Review of the Waris Dirie incident

From 65438 to 0955, Waris Dirie was born in Somali where pirates were rampant. Because nomadic tribes are poor and backward, their children die easily. As soon as she was born, her mother named her Wallis, which means Desert Flower. I hope she can be as tenacious, humble but strong as grass on the wasteland for a lifetime.

At the age of four, children in the desert will chase zebras and count the stars. They live a poor life, but they have good memories. However, four-year-old Waris Dirie was raped by his father's friend. From then on, I fell into the abyss and had nightmares. However, Wallis' father did not seek justice for her, thinking that her daughter's misfortune should be attributed to her uncircumcision. The abuser is at large, but Wallis, who is exhausted physically and mentally, is accused of "immoral behavior, and being raped without circumcision is culpable of punishment."

At the age of five, Wallis seemed to have more food than usual, and she was very upset because of her precocity. Sure enough, the next day, under the tough of her father, she was taken to the wilderness by her mother and brutally circumcised. In the view of Somali herders, "the things between women's legs are very bloated, which is easy to cause men's evil thoughts and crimes." So many African girls have to cut off their genitals since childhood, leaving only a small confession of excretion and menstrual bleeding.

Wallis had a high fever in bed for two days after circumcision. In fact, she was much luckier than her sisters who died young. One of her two sisters died of excessive blood loss due to circumcision, and the other was infected because of circumcision. She bled heavily during childbirth, and one body had two lives. Wallis thought that after circumcision, she still had a chance to live a normal life, but her hard-hearted father always disliked her dirty body. /kloc-When she was 0/3 years old, she wanted to marry a 60-year-old man for five camels.

This time she couldn't stand it any longer. She kept crying for her mother and asked her to help her escape. In fact, her mother doesn't want her young daughter to be spoiled. "Run to your grandmother and don't come back!" Mother sent her away with tears in her eyes.

After coming to England, she relied on her own efforts and was no longer shrouded in hunger and fear. However, the good times did not last long. Four years later, because of the Somali civil war, my uncle's family withdrew to China. But Wallis, who has just come into contact with the beautiful new world, would rather die than go back. Without support, she wandered around, often without food, and ran to the trash can to find food. Later, some people felt sorry for her and asked her to work as a waiter in a fast food restaurant.

1983, 28-year-old Wallis had dark and shiny skin and a delicate and stubborn foreign face. Photographer Terrence Donovan fell in love with her at first sight and invited her to be her own model. It can be said that Wallis is very lucky. Terence Donovan, a photographer, was very famous at that time and took photos of Princess Diana. With the appreciation of Terrence Donovan, her modeling career has developed rapidly. It can be said that where there is a program, there is her figure. In Milan, Paris and new york, she is the most dazzling "black pearl".

In 987, Florence Donovan helped her to be on the cover of Pirelli Yearbook, which is the most influential yearbook in the world. Every year, she is invited to photograph top celebrities in the world. From then on, she quickly became a hot star in the modeling field. Later, she also spoke for internationally renowned brands such as Chanel, Levi's, L 'Oreal and Revlon. Most importantly, she became the first black woman in Vogue, and reached the peak of her career.

1995, BBC recorded the documentary "Nomads in new york" for her, and her face gradually came into people's sight. Especially 1997, she first told her painful experience of circumcision as a child in the women's magazine Marie Claire, which shocked the world. In the same year, she resolutely gave up her fiery modeling career and joined the anti-circumcision movement in Africa. She was also appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the UN anti-circumcision ambassador.

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She also published an autobiographical bestseller, Desert Flower, which was put on the screen in 2009. "It's terrible. I never dreamed of such a thing! " Many people are angry and sympathetic to the tragic situation of African girls. Later, she set up the Desert Flower Foundation to support the construction and development of the motherland.

In these decades, her lifelong ambition is to save those girls who have been circumcised and mutilated. Fortunately, the feather turned into a butterfly and finally got my long-cherished wish. Thanks to her efforts, 28 countries in Africa have successively abolished the ancient custom of circumcision, and countless women have been saved.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Waris Dirie