“Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.”
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Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie, born in 1965, is a renowned model and author. She is known for her unique African heritage and modeling career, and has endorsed several international brands. Dirie's childhood was marked by extreme poverty and the painful experience of female genital mutilation, which became the inspiration for her writing and speaking engagements. more