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Dirie, Waris 1965–PERSONAL:Born 1965, in the Gallacaio region of Somalia; partner of Dana Murray (a musician), beginning 1995; children: Aleeke (son).ADDRESSES:Home—Vienna, Austria.
Children. 2. Waris Dirie ( Somali: Waris Diiriye) (born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation ( FGM ). From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against female genital mutilation. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna, the Desert Flower ...
Dirie, Waris, photograph. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters/Landov. Though she was among the top models in the world for some years, model Waris Dirie has disfigured feet, covered with scars she acquired during a nine-day flight across the desert after she ran away from her nomadic family in Somalia to escape a forced marriage.
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Mar 18, 2011 · Dirie later abandoned a lucrative modeling career to campaign against female genital mutilation. Walter Wehner/National Geographic Entertainment. Desert Flower. Director: Sherry Horman. Genre ...
Oct 13, 2021 · Waris Dirie, a Somalian fashion model, author, and women’s rights activist known for her efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female circumcision was born in Galkayo, Somalia in 1965 to a nomadic tribe. At the age of five years, she suffered the inhumane procedure of female genital mutilation.
May 2, 2024 · Role In: women’s rights movement. Waris Dirie (born 1965, Galcaio, Somalia) is a Somalian fashion model, author, and women’s rights activist known for her efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female circumcision. Dirie was one of 12 children born into a large nomadic family living near Somalia’s border with ...
Feb 9, 2023 · 02:44. Waris Dirie: My mother said ‘forgive me’ for my FGM. Decades after she escaped her home country of Somalia, model and activist Waris Dirie returned there in the 1990s to convince her ...
