At last i have visited and its really a beautiful country, been here for 3 days and the people are soooo nice and welcoming 💪🏾 i had a post about how to get here but unfortunately deleted but going from questions to actually being here is so surreal.

Thinking about hosting a house party in Hargeisa, Somaliland. As far as I know, it’s not really a thing here, so I’m curious

My post was deleted within 1 minute lol. I really wanted to hear their perspective on this.

Hi, it’s been a long time since I have been to Hargeisa it was in 2015 and I was 8 years old. Back then people cussed my mom out and threw rocks at me telling me to cover up and wear a hijab. I was wondering if it changed for the better there can you walk around without a hijab and wear pants or is it still extremely conservative? I would love to visit again and see family.

Hey guys, it must be hard to be Somali when the President insults yall regularly. He has said Somalia is a shithole that has nothing except people killing each other. He says Somalis in America are garbage. He says your leader Ilhan Omar married her own brother and is a crook.
I don’t think any country or people have been as insulted as Somalis have by a sitting American President.
How do you deal with such humiliation?

ASC everyone,

An elderly Somali woman is stranded in Dubai. Her e-Visa for Hargeisa was approved and paid for, but she never received the visa PDF needed to travel.

We've called the Somali immigration numbers and sent emails, but no one is responding. I have a flight to catch and don't want to leave her stranded.

If anyone has a contact within Somali Immigration or knows someone who can help, please DM me. JazakAllah khair.

Somalia’s are making new stories now🥀

Happy Independence Day to all Somalilanders!

At the same time, my condolences to all Somalilanders. I truly believe that if we had maintained our independence from the beginning, we would not be where we are today. We could have been much further ahead in peace, stability, and development.

I've 4000 kg of frankincense resins in somaliland can anyone cooperate with me to distill it?

For some context, my dad is par Isaaq clan on his mother's side and the Darood on his father's side. In the years leading up to the civil war, he lived all over the country (Hargeisa, Mogadishu, and all over Puntland) and spoke fondly of Somalia. In fact, my dad said his mandatory military service was one of the most memorable experiences of his life because he met young people from different clans and regions across the country (This was early 1980s so there was no prospect of a civil war yet). To him it seemed that tribalism was fading among the youth and that a national identity was emerging. But around 1988 my dad moved back to Hargeisa and was opening up abusiness. There he witnessed the massacres firsthand and barely escaped with his life. He went back to Puntland , but according to him the atrocities were still occurring there, though not on the same scale or severity as what he saw in Somaliland. His perspective , like most Somalis I think, was that Siad Barre was willing to massacre anyone to maintain power, event an entire tribe.

Anyway, with the recent situation involving Somaliland opening relations with Israel in pursuit of recognition, I'm trying to understand how the general Somaliland population feels about it. Given Israel's atrocities against Palestinians and the broader Muslim world, I'm wondering why some Somalilanders appear willing to overlook those concerns in the hope of achieving international recognition. Is the pursuit of statehood and recognition viewed as more important than solidarity with the Ummah? Or is there a larger political or strategic picture that I'm missing?

I have many friends and family from Somaliland who visit regularly. While some support independence, they are also strongly opposed to closer ties with Israel and are unwilling to compromise their values for what they see as a political objective. However, from what I I am seeing on the internet, this view does not appear consistent with the views of the citizens on the ground in Somaliland. Why is that the case?

I’m not trying to start an argument , I just need help understanding.

Jazakallah Kheir

Somali is an ethnic group / language group

People who are Somali they live in different countries.

Somalia. people are called Somalian ethnically Somali (jareer and jileec), two Somali tribes.

Somaliland people are often called Somalilanders ethnically orgin Somali

Djibouti people are Djiboutians. Many are ethnically Somali (especially Issa)

Somali Region in Ethiopia. people are Ethiopian Somalis

Somali-NFD in Kenya. people are Kenyan Somalis.

Somali is the shared ethnicity; the country names define nationality.

