Somethings I've noticed with the FOB race, since a lot of them have moved to my area.
No matter how recently they've arrived they make sure to tell you that they can't speak/read or write Somali well because they lived in the West too long, even if they have no official documents or just came less than a year ago. Not speaking Somali is a status symbol and considered ilbax.
They despise Diaspora Somali boys and criticize them for being ciyaal suuq. Meanwhile they're addicted to pills, sex and alcoholics. Very little of Islam is retained when they get here. But the women are a lot less brazen.
The FOB men pedastalize Diaspora girls (probably why they don't like the guys) but seldom pull any.
Atheism is growing in this community, I want to do further research to see if it's a desperate attempt to assimilate or if it because of the growth of many extremist groups in Africa.
FOBS are extremely depressed as you might imagine 20-40 somethings would be in a strange land. But they do keep that nationalistic pride whether it be a country Somalia/Djibouti/Somaliland etc or their regional pride.
Please add any other observations . This is a new topic especially because back home they study 'dayuuspora' carefully. We should do the same!
No matter how recently they've arrived they make sure to tell you that they can't speak/read or write Somali well because they lived in the West too long, even if they have no official documents or just came less than a year ago. Not speaking Somali is a status symbol and considered ilbax.
They despise Diaspora Somali boys and criticize them for being ciyaal suuq. Meanwhile they're addicted to pills, sex and alcoholics. Very little of Islam is retained when they get here. But the women are a lot less brazen.
The FOB men pedastalize Diaspora girls (probably why they don't like the guys) but seldom pull any.
Atheism is growing in this community, I want to do further research to see if it's a desperate attempt to assimilate or if it because of the growth of many extremist groups in Africa.
FOBS are extremely depressed as you might imagine 20-40 somethings would be in a strange land. But they do keep that nationalistic pride whether it be a country Somalia/Djibouti/Somaliland etc or their regional pride.
Please add any other observations . This is a new topic especially because back home they study 'dayuuspora' carefully. We should do the same!