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Waris Dirie
10 quotes
“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.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every 11 seconds a little girl is being mutilated somewhere in the world, it has nothing to do with religion, culture or tradition but against all rights of humanity its a crime its cruel its unacceptable.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Africa’s Most Influential Women Today (12 April 2022) by Lola Bailey retrieved 25 July 2022
“I knew most married women in my community put up with everything and anything. Any abuse, hopelessness, and I thought, was I here to be used and be abused? I knew there was so much I could do with my life, but on my terms.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just knew that I had to tell the world that there was torture, an undercover war against women. But this is not one person's war – all of us have to do something.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What really made me take a stand was that nobody was doing anything.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Waris Dirie: 'Female genital mutilation is pure violence against girls (14 October 2013) by Emine Saner retrieved 25 July 2022
“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.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel that God made my body perfect the way I was born. Then man robbed me, took away my power, and left me a cripple. My womanhood was stolen. If God had wanted those body parts missing, why did he create them?”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I was a child I said I don't want to be a woman.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“nothing to be done, except go see them. I also knew they”
Waris Dirie (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source