Socotra - The treasure island between Yemen and Somalia | DW Documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @scavo71
    @scavo71 3 года назад +1274

    " We don't have internet so the kids play sports or stay together ". I remember those beautiful days

    • @colleenlally-ross7105
      @colleenlally-ross7105 3 года назад +36

      We had internet and my kids always played outside! Me with them! I miss those days too 😪

    • @nxzi6354
      @nxzi6354 3 года назад +10

      It's occupied by the UAE

    • @dk3556
      @dk3556 3 года назад +1

      I’m good how about I

    • @matttyler9963
      @matttyler9963 2 года назад +18

      My kids will not be staying on social media 24/7, constant technology is an addiction with the dopamine it gives you, they'll be going outside to play with 1 hour of games everyday.

    • @cruisingcory5414
      @cruisingcory5414 2 года назад +1

      @@matttyler9963 lol

  • @mrs.cracker4622
    @mrs.cracker4622 3 года назад +63

    They don't know how blessed they are to have their children playing sports and fishing instead of addicted to screens.

  • @ghassanal-obaidiosterslatt6366
    @ghassanal-obaidiosterslatt6366 2 года назад +65

    Isolating from the rest of the world isn't a bad thing, trust me. From Iraq, love to the people of Yemen! I can't do much but I always try to tell your story everywhere I go. You deserve a better life.

  • @terrymarsalinas1882
    @terrymarsalinas1882 3 года назад +1031

    As a Filipino who can only dream to travel the world, the documentaries by DW are profound and wonderfully expands my horizon. I used to read National Geographic magazines in our school library donated by the State of Texas. Now, DW had taken that place. God bless you always for enlightening us with your documentaries.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +124

      Thanks for watching and for your positve feedback. We invite you to continue discovering the world around you through our lens!

    • @mamamia5556
      @mamamia5556 3 года назад +21

      I'm a Filipino and I feel the same way, and especially during this pandemic time I could just be happy viewing documentaries from various sources...thanks DW 👍

    • @xrc5540
      @xrc5540 3 года назад +16

      Look in your own seas and you will find plenty of beautiful islands. DW documentaries always contain a political message.

    • @TsegazeabBekele
      @TsegazeabBekele 3 года назад +21

      Best advice form me or frankly any sensible being is for you to explore this world in your "own lens" otherwise your perception will fall at the mercy of the narrator. Take the word "Lens" with a bit of consideration.

    • @xrc5540
      @xrc5540 3 года назад +1

      @@TsegazeabBekele very well said!

  • @paulobreeze4757
    @paulobreeze4757 3 года назад +255

    What a wonderful documentary! I just wanted to write and thank DW Team for all your hard work and effort in bringing this story to life. Socotra is remote and often forgotten by the international community.

    • @mercurius8725
      @mercurius8725 3 года назад +3

      Not many people know that there is 1 hidden pyramid in Socotra, similar to the Giza pyramids. Heard plenty of stories about it, yet still no has proven the story to be true.

    • @Anonymous-ow5iz
      @Anonymous-ow5iz 3 года назад +9

      Soqatra is Yemeni governorate, and It is not forgotten, but Yemen government has keept it away from dirty hands of international community.
      And will remain so if Emirates spoil it our government will destroy Dubai with missiles. One for one.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +10

      @@Anonymous-ow5iz it’s actually African territory stolen from Somalia Yemen literally has Somalia international waters

    • @Anonymous-ow5iz
      @Anonymous-ow5iz 3 года назад +2

      @wut Soqatra or any Island called after people who live in, not after international water borders..!
      Soqatra is Yemeni Island based on all traditional and international well-known laws.
      Any country claims owning Soqatra, let them rise their claims to international court to judge it. Easy, isn't?

    • @smallmouth6883
      @smallmouth6883 3 года назад +3

      Happy Christmas

  • @Venom-rs6ll
    @Venom-rs6ll 2 года назад +188

    Despite the circumstances my country is going through, it is still beautiful. Thank you, DW, for this documentary

    • @catticat6627
      @catticat6627 2 года назад

      Where are you from

    • @alwaziry
      @alwaziry 2 года назад +18

      always beautiful our Yemen.. I wish it's back more peaceful and stable.. Politics and close mind militaries look to Yemen land as Gold mining field, they really don't care about new generation welfare, the nature conservation and the ecosystem protection goals.

    • @BoskiM
      @BoskiM Год назад +6

      It's not your country

    • @amatalwahib5499
      @amatalwahib5499 Год назад +6

      @@catticat6627 socotra is owned by Yemen 🇾🇪

    • @amatalwahib5499
      @amatalwahib5499 Год назад +3

      @@BoskiM , one thing for sure is that Yemen has always owned socotra ,

  • @fayzullohjuraev843
    @fayzullohjuraev843 2 года назад +105

    I'm from Uzbekistan and now I'm learning English language to communicate with other foreign people while this event DW documentary help me improve my English skills, in Uzbekistan it's very hard to learn English language becouse it is not prevalent we are used to to speak in our native uzbek language and also Russian language, however this thanks to the DW documentary I could really enhance my English language. Thanks to you for creating amazing documentary slides.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  2 года назад +16

      We're glad our documentaries are helpful. :)

    • @zafersezgin8468
      @zafersezgin8468 Год назад +1

      Your native language is turkish uzbek is part of turkish there is no uzbek nation or language it is only imperialist divide and rule trap

    • @Secularworld60
      @Secularworld60 Год назад +8

      Well done your English is very good 👍

    • @rockym2931
      @rockym2931 Год назад +3

      Your English is very good. Nice work.

    • @stiffmeister0802
      @stiffmeister0802 11 месяцев назад

      There is no point in learning Russian….nobody in the world wants to speak Russian…it a dying language

  • @mohamudibrahim1483
    @mohamudibrahim1483 3 года назад +307

    that conservationist guy, his family, and others like him in the community need all the support they can get by anyone who cares about Socotra and its independence from any foreign state, the community also needs awareness about the foreign investment and its long term consequences. after their natural resources and may be the little income from the tourists will help them manage their basic life. thanks to DW for their informational report on the island. Big LOVE from NEXT DOOR SOMALIA.

    • @shameless2877
      @shameless2877 3 года назад +13

      totally agree - I was about to write a simular message .

    • @abdirizakahmed5954
      @abdirizakahmed5954 2 года назад +16

      Suqadara is a part of Somalia not Yemen. 1970ties most of its population were Somalis Since when Suqadara become Yemen ??? I was Not expecting that Every Hyena eat its Body and Bones.

    • @clairemurdoch6066
      @clairemurdoch6066 2 года назад +35

      this land was part of somalia and was gaven away by the british to the yemins soon will be back its rightfull owners

    • @tidianediallo6860
      @tidianediallo6860 2 года назад +4

      @dw can i have the contact of the conservationist on the video so we can help him

    • @غموضرجل-ح8د
      @غموضرجل-ح8د 2 года назад +2

      @@clairemurdoch6066 ليس كذاك بل هي يمنينه لاتزيف الكلام

  • @aanas_evo1713
    @aanas_evo1713 3 года назад +80

    Great documentary! Very thankful & glad for DW on enlightening the people with Socotra's beauty & the current situations taking place... hopefully one day when things get better in Yemen you can do one too! Because Yemen is truly beautiful!

