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    <![CDATA[By age 6, Waris Dirie was herding her family's sheep and goats, fending off hyenas and wild dogs as the family carved a path through Africa. She was just twice that age when she ran off into the vast furnace of the Somali desert to escape an arranged marriage to a much older man. Traveling for days without food and water, she made her way to Mogadishu and later to London as a servant to her uncle, the Somalian ambassador. There she wrestled with culture shock and got her first taste of the modeling life that eventually brought her into the public eye. Dirie is resilient, having survived drought, hunger, and the ritual female genital mutilation that marks a step toward womanhood among some traditional Moslems but, argue critics, steals or ruins many girls' lives. &quot;As we traveled throughout Somalia,&quot; says Dirie, &quot;we met families and I played with their daughters.  When we visited them again, the girls were missing. No one spoke the truth about their absence or even spoke of them at all.&quot; As a special ambassador to the United Nations, Dirie has spoken out loudly on this subject and championed environmental causes, too. How much of her sometimes breathless story is gospel truth and how much embellished is hard to say. Like Dirie herself, though, the combination is intriguing, powerful, and unique. <em>--Francesca Coltrera</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. Born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she told her story in the worldwide bestseller <em>Desert Flower:</em> enduring female circumcision at the age of 5; running away through the desert at 12 to escape an arranged marriage; being discovered by photographer Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London; and becoming a top fashion model. Although she fled Somalia, she never forgot the country or the family that shaped her. <em>Desert Dawn</em> is Waris Dirie’s profoundly moving account of her return to her homeland. As an international model, Waris Dirie was the face of Revlon. In 1997, as part of its campaign to eliminate female genital mutilation, the United Nations appointed her Special Ambassador for Women’s Rights in Africa. She now lives in New York with her son.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;U.N. Special Ambassador Waris Dirie was born to a family of tribal nomads in Somalia. She told her story&#8212;enduring female circumcision, fleeing through the desert, and, improbably, becoming a top model&#8212;in her first book,<em> Desert Flower.</em> In <em>Desert Dawn,</em> she wrote about her return to Somalia and her work as a U.N. Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation). Her latest book recounts her investigations into the practice of FGM in Europe&#8212;it is estimated that as many as 500,000 women and girls have undergone FGM or are at risk. Here are the voices of women who have felt emboldened by Waris Dirie&#8217;s courage.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[ Seit ihrem Besuch in Cardiff quält sie ein Albtraum: Das Bett in dem schäbigen Hotelzimmer. Darauf liegend, ein junges Mädchen, festgehalten von vier erwachsenen Frauen. Die alte Frau, die sich zwischen den gespreizten Beinen des Mädchens zu schaffen macht. Furchtbare Werkzeuge kommen zum Einsatz. Das viele Blut und die durchdringenden Schreie lassen Waris Dirie schließlich schweißgebadet erwachen! <p>   Die UN-Sonderbotschafterin war nicht so blauäugig zu denken, Genitalverstümmelungen junger Mädchen seien nur auf den afrikanischen Kontinent beschränkt. In welchem Maße die unsägliche Praxis jedoch auch in Europa Einzug gehalten hat, war auch für sie ein Schock. Das 10-jährige Mädchen in Cardiff wäre verblutet, hätte nicht ein englischer Arzt sein Leben gerettet. Alle weiteren Nachfragen Diries waren an der üblichen Mauer des Schweigens abgeprallt. Geblieben ist ihr Albtraum -- aber auch der feste Vorsatz, unter der schwarzafrikanischen Bevölkerung in Europa ein neues Bewusstsein zu schaffen. FGM (das englische Kürzel für „Female Genital Mutilation“ ersetzte die verharmlosende „Beschneidung“), durfte in Europa nicht praktiziert werden. „Ich bin jetzt keine <em>Wüstenblume</em> und keine <em>Nomadentochter</em> mehr“ -- Waris Diries drittes Leben hatte begonnen!<p>  Zurück in Wien, ihrer jetzigen Heimatstadt, beginnt eine ernüchternde Bestandsaufnahme. Die somalische Autorin, im Alter von fünf Jahren selbst ein Beschneidungsopfer, muss feststellen, dass entgegen anderslautender Behauptungen, die Genitalverstümmelung weltweit stetig zunimmt. Schätzungen von UNO und WHO gehen inzwischen von unvorstellbaren 150 Millionen Opfern aus.  Dann der Schock: Allein 500.000 betroffene Mädchen und Frauen leben in Europa! Wer sind diese Frauen? Wie und wo leben sie unter uns? Wie ist die Gesetzeslage? Eine Menge Fragen warten auf Waris Dirie, deren Recherche sie quer durch Europa führt. Eine bedrückende Dokumentation entsteht.<p>   In Waris Diries somalischer Heimat gibt es eine verniedlichende Redensart: „Liebe tut dreimal weh“, heißt es da, „bei der Beschneidung, bei der Vereinigung mit dem Mann und bei der Geburt der Kinder“. Frauen wie Waris Dirie und ihren weltweit beachteten Publikationen obliegt es, solch menschenverachtenden  Weisheiten auf immer den Garaus zu machen. <em>--Ravi Unger</em></p></p></p>]]>
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