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Allgedo!  Article,  Wednesday,  June 8,  2005


 

Celebrating with Fifteenth Yemeni reunification anniversary   with a divinity fate of a refugee life

 

When the protection, honor, dignity, comfort, and maintenance are threatened, by instability, civil wars, and disintegrations. it will socially and spiritually important for every human being to seek any available alternatives, So as to secure his/her humanitarian needs and seek whenever or wherever a peripatetic journey leads, even if  you refuge your   life in search of protection and life.
 

Although when we talk about any given instability that causes the people emigrate from their own country, it has commonly caused what the immigrating people decided. Because of the events, draw its meaning from its context. That do not need any further explanations but the original identity and reflection of the potential prospects may draw every clear picture, in to the minds of the every experienced person. If, being a refugee is not what does the refugees determine themselves, why we did not get a plausible solutions about why become a refugee? At this field of life and my past fifteen years experience of refugee life, I  Have not spared to lodge the conscience of logistics, which any given person like this situation may face. They may include; a huge personal disorganization from the results of the controversial period, and the previous life in comparing with the newly adopted atmosphere. That would drastically change attitudes that disrupt the functional relations with your self on one hand and the relationships of the society whether refugee of others on the other.
 

The most of my past ten-year's refugee life, I have been changed drastically in my attitudes to a degree that interferes with my performance and inhabited sometimes my emotions. That conflict of rules and the instability to cope with the new roles for former life situations tends strongly to forsake your original rules at home towards the overwhelming balance of the new roles inside the first asylum country. Plunged me emotionally and physically a crisis of disorder that destabilize my state of wellbeing. Some times, you may think that the situation may worse   than in the middle of clan rivalries, and the violent conflicts which while fleeing I have been wishing at least not to see it again.
 

As a student when the civil war had erupted in Mogadishu, I have been thinking how that a war breaks one time without any alarming sound from the sides of conflict. I have personally reserved how and to what extent that a government would surmount for what it is calling the "few rebels and few bandits" ideologically, as it was broadcasting from the government held media.
 

Later than sooner, within 26 the government have met a crashing defeat from the "few bandits" and should the poets would call a victory? Nevertheless,  An everlasting violent conflict had took its way until Somalia had been imposed for a deathly peace. The credulous ideology was overbearingly measuring the results and reassuring its sustainability in the very basis of "few bandits and few rebel elements."

 

The compromise language and the bitter decision of stepping forward whatever it costs had accumulated for me a wide experiences and various decision, which are to be taken at the times of war. in 1991 the world have been awakened by a living skeletons that, the television screens were broadcasting. I was not aware how the interfering forces have given a clear explanation for the justifications of their military interference. Moreover, how they would implement the (mercy mission)? And when they finish how should they withdrawn??? What did the mass starvations reasoned?. They said that the whims of nature were not the primary cause of the disaster, but the hovering and warring factions are the reason behind this disaster. Which they said must be challenged at least.
 

As the end the international community have accomplished its mission and pulled out in March 1995 after realizing that nobody can bring solution outside whatever its degree of goodwill is!!. They have only done and created some challenges in some dominance and maintained balance between the powerful warlords! which as they reasoned again will at least guarantee that   the starvations not to return back. The cat and mouse games have begun again. but, now the new challenged entities. a hypothetical ideologies have reached in its highest peak, after the late warlord Mohamed Farah Aided have been elected as a president by his henchmen. that had increased the prospects of new violent conflicts, chauvinism and etc with the knowledge of the new challenges, that had not only destabilized outside Mogadishu, were, which more than 15 nightmarish presidents were existed But, also inside Mogadishu were more than 3 presidents were existed. The peace badge had been indubitably intruded into a violent conflict however, without a realistic factor does infrequently bring durable solution, hence it took the life of many innocent people in inside Mogadishu and outside Mogadishu, this had begun the highest influx of refugee from Mogadishu.  However, the plausible, rationale, and objectiveness have been escaped by any given warlord, thereafter I have begun to flee and entered in Yemen where I have experienced some very tough moments in my life, I can not  conclude in one article or more.
 