  • @rankoutsider1977
    @rankoutsider1977 3 года назад +40

    Fantastic upload, such a beautiful place with contrast from the sea to the mountains.

  • @noahstabler3561
    @noahstabler3561 2 года назад +7

    These DW documentaries are truly top class. I would watch a DW documentary over a National Geographic or BBC one any day of the week.

  • @stonerman15
    @stonerman15 3 года назад +92

    The land is so beautiful with those drone shots!
    Those trees look so cool 😎

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +3

      Africa is so beautiful

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +3

      Somalia is beautiful

    • @Jewzi123
      @Jewzi123 2 года назад +1

      Its not in africa its yemen in asia

    • @nyakadot.esq.2746
      @nyakadot.esq.2746 2 года назад

      @@daviroza4700 absolutely perfect weather its politicians who mess us up

    • @محمدانغم
      @محمدانغم 2 года назад

      @@daviroza4700 بتخلين

  • @rogeralex8155
    @rogeralex8155 3 года назад +55

    Thanks DW for this documentary, it is my first time to know the existence of this island.Sokotra is very beautiful island and peaceful.

    • @rajat6139
      @rajat6139 2 года назад +1

      Watching this documentary was a relaxing experience.

  • @haddingtoniangcp2464
    @haddingtoniangcp2464 2 года назад +59

    Never heard of this island till I watched this. Thanks, DW. You stay educating, enlightening.

    • @hajaramoha5598
      @hajaramoha5598 Год назад +3

      It’s somalia 🇸🇴 island England give to Yemen but one day Somalia Somalia will got back it😂

    • @anodemohammed3471
      @anodemohammed3471 10 месяцев назад

      Why do you lie that it is a Yemeni island?​@@hajaramoha5598

    • @X-be4to
      @X-be4to 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@hajaramoha5598
      beautiful dream 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mohammedalsalahi6852
      @mohammedalsalahi6852 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@hajaramoha5598
      Somali thisi name of country 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @محمدعيسىفظايل
      @محمدعيسىفظايل 5 месяцев назад

      بعيده عليك وعلا اي دوله
      انها يمنيه ​@@hajaramoha5598

  • @learn_programing.
    @learn_programing. 2 года назад +103

    This is my country, and this is the best island in our country

    • @dejupp
      @dejupp Год назад

      stop tourism. they will destroy your world

    • @timotheetessier1058
      @timotheetessier1058 Год назад +2

      Yemen or Somalia??

    • @moaen1
      @moaen1 Год назад +12

      @@timotheetessier1058 yemen

    • @ImHim200
      @ImHim200 Год назад +22

      @@timotheetessier1058 Somalia

    • @texasdude1
      @texasdude1 Год назад +20

      @@timotheetessier1058 USA

  • @drpk6514
    @drpk6514 3 года назад +108

    We have a proverb in Farsi that says:
    "The wolf's greeting isn't without intention".

    • @crazixz
      @crazixz 3 года назад +17

      can't agree more... that proverb can also be used on Western aid, Chinese aid and let's not forget Iranian aid to Lebanon, Syria and other parts of the world.

    • @markhirstwood4190
      @markhirstwood4190 3 года назад +5

      And wasn't it Marilyn Monroe who said 'A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.'? It works for both men and women, so I guess 'A lady is simply a patient she-wolf.'

    • @ahmedqushty1021
      @ahmedqushty1021 3 года назад +4

      @@crazixz ahahaha he thinks he’s slick with it! Iranians aren’t saints and they ain’t even Arab so why care what happens on Socotra islands!

    • @aniziaruketti
      @aniziaruketti 3 года назад +3

      Correct for greedy people around the world

    • @starlightcellularpe933
      @starlightcellularpe933 3 года назад +2

      i like that..you so right the emiratis arent helping those folks out of goodwill

  • @g4ith_top
    @g4ith_top 2 года назад +2

    شكرًا على هذا الفيديو لبلدي
    Thanks for this video fro my country

  • @g.a.mendoza1064
    @g.a.mendoza1064 3 года назад +49

    I hope that this natural resources are being preserved. Caves are precious.

    • @MyRobert626
      @MyRobert626 3 года назад

      First thing to be dynamited 🧨 I’m like depressed after this

  • @YemEn-qf9iq
    @YemEn-qf9iq 8 месяцев назад +7

    As a Yemeni citizen, I would like to thank you for visiting our country. I hope that you spent an enjoyable time on the island and that you convey to the world a beautiful image of our country again. Thank you.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

    • @Abdiwahabburhan
      @Abdiwahabburhan 3 месяца назад +8

      Socotra belong s to Somalia why are you acting like socotra is Yemen 😅

    • @user-hd2le8zx3v
      @user-hd2le8zx3v 2 месяца назад

      سقطرى يمنيه منذ عهد مملكه حمير اليمنيه وهي مملوكه لليمن ​@@Abdiwahabburhan

    • @YahyaAbdi-l6r
      @YahyaAbdi-l6r 2 месяца назад +3

      Socotra is Somali island bro 😂

    • @fayseldifficile5618
      @fayseldifficile5618 Месяц назад

      ​@@Abdiwahabburhan, Socotra belongs to Yemen and certainly not to Somalia.

  • @stewartmackay
    @stewartmackay 3 года назад +374

    Looks beautiful, and I appreciate they need the work and money, but I hope tourism doesn't spoil such a lovely place.

    • @SalmaAhmed-xn8jh
      @SalmaAhmed-xn8jh 3 года назад

      Agreed x

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +15

      Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

    • @MrLoobu
      @MrLoobu 3 года назад +15

      Is there some way it could not?

    • @stewartmackay
      @stewartmackay 3 года назад +17

      @@MrLoobu Possibly by restricting the number of tourists.

    • @MrLoobu
      @MrLoobu 3 года назад +11

      @@stewartmackay That's just reducing the problems, not preventing them.

  • @احمدقحطان-ظ1ص
    @احمدقحطان-ظ1ص 5 месяцев назад +3

    ❤😊 I am from Yemen, specifically from the islands of Socotra. I love you very much. We love foreigners very much

  • @uaateacher
    @uaateacher 3 года назад +52

    DW condratulations for bringing to the world attention about Socotra.

    • @jamaal01
      @jamaal01 3 года назад

      Check your spelling bro

    • @angelladavis2250
      @angelladavis2250 3 года назад

      Never heard of this place before. It is beautiful.

    • @ub4079
      @ub4079 3 года назад +3

      Which “attention” will actually ruin the nature, and the charm of the island...

    • @محموداحمدهاديالقاسمي
      @محموداحمدهاديالقاسمي 8 месяцев назад

      Without hypocrisy or flattery, Socotra, the most beautiful island in the world, just lacks some attention

  • @TigerTigz.
    @TigerTigz. 3 года назад +18

    Good documentary DW. I didn't know this island. And I am sure so will many of the viewers.

  • @loris7660
    @loris7660 Месяц назад +1

    My husband is Yemeni and we really enjoyed this documentary. He has promised to take me to Socotra one day. ❤

  • @amrahjafarly
    @amrahjafarly 3 года назад +93

    I imagined Socotra as an island of nothing. Thanks for such a documentary.
    I hope people of Socotra will not be exploited by Gulf countries. I wish them peace and better life.
    Love from Azerbaijan! 💙

    • @babox8244
      @babox8244 3 года назад +14

      I hope so too,but it can't be avoided .Arabs from the Emirates are wealthy beyond imagination .Money is all that matters to them .

