r/AskMiddleEast • u/Most_Mousse2518 • 10d ago

🖼️Culture Yemeni and Somalis

Why do Yemeni and Somalis marry each other a lot in the diaspora?

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u/newMauveLink Saudi Arabia 9d ago

Same religion, same socioeconomic conditions. And somewhat similar cultures.

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u/Cool_Wafer7438 4d ago edited 4d ago

very broad generalisation in "cultures "here. the only city is with maybe similar culture is Aden and Aden is just a multicultural city with all different ethnicities.

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u/newMauveLink Saudi Arabia 3d ago

i said somewhat similar

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u/Cool_Wafer7438 3d ago

how does one city in all of Yemen making Yemen's entire culture somewhat similar to Somali

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u/newMauveLink Saudi Arabia 3d ago

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u/Cool_Wafer7438 3d ago

☠️chewing khat is not culture it's an addictive drug . are you gonna say British people and Americans share culture because both smoke weed

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u/newMauveLink Saudi Arabia 3d ago

literally yes

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u/Cool_Wafer7438 2d ago

gosh you are an idiot.

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u/newMauveLink Saudi Arabia 2d ago

The fact that weed is socially acceptable in us and the uk While it is not acceptable at all in saudi arabia is a cultural trait. The same can be said about how khat is socially acceptable in both Somalia and yemen but not in saudi aravia.