Somaliland is ours, for all of us

Ibrahim Mead Political analyst
Ottawa, Canada

Allah told us about the ownership of the earth. He said: “the earth belongs to Him. It is His to give heritage to such of His servants as He pleasth, and the end is (best) for the righteous"(Al aeraf)

Of His mercy, the Lord bestowed Somaliland to Somalilanders; therefore, it belongs to them, their good and their bad. ‘Somaliland is yours, all of you brothers and sisters’
To prosper and breathe, the bad must be contained. They may never be unleashed, otherwise rehabilitated! The good are the many, but the silent many, probably the uninformed many. The bad are few but they outmaneuver the many in such satanic situations as Somaliland was for a long good years under the Remnants, who were boundless! They were [now in the past tense!] shameless, never cared! They transgressed all bounds! They were people of belly and brocket! They worked for their personal profit. They didn’t see beyond that! The ended in disarray and disorder like George Orwell’s animal farm! But that is over now! What is not over however is to ask certain top people some questions! What did they do with the public treasury? I think that is fair question relatively speaking.

They diminished, we advanced, and the people did the job, and not dodged! The opposition leaders walked the walk, the people did the extra mile and showed real resilience. The opposition leaders and the people were forceful to salvage Somaliland from the hands of the demons of evil, of destruction, of division and demotion. They were the defeated establishment of Mr. Riyale and crowd! But that is not the question now! It is time of unity and restoration and salvation
Moreover, we are one people in one country and the page must be turned. We must reach each others hands and heart, thus move for ward. We must not look back
Somaliland is a story of struggle and survival
Somaliland is the story of ‘lost and found’
Somaliland is a story of resilience and resistance!
Somaliland is a story of martyrdom, sacrifice and victory!
Somaliland is a story of forgiveness and coexistence!
Somaliland is a story of ‘live-and-let live’!
Somaliland is a story of a people who never looked back, as they are moving ahead, minding their business!
Somaliland is also the story of "Faiten [the fool] and the camel caravan"!
Somaliland is a story of luck and lack of leadership!
Somaliland is the story of the ‘lost fool who when found, wondered why people are so happy, for he will soon be lost again?!’
Somaliland is a story of a people in a –marry-go round!
Somaliland is a story of hope and great expectation!
Somaliland is a sanctuary of peace and stability in a war ravaged horn of Africa
People learn of their experience. They also learn from the experience of others. The experience of1960 in which Somaliland signed away it’s independence from Britain in four days was supposed to be learned from it. Making an crew with no knowledge and experience a government is never to happen again. It must be learned from this shame! And I think the people proofed that they learned, to day! What a day is to day for the contemporary history of the second Republic of Somaliland!

However it is not time for retribution, it is time for reaching each other by hand and heart and rebuild our country In “Goos” effort. This newly elected president can not do much if we in the collective sense don’t help him do his job and if we each of us don’t do our bit. Together we will be strong. Unite we stand .Divided we fall
[1“Goos” is a word used in western regions of Somaliland
It means –collective effort.]

However peace, brotherhood and prosperity –in God’s grace “Inshaa allah”