Xaliimo in Saudi Arabia eloquently conducts presentation front of Apple CEO as the team lead.Sadly she probably ain’t Saudi
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Abaayo macan, it's Ramadan. Let us not say such hurtful things to people during this holy month.
Not really hurtful when it's the truth.Abaayo macan, it's Ramadan. Let us not say such hurtful things to people during this holy month.
Maybe its a positive complimentAbaayo macan, it's Ramadan. Let us not say such hurtful things to people during this holy month.
, it could be what she's identifying as “white” is really a more technical, educated approach to language, with forethought in the words you use.Usually not common among Somalis who come from less fortunate backgrounds. I, for one don't sound anywhere near as articulate as you when I speak and I grew up in the west.
Easily one of the least talked about diaspora demographics.
Am I the only one who's never met a Somali person from the Gulf? I don’t know anything about them. Even when I visited Dubai and Qatar, I didn’t see any Somalis. Do y’all even exist Atp? I never hear anything about yall.
Taintedlove
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It's because they're the best one tbh and probably the most successful.
Taintedlove
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I don't really know wha I meant by that. It's the first time I heard somali with that type of accent. I've only ever heard it from white people on TV lmao. His way of speak stresses every syllable and it's quite clear.Maybe its a positive compliment
Usually not common among Somalis who come from less fortunate backgrounds. I, for one don't sound anywhere near as articulate as you when I speak and I grew up in the west.
There was and still is an extremely large Isaaq and Harti diaspora there and in Yemen.
Yet Sijuis are extremely successful and are infamous.
Taintedlove
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Sorry idk what sijuis is. Who are they?
East African Somali diaspora that isn't in Ethiopia.
Taintedlove
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So kenya and tanzania? Honestly I don't hear much infamy from them. They're actually seen as successful as well.
Their extremely notorious on both here,Twitter,Kenya and social media in general.
Taintedlove
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Kenyans are racist so that's expected tbh
They spend their time pocket watching Somalis whilst they get whipped like dogs by Chinese and Cadaan business owners.
They only have energy for people with a hint of melanin in their skin.
Taintedlove
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True honestly. Still colonized in spirit.
The population in the Gulf, particularly in the UAE, has shrunken significantly. It all started when Farmaajo—I would say rightly—caught the UAE trying to bribe Somali politicians with something like 10 million dollars of undeclared cash and seized it in Xamar. Started a whole fiasco where the UAE began to break down relations with the FGS. One thing to understand is that these places are monarchies, essentially absolute ones. One man or family's whims are the constitution. So they were reeling up at their higher-ups' behest to deport all Somalis at one point until Farmaajo flew in to Abu Dhabi to ice things over with them. They had a similar snafu with Djibouti and Djiboutians that was thankfully averted.
But since then they still just made things hard on Somalis. My dad and I were starting and owned an import-export operation in Sharjah a few years back and the amount of red-tape they put us through just for being Somali passport holders was outlandish. Even an aunt of mine who was a police officer for 38 years in Sharjah was given trouble when she retired and wanted to start a small shop to keep her visa and retire, "We will put you all through what your president put us through" a high ranked individual said to her when she complained about her visa situation. An uncle of mine who has business holdings in Xamar would get stopped at the airport everytime he flew into Dubai. They'd question him for hours and try to convince him to become an informant on the goings on of Xamar since he rubbed shoulders with some notables back home.
Simply ridiculous. Somalis just didn't feel at home or welcome anymore so most like the Xamar uncle moved to Kenya, Turkiye, and even Qatar to some extent. A few years back I remember running into a nice Emirati officer in Ajman one time when I had to visit a government building there and he recognized me as Somali and was overjoyed but also incredulous that I was "still around". In his words, "I grew up with so many Somalis! Love you guys, wallahi. But most of my friends left for Canada, America, the UK or wherever. You guys had entire neighborhoods to yourselves in Ajman. Shame. No future here, wallahi." —felt almost uncomfortable when he said that last bit, can't be saying anti-government things here but I understand what he means in that even if we could trust them not to suddenly deport us all they ultimately don't offer citizenship or even permanent residency (golden visas being only recent and pretty limited) so even people who feel otherwise secure in the place leave for somewhere like the west in search of a more permanent situation. Shame...
But even so, you can definitely still find some Somalis huddled up in Souq al-Dahab (Gold Market) in Dubai with several shops but yeah, we're not as common to spot in Dubai and other Emirates anymore. Is what it is.
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Taintedlove
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My mom took me to somali souq