Salam everyone,

I’m trying to find an old Somali archival video/clip that I remember seeing, possibly on Twitter/X, Facebook, or YouTube. I’m hoping someone here recognizes it or has it saved.

The clip looked like old footage from the SNM era. It showed a group of SNM fighters/combatants gathered together, possibly in northern Somalia or in the border areas/camps near Ethiopia. The footage was low quality and looked like it was from the 1980s. From what I remember, it was around maghrib or it has dark outdoor lighting. The men were wearing a mix of military fatigues and traditional Somali clothing/macawiis and I think I remember one of them sitting.

In the clip, one of the SNM fighters/speakers was talking in Somali. He was explaining why they were fighting Mohamed Siad Barre. The main point of the speech was that they considered Siad Barre to have left Islam/become a disbeliever because he rejected or refused to accept parts of the Qur’an, especially the verses about inheritance/dhaxal. The speaker mentioned that Siad Barre rejected the Qur’anic ayahs related to inheritance and also referred to things like the regime’s actions against Islamic scholars, possibly the execution of the 10 scholars in 1975, and the government’s secular/socialist ideology.

Does anyone have the clip or any clips similar to this? Thank you!

Somalia's media constantly attacks Somaliland with misinformation and propaganda, while Somaliland's media discusses Somalia's issues as if it were in charge. How does that make sense?

They like peace, but they want you to fight.

What are your thoughts?

Hello,how are you somalilanders

I'm planning to visit hargiesa so please feel free to share 😊

How's the security there?what do u guys use for transport?does uber work there?

Whats the currency currently in use there?

How much does 100 usd equals to ur currency?Is the blackmarket rate closer to the banks rate?how do u guys send & recieve money while inside hargiesa?Also The name of ur fav restaurant coz I'm a foodie 😋

There is a massive need that is not being addressed. Somaliland needs investment, needs jobs that will pay decent wages, and needs development.

And this is an issue with many countries that struggle with recognition. The need for economic development hampered by often limited ability to interact with international business.

For all the talk about wanting to eliminate poverty, so called international institutions are causing poverty.

Now given the problems of Somaliland trade export not being recognized by many countries but being recognized by some countries.

Here is an idea. In a national strategy. Focus on creating intermediate products that specifically export to countries that accept Somaliland goods, and use those intermediate products as inputs and as subcomponents to be used to put into final products.

For instance, cutting metal into parts and sub assemblies, than exporting that to a country that accepts somaliland imports, than having the importing company take it took be used for something else.

Thats just an example. The point is, you cannot have an economy that only exports agricultural products and minerals, otherwise such country would remain poor.

Manufacturing happens to create tons of jobs that can lift people out of poverty and that learn on the job real skills. Every developed country had its manufacturing heavy stage. Singapore brought in foreign companies by attracting ease of investment, and it developed rapidly. China also brought in manufacturing. Same with Japan. All developed countries go with manufacturing and export as the first order of business.

Beyond that there is R&D and Engineering and Science. There on paper are universities in Somalia, but its not at the stage level of developed country research, but that does not mean that there cant be some innovative R&D.

Beyond that, local entrepreneurship needs to be made possible via making ease of doing business.

And the literacy rate of Somaliland is horrendous, needs to be fixed both with better access to school with good pedagogy, and also with adult education access for working parents schedules as well.

But the particular obstacle here is the limited recognition problem. As of this writing only 1 country so far has recognized Somaliland, although de facto relations with other countries have worked economically, its still a massive hinderance. Just not having an official ISO country code registered in the UN is a massive problem.

And in practice, to travel, Somalilanders need both their Somaliland and Somalia passport, both passports, simply because Somaliland passport in many places are not accepted at all.

It sucks for people living in a country that is not yet fully recognized. And these issues and problems for people living in such places are largely ignored and actively caused by the so called "international community".

Saylac really stood out this 18th May. For a district that people often don’t focus on nationally, the celebrations there got huge attention the crowds, energy, and pride were everywhere online.

What makes it more interesting is that many in the Ciise community have often said they’ve been politically marginalized and not given enough representation by the government. Yet despite that, Saylac still showed strong participation and visible support during the national celebration.

