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Lillaahiya wrote:^ While you reply on your iPhone. And don't bother replying with a "I plan on moving back". Stfu until you do.

I see you belong to the school of "Don't talk if your not in the same situation". Absolute bullshit. The reason I brought up an iPhone is because I've actually heard of a family friend whose relative risked his life across the Sahara and the Mediterrenean and when asked why he was risking his life and putting his parents and family in such a state of anxiety, he replied " I wanted an iPhone". I can talk about whatever I want ee meesha ka carar.

^ I'm guessing you typed that from your droid then. Fariid farxalan oo faraha subag ku leh baa tahay mashaAllah

This abdi ismail fella has a point, even though anigu ma la yaabani dadkan Somalia ka so cararaya.

Some of the people back home are unbelievably materialistic and love to live beyond their means..and guess what you have to foot the bill. They will not be content with any android, iphone maxaad u keeni weyday ayey ku odhan. No one in my family has an iphone alhamdullilah we're far from materialistic and can be content with any good phone. Waad acuudubileeysanaysaa at some of the stuff they say. They want to live your lifestyle without any work, effort and on your remittances!

Imaanka bela as my dad says lol.

Somali's love it anywhere but in Somalia. That is the bottomline; doesn't matter if they are rich or poor...they want out, even if it means lower living standards comparatively.

Not just Somalis do this dreaded trip (all Africans and Asians), even Eastern Europeans used to do it.

srsbsns hit the money.
Even those that work for NGO's that effectively means they are well off still are formulating ways to leave Somalia by any means.
Saw this many times during meetings back there.

So what do you expect from those unfortunate ones with nothing apart from hope when see glimpses of 'western life' on MBC ?

Blame the stupid war. Before Somalis were only found in the Gulf, Yemen & Eastern Africa due to those countries proximity, and work opportunities. The ones who were in India and the West etc were sent away as International students.

Now, you will find Somalis who have run off to Nepal of all places, literally you will find them everywhere in the world not as expatriates or students as before but qaxoonti. Where ever there is a dirty squalid UNHCR camp even if it's in the North Pole you will find Somalis standing in a queue ready to waste their lives away in the hopes that one day(20years down the line) they might get sent to the West. It doesn't matter that back in Somalia they had food to eat, a roof over their head, could send their kids to school, monthly biil from relatives abroad. Once their children leave schools in Somalia Kenya, Tanzania or Sudan are next door and from what i heard have excellent universities.