hani mohamed

Msc Global Public Health-deggendorf institute of technology..🤸physiotherapists

[Markus Virgil Hoehne @HoehneVirgil]

Today a friend called from northern Somalia. His son, who had actually just married, went on takhrib. He was caught in Libya by “magafe”. Now the father shall pay ransom (sth around 15.000 USD). I have to say: Takhrib is a disaster on so many levels, and much of the bad things about it are known. Why do (young) Somalis still engage in it? Miyaad waalan tihiin?
The problems are: First, the chances that you get seriously hurt along the way or even lose your life are high. Regularly, girls/women get raped and boys/men enslaved for work. How many young Somali women left as gabadh but arrived with a baby (“bila aabe") in Europe? Second, even if you make it across the Mediterranean (and some do not make it, every year ships sink…), in Europe 90 percent of Somalis arriving via takhrib live “wasted lives” at least for some years. My anecdotal evidence from Germany, UK, parts of Scandinavia would indicate: you arrive in Europe today and then you will spend the next five years at least either without proper legal status (with governments actually wanting to deport you) and on social welfare without education or job, or worse (e.g. in Italy, but also elsewhere) as homeless or partly homeless person. Even if you strive, you usually will have a hard time to learn the language; and even if you do, people will continuously racially discriminate you, insult you (your skin-color and your religion).
So, you survive Libya (including likely rape and enslavement) and the sea (including possible near-death experience), only to be slowly subjected to psychological trauma by everyday racism and Islamophobia across Europe. I saw numerous Somalis being damaged by that forever!
In Europe, many younger Somalis (men and women) end up temporarily doing alcohol or drugs, end up in abusive relationships (with other Somalis or non-Somalis). Their certificates from the Horn of Africa are mostly worth nothing. You will be treated like an “analphabet” and “primitive”. At best, you will be a "victim" and people will pity you. Laakin sharaf ma lihid. Whatever your status in Somalia was, in Europe you mostly go straight to the bottom of the respective local society.
If you are lucky you find support (and comfort) among fellow Somalis in your town. But still, your life stagnates. When you contemplated takhrib, your plan most likely was to study, to earn a lot of money, to live a nice (rich) life, right? But sorry, for years, if not decades you most likely will be xamaal iyo adoon oo kale. Insulted, disregarded, laughed at or worse, hunted through the streets by rightwing extremists. And if you get into trouble with the law, you will prove the point in the eyes of many in Europe (calling you “useless Somalis”, “gangster Somalis”, “anarchic Somalis”, “low intelligence Somalis” and what else all the righting clichés would be).
Now, say you are lucky, and after two or three years you learned the language and got some kind of reliable legal status: what kind of job will you likely get? You will work as nurse, assistant nurse, old people’s guardian, watchman, maybe construction worker, painter or taxi driver. So, this means: you risked your life multiple times, you spent your extended family’s money of 15-20.000 USD or more, you endured years of racism and Islamophobia, and then the price is: taxi driver or nurse! The salaries of these jobs are not a basis for getting rich. On top, you will safe and send remittances (which is nice for your family back home, eventually, after much hardship and worries, but it also means: you will live on a shoe string in Europe, mostly, forever).
Hey, why would you not stay in Somalia and make something out of your life? Why would you not learn something valuable in Somali schools or universities or in those institutions in the neighboring countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania…), and become teacher, bacamishtir, dakhtar, nurse, macaalin, or driver or soldier? You could serve your people with pride, you could contribute to your own country and enjoy the respect of your people and your fellow Muslims in the Horn, where the weather and the food are anyway better than in cold Europe where, on top, the food tastes mostly not fresh and is fucking expansive!

This does not mean that no one has to flee: if you are a victim of rape, if you are LGBTQ or an apostate, you have to run. But if you are an ordinary Faarax ama Xaliimo who – as most who go on takhrib – comes from a (lower) middle class background in Somalia, you better use your family's money and your life to do something meaningful in the Horn, instead of wasting everything through migration.
It is really sad, in my eyes, that many (young) Somalis still go on takhrib. Takhrib waa nacasniimo waana khasaare (in more than one way).

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Imagine being a child who wants to run and play like everyone else, but your body puts you in this situation The pain is silent, but Behind every step is courage and hope❤️🥺

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States to officiate at the World Cup, will receive his full tournament fee.

