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The Story of Somalia

I have traveled far and wide

In hopes of finding peace in life

But I will not despair

I will continue

That is the endless road that I ride

With courage and pride

That is the self rules I have applied

Oh! How I long to walk on sand

That belongs to a Somali land

A country which has fallen do to clan

With total loss of a recovery plan

This war will truly be slow

Even though wars come and go

If only some one could end it in any way

The meaningless civil war that continues to this day

To restore the peace that once was lost

Even at Somalia’s greatest cost

To stop the killing of innocent civilians

Which caused Somalis to flee in millions

This is the story of Somalia

By: Abdikarin Aden

Dear Somalis,

            Today I witness the phenomenon of our lives, the love and precision that lies within you. I do not live to discourage my kind, loving, and honorable people. I place my trust in Allah who gave me a chance to live another day. I am a Somali and my name is Abdikarin Aden. Because of a meaningless civil war that continues to this day, thousands of my people including women and children have fled from Somalia to various countries across the world. There is this massive amount of weight that sits on my shoulders. That weight is a burden that will never descend from my shoulders unless the harmony that has casted away years ago returns to my beloved nation. But until then the burden on my shoulders will continue to crush my heart with extreme sorrow.  The once mighty state of Somalia has collapsed as a result of rebel warriors that march on the streets, which defy all authority and show no sympathy to anyone or anything. The primary battleground of the rebels is Mogadishu, a place that once was the centre of East African trade and merchantry.

My country is very unique. It is the one and only country that was united by one language, one culture, and one religion. A man that I agree with completely and respect named DR. Hussein Mohammed Adam has once said in a video of Somali history “it is this deep personal belief in belonging to the Somali nation handed down from father to son, which has driven our people to fight against impossible odds, to endure defeat only to fight again and again and again.” The fighting and the chaos that never went away for the last two decades is a plague that wants to submerge our nation to the bottom, until nothing is left.

Now a large part of Somali’s live outside of their country, forever forgetting their history and culture. So, what is the future of Somalia, I ask? Who will take the role of Presidency and build a stable government for our people? A lot of Somalis have adapted to western culture, and left their customs. Something that astonished, stunned, and even so much as to offend me was the fact of seeing Somali children unable to speak their language. I would be humiliated and very disturbed not to know my own language. But coming to western countries has also influenced many of our people. A few joined gangs, some became ignorant, and others took advantage of the opportunity and went to school. Even though our country was one of the last Muslim nations to have their people attend the west, they adjusted not only quickly but with ease. This is because of the comfort of peace this new world offered them.

This is a strange thing indeed. I find it hard to believe that Somalis who completely accustomed to this new environment will ever go back. They now act like the west and think like the west. Who will be responsible for those who abandoned both their culture and religion? The fault is ours, but not just ours, all of the Muslim world are to blame for not lending a helping hand. Not only to Somalia, but any Muslim nation which has fallen should be assisted and supported by all Muslim countries. By this, I mean that all or any country which calls itself Muslim should maintain open doors for the country in need of their service and show their hospitality in which the Ansari of Saudi Arabia was once greatly known for.

I went to America to have an opportunity that no other Muslim nation would give me. The United States gave Somali refugees a helping hand, a chance to live freely within their borders, an opportunity to get a job. This country showed me the hospitality that I expected from my Muslim brothers and sisters. The U.S government welcomed us and provided wonderful services such as giving food and shelter until we adjust to the new environment. The worldly life was given to us, and it was hard to resist.

 Is this not the job of Muslims? So who then will respond to Somalia’s seeming helplessness? If no one responds, it just means that much more death of innocent people hard at work, trying to take care of their families and survive in a chaotic country. These people are innocent bystanders asking nothing more but to live a decent life. Many people in our country (Somalia) die of starvation while others are wounded from injuries they have received running for their lives from predators. Countless children become orphans, and several join brutal, harsh, and cold-blooded gangs. Plenty others are clan hunters, hunting down the enemy of their clan. Allah says in surah 49 ayah 13, “O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).”

If none of the Somalis are volunteering to help their country, then who will? Foreign countries are illegally stealing Somali property off the coast of Somalia. Our country is completely vulnerable to outsiders. One of the pirate leaders Sugule Ali, said their motive was “to stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters … We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits those who illegally fish and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas”. And I can understand why piracy is thriving. Nevertheless, this whole crisis would not have happened if it wasn’t for the destruction of Somalia and the disunity of Somalis. In fact, this concern would have been dealt with much sooner.

Many Somalis have lost hope, their desire of ever returning home to their motherland. As a Somali teen growing up in the west, I was saddened by these expressions as I dreamed that I, along with my family, would one day return home. I have never witnessed war, I have never seen dead bodies, but even then, I understand the conflict that has taken hold of Somalia. We should not see this conflict as a discouragement, an obstacle in the way of our dream to return. This is nothing but fear, the fear that we would lose everything again in the same way we did before. We should not give into this fear and instead, we should use this conflict as an encouragement to return home, to help it, to help our struggling people in any way we can.

             We were once warriors who defended our country with courage when an enemy invaded us, and to the surprise of many, we were always victorious. At times when enemies penetrated through our defenses and captured our cities, we had our heroes’ rise, expel the enemy, and liberate our country. In the 1500's when Ethiopia assaulted Somalia, it was Ahmed Gurey who was there to defend the country and answer the assault with one of his own. We need each other, a united Somali generation to create a prosperous nation. Always remember, only you can have a real impact on your community and your people. I will leave you with a hopeful quote that inspired me in the past. Robert F. Kennedy once said “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope... and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

By: Abdikarin Aden

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