Have you ever felt like you dont belong?

[Mercury]

Although I came to the west at an young age Ive never felt like like this is my home but whenever I go back home I get a whole other feeling and I dont feel like an outsider

 

[Quruxley]

I feel like an outsider in somalia

 

[Mercury]

I feel like an outsider in somalia

How did they treat you?

 

[Quruxley]

How did they treat you?

The treatment was fine It was that feeling like I didn't talk like them etc i didn't fit in well

 

[Villainess]

The treatment was fine It was that feeling like I didn't talk like them etc i didn't fit in well

exactly. i loved it there laakin I always feel mentally clumsy. My accent too. they even dissected my walk!! One day someone said to me "Are you american" and i said yes and asked how he knew and he said "the way you walk, sida qurba joog"

 

[Quruxley]

exactly. i loved it there laakin I always feel mentally clumsy. My accent too. they even dissected my walk!! One day someone said to me "Are you american" and i said yes and asked how he knew and he said "the way you walk, sida qurba joog"

I had to walk slow or copied how the locals walked and they still knew, they make fun of you for it as well. I love somalia tho

 

[Mercury]

exactly. i loved it there laakin I always feel mentally clumsy. My accent too. they even dissected my walk!! One day someone said to me "Are you american" and i said yes and asked how he knew and he said "the way you walk, sida qurba joog"

they love people from qurbaha but if they ever ask just pretend inaad tahay reer miyi

 

[Recon Expert]

Yes I feel emotionally linked to our motherland tho I am guessing it's because I spent a considerable amount of my life over there.

 

[Fratello]

exactly. i loved it there laakin I always feel mentally clumsy. My accent too. they even dissected my walk!! One day someone said to me "Are you american" and i said yes and asked how he knew and he said "the way you walk, sida qurba joog"

How do they walk compared to the diaspora

 

[Quruxley]

How do they walk compared to the diaspora

Fast compared to the locals

 

[Villainess]

they love people from qurbaha but if they ever ask just pretend inaad tahay reer miyi

reer miyi?

How do they walk compared to the diaspora

weeydi! maybe i walk too fast or too slow i dont know

 

[Quruxley]

reer miyi?

Reer baadiyo or those somalis that live in rural areas

 

[Mercury]

reer miyi?

weeydi! maybe i walk too fast or too slow i dont know

yeah badiyo the country side just pretend you from there lol

 

[Xaruun]

Hooyo mataalos are fucked either way.

 

[Quruxley]

Hooyo mataalos are fucked either way.

Are you a fob

 

[Xaruun]

Are you a fob

No I’m 2nd gen hooyo mataalo

 

[Villainess]

yeah badiyo the country side just pretend you from there lol

i have a better chance at saying i'm from xamar, the accent would give me away as i'm not close to reer baadiyo

 

[J-Rasta]

There were 7 Somalis at the time , we would feel left out at an elementary school in Soweto , sticking out like sore thumb, I remembered the madows would make comments about why we looked different than blacks and pushed us away " Go play with the fucking Indians, you Kwekwere!" The entire class would hysterically laugh , it was a taunting experience for a 6th grader.

" Ah , teacher, look at their heads , why are they here, they belong in a national park not at school "

"are you sure these people are humans and not extraterrestrial , ewww, that is one ugly Somalian "

"what is a good Somalian , one that's dead already "
And they had the audacity to demean Somalis when Soweto was one hell of a shithole slum

I hated going school and skipped semesters ,got into non stop fights , you were surrounded by animals , the chimps only knew violence , it was a dog eat dog world , every man for himself. Somalis were preys and proned to be targeted.

Things gradually became better when our store relocated to Johannesburg back then the city had lesser xenophobia.
The environment was hostile but nowhere near that fucking township , youd still get reminded you're a foreigner and fights can happen, especially at secondary school, I knew my way around navigating as my fists did the talking , 7-9th grade were good years until I moved to Cape Town for good and complete my education.
I felt sorry for fobs / new arrival Somalis they were picked on at school every city .

 

[Arabsiyawi]

Although I came to the west at an young age Ive never felt like like this is my home but whenever I go back home I get a whole other feeling and I dont feel like an outsider

I feel at home in the west tbh