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +7

      Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts on this topic. We’re glad you liked the documentary.

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 3 года назад +9

      Əmrah Cəfərov
      For years since 1967 after the British left Aden, Socotra went down hill due to lack of investment from the South Yemeni government. Then, the unification of the two Yemens (North and South) came about in 1990 and unfortunately the decline of Socotra Island continued downwards.
      That's what happens when the people of the Island realise their own government don't seem to care, so naturally they will be inclined to support foreign countries like Saudi and UAE who come to the Island uninvited and shower the poor locals with money. Perfectly normal human response.
      What a crying Shame.

    • @muscuut
      @muscuut 3 года назад +12

      It doesn’t belong to Yemen or UAE…it belongs to the Somali people.

    • @unknownservers3420
      @unknownservers3420 3 года назад +1

      Shut up not your buisness

  • @leonaw439
    @leonaw439 3 года назад +163

    Beautiful islands god bless Yemen I wish peace and prosperity for this beautiful lands

    • @mohamedwaititi6192
      @mohamedwaititi6192 2 года назад +81

      God bless Somalia socotra belongs to Somalia 🇸🇴

    • @mohamedwaititi6192
      @mohamedwaititi6192 2 года назад +17

      Beautiful Africa

    • @rahmakayfaden2842
      @rahmakayfaden2842 2 года назад +50

      It actually belongs to Somalia 🇸🇴 and if you look the rest of somalia looks exactly like that island 🏝

    • @rahmakayfaden2842
      @rahmakayfaden2842 2 года назад +19

      @@rollo4707 yes because it was under the rule of them Arabs back in the days but it surely belongs to Somalia

    • @Zhangzhi123
      @Zhangzhi123 2 года назад +31

      One day socotra will be part of Somalia 🇸🇴

  • @noorsafi4070
    @noorsafi4070 Год назад +31

    Never ever heard of this island till watched this DW documentary. What lovely island

  • @lzrd8460
    @lzrd8460 3 года назад +12

    So interesting. I don’t remember ever reading about Socotra. Thank you for this documentary.

  • @DarylSolis
    @DarylSolis 3 года назад +31

    Amazing people. The children are so happy with so little.

    • @elvinaescobar
      @elvinaescobar 3 года назад +7

      Are you delusional, imagine how much less the girls have.

    • @meggtokyodelicious
      @meggtokyodelicious 3 года назад +4

      They don't have any choices. They don't know the world outside their tribes. They don't know they are missing out....... Bitter sweet life.

    • @sal191_
      @sal191_ 3 года назад +5

      @@elvinaescobar you have no idea how the women are treated, you have no evidence yet, you decided they’re oppressed… smh

    • @elvinaescobar
      @elvinaescobar 3 года назад

      @@sal191_ Show me otherwise Sal, besides, why would I trust someone who can't even use basic punctuation.

    • @elvinaescobar
      @elvinaescobar 3 года назад

      @@meggtokyodelicious My point exactly.

  • @muratmurat624
    @muratmurat624 Месяц назад

    Beautiful Socotra ! You are always in my heart, in my dreams..
    Thank you DW..

  • @frompoland_not_holland
    @frompoland_not_holland 3 года назад +137

    I am very positively surprised of how local people are aware of enviroment. Have been to many places where the only people fighting with negative enviromental changes were foreigners. Ahh Socotra was always on my bucket list and thank to this documentary i found out it is again possible to do travel there!

    • @edvardthomson7264
      @edvardthomson7264 2 года назад

      ? Rubbish. On a very small scale yes ie these small island's. After being to China, India, Philippines and Indonesia yeah... nah.

    • @deleqtronica8733
      @deleqtronica8733 Год назад +1

      @@edvardthomson7264you’re not very smart are you? He was clearly talking about this island, what does China and the Philippines have to do with these people?

    • @nemo6686
      @nemo6686 Год назад +1

      "Have been to many places where the only people fighting with negative enviromental changes were foreigners."
      The neo-colonialism of environmentalists in a nutshell.

  • @joshb5632
    @joshb5632 3 года назад +97

    I love DW documentaries so much. All the train rides and the island ones and the cross-south-america bus trip. These are my favorite documentaries lately! I would love to see some more docs on faraway and secluded tropical and other islands. The one where the boat captain lady was going back to the island to retire was also awesome! I would love to see one on Pitcairn Island - I've seen a few docs about it, but would love to see DW's take on it. It would also be cool to see one about the history of the hawaiian islands, sumatra, bali, the senekaku, acension, the falklands, etc.! Thanks DW!

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +8

      Thanks a lot for watching and for sharing your thoughts on this topic. We’re glad you liked the documentary!

    • @tonycondegnimustafa435
      @tonycondegnimustafa435 Год назад

      Oh no that place not pitcairn island....it has a dark evil past of rampant child sexual abuse

  • @richardadamwais9734
    @richardadamwais9734 Год назад +24

    Thank you for documenting the beautiful island 🏝 I am from Djibouti 🇩🇯 not far from that island . There was something which really bluffed me it’s culture but appearance of people we are really same

    • @Hrhhiuygghuy
      @Hrhhiuygghuy Год назад +5

      I am fromv aden South Yemen You are my neighbour 😂

    • @agh7185
      @agh7185 4 месяца назад +1

      @@Hrhhiuygghuy many Yemeni’s here 🇩🇯

    • @amedsiciid5598
      @amedsiciid5598 4 месяца назад

      @@Hrhhiuygghuyوش قاعد تتكلم انت وش جاري يا خرا

    • @ßí777-e1c
      @ßí777-e1c 2 месяца назад

      @@agh7185its somali territory every one know lates make DNA endogenous will be east africa and yemen small indian and some bantu

    • @Yusabihh
      @Yusabihh Месяц назад

      @@agh7185yep! Yemenis are welcome into djibouti any time! Somali people are very hospitable and friendly people and love our neighbors(other than ethiopia ofc)

  • @enoughisenough3748
    @enoughisenough3748 3 года назад +8

    No need to risk your life trying to get to a place that dont want you, these people are true heroes.

  • @planktoniser
    @planktoniser 3 года назад +30

    bravo to the man that refused to give them his patent rights

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 3 года назад +3

      Agreed man.
      These Gulf countries are greedy.

    • @solidfuel0
      @solidfuel0 3 года назад +1

      Which timestamp?

  • @create-new-handle-first
    @create-new-handle-first Год назад +15

    Very nice, perfect and a professional documentary ! Loved !
    I’ve seen a documentary on socotra 10 years back, a very much deserted place and no population. As this shows here, it has transformed into a habitable town.
    Let’s hope tourists don’t destroy this but the nature and the time take their tolls

  • @Aschraffff
    @Aschraffff 3 года назад +55

    The UAE is really taking over, sadly. They're not paying for things out of kindness.

