Coming to Mogadishu with a national Airline company which
belongs to Somalia, I don’t think you can better than that. We first circled
around Mogadishu, looking at beautiful waves hitting the white Sandy beaches of
Xaamar Cadde.
The first thing that hits you when you land is the beautiful
backdrop of a blue ocean sited right next to Aden Abdullah Airport. This is a
beautiful city and a beautiful Country. I landed at Aden Abdullah International
Airport at 13.35pm, from go, my head was asking itself, Why cannot I live here?
When you step outside Aden Abdullah Airport, the first thing
you realise is the amount of AK-47s people have. But these people are not
warlords, they have been tasked to lookout for trouble-makers and any
Terrorists looking to de-stabilise Mogadishu. I was told by my father, who
picked me up, that this is nothing compared to last year where everybody
somehow carried an assault rifle. If this is nothing, then I wouldn’t want to
image last year.
As me and my father, who by the way picked me up from Aden
Abdullah wearing Ray bans, where heading back to our house, I heard a bang and
looked back thinking who bumped into our car. I realised quickly this bang was
not a car accident but a bullet to the sky by the police telling us to move out
of the way because they had to deal with an Emergency. “Welcome to Mogadishu”
my father stated.
Mogadishu has been ravaged by a Deadly Civil war and an
Ideology war for 20 years. People have been scarred. When you talk to a local
Xamaari’s, (Another word for Mogadishu’s Native People), you can see something
is not quite right. Frustration, Anger, War, just to name a few, but they all
had a smile. These people deserve an award for bravery and a Humanitarian award
for living through a brutal war.
This is my land, these are my people. I cannot but try to
find a way into which I can help them. I went to visit my Extended family in
which I haven’t seen for 2 Decades. It really touched me. I sensed, just by
looking into their eyes, my people are hurting. But then again, when they saw
me, they glimpsed hope because the Diaspora is coming back. Signs of good times
on its way.
I love Mogadishu and can only pray that Allah makes my
people from now onwards, enjoy their life without fearing somebody will shoot
them or injure them. The clan based war
has stopped. You can now walk around without worrying if people are going to
ask you “What is your tribe”.
I also want to say Somalis reading this, Come back, COME
BACK. Let’s take back Mogadishu back like Egypt or Libya, Tunisia and even
Syria, who are trying to take back their countries.
From the Bottom of my Heart, Please come back because this
is a beautiful country to Waste and this is our LAND.
Deeq – PPG - Editor
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