Internet Nomad
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Never mind everyone had small shields in the region but why?
What was the advantage? Mobility?
What was the advantage? Mobility?
Arabs dont love you like you love them
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Gacmeey
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Itโs a sign of weak iman. How can you feel closer to a non Muslim than a Muslim especially when they arenโt even your close family?
How can you feel close to a people whoโs women you canโt marry and whose food you canโt eat? Insanity
Somalis should not follow these weak faithed Muslims. A amxaar Muslim is closer to me than a Somali gaal
How can you feel close to a people whoโs women you canโt marry and whose food you canโt eat? Insanity
Somalis should not follow these weak faithed Muslims. A amxaar Muslim is closer to me than a Somali gaal
Khaem
VIP
Not all somali had small shields. It was only used for spearmen to my knowledge. Perhaps it allowed you to have more agility and block a spear better? But you'd have to be really skilled to use a small shield like that.
because they have the same language, culture, and genetic makeup. why wouldn't they feel closer to them?
I bet even an Amhara muslim would feel closer to a Amhara christian than to a somali
We need to revive this. Somali sword crafting is also something that we should bring back, there's some brutal yet majestic in the design of these swords.
Furthermore I agree we should hold hegemony over the horn but not before first ensuring there's no strife among us. Somalinimo should first become paramount among us before we begin the process of selling our unique culture.
With stability and the rise of a more educated population I think we could see the dawn of new era. But we must take steps to reach that goal.
(Look at these beauties. I wish I could have one hanging on my wall)
Khaem
VIP
Those are bilao(?) used by the Darwish I believe. Beautiful swords I want a few of those including the dagger versions.
I used to have one of those short swords used by afar but also us Ciise but I had to leave it behind after I finished summer.
I agree. Somali need to end all fractionalism within before we expand outside. Then bringing a Renaissance in Somali culture and Society. Make ourselves a center of culture and Islam. Document and compile everything we have so far into books and publish them. The fact I can't go onto amazon and find a book on arawello or the story of Samaale iyo Sab is sad. Then we must expand Both borders and cultural sphere. Somaliweyn is the obvious goal of uniting the ethnic group. But as the Arabs brought in all other semites into their fold we can achieve the same in our area.
Internet Nomad
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such a gorgeous display
What is absurd to me is random ajanabis holding on to possible historical artefacts and Somali โmuseums โ only display a few hand woven baskets and aqal as somali history.
Somali dagger and shield for comment - Ethnographic Arms & Armour
Somali dagger and shield for comment Ethnographic Weapons
www.vikingsword.com
Gacmeey
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Just look at the seerah of the prophet. Who did he feel close to? Was it quraysh kaafirs or was it Bilal r.a the habeshi? Was it his uncle or was itโs Salmaan Al faaris r.a? Was it Umm Jamil, his uncles wife, or was it Umm Ubays r.a the Roman ?
Muslims should feel close to their Muslim counterparts before kaafir, and if they donโt, it Iโd highly likely there is nifaaq in their hearts
Internet Nomad
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We have such a rich martial culture, yet we ignore it. Look at these pieces of art.
We have a long road ahead. Best we can do is install these values of Somalinimo into our children and set them up to begin a somali renaissance. I want to see a revival of our poetry, we were once the nation of poets. We should have somali poets dominating the scene, spreading our classics but also creating new works.
Poetry might be the way forward, it can bridge the gap between the generation born in diaspora and the ones that live back home. Popular poets can also be a source of pride for every somali, no matter their background.
There's so much we can do if we were just given some peace. A decade or two of no conflict could do wonders and pray Allah allows me to live long enough to see peace among my people.
Where did OP say they "love" arabs? all they said is that they feel closer to any muslim than a non-muslim east african. This is the pinnacle of islam that every muslim should be aiming towards. An islam that transcends race, culture, etc. If you can't bring yourself to do this (i can't either), then just go on with your life. no need to cry "ana carab"
Abu Hesi
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@Al Adnani please tell me you can at least speak Arabic 
empressjamila
yktv
LOL. I mean Iโve always seen this though, at least here in Canada. The Arab Muslims feel closer to Christian Arabs and Timojilec muslims feel closer to the Hindus and sikhs from their country. I think it may have to do with the fact that Somalis are more practicing of Islam in the west than most carabs and timojilec and Islam encourages the concept of โone ummahโ
It's not only Arabs. I know Bengalis that are Muslim, Christian and Hindu that are a close knit group and they would say the same.
My Arabic is better than my Somali. My mother is basically a fullblown Yemeni (culturally) as she wasnt raised by the Somali side of her family@Al Adnani please tell me you can at least speak Arabic
Abu Hesi
VIP
Let's hear it
