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Somalia Is Beautiful in Photos

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A friend of mine took a safari to Somali capital Mogadishu a few weeks ago! He came back with some photos taken across the country. Of course many of us would expect these photos to be rather negative, not withstanding what the country has gone through. But I decided to dig through the photos and I picked some which may not 'necessarily' give positive impressions about the country and the city, but, speaks a different language about what Somalia may and should have looked like were it not for the internal squabbles. In these photos one can genuinely see that Somalia may not actually be as ugly… (See whatever lies beneath the ruins). Yes, the city may have been gunned and vandalized down recklessly, but on reading between the lines you will see some degree of beauty. It is true that Africa goes through lots of mayhem as perpetuated by its leaders, but behind it all there is beauty and serenity.