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surrender wrote:i would say British if i was lying. but from what i hear its the Americans that did better than us. shame on us...QAAD really did get the best of us.

Somalis that have reached 'far' in one of these societies.

Rageh Omar, United Kingdom


Ayaan Hirsi, The Netherlands


Iman, USA

Primatura wrote:Somalis that have reached 'far' in one of these societies.

Rageh Omar, United Kingdom


Ayaan Hirsi, The Netherlands


Iman, USA

wtf

rageh omar is the only one that has kept his diginty, the other 2 are gaalo lovers

Can you guys come with tangible examples? Having the american dream does not make you more successful.

Lets be real, Almost every School, Hospital, Universities, Hotel etc in Somalia was build by the Somalis from Europe.



Ismahan

It's a big misconception to say that Somalis in the UK dont work or attend university. To be honest we have Somalis in Oxford and Cambridge, but how many somalis attend Harvard??
The difference between us and you guys is that in Europe people have higher expectations. If you a Somali in America becomes the class rep or gets a bogus certificate of achievement its all over the news (Hiiraan Online usually ). Its laughable.

Executive wrote:Can you guys come with tangible examples? Having the american dream does not make you more successful.

Lets be real, Almost every School, Hospital, Universities, Hotel etc in Somalia was build by the Somalis from Europe.



Ismahan

It's a big misconception to say that Somalis in the UK dont work or attend university. To be honest we have Somalis in Oxford and Cambridge, but how many somalis attend Harvard??
The difference between us and you guys is that in Europe people have higher expectations. If you a Somali in America becomes the class rep or gets a bogus certificate of achievement its all over the news (Hiiraan Online usually ). Its laughable.

Good point, I think they have lower expectations because they were newer whereas in UK there was an established Somali community who when the newer waves of refugees from the late 80s to early 90s saw working and living in the UK. In fact some of them were working in the local government and in services to help the new arrivals. This I think is the reason Somalis in the UK always had higher expectations for themselves, because they did not see themselves as helpless refugees only (the bantu ones in North America even had to be taught how to flush a toilet) but saw that they too could do well here in the UK.

Executive wrote:Can you guys come with tangible examples? Having the american dream does not make you more successful.

Lets be real, Almost every School, Hospital, Universities, Hotel etc in Somalia was build by the Somalis from Europe.



Ismahan

It's a big misconception to say that Somalis in the UK dont work or attend university. To be honest we have Somalis in Oxford and Cambridge, but how many somalis attend Harvard??
The difference between us and you guys is that in Europe people have higher expectations. If you a Somali in America becomes the class rep or gets a bogus certificate of achievement its all over the news (Hiiraan Online usually ). Its laughable.

Quite a few!

There are Somalis in Princeton and Yale also, and there are some over here in Johns Hopkins Medical

Aliyah, there have been Somalis here since the 1970s atleast. In the UK, there have been Somalis there since the British made the protectorate.

in terms of balancing dunya and akhira, so material success whilst still maintaining deen and cultrual identity than somalis in the UK by far imo. Laakin in terms of educational acheivements and assimilation somalis in the states win.

I voted for Somalis in America because they tend to be less assimilated and more religious in general than say Somalis in Canada or the Netherlands. Columbus, OH will produce the brightest Somalis there ever was.

ps. I didn't even see what Nobleman wrote when I replied.

QansaGabeyle wrote:I voted for Somalis in America because they tend to be less assimilated and more religious in general than say Somalis in Canada or the Netherlands. Columbus, OH will produce the brightest Somalis there ever was.

ps. I didn't even see what Nobleman wrote when I replied.

Lol@less assimilated....

R U kidding me?

QansaGabeyle wrote:I voted for Somalis in America because they tend to be less assimilated and more religious in general than say Somalis in Canada or the Netherlands. Columbus, OH will produce the brightest Somalis there ever was.

ps. I didn't even see what Nobleman wrote when I replied.

its the opposite

the ones in europe aren't assimilated as much

somalis in america are the most westernized imo , i saw 40-50 yr old hablo's wearing jeans over ther

but the somalis in the UK are no exception ive met somalis who have even changed their names to cadaan names here

why has no one voted for scandi somalis, they have been succesful too and theres many doctors there!

why is there 8 votes for british somalis!???

all they do is eat qaat and smoke 24/7