The death of Somali Identity (By: Nasra Dahir Mohamed)

Just after the collapse of Republic of Somali all Somali people suffer a single disease which is losing their own identity, that is why you will see a Somali person searching another passport because he/she ย believe that to be a Somali person is not appropriate, since Somali is labeled by terrorism, piracy all bad altitude.

The worst thing is Somalization which is one of the latest words added by English language, meaning of Somalization is destruction state or states under violence, such as Syrian Somalization, Yemen Somalization, and this is the worst description about a human being to define as violence society.

There are states that have longer conflicts then Somali such as Palestine since 1948, meanwhile India and Pakistan there is constant war among them but there is no single word that defines them as violence nations: why Somali people just suffering under these circumstances for the last 25 years only? The curse that happen the Somali society is equal whether the South or the north because they share same identity โ€œSomaliโ€ if being Somali is by birth then whether you accepted or rejected you are what you were born, but if being Somali is something adopted then you can remove it for your identity; here is the question can a person erase his/her identity, a tree canโ€™t hate his root, we are Somali people and itโ€™s our duty to being back our identity and to feel full of pride being a Somali person.

Losing identity is not easy thing it would cause losing the whole nation, if you donโ€™t know who you are? Why are you a Somali person? What is the purpose of life? The answers of these questions are what makes a human to feel like being valuable human to this globe, besides its clear for a Muslim person the purpose of a life โ€œ to worship ALLAH , the creator of all along โ€œ, who you are ? you are a Somali person the braves of the horn of Africa, you are from nation that was ones in history one of the most powerful nations in Africa, Somali person is the owner of the second longest coastline in Africa, feel proud that ALLAH has chosen you to be this wonderful ethic group, the people that being good for their guests, the people that being good for war, the people that being good for peace, good in every dimension of life.

Of course loosing identity is worst thing that can a human phase; this was cause by long civil wars that happen in this country, and low level of quality education.