Sources told BBC Sport that even though Artan will take no part in the World Cup, Fifa has committed to paying his salary.

Referees do not know the actual fee they will receive for officiating at the World Cup, which is paid after the tournament is over.

[زايد المنتصر @zayedalmuntaser]

#القعقاع
ينحدر من أسرة فقيرة جدا
مسكين كان ينزل الى اسفل البركان يكتب اسماء بعض الزوار من مقابل مبلغ بسيط جدا يشتري بها احتياجات عائلته

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

[Nahuel Lanzón @nahuelzn]

🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.

[Esther Muthoni Passaris @EstherPassaris]

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34

To Omar Abdulkadir Artan: they did not diminish your achievement; they diminished an opportunity for sport to do what it does best—bring people together.

Sport rises above politics. It is one of the last remaining spaces where merit, discipline, and excellence can transcend borders and differences.

The decision to deny you entry may have kept you out of a country, but it could never diminish your talent, your dignity, or the respect you have earned across Africa and the world.

The thousands who welcomed you home understood something important: greatness is not conferred by a visa. It is earned through character, hard work, and achievement.

They did not lose you. The decision-makers lost an opportunity to demonstrate the values of fairness, inclusion, and unity that inspire the world.

Your achievement remains unquestioned. Your story remains bigger than this moment.
#IStandWithOmar
#WorldCup
https://t.co/OYfY8Q4MA7

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

We are not shocked that after the Somali referee was denied entry into the United States, the next convenient story is now trying to link him to Al Shabaab.

This is the same old script powerful countries use whenever they need to justify humiliation, discrimination, exclusion or violence against people they have already decided to punish.

Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when America needed a war, and Libya was presented as a humanitarian rescue before the bombs fell and the country collapsed into chaos.

Whenever they need public sympathy for a questionable decision, they first manufacture a security cloud using words like terrorist, extremist, threat, militant links and national security concern.

Those labels are designed to make ordinary people stop asking questions, because once someone is branded a security risk, many people assume there must be something hidden.

If there is real evidence against the referee, let them produce it openly and allow the world to examine it instead of hiding behind vague border language.

If there is no evidence, then they should stop using security propaganda to cover a broken, humiliating and discriminatory visa system that treats Africans like suspects.

Africa has watched this movie before, and every time the powerful side needs an excuse, the script somehow ends with fear being manufactured.

[Abdirizak Mohamed MP @AbdirizakOm]

Ex NISA chief discloses what wasn’t intended for public. Is it divine act or outright stupidity on his part in admitting that in 2022 his electoral delegate illegally elected six other seats.He admits corruption is at the core of indirect model,yet he continues to advocate for it

[Dimitri Revolt @reality_revolt_]

Learn to read the signs of scripted events and pre-planned narratives. Everything is coded long before it happens. Watch my series https://t.co/QaU6uVaI93

[Deeqa 🇸🇴 @Deee_luul]

This is Somalia… Trump is a liar ☺️

[Reis @SUPERSOMALI252]

Socotra 🇸🇴

Always

[NASA @NASA]

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.

Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[القرآن @Quranconnect_]

Maa Shaa Allah. A somali kid leading Taraweeh Ramadhan 2026❤️

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

You both can go to hell. And not “hell” in quotes. Like actual hell.

Sincerely,
A Palestinian

[5Pillars @5Pillarsuk]

Somalia’s UN representative, Abukar Osman, gave his Israeli counterpart a history lesson on Monday.

“To come to this place and lecture us on humanity, genocide, human rights, independence and democracy, when we know what you’re doing on a daily basis, is just an insult.”

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🚨🇸🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇳 Somalia to Israel in the UN: "To come to this place and lecture us on humanity, genocide, human rights, independence, and democracy —when we know what you are doing on a daily basis — is just an insult."

[UK in Somalia🇬🇧🇸🇴 @UKinSomalia]

🎓 Today we celebrated Somalia’s brightest at our #Chevening Engagement Event in Mogadishu.

Alongside our valued partners, we welcomed outgoing scholars, returning alumni, and launched the Chevening Alumni Association Somalia.

#GoFarGoTogether

[Dan Getso👨🏾‍🌾 @Adaugetso10]

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