    • @asadmohamudcade9703
      @asadmohamudcade9703 3 года назад +8

      UAE has no place here they bomb in Yemen with out merci as a Somali that is not acceptable

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +6

      Why Somalia take it since Yemen is friends with Somalia they won’t mind it’s better under Somalia than uae and Israel

    • @blackpantherwnt
      @blackpantherwnt 2 года назад

      @@daviroza4700 yes but somalia is friendly with yemen if they take it they hurt the yemeni people hearts. Many yemeni refugees in mogadishu (somalia)

    • @rekhakumar1441
      @rekhakumar1441 5 месяцев назад +1

      Nothing is free .

  • @qaanraage2732
    @qaanraage2732 3 года назад +101

    Truth to be told, Socotra is not for Yemen, its kind of disputed between Somalia and Yemen and since the two countries share almost everything such as people, culture, religion, trade and so on, they decided not to kill or lose their brotherhood over it and opted to negotiate but wait for suitable time since Somalia was in conflict with Ethiopia and Kenya over boundaries and Yemen was divided and struggling to re-unit. but time never came because of the civil wars and other hardships.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +23

      Instead of going to war with Ethiopia siad barre should taken this island but when Somalia collapsed 1990 socotra became part of Yemen 🇾🇪 so sad

    • @ali-gi7sc
      @ali-gi7sc 3 года назад +25

      ur wrong
      socatra has been part of yemen for thousands of year before somalia even existed
      socatra people dont speak somali they speak sogatry language which is a derivative of ancient yemen hemiary language which is still spoken in parts of main land yemen
      so socatra has no history or linguistic nor cultural ties with somalia

    • @abdirahmanmalaq1706
      @abdirahmanmalaq1706 3 года назад

      Facts Breach them

    • @waryaawariiri1812
      @waryaawariiri1812 3 года назад +36

      @@ali-gi7sc
      Somalia is older than what is now Yemen. It is after all where Hawa and prophet Adam were believed to have lived in the ancient land (Horn of Africa).

    • @gosym7207
      @gosym7207 3 года назад +3

      Cap we Yemenis don’t have anything to do with y’all

  • @supplegrey3613
    @supplegrey3613 2 года назад +6

    This is my dream place.Been sitting in my bucket list for long. Hopefully I can visit it very soon

  • @gulfjobpointcom2292
    @gulfjobpointcom2292 3 года назад +34

    Such beautiful place, Nature is so amazing around us ❤

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +6

      Somalia 🇸🇴 is so beautiful man socotra island is only the tip

    • @smallmouth6883
      @smallmouth6883 3 года назад +1

      Happy Christmas !

  • @Anas-rb9cw
    @Anas-rb9cw 3 года назад +6

    I am hoping to visit this island in near future, it is now my bucket list. Thanks, DW doc.

  • @مرحبامرحبا-ظ4ض
    @مرحبامرحبا-ظ4ض 4 месяца назад +8

    🇾🇪🇾🇪Thank you for transmitting pictures of one of the most wonderful islands of the Republic of Yemen, and there are areas in the wilderness more beautiful than that

    • @hodakahin2314
      @hodakahin2314 3 месяца назад +4

      It doesn’t belong to Yemen

    • @Balqis-ti1uf
      @Balqis-ti1uf 3 месяца назад +2

      It’s not Yemen nor is it Somalia it’s UAE now lol I think something bad lives there

    • @saqoorknaan4070
      @saqoorknaan4070 3 месяца назад +1

      @@hodakahin2314 It quite literally belongs to Yemen and the overwhelming majority look more Yemeni then Yemenis 😂

    • @hodakahin2314
      @hodakahin2314 3 месяца назад +1

      @@saqoorknaan4070 keep telling yourself that. Love to claim lands and history that don’t belong to you.

    • @ßí777-e1c
      @ßí777-e1c 2 месяца назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @siciidmaxamud9121
    @siciidmaxamud9121 3 года назад +59

    I don’t think UAE 🇦🇪 has good intentions for the island 🏝 , they just want to take it from Yemen.
    May Allah save Yemen 🇾🇪 and Somalia 🇸🇴 from the evil of the UAE 🇦🇪, ameen.

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 3 года назад +9

      And the Evil Saudi government

    • @njguy5101
      @njguy5101 3 года назад +2

      So true

    • @box5319
      @box5319 3 года назад +7

      They have been funding terorism and wars for decades in order to take over their land.its because of Saudi and UAE that Yemen and somalia has been facing instability. They want to control the strategic gulf and horn of Africa

    • @umsalmalutfi6954
      @umsalmalutfi6954 3 года назад +5

      Do you also know Yemeni not allowed to enter UAE !

    • @aymenalansia1863
      @aymenalansia1863 Месяц назад

      I agree

  • @seniorarubia
    @seniorarubia 3 года назад +13

    Africa is very impressive

  • @Ti__Oi
    @Ti__Oi 2 года назад +3

    l am from Yemen Thank you very much These pictures are real Socotra really is charming🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @anyanelekelechi2149
    @anyanelekelechi2149 3 года назад +61

    l had never heard about this island until this documentary. Thanks to DW for your efforts in bringing this to our knowledge. These Islanders need more assistance from the Gulf States and the rich international community.

    • @AlexanderMason1
      @AlexanderMason1 3 года назад +18

      No, they want you to leav them the F*** alone and stay out of their island. Tourists pollute and destroy/harm nature in every way. A little bit of tourism is fine. Mass tourism destroys the echo system.

    • @larsstougaard7097
      @larsstougaard7097 3 года назад +4

      Yes let's hope humans don't mess up this place too. I'm glad I have visited through RUclips, it's enough for me. Have a great New Year 🌟

    • @deen-g
      @deen-g 3 года назад +15

      @@AlexanderMason1 Thank you Alexander. The island of Socotra is part of Yemen and so Yemen for many decades ensured not to modernize the island and only add basic necessities so as to prevent damage to the flora and fauna of the island. Unfortunately, with the war, the UAE is currently illegally occupying the island and wishes to turn it into an extension of the artificial Dubai. In Yemen, we are very sad that our island is being illegally occupied by these bedouins with oil money.

    • @AlexanderMason1
      @AlexanderMason1 3 года назад +4

      @@deen-g it seems they can get away with anything because of their oil money and no one says a thing. What a shame…

    • @thevinceberry
      @thevinceberry 2 года назад +1

      Didn;t you watch the video, they don't want fking rich emirates building vacation homes there

  • @unstoppable-ar3292
    @unstoppable-ar3292 3 года назад +45

    Amazing Island that has been corrupted and everything precious taken by the United arab Emirates. I hope to see this beautiful island thrive.

    • @unstoppable-ar3292
      @unstoppable-ar3292 3 года назад +9

      @Justin Y. really? since all residents are Yemenis, how does it belong to Somalia? Either or, UAE had no rights to be there..it belongs to the neighboring countries

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +4

      @@unstoppable-ar3292 these are black people do they look arab to you Yemenis are Arabs 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @zariballard
      @zariballard 3 года назад +2

      UNSTOPPABLE-AR You can't have it both ways. It has not been corrupted...it is NOW thriving and the people are benefiting. There is only corruption when the people do not benefit. Hopefully, the activists will stay on top of that. Free healthcare and stipends for education along with electricity, boats and gasoline for this island are wonderful things. How to you expect this island to thrive without it? That makes no sense.

    • @alonzoabel7472
      @alonzoabel7472 3 года назад +6

      Since when is Arab a "color"?

