Tranlated from Brazil Portugeses: WOMEN WARRIORS: Waris Dirie Born in 1965 to five years of age suffered genital mutilation. Waris Dirie fled the village where he lived with his family at the age of twelve, one day after learning that it would be forced by her father to marry a man of 60 years, which would be the fourth wife. At the time, crossed one of the deserts alone Somalis whole, suffering from hunger and thirst and staying with various foot injuries, of which until now have scars. Managed to reach the capital of his country, Mogadishu, where he met his grandmother who after some time managed that her granddaughter was taken to London to work as a cleaner at the Embassy of Somalia. Adolescence spent just working at the Embassy, without leaving the house where it was located, so bad had learned to speak the English language. After the end of a war in Somalia all Embassy were summoned to return to the country. Waris Dirie flees through the streets of London and with the help of a woman who became his friend, he got a job as a cleaner at a diner. There, while working, was observed by Terence Donovan, a great photographer, who threw the world as a model. Waris Dirie has become an advocate for the eradication of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation and is currently UN ambassador. She wrote several books about her experiences and was the subject of a movie "Desert Flower", released in 2010 in Brazil. There is a foundation with his name, of which he is founder. As beautiful as a flower of the desert, Watch the movie that tells their story: https://youtube/watch?v=BrZEvSrGUpQ
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:32:34 +0000
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