His first objective was to eliminate what he referred to as 'tribalism'. Past attempts to rid the country of tribalism in the civilian period had met with failure. The inevitable first question that Somalis asked one of another when they met was, 'What is your clan?'. When this was considered anathema to the purpose of a modern state, Somalis began to pointedly ask, 'What is your ex-clan?'. (source)
What Jordan can Learn from Somalia
During his reign as the president of Somalia 1969-1991, Said Barre (سياد برّي) implemented a few progressive initiatives that we could only dream of in Jordan. Most notably: his efforts to eliminate tribalism.
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I agree, it's about time we start fixing that phenomenon.
Maybe then corruption would stop, and we would actually start developing.
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