    • @Itsme-um3vj
      @Itsme-um3vj 3 года назад +5

      Especially the dragon blood trees
      You see them today embilishing gardens of Abu Dhabi or Dubai
      All hundreds years old trees were stolen and transported to UAE

  • @mraviation5933
    @mraviation5933 2 года назад +7

    Wonderful documentary! Thank you. I’m traveling there soon, and wanted to learn about the politics and characteristics of the island. This was very informative.

    • @YusifM411
      @YusifM411 2 года назад

      Hello did you get to travel there yet?

  • @xamsexikmaawi5387
    @xamsexikmaawi5387 3 года назад +41

    jasiiradaa soomaaliya iska leh dib waa loosoo celin doonaa Inshallah 🇸🇴❤️

    • @Bashe12
      @Bashe12 2 года назад +2

      Kkkkkkkkk Legendary baa tahy

    • @Bashe12
      @Bashe12 2 года назад +6

      Our Stolen Island one day will came back our hands as we are Somalis.

    • @riged289
      @riged289 2 года назад +1

      Mashalah

    • @munaaweys6892
      @munaaweys6892 2 года назад +4

      Okey wan ku faraxsanahay qof soomaali ila daawanayay docoletriga in aan arko, realy wan murgay dhulka quruxda leenahay sida nalooga qaatay iyo sida gaajada noo dileyso

    • @mohammadl4208
      @mohammadl4208 Год назад +1

      😂😂😂

  • @valentean
    @valentean 3 года назад +10

    2:27
    while war is raging in yemen
    the island is a peaceful haven
    a safe place to go on vacation
    poetic...

  • @loubloom777
    @loubloom777 Год назад +7

    Literally just found this island because I was messing around with Google Maps and zooming in random places and landed on this island. What a beautiful island!

    • @POLYMATHSORTA
      @POLYMATHSORTA 7 месяцев назад

      same way i discovered it.. i love Google maps at 2am.

    • @agh7185
      @agh7185 4 месяца назад

      There’s many islands all along the East African coast

  • @francoisegaraudcamboulives6652
    @francoisegaraudcamboulives6652 3 года назад +13

    L'île de Socotra est un des nombreux joyaux du Yemen et elle doit le rester !

  • @ahmedopone4080
    @ahmedopone4080 3 года назад +187

    Beautiful. actually the close by "Bari" region of Somalia has similar landscapes. Reminded me of home.

    • @abdifitah
      @abdifitah 3 года назад +45

      @Baba Foodle why is it not part of Somalia/putland ? It’s closer to us than to Yemen..

    • @fguledh
      @fguledh 3 года назад +16

      @@abdifitah clearly there is no somali living there?

    • @MohamedHassan-ni6un
      @MohamedHassan-ni6un 3 года назад +60

      @@fguledh there were no Europeans in Hawaii also but they claimed it since it was next to them. We have similar historical artefacts, similar rare trees and species, found the same cave paintings. What's your point? Socotra is clearly within our borders and belongs to the people of Somalia.
      Yemeni and Somali are more similar than a Hawaiian and a European.

    • @fguledh
      @fguledh 3 года назад +7

      @@MohamedHassan-ni6un Now are you applying somalia to conquer ? because thats how hawaii, infact america came by!!.

    • @MohamedHassan-ni6un
      @MohamedHassan-ni6un 3 года назад +29

      @@fguledh judging by your name, I assume you're Vietnamese or Cambodian so no my sister we would not invade, plunder or mame anyone. No one wants to copy what America is doing .... they are clearly not the best example but why no one is rejecting their claim to Hawaii?
      But you can clearly understand our plight as a free and sovereign nation. If we go by international law, Socotra belongs to Somalia. It is too close to belong to another and Yemen is 400 miles away ... SMH
      But if we must, we'll resort to self defence by invading the Island.

  • @Muud04
    @Muud04 2 года назад +14

    you are talking about socotra whether its somali or yemen but i want to tell you as a somali person yemeni ppl themselfies are our people . yemenis ans somalis are one . dont try to put problem among us . yemenis every sigle day come to somalia without permission through the sea and we welcome them and happy for them to be here with us

    • @Naol572
      @Naol572 6 дней назад

      Yemenis and Somalis don't even share the same DNA group. They are not the same people

  • @ilyasabasi436
    @ilyasabasi436 2 года назад +15

    Greetings from Lahore Pakistan 🇵🇰.
    Yemen is beautiful country. May peace 🕊️ prevail there. Amen

    • @wardhaglow
      @wardhaglow 2 года назад

      yamen is fackin

    • @Abdirahmangacayte
      @Abdirahmangacayte 2 года назад +1

      @@wardhaglow ma xanuunsan tahay sxp

    • @samiiroabdullahi4147
      @samiiroabdullahi4147 Месяц назад

      @@Abdirahmangacaytema xnunsne wiilka dhiig ba qaday waa dhulkeni hlkan Somali ba leh Lkn intii aan hysnyba wn dayacnay halka wxd ka argta Saudi Arabia and emarat waa cadowga kowd ee Somalia coz dadkan ayga mesha ku beray kuna haya 😡

  • @TarantinosCat
    @TarantinosCat 3 года назад +8

    Once I dreamt of sailing, I thought I’ll drop by this island to travel through Africa. This island just looks exactly like i imagined.

  • @ahmedalam1714
    @ahmedalam1714 5 месяцев назад +2

    It's Yemeni island form 5000 Years and will still Yemeni for ever

  • @exploringthedrbymaxpena567
    @exploringthedrbymaxpena567 3 года назад +13

    Impressive views!
    It really stands out as a remote oasis on the planet.

  • @dennisjamescabil2060
    @dennisjamescabil2060 Год назад +6

    It’s a beautiful place with amazing people. Thank yoj for sharing it to the world. My prayers for humanity. 🙏♥️🙏

    • @lindalarsson1436
      @lindalarsson1436 Год назад

      Emirates are going to build tor Elites .
      Good bye indigenous

  • @Afsanaco
    @Afsanaco 2 месяца назад +1

    They seem like a very nice and honorable people. God bless them.
    Love from Iran.

  • @MatthewDLDavidson
    @MatthewDLDavidson 3 года назад +8

    Another outstanding documentary by DW. Presents the facts in a cool fashion, then allows the viewer to draw conclusions.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching! We appreciate the positive feedback.

    • @abdullahiabdi1332
      @abdullahiabdi1332 2 года назад

      @@DWDocumentary hello soctro is part of Somalia 🇸🇴 not Yemeni

  • @Youngzizo
    @Youngzizo 3 года назад +33

    Incredible video bro! much love from Ethiopia 🇪🇹❤️🇾🇪
    I love Yemen island 🏝 🥰

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад

      Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! :)

    • @mohamedwaititi6192
      @mohamedwaititi6192 2 года назад +30

      It’s Somali island bro Yemen is not even close to africa

    • @shhh445
      @shhh445 2 года назад +3

      Habibi bro 🇾🇪🇪🇹🤍

    • @AliAhmed-fh3sk
      @AliAhmed-fh3sk 2 года назад +11

      @@mohamedwaititi6192 you are right bro it’s somali territory the dispute is in court since 1970

    • @hyamick7584
      @hyamick7584 2 года назад +8

      @@mohamedwaititi6192 that doesn’t make it Somalia’s property

  • @marcellajupining6126
    @marcellajupining6126 2 года назад +6

    Must be a beautiful place ... never heard of such island with a clean beach and good for a tourist place for a vacation too

  • @Adriablowski
    @Adriablowski 3 года назад +17

    Love the document, interviews with locals and mentioned that Slovakia Republic have a lot of similar caves, I’m from Slovakia and it’s true and from that moment I was listening to every word from you 100%.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. We are glad you liked the film!

