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Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind
Waris Dirie
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Waris Dirie
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: October 21
Autobiographer
Feminist
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Goodwill Ambassador
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Galkayo
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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