Posted on 10/13/2005 6:14:41 PM PDT by seacapn
Hargeisa(Somaliland Net) - , - Young people in Somaliland are so wild about the Internet and cyber-dating that local associations and the United Nations children's agency are out to ensure education and ease tensions.
Streets in Hargeisa, is far more peaceful than most of the lawless country, empty of teenagers in late afternoons as they wait their turn in Internet cafes to send a flurry of instant messages to distant paramours.
Since they have much increased access to the Web, Somaliland's teenage girls are frequently lured into marriage abroad hoping to enjoy the economic benefits of natives living elsewhere, primarily in Britain, according to civic associations.
"Why don't the girls look at us rather than instant messaging Somalilanders far away?" local teenager Amin Sheikh Mukhtar wondered. "Because we can't afford a lavish wedding ceremony or cars."
(Excerpt) Read more at somalilandnet.com ...
Wow, maybe my loser brother-in-law can find a wife after all.
Can he afford a lavish wedding ceremony or cars?
He has cars, how many run is another question. Does the VFW, BBQ, and nilla wafer puddin' count as lavish? A keg of Pabst? I'm sure he could come up with a cow if he had to.
He has cars, how many run is another question. Does the VFW, BBQ, and nilla wafer puddin' count as lavish? A keg of Pabst? I'm sure he could come up with a cow if he had to.
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