  • @markhirstwood4190
    @markhirstwood4190 3 года назад +32

    Fascinating. Just when you think you know the world pretty well, a new place.

    • @kikiUN1
      @kikiUN1 3 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same

  • @meshalalzahrani5525
    @meshalalzahrani5525 2 года назад +5

    سقطرى الحبيبة ستضل جزء من الوطن الكبير 🇸🇦❤️🕊

    • @abdullahiabdi1332
      @abdullahiabdi1332 2 года назад +1

      الجزيرة جزء من أرض الصومال وتقع مياهها الصومالية ودوليًا تحت مياه الصومال ولكن يعيش أشقاؤنا المهريون لذلك ليس لدينا مشكلة معهم

    • @meshalalzahrani5525
      @meshalalzahrani5525 2 года назад +1

      @@MmmmLllllllllll894 ياخي اليمن على العين والراس اليمن أساسا مو مسمى دولة بل مسمى يطلق على كل ماهو يمين الحجاز ويرمز لليمين يعني اتجاه الجنوب في الجزيرة العربية وسابقًا كان عبارة عن إمارات تحكمها قبائل وانضم عدد من هذي الدول الصغيرة للدولة السعودية واتحدو معها وضل جزء في اقصى الجنوب لم تصله دعوة الوحدة وضلو على وضعهم إمارات وممالك إلى ان اصبح الجنوب جمهورية اشتراكية والشمال سمي المملكة المتوكلية واستمرو في صراعات إلى ان سقطت الملكية في الشمال بفضل الاشتراكي جمال عبدالناصر رئيس مصر وقتها وبعد زمن اتحدو ولازالو إلى اليوم في صراعات مع بعضهم وبينهم واحنا نبغى نضم اليمن الحالي للمملكة العربية السعودية كما كان ينبغي منذ زمن حين بدأت دعوة التوحيد والتعاون لان وحدتنا أفضل كعرب ومسلمين

    • @NwafSaleh-ek4nt
      @NwafSaleh-ek4nt 3 месяца назад

      ههههههههههههههه
      يامستعرب يا 🇮🇳
      جايي تتكلم علا اليمن واصولها الي هي منبع العرب واصولك يا ناكر اصلك او انت مستعرب لاكن الحد الجنوبي يذكركم باليمن واليمنيين والولاعه بتاع الحوتي اكبر منك وبلادك وتاريخك ياحفيد الرايه الحمراء يا شارب بول البعير يانتن يا طاقيه
      وستعود جازان ونجران وعسير يمنيه ​@@meshalalzahrani5525

    • @rr-dz5ym
      @rr-dz5ym 3 месяца назад +1

      @@meshalalzahrani5525 حلمكم واقعنا سقطرة اليمنية

    • @mahmudaviator4231
      @mahmudaviator4231 2 месяца назад

      What 🇸🇦 😂

  • @user-yq1xg5ci1c
    @user-yq1xg5ci1c 2 года назад +28

    I was on Socotra in 1983. At that time (from 1977 to 1987), I periodically, on visits, worked in a joint Soviet-Yemeni-Swedish company that was engaged in the extraction and export of fish products from the PDRY. So, we sent shrimp and lobster to Europe: Italy, Spain, Sweden, etc.; and cuttlefish to Singapore and Japan. Fish, as by-catch, we handed over in Aden to the domestic market.
    I got to Socotra as an English speaker. I had to accompany our guy to the Soviet doctor who worked on the island, who received a minor injury at work at sea..
    There I remember meeting a shepherd: he was herding goats on the coast. His goats actually ate wooden planks thrown out of the ocean. And they were knee-high to me. I have never seen such small goats eating wooden boxes before. I didn't even know they existed.
    But I liked the Arab: he was so kind to me that he was ready to give me his only wealth, a tin can thrown ashore by the sea, from which he drank green tea. The tea was without sugar, which is not worth talking about. Did he live right on the shore in a hut made of the same planks that were thrown out of the ocean by a wave.
    I see that life on the island has not changed much in forty years.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  2 года назад +2

      Hi @Владислав Лукин, thanks for watching and sharing your story. 🙂

    • @alhaajiwaddani48
      @alhaajiwaddani48 2 года назад +1

      That time who would ruled?

    • @scholarshipstochina5944
      @scholarshipstochina5944 4 месяца назад

      Some stupid somalis would come and claim that Yemen took it on 1990, thanks for your comment buddy

  • @maryngshwuling9916
    @maryngshwuling9916 3 года назад +7

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful island 🏝️

    • @Raymondgogolf
      @Raymondgogolf 2 года назад

      Hi Mary I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹

  • @jaluburhaan1128
    @jaluburhaan1128 2 года назад +54

    Socotra 💙🇸🇴

    • @عبدالعزيزالجماعي-غ9ه
      @عبدالعزيزالجماعي-غ9ه 10 месяцев назад +5

      😂😂😂😂 اليمن😊

    • @RainGod.
      @RainGod. 10 месяцев назад

      Its somalis but the arab people blinded us with islam and tribalism.

    • @SumayoAbdullahi-r8g
      @SumayoAbdullahi-r8g 7 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is located somalia ​@@عبدالعزيزالجماعي-غ9ه

    • @mazen2005
      @mazen2005 7 месяцев назад

      It's a Yemeni

    • @mohamedcabdi7473
      @mohamedcabdi7473 7 месяцев назад +1

      الحقيقه مره لكن هذا الواقع جزيرة سقطره وجزيره عبد الكوري جزء من الصومال فى محيط هندي داخل حدود الصوماليه فى قاره افريقيا مش حق اليمن اصلا هذا مجرد حلم لن يتحقق لكم ابدا ابدا هذا مجرد لكم كابوس عابر سبيل

  • @johnwells9089
    @johnwells9089 3 года назад +17

    Wonderful and beautiful people God bless them and their Island.

    • @whawha9016
      @whawha9016 2 года назад +1

      Until the capitalists came and messed it all up again like always.

    • @directlinkrexx4409
      @directlinkrexx4409 2 года назад

      @@whawha9016
      I agree
      Commies from China should build coal plants and enslave people for cheap labor industries

  • @diegop2311
    @diegop2311 3 года назад +15

    Like always DW has great documentaries on things I didn't know

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +5

      Thank you! We're glad you like our content!

  • @lovecats777
    @lovecats777 2 года назад +4

    The island is so unique. Beautiful

  • @spidyman8853
    @spidyman8853 3 года назад +13

    Thank you German channel for showing the hidden beauty of Socotra Island.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +1

      It’s much closer to Somalia 🇸🇴

    • @jimmykar1340
      @jimmykar1340 2 года назад

      @@daviroza4700 what are you talking about socotra is 1,166 km to somalia and its 667 km to yemen so how the hell is it closer to somalia you weirdo

    • @falconx8719
      @falconx8719 2 года назад

      @@jimmykar1340 It's between the Somali-Yemen border you muppet. It's spaced between them.

