Have you ever had this feeling?

One Star To Rule Them All said:

When I stayed in Djibouti and Somaliland for a year I had this feeling where I found the missing puzzle piece that I didn’t have in the UK. I felt apart of a society that accepted me and I wasn’t shunned as a second class citizen in the west.
Any of you guys have that feeling too?
Finding your culture and hardening your Somalinimo regardless of Qabil

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I want to SL back in 05 and i felt out of place simply because i considered English to be my first language because that was the only language i knew so at the time communicating with family members was challenging due to language barriers. Overtime, in the 2 months i was in Hargeysa i gradually began to speak Somali which certainly wasn't through perfection. But, i somewhat learned how to curse in Somali which wasn't too bad and i discovered the "okay " sign was offensive. Despite everything, there is a sense of community sprite in SL which is quite fascinating similar to a small close knit town like Quljeed. in hindsight, although i was warmly welcomed there was the idea of getting "ajnabi" status among the locals which in some regards is understandable because i have not experienced what is like living in SL in regards to being born and brought up there.Although, i do share the identity in regards to ethnicity and to some extent qabil. But, i hear children of expats or expats get a certain form of privilege status just because they are British, Canadian, American or Europe which is quite interesting. However,based of my experience i never felt like i was a second class citizen in the united kingdom.

Plus, i started to watch diaspora vlogs about SL vlogs and it has surprisingly inspired me of going to visit SL and even Djibouti in the near future because reer SL talk about Djibouti like as if it is a dhahab of some sort. fikradeyda, waxaan rabaa in aan indhaheyga ku arko si aan u xaqiijiyo waxa ay dhahayaan inshallah.

Yes sxb
I love my country beyond words wallahi bless Somalia.