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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: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 21
Autobiographer
Feminist
Film Actor
Goodwill Ambassador
Model
Novelist
Writer
Galcaio
Galkayo
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Affection
Rather
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Women
Behinds
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.
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I belong nowhere and to no one.
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My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.
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I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.
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FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.
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I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
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