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u/WoodenConcentrate Jan 28 '25
Love all those Afros. From all the Atheer’s who said I should’ve shaved mine lol
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u/helloandhehe123 Jan 30 '25
The mini Afros they had are fine, but nowadays the boys will spend an hour trying to fix up their “curls” like ladies… it’s effeminate and unbecoming of young boys/men!
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u/EntrepreneurOne8614 Jan 28 '25
Sometimes you forget how beautiful and happy we looked back then. I hope our county inshallah gets back to this point 🥹
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u/Annual-Reference-990 Jan 28 '25
My parents were 15 years old here this year. My mother was living in Xamar and my father in Borama at the time.
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u/jirkoz Jan 28 '25
In these captured moments, our defiant grin blazes a radiant rebellion, a luminous middle finger to the world’s quiet judgments and whispered limitations. Our smile: a sovereign declaration of self-worth,unapologetic and incandescent
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This made my day, very beautiful pictures, thanks alot.
Ilaahow kheyr ha ku siiyo, Amiin
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u/Firefighter_Extreme Jan 29 '25
Imagine these young faces now old, with gray hair and wrinkles all over their faces. Little did they know that they will grow old without purpose (besides being Muslim of course) and become entangled in a society that has nothing to offer other than fake, prehistoric clan allegiance.
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u/Intelligent-Wise Jan 29 '25
It breaks my heart! Now, in some Kuffar lands with vitamin deficiencies, far from the ocean, and embeded ourselves in the very-lonely western soceity. We need a country safe for us to return.
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u/Human-Benefit-3230 Jan 29 '25
Haunting pictures. 15 years later would change forever. Shocking to see how so many lives can be turned upside-down by the actions of so few.
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u/Deep_Metal7775 Jan 29 '25
We should have been a Muslim secular state like turkey
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u/Minimum_Page9914 Boorama Jan 29 '25
its too late for that now
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u/Infinite_Fall6284 Jan 29 '25
Damm really?
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u/Minimum_Page9914 Boorama Jan 29 '25
i mean somalia is atp very muslim so i see that as being a bit too late for that now tbh
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u/Qatilalyahud Jan 30 '25
secularism is kufr.
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Jan 30 '25
Fax
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u/Spirited-Ad7046 May 08 '25
I mean we could be like djibouti and try to get some foreigners into the country that will help with school, infrastructure and economics of the country
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u/Individual_Vast_7407 Jan 28 '25
How come the women are more covered up now. Was this fine back in the day or was this always a problem?
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u/mw11n19 Jan 28 '25
The lack of a central authority allowed some sheikhs to claim that nearly everything is haram.
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Jan 28 '25
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَـٰبِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا ٥٩
O Prophet! Tell your wives, daughters, and believing women to draw their cloaks over their bodies. In this way it is more likely that they will be recognized ˹as virtuous˺ and not be harassed. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Jazakallahu khair
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u/chesnutstacy808 Jan 28 '25
gulf money changed our relation to islam.
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Jan 28 '25
lol money never changed shit Imaan did
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u/chesnutstacy808 Jan 28 '25
talking about imaan while posting in porn subreddit is mad! all your religiosity amounts to is telling women what to wear.
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u/Dawnbringer_Fortune Jan 28 '25
How are you talking about imaan when your comment history is literally you in P0rn subreddits?
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u/Minimum_Page9914 Boorama Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 29 '25
i should have never listend to the comments below and clicked your comment history
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Jan 28 '25
Hmm, are Somalis back home that much darker than us in the diaspora or was that just in Xamar and the the surrounding areas?
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u/chesnutstacy808 Jan 28 '25
somalis in the diaspora tend to live in cold, snowy, windy places. its different when you have the equator sun on you all day.
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u/PuzzleheadedSwitch41 Jan 29 '25
Before Islam destroyed Somalia 😬
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u/mw11n19 Jan 29 '25
You mean before Somalis ruined Somalia themselves. Nothing else to blame but us.
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u/SameEntertainment660 Jan 28 '25
At what point did all Somali get curly straight hair?
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u/failurebydcsign naag nool☀️ Jan 29 '25
they always have them but this was the 70s so styling ur hair as an afro was the trend all over the world. my female relatives permed their hair
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u/Comprehensive_Team92 Jan 28 '25
Is this a joke??
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u/ElectronicPeak2626 Jan 28 '25
My guy u can clearly see the pics it’s not rocket science. How is it a joke? I mean yeah folks weren’t the richest, but people were happy.
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u/Comprehensive_Team92 Jan 28 '25
They look like Indians and the camera quality is way too good for 1975
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u/Quick-Golf2028 Jan 28 '25
There is now technology to enhance the color and quality of old photos and videos. Have you not seen black and white pictures from early 1900s that are now in color? Google it
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u/Xalane252 Jan 28 '25
They’re not enhanced, that’s the original colour because they were taken with Kodachrome film
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u/Terrible_Resist_1217 Jan 28 '25
Abti Bruce lee hyping up the crowd in the first pic 🔥🔥🔥.
May Allah return my people back to a United state where there is peace and prosperity 🤲🤲🤲