Welcome to Somalishire [Video]
Somali teenagers Nura and Ilias live in London’s East End but visit an authentic Somalian camp at Degmo in Wales, a place which mirrors the traditional rural culture of their homeland – a far cry from the negative media images of Somalia.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/nov/13/somali-wales-immigration
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I wanna pay a visit there myself, it’s like a pre daqan celis!
What Ceeb, a white man giving them a Dhaqan Celis.. shame on them!
That was rather cool.
Habar,
What is shameful about a White Man giving them Dhaqan Celis? If you pay attention to their age, you will realize that they have spent their formative years in the Diaspora and hence have no tangible understanding about the intimate details and aspects of the Somali culture and ways of life. It is actually courageous of them to strike out on their own in order to learn more about their culture and tradition. You should be applauding them, Not throwing around some silly shenanigan
Someone beat me to the video i was going to post, (could not find it on youtube), yee i think it was very nice of them to take part in this video, i thought they would be ignorant at first but then it turn out they really never new nothing about Somalia….i never knew their was such a camp in wales or england for that fact. the white guy, (did not catch his name) is very intelligent and knows much about our country and the tree/leaves.
Nura was on point with her answers. Kudos to her. The boy wasn’t doing to well for me. I think I heard him say he’s not Somali instead he’s British. Do correct me before I go on
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> Someone beat me to the video i was going to post.
hahahaha Jamal, that would be me, you should have searched for “Somalishire” and it would come up. Too bad guardian.co.uk does not provide embed code.
mohamed i looked every where for the video, i was typing the girls name and the some other somali titles, never thought of somalishire lol. great post
@ recovering Romantics.
adam, you don’t have the slightest idea at who you’re talking to, or the reason why i say its “ceeb”. Ask before you make judgments mate…
Firstly, let me start by telling you that i have been born and bred in Europe and have never step a foot in Somalia. Saying this, i have never thought of myself as “British” but always a “somalian”. I talk Somali as if I was born there, (although you might say it was due to having a wonderful mother who was willing to teach me about my roots, culture and being a flag-waver – but everything has to be a two way thing. One cannot convey anything unless the other party is willing to hear it). And i can tell you how to milk a camel, about how the milk is shaken in a “dhiil” and burnt, to remove bacteria (and i haven’t ever seen a camel in my life). I also plan to teach all of this to my kids’ inshallah, no matter what their race is.
So the reason i say its “ceeb” is because:
1. At the beginning of the video they say they were born in Somalia and they REMEMBER some of the stuff. The boy also says at the beginning that he doesn’t see himself as a Somali (nationality wise), and he is taken to a white geeza to e taught about how beautiful his country and culture is – just think it. Its “labo labo”.
2. Were the hell are their parents/careres?
I loved this!!! Visiting a place like that before actually going to somalia would be great for people who have never been.
ooh my God i would love 2 visit this place., does nayone have any idear how can do. i live in USA.
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