Somali Culture

Somalia is a great country with a very beautiful and friendly people in a strategic location in the Horn of Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the east, Ethiopia in the west, Kenya in the southwest and Djibouti in the northeast. The flag of Somalia (a light blue field with a central white star) represents the five regions of Somalia in the Horn of Africa. Somalia has a long coastline of more than 3,300 kilometers – being one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in the Somalia’s territorial waters and two main rivers, the Shebelle and the Juba. There is plenty of river fish in the Shebelle and Juba rivers – there is plenty of seafood in the Somalia’s territorial waters of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
The Somali language is a beautiful language with a rich literature and spoken in Somalia, the Diaspora and the Somali regions of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The Somali language is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The Somali language (Latin alphabet) was officially written in 1972 and the Somali language became the official language of Somalia. The Somali literature, history, culture and traditional rules were passed down through generations by oral tradition. Traditionally, Somalis is a kind and generous people – Hawala money transfers is a lifeline for many people in Somalia - Somalia receives more cash from the Diaspora than from the humanitarian aid to Somalia. Somalis give a warmly welcome to the guests and all
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was one of the leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts before he was elected as a president for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) by the parliament in 2009. Ethiopia troops, an old enemy of Somalia invaded many parts of the south and central of Somalia after the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) made jihad threat against Ethiopia. There were two major wars (1964 war and 1977 - 1978 war) between Somalia and Ethiopia. In 1977, the whole Somali region in Ethiopia was captured by the Somali forces, but in 1978, the Somali forces were defeated by the Soviet Union and Cuban forces during the Cold-war era – the situation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Many Al-shabab Islamist group, including Al-shabab commanders were killed in U.S. air strikes in Somalia since the Al-Qaeda linked group Al-shabab was founded. The United States