Are ethnically diverse societies a source of instability?!

Are ethnically diverse societies a source of instability? Or would their alternative, “mono-ethnic” societies, be even more unstable? Ultimately, won’t people always find ways to discriminate against one another?

Yes, The people will find ways to discriminate against one another look at Somalia generally and Somaliland particularly, Why they were fighting in Dharkayn Geenyo yesterday? Why they are fighting Eel -Afweyn today? Why do they want to fight tomorrow Lughaya area?

Is it the tribal diversity?! , in Mogadishu  or Hargeisa ,Borama or Baladweyn  , Kismayo or Burao , Djabouti or Jijiga , Wajeer or Gabiley , Baydhabo or Buhoodle , Bosaso or Berbera , Garowe or Sayla , Jawhar or Jamame ,  Galkayo or Togwajale…….. We are a society that fears diversity And we became a lethal poison to each other because if you attempt to kill our diversity indefinitely at some point you must kill your brother and sister.. ……….

Peace on you, and peace on us

Peace to you, and peace to us,

Peace to those who respond to the offer of peace

And even to those who don’t

Peace,

On the name of God, peace

The eternal refuge, the God of the faithful

Peace in which we grew up

Peace kneaded with the ground of this country

A peace we no longer dwell in

Peace that no longer dwells within us

The peace that we observe,

As it packs its luggage to leave our lands, slowly, and gradually

To be replaced by submission and surrender,

And Islamization devoid of Islam

As if the Islam of our ancestors doesn’t concern it.

Do you know why peace leaves us?

Do you know why we are engulfed by darkness?

Simply, because we are a fearful society

We are a society that fears diversity

My words, might not please some of you,

Or most of you

Or, all of you

I know!

But I will say it

Because I refuse to be like a sheep

We are a society that refuses to admit

We nest in backwardness

We are a society that screams with all insolence

Claiming to carry a different thought

We are a society that indulges in arrogance, in a vacuum

And claims to be a cultured

Woe to me, what a disgust!

We embrace diversity only as a mask

The difference of colors harms us

The difference of forms harms us

The difference of thoughts harms us

The difference of religion harms us

Even the difference of gender harms us

Thus, we attempt to kill our diversity

And we became a lethal poison to each other

We are a society sillier than the fool

Yes, we are a society sillier than the fool

We dispute over trivialities, exaggerations, and superstitions

We consistently refuse to dive into the deep

And I don’t absolve anyone

Neither civilians nor politicians

Or anyone who is calm in the dull quietness

Neither the one who claims we are holy

Nor the one who blindly follows the West

Or those who want to recreate the glories of the caliphate, and slavery

And to the amputation of legs over differences

Let us today, try to dive inside ourselves,

Inside our deepness

Let us try to embrace our souls

Let us try to embrace our diversity inside our souls

Here I am,

In front of you

With my color,

With my hair,

And my poems,

And with my whimsical thoughts

I am not afraid of you

I am not afraid of your differences over me

Because I am of you

And you are of me

Let’s create art

Let’s dive into the dreams

To build a culture immune of ridicule

To instill sophistication in ourselves,

In its superior state

Let’s dissolve traditions, races, specters, thoughts, colors, and religions

So we do not see, except a human.

 ~ Tunisian Poet The Great Anis Chouchene ~

Long live international Solidarity

Secretariat of the Central Committee 

Somaliland Communist Party