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WarisDirieSheisanAfricanshepherdess.BerapedwhenshewasyoungNowsheisaninternationalsupermodelandbest-sellingauthor.ShedevotesherselftosavingtheAfricanwomen.Aftersufferingshe'srunningout.ThemovieDesertFlowerwhichtellsthetruestoryofWarisDirietouchedandshockedtheheartsofreadersworldwide.WarisDirieisconsideredasthefirstpersonwhoproteststhehorrificpracticeoffemalecircumcision(割礼),theactofwhichmakesamilestoneinthehistory.ItistheinspiringtruestoryofWarisDirie,anextraordinary,proudandbravewomanwhosebestsellingbiographyDesertFlowertouchedtheheartsofreadersworldwide.BornintheSomaliandesertin1965,WarisDirierosefromapovertynomadiclife(游牧生活)tothefashioncatwalksofNewYork.Whenshewasfouryearsold,shewasrapedbyafirendofhisfather.Afterthenshewasforcedtoacceptthemostbrutalandignorantfemalecircumcisionwhichtookhersister'slife.Asadesertnomad,WarisDiriewassoldtomarriageattheageof13toamanoldenoughtobehergrandfatherashisfourthwife.SoshefledtheSomaliandesertbyfoot.Waristrudgedthroughthedesertthatseemedendless.Shelaydowninthecoldwindduringthedarknessandhadabreak,shepickuptheleavestofillherstomachwhenthefoodwasrunout.Shealmostrapedalongthejourney.Finallyshefindhergrandma,andspentseveralyearswithhergrandma.ThensheworkedforoneofhercousinsinSomaliaEmbassyinLondon,whereshestartedanewlife.AfewyearslaterShewasforcedtoleaveEmbassyandencounteredaballetdancer,andtheybecomeroommates.Thisgrilehelpedherfindajobservedasacleanerinarestaurant.Gradually,shefounditincrediblethatgirlswerenot“cut”(theriteofcircumcision)atayoungagethere.Inthisrestaurantaprestigiousphotographerwhowanttosearchnewfacesspottedherperfectfacewithanicesilhouette.Thenthephotographerhelpedherbecomeoneoftheworld’stopmodelsinthe90’s.learntowalkWallace’spicturesappearedontheprosperouscitycenterbillboardsandfashionablemagazines.FirstfashionshowHowever,circumcisionbringherthephysicalandmentalpainfortherestofherlife.Inordertomakeotherwomenlikeherarenolongersufferingthiscrueltycustom,shechosetoshowherwoundsandsufferingtothepublic.WarisDirieisthefirstpeopletofightthehorrificpracticeoffemalecircumcision.In1997,Mr.KofiAnnantheSecretary-GeneralofUnitedNationsappointedherSpecialAmbassadorfortheUnitedNationstocombatthisterribleatrocities.Sheisabeautifulandbravefloweroffeminism(女权).Ittellsusthepoorcangavebirthtothepowerofthesoulandspirit.AndWarisDiriedoes.Theend.Thanks.