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Ok so today I was at this work/training thing, I was sitting eating lunch minding my own bussines, when I heard a funny conversation between the only somali girl in the program, the white kids where asking her where she was from and such, she said she was from the horn, then one of the guys asked her if she was somalia pointed at me and said "he is also somali" , the girl then replied, oh no I am not somali , I am djiboutian, at this point some of the kids started asking what the difference, then she explained or attempted (poorly) how she was not somali. The group then looked at me and said "so is that true"..I looked at her and said "cisa maatahaay" she looked back and said "haa " ...I then said "I guess she is not somali". We had an awkward silence, and went our separate ways. I kinda felt betrayed, but then I thought "to each his own".

Loool ive had lots of people tell me they are djiboutian not somali

Never waste any time or energy on people like her, plenty of her kind around so u just ignore em and do your thang

That's messed up. but hey we can't force any1. If they don't want to be associated wit us, let 'em be. The worst I've heard was "I am not a somali, I was born here"

You should have said what do you speak then?

But people from Dja aren't Somali nationals so she has a point.

She has no point. Arabs call themselves Arab whether they from Sudan or Iraq.

kadarre wrote:She has no point. Arabs call themselves Arab whether they from Sudan or Iraq.

You're confusing nationality with ethnicity and vice versa. That said you don't need a particularly sophisticated understanding of these notions to see that 'Arab' isn't an answer to the question where are you from.

Furthermore, people have the liberty to self-identify as they please. If you feel, as the OP does, betrayed by their choices frankly that's your problem.

My cousin's brother-in-law is a Isaaq. When he's around Non-Somalis, he claims to be a "Djiboutian", when he's with Somalis, he claims to be from Somalia and when he's around Northern Somalis only, he brags about being a "Somalilander".

Conqueror wrote:My cousin's brother-in-law is a Isaaq. When he's around Non-Somalis, he claims to be a "Djiboutian", when he's with Somalis, he claims to be from Somalia and when he's around Northern Somalis only, he brags about being a "Somalilander".

Oh so he has Mixed Nationality

She embarrased herself. People would get the impression that she is ashamed to be SOmalian. That is all. No-one gives a damn or even understands the difference of those little little shit places of ours. We are ALL SOmalis and refugees. Born here or else where, that is how you are viewed. accept it embrace it and get over it.

The likelihood is that those asked here her nationality have already knew that she is SOmalian.

But arenot Jabutians Somalis? they are Somalis from Jabuiti. Ethnicly Somali, language Somali. So there first answer would be 'Somali from Jabuiti', I guess.

But you did well for speaking with her in Somali that answered other people's inquiry

Another self-hater

People from Djibouti are somalis, and I never seen anyone before deny this.
But like Advo said, ignore her kind. Let them stay confused while the whole world view them as somalis.

So, your first words with her was about her qabiil? Not only are you a bitc.h on these forums new to qabyaalad and politics but also in real life.

reminds me of the time i went to a summer course and a isaaq girl asked me for my qabiil, i told her i can be whatever qabiil you want me to be

Well she isn't a Somali national as Fey said, and to be honest do you blame her for not wanting to identify with the embarrassment next door?