Enlightened~Sista wrote:Canadian and Americans please refrain from making alarmist statements and kindly don't comment here as this doesn't concern nor affect you guys in anyway. Qat is banned in many countries Somalis live in, like the Arabian Gulf countries and none of them have upgraded to something stronger. The men in those countries all have jobs, and when they want to socialise ..congregate in maqaahis and sip tea/coffee, smoke ciggies or shiisha. The 'single mother, absent father, broken families ' phenomenon is non existent over there. So kindly zip it.
It's a forum, relax.Men in Khaleej all have jobs because you can't get an iqamah without one. They don't have the choice to fall back like men do in the West because they wouldn't be all to live in the Gulf legally and have no safety net to fall back on. Qat is banned in Canada/U.S. and there are still single mothers, broken families etc. Maybe not on the same scale as the U.K. but there are definitely problems here as well.
