Somalia Quotes - Page 2

• I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.

  Hawa Abdi

  Government, Tangible, Helping

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• The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

  Hawa Abdi

  Self, Long, Term

  "The doctor undaunted by Somalia's insurgents" by Laila Ali, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2011.

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• We certainly would be happy for more help, but not at the price of condescension and arrogance. If the Europeans believe they can afford to be less committed in Somalia, please - we can deal with it ourselves.

  Yoweri Museveni

  Believe, Arrogance, Condescension And

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• You know what? I knew that my God was bigger than his [about Muslims in Somalia]. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.

  William G. Boykin

  Real, Idols, Bigger

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• It is the very survival of the streets that makes children pick up guns in Somalia, not some older, wide-eyed rebel leader. My intimate experiences during these years are something which I have shared with people through my music but am very careful about how they are addressed.

  K'naan

  Children, Gun, Years

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.

  Jan Egeland

  Receiving, Resources, Accommodate

  IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

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• Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.

  Waris Dirie

  Problem, Knows

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• In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.

  Waris Dirie

  Country, One Day, Currents

  Interview with Ryan Kohls, whatiwannaknow.com. January 27, 2012.

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• Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one country after another, like Somalia and Ethiopia, or in one-party states like the Soviet Union and China.

  Amartya Sen

  Country, Military, Party

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 29, 2011.

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• I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.

  Jan Egeland

  Thinking, Political, Peaceful

  IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

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• Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

  Nuruddin Farah

  Arrogance, Receiving, Guests

  Nuruddin Farah (2015). “Hiding in Plain Sight”, p.18, Oneworld Publications

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• A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Home, Army, America

  "Debate over using drones to monitor American cities". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. May 14, 2012.

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• I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Country, Broken, Daydreaming

  "Ayaan Hirsi Ali: 'Why are Muslims so hypersensitive?'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2010.

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• I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down' was still taking place. The Americans were still pinned down under fire. And everybody else was basically going the other way, and I was the only one putting my hand up for a flight in.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Thinking, Fire, Hands

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• I could have sworn that they were originally Americans who maybe fled. Maybe they were illegal immigrants or something who got here, come here with an entitlement mentality, didn't like it, fled the scene because Republicans drove them out of the country in the last election, so they went over to Somalia and started pirating things. Because they have the attitude of entitlement just like a lot of American citizens do.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Attitude, Citizens

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• While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith (apostates) or have same-sex relationships. Sharia methods of execution, such as stoning, are particularly brutal and cruel - witness the stoning to death this week in Somalia of a 20-year-old woman divorcee who was accused of adultery. This is the fourth stoning of an adulterer in Somalia in the last year.

  Peter Tatchell

  Sex, Years, Law

  "Just say no to sharia law" by Peter Tatchell, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2009.

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• I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

  Iman Abdulmajid

  Bored, Creative, Would Be

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.

  Tony Blair

  Strong, Thinking, Roots

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Father, Grateful, School

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• In our Revolution we believe that we have broken the chain of a consumer economy based on imports, and we are free to decide our destiny . And in order to realize the interests of the Somali people, their achievement of a better life, the full development of their potentialities and the fulfilment of their aspirations, we solemnly declare Somalia to be a Socialist State.

  Siad Barre

  Believe, Destiny, Order

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• Freelancing in Somalia during their civil war and in Kuwait right after the first Bush War, I had some rather intense experiences that made life in the U.S. seem rather shallow and superfluous.

  Peter Menzel

  War, Kuwait, Firsts

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• We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

  Hawa Abdi

  Community, Leader, Trying

  "Hawa Abdi" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. I got to fully experience and appreciate both the tragedy of Somalia and the beauty of it.

  K'naan

  Beautiful, War, Hard Times

  "K’naan: Straight Outta Mogadishu". Interview with Eamon Kircher-Allen, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2009.

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• For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

  William Hague

  Matter, Security, Stable

  "William Hague begins Somalia visit". www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2012.

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• As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where he went to nursery school. His family left there in the midsixties and moved to the Congo. After that, it was Ethiopia, and then Somalia, all fine places in his opinion. 'Let's save Africa and the Middle East for when I decide to quit living,' I said.

  David Sedaris

  Running, School, Middle East

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