Amazing Somali Pen Pal!

Ever since I've found out about Somalia's situation from K'naan, I've been interested in it. He talks about a nation of proud, peaceful poets that he knew as a child, and how it all flipped with horrible murder, rape, war, etc. out of nowhere and had to flee the country.  For a better idea, you can stream both of his albums on myspace. Because I can't trust our media, I decided to find a pen pal.  I became K'naan's myspace friend and found this gorgeous girl that was also on his friends list.  Here's our first letters:

"How are things in Somalia these days?  Is there peace in the air...or maybe coming soon?

What is life like for you?  What do you do for work?  Fun?  Thanks for accepting my friend request.  You are very beautiful!

Blessings,

Jeremy"

"well your welcome, and your good looking yourself and am not just saying that lol.

well life in Somalia is not so bad depending on where you are or how much money you got. Most places in Somalia is very hard to live in most cases.  Really i don't know where to start but i will tell you about little of my past and little of what i know now. there is starvation, killings/rape and many other tragedies. For you to know or to even imagine i would maybe tell you to maybe fallow the Somali news and look for photos there.  Now i am Somalian but have not been there for the past 11 years.  my family left there when i was a child cause of the war broke out.  my family were some what rich at that moment cause of my dad had a good job and my mom was a stay home mom. when the war broke out my family went to Ethiopia where my father was arrested cause of him being in the Somali military (Somalia and Ethiopia are not the best neighbors) he was gone for i think about 4 years and then was back with us in a little city called sagag. my family lived there for about 7 years out of my uncles home (that's where we were stayiing at because our houses got shot up and we couldn't even go back there because it was too dangerous.  So me and my brother were come out and we herd several of gun shot and before we even tried to turn bak there came this man that was running and carrying another man was bleeding and for me that was the worst i ever seen with my eyes but i have other experiences of this nature.  Now at this moment me and 5 of my siblings are on our way to the u.s.  my father and younger brothers and sister are still there and its very hard because i dont know if and when one or all of my family members are going to get killed hurt.  i have lost uncles, aunts, cousings and many other people like my neighbor just 8 months ago my cousin was shot 8 times and stabbed many times while he was praying at one of the mosques by the Ethiopian troops that were there at the moment and a week later my dad and my brother got shot at while they were getting food and blankets from our house.

that's just a little touch up on my country and one things that happened to me.  Now Somalia has a new president that was liked at first but now many people are second guessing themselves.  The one before him was actually thrown out office and is not allowed to go to most of the other African countries because this guy is crazy i mean he worse then Bush now imagine that.  there was a little fighting going on last time i talk to my father but he said it was better.  i am actually going to call me father after i stop writing you and see how things are.  I have plans to go back there sometime this year.

i hope this does not bored you but answered our questions.  Feel free to ask whatever you like and i would be more then happy to answer.

Peace be with you!"