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Wadankiina waxaas ayaan ku nacay. Waxay ku haystaan taajir kala cadaadey. Albaabadada xidho oo cidna ha oo bixin. Xita hadaad wax siisid cay ba kugu darayan.Marka anigo waxaan kugula talin lahaa waalidka uun wax si.
NEVER give anyone anything that is is not a necessity e.g. medicines etc... You might think that you doing them favours by gifting gifts of luxury goods but you are only contributing to one of the many problems that inflicts the folks in the Horn which is the over reliance and dependency on others.Salaam snetters.......I'm heading to Somalia later this year ,inshallah, after a long absence and I'm very excited.
However, there is an issue that's causing me a little anxiety and it revolves around gift/presenting giving.
Before you start slagging me off for being such a scrooge hear me out first.
Every society on Earth loves receiving gifts, none more so than Somalis, but the amount of folks expecting can be overwhelming.
As soon as news of your arrival spreads hordes of relatives, close and not so close, turn up expecting the skinny version of Santa.
In the past I've always gone via Dubai to have a little holiday before arriving in Somalia and to buy gifts in bulk.
I would by around 20 cheap macawiis, shirts, shawls hats, perfumes and creams and dole them out to mainly uncles and close relatives. I would also splash around $100 to others to buy khaat.
Fast forward to 2019 and around 30 kids have become adults and these mfs are requesting tablets, i phones, laptops....one asked for university level textbooks at £80+ a pop.....the days of happily receiving a shirt and a bunch of khaat is gone.
My question to you fam is how do you negotiate this sensitive issue......PS badiye folks are usually very humble and happy to get anything.
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