What do you do when you see a Somali stranger in the street ?

[Aegon]

Do you say salam ?

 

[Sloane Ranger]

Do you say salam ?

I do if its a hooyo but I don't greet faraaxs.

 

[Bronco]

If it's a guy my age or a younger kid in his teens I just nod and keep it stepping. If we're in a barbershop or whatever I talk to them.

Every other demographic I just walk past or just kind of ignore them until they say salaam first.

 

[BobSmoke]

If they are 45 plus yes
If not, I'll just nod if they look at me

 

[Jacki]

Do you say salam ?

Now why would I do that? If they’re strangers, just walk by. You’re not connected to them just cus you happen to be born in around the same area

 

[KobeBryant]

I look at them dead in the eye and won’t break eye contact Until they do. Essentially I assert my alpha dominance in the beta. Then they start or look at there phone to end the awkwardness

 

[salma saluuni]

If it’s a hooyo yes. Faraaxs no.
Even if you don’t salam them they’ll still stare. Somalis have a staring problem especially the niggas.

 

[Ferrari]

If it’s a hooyo yes. Faraaxs no.
Even if you don’t salam them they’ll still stare. Somalis have a staring problem especially the niggas.

we are staring the futo not you.

 

[Southerner]

Say salaams to the elders but when it comes to the rest If they have that bitch resting face(I think that's what they call it) then they can fck off

 

[Aurelian]

If they are elderly, yes, or even they will start with the Salam, especially if you sit next to them in bus. They will make talk.

 

[dr.leorio]

I say Salam to everyone Somali if they exude positive energy and we make eye contact. If they come across hostile I don't say anything. And if I do say Salam and they don't reply back, I smile knowing that the angel on their shoulder replied to my Salam for them. It's a win win situation.

Don't forget to smile too. Smiling is the easiest form of charity.

 

[Amazonian]

I nod, hooyos I dont even acknowledge.
f*ck that, they talk way too much. They're already observing a vivid description of how you walk, look and everything. No nods for eedos. I keep it movin.
Farax's(45+) I make sure not to break eye contact cause I know them niggas thinking dhaqan celis, but the eye contact and nodding I do let's them know I'm real to the culture.

Dudes around my age, I nod or say, "Wassup-" then keep it moving without waiting for the reply

 

[المهندس]

Always a staring contest.

 

[J-Rasta]

In Johannesburg , it's where Somalis congregate the most, I used to greet elders walking by asalamucalaykum , that's it .In a mosque , could be a store or Maqaaxi but not a stranger walking the street. You give them the Somali nod or eye contact and walk away.
Most Somalis were basically introverted themselves , they hang around with those they know.
Also in Soweto it's same.

It's much different in townships and as far as Western Cape, there are few of us , the one who was born in this soil or the one living past 20 years and kuwa straight out of tuulooyinka Somalia , despite qabiil difference we help each other out in times of crisis.

I was driving on this particular route as I always do , in the middle of nowhere , completely surrounded by wildlife , 200 miles away from Cape Town, the furthest township , rest stop and petrol station are hours away, there are no civilization apart from this highway , it's a bad omen if your vehicle breaks down, bad luck happens all the time especially at night, so it was almost sunset there was a diverging lane and I saw an elderly Somali pleading for help but cars kept driving, I drove u turn on the lane exit headed towards him,he looked beaten up and confused, he was a store owner 7 hours drive , the route he was driving happened to be heavily congested due to a road collision earlier , its where his truck was hijacked at gun point , left beaten half dead in the scorching desert,
I helped him get up and offered him a ride to the nearest township where there was pharmacy and a police station to report the incident.
Luckily there were Somalis in that township and who knew him.

I drove the next day back to Cape town.

 

[The_Kong Dong]

Call ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

 

[Ras]

I Salaam everyone I come across except chicks unless their much older.

If they don't holla back I follow them home and burn it down with them in it.

 

[Octavian]

say salam and keep it moving

 

[Alexander The Great]

Nothing they’re strangers i don’t greet strangers

 

[Lostbox]

Nothing they’re strangers i don’t greet strangers

Same, I don't bother and just go on with my business

 

[Zoobear]

I barely crack a smile towards those that I know. Truth be told I don't enjoy small talk but I will respond if spoken to.