@KaiMarvin @Laiss
We are Black, African, Muslim & Arab. Arab is not an ethnic marker, it is a marker of civilizational allegiance. I am Arab insofar as that is a political identity. Arab long ago ceased to be a biological term. Think of Arab as the same as "western". We are part of Arab Muslim civilization. in the same way that Barack Obama is part of "Western Christian" civilization.
You should really replace Arab civilisation with Islamic. Somalis can’t really relate with Arab struggles since Somalis aren’t really Arabs to begin with. They can’t speak the language. So they aren’t Arab. Only besides us being part of the Arab league it doesn’t mean anything. If you can’t speak the language you aren’t an Arab. What makes Somalis thinks this way is because of how Islam is influenced by Arab culture.
Somalis can only relate with Arabs because of Islam. If Somalis weren’t mostly Muslim they wouldn’t relate with them.