@AfranQallo help me out here, bro. What claim do oromos have to dhir dhaba and haraar? The formers history is well documented and has been a dir city for over 800 years, way before oromos were even in the region. The city is still predominantly somali.
And when it comes to harar, the walls surrounding the city were built by Somalis and hararis to keep oromos out after the fall of awdal.
You guys have really become brave since 91
The claim is of the Noole clan that reside in Dire and the surroundings with the Gurgura.
The name itself mean place of remedy in Afan Oromo. Majority of the neighborhoods are in Afan Oromo as well.
The surrounding area used to be grazing land for the Noole before becoming Farmers.
There’s a story of a little village north of Dire by the name of Jaldessa used to be under Noole rule as well, but we lost it over 100 years ago when the Isse Ugaas used us to win over the land. See his mother was Oromo, and he used us until it was time to take over the he land. And he conquered it.
The area of Dire Dawa has always been Noole and Gurgura. Ala AQ Oromo to the west, Isse to the north east. And especially today when a huge chunk of the Gurgura are mixed with Noole and other Oromo clans it’s hard to split hem up.
See these guys for example. The first is isse with and Oromo mom, Second Gadabursi with oromo Mom and 3rd is a Gurgura.
They are all big names amongst Oromos, and we’ve mixed with them a lot. There is only brotherhood, so if we were to claim Dire, we see it as ours included Somalis clans bordering us.