
Minority groups such as the Gabooyo are discriminated against, mostly for the work they do, such as shoemaking and iron-smelting. Despite the fact that they are Somalis and Muslims, these minority groups are not allowed to marry into the larger Somali community and do not socially interact with them.
Shirar spoke to IRIN about the plight of his people:
"I know everybody in Somalia is suffering but no one is suffering what we are suffering. We are suffering in silence. No one knows about our plight.
"They [the majority Somali community] don't acknowledge that we are here. It is as if we don't exist. ..more..http://www.irinnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=83549
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