Safa Idriss Nour, Djibouti Safa is known for her role in the - TopicsExpress



          

Safa Idriss Nour, Djibouti Safa is known for her role in the in the Desert Flower movie (2009), Waris Dirie, the model and also the author of the book and movie ‘Desert Flower’ saved Safa from female genital mutilation. The Somali model insisted Safa Idriss Nour, the child who played her suffering FGM in biopic, had to be spared the same fate. When she was three years old, Safa Idriss Nour received something no girl in her slum in Djibouti had been given before – a signed contract from her parents stating they would never inflict genital mutilation on her. In Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, an estimated 98% of girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 03:22:39 +0000

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