this is how they are living in war torn syria

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Rebelling against the government was the worst thing that could’ve possibly happened.

Why do you think there was a rebellion to begin with?

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

if somalia was this developed the diaspora would move there in droves but Syrians are leaving the country?

Lifestyle of the elite, and their progeny is not a good measure.

 

[The alchemist]

Westernized girls walking around a specific neighborhood, must be representative of Syria right?

 

[yasmeen]

Why do you think there was a rebellion to begin with?

Shit but functional government >>>> whatever we have now.

Easiest choice ever.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Westernized girls walking around a specific neighborhood, must be representative of Syria right?

Exactly the point I was making, besides Syrians are highly liberal.

Shit but functional government >>>> whatever we have now.

Easiest choice ever.

Would you have said that had your entire family been killed, arrested, and exiled?

 

[Abdalla]

Why are women in Syria and Palestine allowed to freely walk with their hair but in Somalia it's a basically a death sentence?

Assadists are not Muslims

 

[yasmeen]

Exactly the point I was making, besides Syrians are highly liberal.

Would you have said that had your entire family been killed, arrested, and exiled?

Indeed. My family was targeted. I have immediate relatives who have shared their traumas with me. And still they believe that we would’ve been better off with that old government. What does that tell you?

 

[notinuse.]

Would you have said that had your entire family been killed, arrested, and exiled?

I mean this literally in Somalia too ?

 

[The alchemist]

Exactly the point I was making, besides Syrians are highly liberal.

Most Syrians are in the middle, some are very religious, most leaning toward the conservative even if they don't practice much as they grow into it, and then you have the liberal few that speak in cringe English like those women, equating whitewashing for sophistication, pretty standard in the Arab world elites.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Indeed. My family was targeted. I have immediate relatives who have shared their traumas with me. And still they believe that we would’ve been better off with that old government. What does that tell you?

If so, then they are better people, and more forgiving that I, and my family.

I mean this literally in Somalia too ?

Correct. Many of us abhor the current state of Somalia, but have lost so much under the military regime, that we are accepting of its legacy, which is what we see today. Yet, many seem to be drawing a distinction, which is not quite there.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Most Syrians are in the middle, some are very religious, most leaning toward the conservative even if they don't practice much as they grow into it, and then you have the liberal few that speak in cringe English like those women, equating whitewashing for sophistication, pretty standard in the Arab world elites.

Many of the Syrians I have come into contact with abroad are quite liberal, and view Islam through the same prism as Somalis: something they had been born into, but know nigh to naught about, yet pick and choose i.e. keep the headscarf, yet no problem with alcohol, shisha, cannabis, esp in men.

Postscript:
I was in Antakya, a city by the border of Turkiye & Syria, with city population being split between the two, and I must admit the Syrians I met there were very conservative, albeit this was when 7alab was burning.

Plus Syrians are one of the most skilled, and educated people in the MidEast.

 

[The alchemist]

Many of the Syrians I have come into contact with abroad are quite liberal, and view Islam through the same prism as Somalis: something they had been born into, but know nigh to naught about, yet pick and choose i.e. keep the headscarf, yet no problem with alcohol, shisha, cannabis, esp in men.

Postscript:
I was in Antakya, a city by the border of Turkiye & Syria, with city population being split between the two, and I must admit the Syrians I met there were very conservative, albeit this was when 7alab was burning.

Plus Syrians are one of the most skilled, and educated people in the MidEast.

You know they say a Syrian speaks better comprehensive Arabic than a man from the Peninsula.

@Shimbiris is that true?

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

You know they say a Syrian speaks better comprehensive Arabic than a man from the Peninsula.

@Shimbiris is that true?

Actually Syrian Arabic is my favourite, well after the Masri, for my ears are quite used to the latter, but then again I am now used to the Khaliji twag, which I used to think was horrendous.

 

[yasmeen]

If so, then they are better people, and more forgiving that I.


Correct. Many of us abhor the current state of Somalia, but have lost so much under the military regime, that we are accepting of its legacy, which is what we see today. Yet, many seem to be drawing a distinction, which is not quite there.

After the last 30 something years, can you with a straight face tell me any action the old government did is comparable to the suffering that has happened since their ousting? I understand they’re responsible for a ton of injustices and I am not excusing or defending what had happened but still…do you believe we were better off after the rebels took over?

Because if so, this is where you lost me.

 

[Shimbiris]

You know they say a Syrian speaks better comprehensive Arabic than a man from the Peninsula.

@Shimbiris is that true?

Very sweet and sing-song accents up north in general. I prefer the pizazz and ruggedness of the Peninsula. VIVA NAJD! VIVA KHALEEJ!

 

[Dualke]

Meanwhile people talk about how "laandheere" they are for having a road in the middle of the desert

 

[The alchemist]

Actually Syrian Arabic is my favourite, well after the Masri, for my ears are quite used to the latter.

I take the Sudanese dialect over the Masri. An educated Sudanese speaks better Arabic than most of those. I think the Syrian dialect sounds too, I don't know, mild, feminine.

 

[Shimbiris]

Actually Syrian Arabic is my favourite, well after the Masri, for my ears are quite used to the latter, but then again I am now used to the Khaliji twag, which I used to think was horrendous.

This over those classy old Masri songs any day. Xadarad? What is that? Who needs it?

 

[yasmeen]

This over those classy old Masri songs any day. Xadarad? What is that? Who needs it?

Walaal I was waiting for your write up in the other thread. What happened lol

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

After the last 30 something years, can you with a straight face tell me any action the old government did is comparable to the suffering that has happened since their ousting? I understand they’re responsible for a ton of injustices and I am not excusing or defending what had happened but still…do you believe we were better off after the rebels took over?

Because if so, this is where you lost me.

Yes, walaal. As the old Somali proverb goes: 'I'd rather live like a lion for a day than a mouse in a million'. As a nomad, I'd rather struggle for years, and have my 'qab' and 'han' intact, than live in subjugation.