecki / Before the drought, Rahma Hassan Mahmoud was a wealthy woman within Somali pastoral culture, with a herd of 300 goats and sheep and 20 camels. Then the rains stopped, the plants withered, and her animals began to die. When the last camel fell, her village pooled their money to rent a truck, which brought her and her husband and their 12 children to a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Burco, in central Somaliland—and into a life she could neither recognize nor escape. As National Geographic and @everydayeverywhere explore how difficult, fraught conditions around the world are pushing women from their homes, I returned to Somaliland and Kenya, where the climate crisis is a major driver.

I hope she has a good imaan. that is some test walaahi.

 

[QueenofKings]

Harrowing, may Allah make easy for her.


But there is also a legit reason to critique Somali pastoralists. I feel that they do little to adapt these environmental changes.

1) stop deforesting the little greenery you have, and if you cut down a tree, replant something in its place. Trees help attract rain. In the very least, the trees would help clog the water into the land once it rains, freeing the people from this cycle of drought and flood.

2) stop moving and start settling. Settling will allow them to prepare for the future by putting food aside in times of plenty to feed their livestock in times of scarcity.

3) if all else fails instead of getting on a truck to a refugee camp in the middle of a desert, get yourself to a coast and start fishing. You will in the very least be able to feed your family.

But for the average Somali nomad, the idea of self help doesn’t even exist. They wanna live like they did 500 years ago or completely give up. Nothing in between. Actually they don’t even want to live like they did in the past because we know Somali geeljire use to make effort to preserve trees and not over cut or over graze an area. The modern pastoralist doesn’t even have the common sense to not destroy his/her area.

 

[Sloane Ranger]

@QueenofKings the things is that they're uneducated and may not even realise how harmful their practises are. I wish their was outreach to these communities and thorough education and support for them.

 

[codewebsduh]

When you're wealth is attached to camels you will inevitably be disappointed. If she sold her camels and built a small business she would be well off.