Beautiful people from beautiful lands, many don't know that. Habesha ladies have an exceptional beauty.
I actually consider them one people because they really are. They are some of the genuinely nicest people you'll ever meet.
Yep, exactly. Sadat is the prime example and what a man he was.
Habesha women have similar facial features to Arabians and Arab women (IMO) and the same beautiful and large famous eyes.
An example:
And interestingly enough, around 40-50% of their DNA is ancient Arabian/Caucasian DNA which explains why they look so different from all other Africans in terms of facial features and even skin color often. Obviously this is mostly limited to Highlanders and Southern Semitic speakers in Horn of Africa.
Another example is the late Emperor Haile Selassie.
He had this majestic/noble/dignified look that many Arabians/Arabs have (facial features) and which you can see in old portraits of Arab rulers, tribal elders etc.
Give him a keffiyeh and some lightening cream, and you would not look at him as a foreigner until he opened his mouth.
Seen this with Horners (Somalis included) many times and until I knew the historical/ancestral facts, I was always a bit baffled. You know, just like when seeing Southern Europeans, in particular people from Southern Spain, Malta, Sicily and Cyprus. Same story like with Horn Africa. There was this facial familiarity straight away that naturally is not there with say the Congolese or Mongolians.
Basically if the Arab world wants to gain an foothold in Africa and increase cooperation and trade ties, Horn of Africa would be the natural ally here. Along with Sahel nations and Swahili coastline (Eastern Africa). Ample potential really. In particular given the demographic and economic rise of those African nations. They might not be heavyweights today, but there is potential and that is undeniable. Arab leaders should not miss this opportunity. Chinese are already present and given the increasing ties between the Arab world and China, it would be foolish to waste this opportunity.
Yes, they really are. I have heard from many travelers to Egypt from KSA and other Arab countries, that Nubians of Southern Egypt were really, really hospitable and friendly. They are probably your equivalent to our Bedouins in this regard. It's always a bit overwhelming.
Yes, the divides between Ethiopians, Eritreans, Somalis etc. are senseless but it's not like Arabs cannot say the same thing sadly.
We are worse, unfortunately.
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From what I understand this anti-Arab Somalian is from Mogadishu (Southern Somalia and not far from as south as Kenya) while Arab countries and Arabs, traditionally, had the closest ties to Northern and central Somalia, although there was presence in Southern Somalia too but less so in comparison. Northern Somalia is basically Somaliland.
Some say Somaliland extends all the way to the Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean in a straight line. It's called Puntland and is basically the same as Somaliland from what I understand. An extension in other words just with a different name.
I think that there is a rivalry between those regions (Somaliland and Puntland and remaining Somalia) otherwise those de facto independent areas of Somalia would not have emerged without this rivalry.
In other news:
Saudi Arabian National Campaign for the Relief of Somali People opened an advanced dialysis center in Mogadishu this summer
Aid:
Digging wells all over Somalia and distributing iftar meals during Ramadan last year to 45.000 families.
Rebuilding a hospital in Bardera in the Gedo region, Southern Somalia.
UAE doing a look of similar projects and Arabs have an ancient and deep foothold in Somalia, Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa (second to none in terms of foreigners) and obviously there is little chance of this changing anytime soon. Thus this decision by UAE and presence is understandable and a continuation of old practices.
) and Southern Semitic speakers of Eritrea and the beautiful highlands of Ethiopia and the Rashaida of Eritrea and Sudan. As well as Northern Sudanese.
