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). But seriously i prefer a dusty village wherein its people try to make the best of it atleast they're clean from dark history
i'm not only talking about clan fighting, i mean death in general. tens of people continue to be killed in mogadishu on a daily basis by amison and al-shabaab.i have no idea how people continue to function normally there given everything that's happened.HalfBked wrote:gemini_snake
That's a misconception and one that can easily be reversed. Xamar has its dark stains, no one can deny it, but its been more than what people are willing to give credit for. The last actual clan fighting in the city was back in the early 90s, since then the city has revitalized in many areas. Its not fair to call a buzzling metropolis of over a million a cemetery. Surely, all those people are not blind to it. I still haven't lost my connection to it and still have relatives living in it. Also, planning to return there soon to volunteer @ Dr. Hawa Abdi's camp, inshallah.
Your precious 300 year old buildings..HalfBked wrote:Furthermore, dusty clan villages anigaa waso. They'll never have what coastal, Southern cities have i.e. historical significance & superb cuisine. Why, in Marka alone, fish can be served everyday of the week and never the same way. What do lamagoodle shanty villages know about cuisine & culture? Trying to burry in dirt centuries of civilization under the false pretenses that these cities are death traps. My childhood home in Marka was at best 300 years old and what a house it was. No amount of poorly constructed "villas" without paved roads is going to make up for what some see as delabitated buildings in Shangaani or even Marka. The ventilation and airy set-up of these ancient homes alone is remarkable and notweworthy. In the brutal Marka sun, you'd never need an AC or even oscilating fan. Built by skilled & cultured people, for cultured people. It will all return to what it was in due time, inshallah.
I was being rhetorical sxb, because people are constantly lining up to smear Xamar, while praising their clan villages that they've most likely never visited. All I've ever known growing up and even since then has been either Marka or Xamar. Fast forward 20+ years and I still have that connection to both cities, I also went back a few years ago and consider myself far more experienced to know its goings-on than people who only go by the glimpses on the media or prejudices. Also, its been a dry streak, trying to kick up a controversy or two with my "dusty clan villages" comment. I have a pattern on this forum, ask Monk & gemini_snake.abdalla11 wrote:Half,
You can be passionate about Marka or xamar without bashing other cities regardless their climate and cooking skills ( btw nin cunto ka hadlo waa ceeb xageena