  • @katotomasi6404
    @katotomasi6404 3 года назад +5

    Fascinating.From Iganga-Uganda,never knew that such beauty exists!!!

    • @halimoa4348
      @halimoa4348 2 года назад

      African have the most beautiful lands but unfortunately they don't claim them.

  • @tasneemelfatih6847
    @tasneemelfatih6847 6 месяцев назад

    thanks for this , truly amazing work

  • @kadarahmednurmohamed5495
    @kadarahmednurmohamed5495 3 года назад +29

    This is our island and Yemen take forcibly but Somalis will unite to take its land back

    • @vigezo
      @vigezo 3 года назад +1

      In ur dreams, u hardly knows how to manage a country

    • @sollytrotz6056
      @sollytrotz6056 3 года назад

      @CRAM MARC They started to invest there. They are building houses and schools there. Soon they buy the land and after that the island belongs to the UAE. And the UAE will make money with tourists and the Island.

  • @ahmadhishamuddinabdullah173
    @ahmadhishamuddinabdullah173 3 года назад +11

    I pray to Allah SWT, will bless the people of Socota and bring peace, prosperity, joy, happiness and developments.

  • @basheerelkayfe7179
    @basheerelkayfe7179 Год назад +1

    Thank you have a visit in Yemen

  • @bjornhaberland9091
    @bjornhaberland9091 3 года назад +22

    Thank you for the great video.
    The landscape is of breathtaking beauty.
    I wish for the people there that the tourists come back.
    It would be an absolute dream of mine, Yemen and the island of Socrota to visit

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching.

    • @sublextube2459
      @sublextube2459 3 года назад +1

      The landscapes in socotra with camels actually it's looks like the main land and you are welcome anytime in Yemen

  • @Bulshodhamaanteed
    @Bulshodhamaanteed 3 года назад +71

    Socotra Island what's beautiful side to the Somalia 🇸🇴 😍

    • @samuelpouche1377
      @samuelpouche1377 2 года назад +3

      hahahah Soma what ? Allo El Shabab Take care of this clown !

    • @general5475
      @general5475 2 года назад +6

      @@samuelpouche1377 Yemen is dirt poor

    • @hyamick7584
      @hyamick7584 2 года назад

      @@general5475 so is Somalia

    • @halimoa4348
      @halimoa4348 2 года назад

      Somalia needs to stop the qabil crap and demand their land back

    • @smix3243
      @smix3243 2 года назад

      Socotra is in Yemen wdym

  • @akhtarzaidi9454
    @akhtarzaidi9454 Год назад

    Thank 🙏🏻 you very much DW.

  • @lronbutters5688
    @lronbutters5688 3 года назад +11

    What a beautiful place and I’m happy to see it on video

    • @smallmouth6883
      @smallmouth6883 3 года назад +2

      Happy Christmas !

    • @lronbutters5688
      @lronbutters5688 3 года назад

      @@smallmouth6883 thank you and I hope you had a very happy Christmas and wish you a wonderful new year!

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +1

      @@lronbutters5688 yeah somalia 🇸🇴 is beautiful this is just ten tip

    • @fabiogaldinogeol1065
      @fabiogaldinogeol1065 3 года назад

      I wanna paprika

    • @lronbutters5688
      @lronbutters5688 3 года назад

      @@fabiogaldinogeol1065 same lol

  • @modernmogli5155
    @modernmogli5155 3 года назад +4

    Wow , great documentary

  • @smolderingmess9
    @smolderingmess9 Год назад +3

    Constructive criticism - you open this video with a statement that it's one of the most beautiful islands in the world. The initial few seconds are remarkably unremarkable, and then you cut to some scenes that ARE remarkable. Start with the remarkable scenes. The canyon, the insane looking Joshua tree look alikes...

  • @MHW-ey5do
    @MHW-ey5do 3 года назад +11

    13:00 boy is so brave....I'm so impressive by his action..

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 3 года назад +10

      Kids in that age in the West are bubble wrapped lol

    • @MHW-ey5do
      @MHW-ey5do 3 года назад +3

      @@drpk6514 and in Asia specially in India and Pakistan boys just play and go to school....actually I'm from Pakistan

    • @MsBhappy
      @MsBhappy 3 года назад

      Very strong arms! I hope the weather, tide, waves and fish are always in his favor.

    • @MHW-ey5do
      @MHW-ey5do 3 года назад

      @@MsBhappy yeah ....but he has courage to face difficulties

  • @NicoleM2108
    @NicoleM2108 3 года назад +9

    28:10 "The war is far away and that is what matters most" - as the camera captures an oil tanker off in the distant shore. EXCELLENT visuals captured there! Lovely island and people, I do hope this gentleman is right.

  • @kimmy7056
    @kimmy7056 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this documentary 💙

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching! We're happy to hear you liked it :)

  • @mohamedsiyaad7542
    @mohamedsiyaad7542 3 года назад +20

    This island owns Somalia 🇸🇴. one day we will come for it.

    • @daviroza4700
      @daviroza4700 3 года назад +1

      But farmaajo refused to even claim it

    • @rosihantu1
      @rosihantu1 2 месяца назад

      And turn it into another s-hole.

    • @DontForgetWhoYouAreMan
      @DontForgetWhoYouAreMan 2 месяца назад +4

      Not with that grammar you won't

    • @localunlovedfatty9489
      @localunlovedfatty9489 2 месяца назад +1

      it’s just a plot of land, i really doesn’t belong to anyone, we can all share

    • @anah7249
      @anah7249 2 месяца назад +2

      You can say whatever you want. It's belong to Yemen .

  • @rhp_6926
    @rhp_6926 3 года назад +33

    You have to wonder what the UAE and the Saudis will expect in return for their 'generosity'.

    • @marriot6491
      @marriot6491 3 года назад +9

      Colonisation :(

    • @drpk6514
      @drpk6514 3 года назад +5

      We have a proverb in Farsi that says. "The wolf's greeting isn't without intention".

    • @Aeon1019
      @Aeon1019 3 года назад +1

      In return they will want THE ENTIRE ISLAND and *GENTRIFY* the locals......

    • @azakzaak1691
      @azakzaak1691 3 года назад +9

      UAE is involved in every conflict and in every country's affairs. UAE has got so much money and small population and they don't have inter problem to focus. So what they do they spend their money and make another people's land like a playground to keep themselves busy. That is what they doing in Socotra.

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 3 года назад +1

      rhp_6
      Well, they are certainly not doing this for love LOL. Everything has a price.

  • @derwutgamer3570
    @derwutgamer3570 2 года назад +1

    I love the DW Documentaries and just read about the islands a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, the Sound is not sychon with the picture, this is hard to watch.

  • @farjo1049
    @farjo1049 3 года назад +24

    As someone travelled a lot true the world this Island is being claimed by Yemen & UAE and is currently being take by UAE. This island looks more it belongs to the Somali people and the country. A independent court should judge the claim of who owns this island and has jurisdiction over it.

    • @leolee5907
      @leolee5907 2 года назад

      The Somali people can barely control there own country I doubt they have any interest in a island 🏝

    • @billyjean7169
      @billyjean7169 2 года назад +3

      It's always been yemeni

    • @maryamamohamed7407
      @maryamamohamed7407 2 года назад +3

      Yes this island belongs to somalia

    • @leolee5907
      @leolee5907 2 года назад +2

      @@maryamamohamed7407 just because it’s close to Somalia doesn’t mean it belongs to them there’s hardly any Somali people that live there.

