Waris Dirie Quotes

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  • I belong nowhere and to no one.

  • Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.

  • Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.

    Problem   Somalia   Knows  
  • Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

    Girl   Example   Female  
  • 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

  • In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.

    Interview with Ryan Kohls, whatiwannaknow.com. January 27, 2012.
  • Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

    Law   People   Important  
  • Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.

  • Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.

    Girl   Children   Believe  
    Interview with Ryan Kohls, whatiwannaknow.com. January 27, 2012.
  • Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.

    Fashion   Fun   World  
  • Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.

  • I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.

    Born   Nomad   Stills  
  • Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.

  • 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.

  • I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.

  • 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.

    Mother   Flower   Mean  
  • FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

    Rights   Century   Humans  
  • My family is and will always stay the most important to me.

  • Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.

    World   Way   Sometimes  
  • Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, I’ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. I’m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scared…. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I can’t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because that’s what I’ve done all my life.

  • Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

    Mother   War   People  
  • 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.

    Pain   Eye   Cutting  
    "Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2013 - Sixth-form Category". www.theguardian.com. May 06, 2013.
  • I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

  • Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.

    Girl   Baby   Children  
  • Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.

  • I have often felt like I was the only one fighting against female genital mutilation. There is still a huge taboo surrounding the topic, because it involves the most private parts of the female´s body. But whenever I feel like this is too much for me to do, I read e-mails and messages I receive every day from people thanking me for speaking up for them, for giving them a voice. These messages let me know that I am not alone, and that what I do is worthwhile.

  • 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.

  • I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.

    Might   Vain   Call Me  
  • If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.

    Animal   Long Ago   Hands  
  • 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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