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Reply 180

Haha yeh I get what you mean. But an Arab is technically one who speaks Arabic, no?

So therefore if Somalia is a country where one of the common languages is Arabic, or Somaliland, then they therefore would and should be considered as Arabs.

I mean you can be considered African and be an Arab at the same time.

Or am I just confusing myself? Well that's my personal belief anyway and I know alot of other Arabs think the same too.

Reply 181

style

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now im just confused!
but an arab is also someones whos perants/ancestors is an arab ? so say if someones egyption but cant speak arabic doesnt that still make them arabs?

Reply 182

Faiza.

Nah I mean like if the country that the person is from is a place where Arabic is predominantly spoken, then they're Arabs. Just speaking Arabic doesn't make one an Arab, as anyone can learn Arabic.

I think it's more a case of the actual country speaking Arabic and not the person [and course where the person's parents and ancestors are from]. If I'm not mistaken, Arabic is widely spoken in Somalia [not sure about Somaliland], thus people from there are considered as Arabs.

I don't think I make much sense lol :p:

Reply 183

mizfissy815

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Most Somalis if not all have some sort of Arab ancestors...T'is how Islam came to Somalia in the first place. Nevertheless, it's been a member of the Arab League since the 70s and technically seen as an 'Afro-Arab' state.

Arabic is one of the official languages of Somalia and even in terms of culture there's a lot of things that migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to Somalia...particularly Yemen.

There's no difference between Somalia and Somaliland.

Reply 184

Faiza.

mizfissy815

Most Somalis if not all have some sort of Arab ancestors...T'is how Islam came to Somalia in the first place. Nevertheless, it's been a member of the Arab League since the 70s and technically seen as an 'Afro-Arab' state.

Arabic is one of the official languages of Somalia and even in terms of culture there's a lot of things that migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to Somalia...particularly Yemen.

There's no difference between Somalia and Somaliland.

Yeh I thought so. Some of my ancestors migrated from Yemen to Somalia. And then migrated to Saudi.

Oh. I thought Somaliland was different to Somalia or am I mistaken?

Reply 185

mizfissy815

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Faiza.

Yeh I thought so. Some of my ancestors migrated from Yemen to Somalia. And then migrated to Saudi.

Oh. I thought Somaliland was different to Somalia or am I mistaken?

Somaliland is basically the northern bit what is considered Somalia that in the last few years managed to remain pretty stable (compared to the rest of the country). From what I understand they've formed their own government to deal with their issues and have asked recognition from the rest of the world to form their own state (Somaliland) but haven't succeeded.

In terms of language, culture, religion, ethnicity etc...it's no different to the rest of Somalia.

Reply 186

Faiza.

mizfissy815

Somaliland is basically the northern bit what is considered Somalia that in the last few years managed to remain pretty stable (compared to the rest of the country). From what I understand they've formed their own government to deal with their issues and have asked recognition from the rest of the world to form their own state (Somaliland) but haven't succeeded.

In terms of language, culture, religion, ethnicity etc...it's no different to the rest of Somalia.

Oh okay lol. I have this friend that's from Somaliland. And I find it weird that when I asked her if she's Somalian, she's like 'nah I'm not. I'm a malilander'

So I thought they were different in their ways.

Reply 187

e-lover

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Came back from 2 weeks in Dubai and Arab women are h-h-h-ot!! :biggrin:

Officially beat Indian women on my list :coma:

God bless lol

Reply 188

Rozzo89

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i'm half english and half Iraqi

Reply 189

Faiza.

Rozzo89

i'm half english and half Iraqi

MashAllah nice mix. One of my friends is exactly that, but she looks mostly white.

Reply 190

Rozzo89

12

Nah, i looks kinda arabic....facebook me..pm i'll give u my name

Reply 191

Faiza.

Rozzo89

Nah, i looks kinda arabic....facebook me..pm i'll give u my name

Unfortunately I don't have facebook. Who's Iraqi, your mum or your dad?

Reply 192

Rozzo89

12

My dad..i have msn...pm if u want it..or i cud jus show u a pic lol

Reply 193

Faiza.

Rozzo89

My dad..i have msn...pm if u want it..or i cud jus show u a pic lol

Cool. So are you Muslim?

I don't mind. You can show me a pic or not. Upto you.

Reply 194

Rozzo89

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check ur inbox

Reply 195

Rouz

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Faiza.

MashAllah nice mix. One of my friends is exactly that, but she looks mostly white.

I think quite a lot of arabics look whitish

Reply 196

Faiza.

Rouz

I think quite a lot of arabics look whitish

True alot of Arabs are very light, but I find the lightest of the Arabs are the Iraqis.

But, nearly all other Arab races tend to have variations from fair to very dark.

Reply 197

Rozzo89

12

This is wierd, i'm hlaf Iraqi and hlaf english, and my dad, mum and sister are all lighter than me. I'm olive colour but not white at all. odd...ppl confuse me for being greek or sumthing

Reply 198

Faiza.

Rozzo89

This is wierd, i'm hlaf Iraqi and hlaf english, and my dad, mum and sister are all lighter than me. I'm olive colour but not white at all. odd...ppl confuse me for being greek or sumthing

Lol. Well take pride in being the different one :p:

To be honest, I'd rather not be white or that fair. I prefer my colour because it's sorta tanned/light brown.

Olive skin is nice though :yy:

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Reply 199

Rouz

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Faiza.

True alot of Arabs are very light, but I find the lightest of the Arabs are the Iraqis.

But, nearly all other Arab races tend to have variations from fair to very dark.

Mmm yeah, i think i look green sometimes :smile:

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