    • @younge252
      @younge252 2 года назад +1

      @@leolee5907 theres Somali people lives there too where u think they get their supplies from? closest mainland is Somalia lol

  • @fuadahmed6060
    @fuadahmed6060 3 года назад +33

    Socotra Island belongs to Somalia and Yemen but the UAE want to make some claim to it which is BS.

    • @unknownservers3420
      @unknownservers3420 3 года назад +7

      Somalia never ever set foot on soctora lol

    • @falischika6221
      @falischika6221 3 года назад +10

      @@unknownservers3420 Somalis set foot and colonized the Maldives and you’re talking about the island that’s 30 minutes away from them lol

    • @unknownservers3420
      @unknownservers3420 3 года назад +3

      @@falischika6221 that never happened i don't know where you get that info that's like saying somalia colonized ethiopia lol

    • @falischika6221
      @falischika6221 3 года назад +13

      @@unknownservers3420 Abd Aziz-al Makdashawi was the governor of Maldives and it was a Somali colony during the Ajuran sultanate. It’s a fact

    • @cadamisuldan5392
      @cadamisuldan5392 3 года назад +5

      @@unknownservers3420 I am from socatra and somali, try to know the place before you open you mouth. their is a lot of somalis in these islands specially the other three.

  • @communistpoultry
    @communistpoultry 2 года назад

    The best channel for Documentary. Love from Taiwan and the Philippines

  • @yemred5854
    @yemred5854 3 года назад +62

    The UAE are exploiting the tragedy of Yemen 🇾🇪. They are insincere in their attentions.Oil and money 💰 has made Yemen’s neighbours arrogant. It is a shameful disgrace that Yemen is in this situation in a location and area of immense natural wealth. The Gulf countries with the immense wealth could have sincerely helped financially and economically to make Yemen stable. They refused to allow Yemen to become a gulf council member when you consider that Yemen is located in one of the most important and strategic areas on earth 🌍.

    • @spidyman8853
      @spidyman8853 3 года назад +12

      Yemred, so true man.
      For years since 1967 after the British left Aden, Socotra went down hill due to lack of investment from the South Yemeni government. Then, the unification of the two Yemens (North and South) came about in 1990 and unfortunately the decline of Socotra Island continued downwards.
      That's what happens when the people of the Island realise their own government don't seem to care, so naturally they will be inclined to support foreign countries like Saudi and UAE who come to the Island uninvited and shower the poor locals with money. Perfectly normal human response.
      What a crying Shame.

    • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
      @aimee-lynndonovan6077 3 года назад

      Feel bad Yemen is still suffering. Hello from Northern Maine, America.

    • @zariballard
      @zariballard 3 года назад +2

      Yemred I understand what you are saying but while they may be insincere in their intentions, it has to start somewhere! For this particular island, boats, gasoline, good healthcare and electricity are necessities that will allow the people to thrive and survive. Hopefully, the activists will keep an eye on those intentions. It is all we can hope for.

    • @GoogleUser-wp6sg
      @GoogleUser-wp6sg 2 года назад

      hate it to break for you but you can only join the GCC if you are an riparian state to the arab/persian gulf, which is Yemen NOT. So Yemen cant join them.

  • @sidikoahmed5257
    @sidikoahmed5257 3 года назад +59

    Socotra Island belongs to Somalia and cannot be claimed by UAE. It had been at the centre of territorial dispute between Somalia and Yemen for many years.

    • @XalaalSomalis
      @XalaalSomalis 3 года назад +8

      War beenta daaya. Oo Allah ka cabsada.

    • @tortoisewarrior4855
      @tortoisewarrior4855 3 года назад +2

      the UAE will lift Socotra out of poverty. Somalia is already a country split into multiple sides like Yemen, but unlike the STC in Yemen they do not have rivh allies to invest in the country and its debatable over what part of Somalia would claim it

    • @tortoisewarrior4855
      @tortoisewarrior4855 3 года назад +2

      Somaliland maybe the best out of Somalias governments as it is the most stable and democratic

    • @holamad
      @holamad 3 года назад +5

      There s no government in Somalia

    • @z_wawasan.k.s5481
      @z_wawasan.k.s5481 3 года назад +8

      It"s Yaman territory...lol

  • @muhaddesachowdhury1001
    @muhaddesachowdhury1001 3 месяца назад

    I think it’s cool that even though these people are so far away I am able to find familiar features in them.
    Love from Bangladesh.

  • @GehanAdel
    @GehanAdel 3 года назад +28

    I love how you took shots of the island and this beautiful tree it has stolen my heart I hope those people always find a peace in their heart and environment hope to be in shadow far away from the exploitation of others .
    They offer them normal life make them feel gratitude then take their land in their business

    • @norronlee4945
      @norronlee4945 3 года назад +1

      Beauty sells and buyers abound.

    • @alwaziry
      @alwaziry 2 года назад

      I hope so.. With love we can safe the planet 🥰

    • @محمدانغم
      @محمدانغم 2 года назад +1

      @@alwaziry تعالو عندن سقطر اليمن 🥰

    • @alwaziry
      @alwaziry 2 года назад

      @@محمدانغم شكرا لك.. فين انتم في سقطرى؟

    • @amraldhbli
      @amraldhbli 2 года назад +1

      It is true that our country, Yemen, is the most oppressed country in the world, from which its rights and wealth have been robbed, and it has lost the simplest means of livelihood

  • @pgbk87
    @pgbk87 3 года назад +36

    Socotri people a genetically distinct. They are pre-Arab Arabians. Unique people from a unique island.

    • @Harvyydent
      @Harvyydent 3 года назад +7

      They are mix of arab and african

    • @mohamedkabha8838
      @mohamedkabha8838 3 года назад +5

      @@Harvyydent no they are natives; comoros is where arab and blacks mixed

    • @pgbk87
      @pgbk87 3 года назад +6

      @@Harvyydent most of them are just Arabized and speak a South Semitic language called Soqotri, related to Mehri. Many are mixed between Soqotri, Swahili Bantus and possibly, Somalis.

    • @Harvyydent
      @Harvyydent 3 года назад

      @@mohamedkabha8838 Explain, because it sounds like to me, We are sayin the same thing

    • @Harvyydent
      @Harvyydent 3 года назад

      @@pgbk87 yes, that is what i said, with less details, thanks for info doh

  • @undead8875
    @undead8875 8 месяцев назад

    I love DW Documentaries 💗.. I hope I'll be able to visit this place one day.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

  • @sirajhajififty
    @sirajhajififty 3 года назад +12

    Although Yemenis are residing now, this is a Somali Island.. Our lovely brothers from Yemen will still be living in the Island as we lived side by side for 100's of years.. But sooner or later the UN will legislate the ownership of the Island to Somalia when the case is ready and done.. Its very unfortunate Emirates want to disrupt and steal the land of many fellow Muslim brothers.. Very unfortunate 🤐

    • @Land_of_Punt
      @Land_of_Punt 3 года назад

      They learnt it from their Zionist Israeli and American overlords.

    • @sirajhajififty
      @sirajhajififty 3 года назад

      @@Land_of_Punt indeed