That should be a reminder: communities asking for fair rights and representation are still part of the nation’s success. The government should take that seriously and ensure the Ciise get the political inclusion and recognition they deserve.

As we Somalilanders, should we be building stronger ties with our southern Dir brothers in Somalia politically?

A lot of people focus only on separation, but there are shared clan ties, history, and communities across regions. Southern Dir communities also face political sidelining at times, and I wonder if there’s room for more understanding or cooperation instead of ignoring each other.

Not talking about unionism , just whether there’s any strategic value in Somalilanders showing more support or solidarity with southern Dir communities when it comes to representation and political influence.

I’m genuinely curious about this and not trying to offend anyone or disrespect religion.

Do you guys think Somaliland could ever become more secular in the future while still keeping its Islamic identity and culture?

Like maybe a system where religion is respected socially, but politics/laws become a bit more separated over time especially with younger generations, diaspora influence, education, globalization, tourism, and social media changing perspectives.

Or do you think Somaliland society is too religious/conservative for that to ever realistically happen?

Please Yaan laga xanaaqin kaliya ila wadaag Fikirkaaga caadi iska dhiga landers ♥️

Hi F(21) there's been a question in my head...instead of leaving somalia why don't take over it like in 1993...somaliland was state had police and peace if we somehow had deals whith clans in puntland and central somalia and give them seats in hargesa and give them equality amd we entred moqdishu like c.laahi Yusuf and relocated the capital somalia moqdishu to hargeysa we could been far better and politicaly stronger we wasted a lot of opportunities we could be rulling ones....instead of being isolated we could control whole somalia....think and see what I'm talking about...even if we got independent we are weak small land + small population compared to world...we could never be super power in the region

There was a post about somaliland departing somalis for security reasons and that happened back in 2021 when musse bihhi deported all Rahanweyn in las,anod and I commented " guess what last,aanod is no longer part of somaliland " and that was it they get me banned for that Now I'm curious what makes some ppl security risk for somaliland just because because they're from the sourthen part of Somalia!

Hi, I am taking a Humanities class and have been assigned a country to learn about. I am looking for someone to interview to provide first hand account of Somaliland rather than the "Americanized" version I may get from my research. Please comment if I can ask you a few questions.

Edit: Here are the questions to answer at your leisure. My report does have to include names of the interviewee but you are more than welcome to include a traditional Somalian name as opposed to your actual name.

1. In Somalia how do people greet each other (shake hands, bow, embrace, other). Has the traditional form of greeting been impacted by globalization and if so, how?
   
2. How are children educated in their country? Is there a difference in how males and females are educated or certain minorities? What do you think are the primary goals of education in the country and how (if at all) has this changed in the last 50 years?
   
3. What is the normal dress for men and women? Are there any special traditional items of clothing and when are they worn? Have these changed in recent years?
   
4. What are the major religions? What are the basic beliefs of these religions?
   
5. What are the important holidays? Are there special observances of these holidays? Do you feel the attention to these holidays has changed in any way due to the effects of globalization?
   
6. Where and how do people get married? What is the average marriage age? Is it acceptable not to get married? What is the attitude towards divorce? What changes have occurred in the traditional family structure in your country in your lifetime (or your parents’ and grandparents’ lifetime?)
   
7. What is the national language of the country? Are other languages spoken and how many languages does the typical person know?
   
8. Who are the important national figures in your country (past or present)? They may be in entertainment, art, religion, politics, science etc.
   
9. How do people spend their leisure time? How much influence has western culture (movies, clothing, consumer products, foods…) had on the lifestyle and values of most people?
   
10. What are common misconceptions others may have of Somalia?
    
11. Do you ever feel obligated to dispel those thoughts? If so, how do you approach that?
    
12. How do you feel your country or region of the world has been most impacted by globalization? This may include both negatives and/or positives.
    
13. What do you feel are the key challenges that face your country right now?
    
14. What are the most important things (resources, people, knowledge…) you feel your country or region has to offer to the global community.