Somalia: 1) Information on the consequences of a marriage between an Isaaq woman and a man from the Yibir tribe; 2) Information on which region of Somalia the Yibir tribe predominate
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SOM10712 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: 1) Information on the consequences of a marriage between an Isaaq woman and a man from the Yibir tribe; 2) Information on which region of Somalia the Yibir tribe predominate, 1 May 1992, SOM10712, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aace90.html [accessed 26 May 2023] |
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1) According to a Somali doctoral student in the Department of African Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), a marriage between an Isaaq woman and a man from the Yibir tribe is rare and not well looked upon by the Somalian society (14 May 1992). The source stated that such an union is very difficult and that the wife's and/or the husband's families would make their lives miserable in order to drive them apart (Ibid.). The consequences of an intermarriage between an Isaaq women and a man from the Yibir tribe range from acts of persecution to the murder of one or both partners by members of their families or of the Somalian society (Ibid.).
2) According to a Somali doctoral student in the Department of African Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), the Yibir tribe is scattered all over Somalia (14 May 1992). As mentioned in the Response to Information Request SOM9393 of 30 August 1991 "[the Yibir] own neither land nor livestock, forming a type of caste which is spread throughout the country."
For further information on the Yibir tribe and clan relationship, please consult the attached Responses to Information Requests SOM9847 of 4 December 1991; SOM9824 of 2 December 1991; SOM9393 of 30 August 1991; SOM8655 of 22 May 1991.
Additional and/or corroborative information on the above topics could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
References
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 4 December 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9847.
. 2 December 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9824.
. 30 August 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9393.
. 22 May 1991. Response to Information Request SOM8655.
University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). 14 May 1992. Telephone Interview with a Doctoral Student.
Attachments
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 4 December 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9847.
. 2 December 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9824.
. 30 August 1991. Response to Information Request SOM9393.
. 22 May 1991. Response to Information Request SOM8655.