On the other hand, in Yemen, the Somalia community is the biggest community in Yemen, and unfortunately, there is no still a united Somali community, which works the interests of Somali community, that may have some various explanations. First, the Somali people have detested any organizational framework or other affiliate for it was the reason behind the destruction of their country which tribal and political organizations have overthrown the former government without any clear program. Moreover, how it is easy to be targeted the given organizations as a tribal or regional name whatever it works or not the good of the people.
 

Second, when it is heard that a Somali community organization is being formed, every incoherent and incompetent individual is taking his equipment to go there and every other party or tribe would send their incompetent and incoherent person to partake the destruction and opposition of the organization if not seen his ambitions.
 

Third, if a community organization is announced that it will be established, it is a reality that it will disintegrate of the little remaining unity between the Somalis. Also The current turmoil in Somalia has a wide impact on every Somalia immigrant around the world. surprisingly  it will be very hard to cure the patient (Somalia) while it will worsen its situation if he is given the drug!!!!!!!!!
 

Upon returning the title of the article, most of my life in Yemen have been evaluated  for many sides not only my status of being a refugee or the so-called (Prima facie) because of the 'wait and see' phenomena. the remonstration abainst  I have neither seen  nor heard a Somalia refugee which is loudly rejoicing or celebrating with the Yemeni people in this very expensive and beloved day to the most of Yemeni people! the reason is we don’t have as a human being the  rights and obligations to celebrate with others or to celebrate our own! Hence, we could not afford to say something about this prominent incident in 22 may 1990 about the Yemeni reunification day, which is when the Yemeni people have reunified while we Somali people have disintegrated! From only after seven months from that reunification date we have disintegrated in January 1991!
 

Also the celebrations were different between us,   But, as the Yemeni people have been celebrating, like; a huge fireworks (which some of us had begun to flee thinking that another free for all war had begun in the host country). (As every huge sound may resemble to us as the angry artillery fire which is eating every thing)…… we have celebrated silently, blaming each other, if not almost blaming some of us.
 

nevertheless,  I have some times saw  that a militiaman  is invited to participate this  huge celebrations which was manufactured by the  ambitions and the conscience of a great man and a great people. Who had worked hard so as to write their people a history, a Dignity and an honor. In the meantime, the worst thing is when the (so-called Somali representative) have sat amongst the dignitaries, guests of the honorable host country, as a man of national country representative. Which represents the great nations that are led well and to the best? The representing member of Somalia knows well that he represents the Maids, house cleaners, car washers and stateless refugee, which lives the generosity of the host country (Yemen) and the international community. if Actually the conscience was working and the bride of honor is functioning he doesn’t show before building his nation in a celebrations that are protected and cared by others. On the other hand, he meets with the poor and the destitute Somalia community in Sana'a or in Aden; they (Somali representatives) will assertively utter every senseless words. That gives you how the situation in home is exacerbating, under the conspiracy of those ministers turned ruthless warlords.and now we are hearing the news which about the expected visit of the warlord ot the warlords the president of So called TFG that is still rovering around the world begging and collecting armaments in the country that the somalis are most poorest refugee around the world.

 

However I have been witnessing for that time in Yemen a very constructive developments for many sectors, but I have never witnessed any physical and spiritual development in the lives of the Yemeni society, which most of them resembles to our tribal and nomadic society.
 

That had reminded me how the situation is still very complex, and after those many years. How, our fellow Yemenis are on their beginning way to a very complete and extensive self-development. Because of their intelligentsia towards handling day-to-day experiences were very admonishingly in wrong and class based ways of things that needs for the deep and strong development of the educational sector which is the most important sector that can change the culture of primitive society to a modern society.
 

Eventually being a refugee is something, which happens without some one's knowledge and admiration, but develops many areas like a poor past and a critical present, which both makes the future of any civilization around the world. Therefore, If I am asked how the refugee life looks like or is? It will very hard for me to get the real answer, while the refugee life has more than one answer. Moreover, giving the answer, which you prefer, could not get the chance to come out! Because of it’s a life that will offer you to get into a seemingly endless nightmare, from traumatic past, precarious present fate and dimly lighted future, until it becomes open-ended that only god knows where its solution would be generated.
 

Sadat Mohamed Yusuf Geesh
 

Sadat Mohamed Yusuf Geesh
drgeesh@hotmail.com



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