Somalia, 1969. A 4-year-old girl was raped by her father's friend while herding sheep. She cried and told her parents, but her mother only cared about whether the sheep was lost? The father thinks it's his daughter's fault. As a result, the girl was cut off at the age of 5. At the age of 13, she was married to a 60-year-old man by her father for the bride price of 5 camels.
Life was full of suffering, but she did not give up the struggle. Eventually, he not only became a black supermodel who shone in the world, playing a bond girl, but also devoted himself to the activities of resisting circumcision, and was known as the "African feminist fighter".
She is "Desert Flower" Waris Dirie. A brave, kind and strong woman who never bows to fate.
Wallis was born in the desert of Somalia in 1965. Here, although women do most of the physical work, they are in a humble position. They are treated only as reproductive tools and private property, and women have no dignity.
Most cruelly, the locals believe that what is between a woman's legs is unclean and must be circumcised. If a girl is not circumcised, she will be considered filthy, no one will dare to marry, and she will be expelled from her hometown and reduced to a prostitute.
Wallis began herding sheep at a very young age. When she was 4 years old, a man came to the family, and her father invited her to help herd the sheep. The young child was naïve, and she didn't think much about it, because she thought it was good to have adults with herding sheep.
However, the man rudely raped her. Wallis felt a sharp pain in her body being torn apart, and tears gushed out.
When she fled home and told her parents about the incident, she received no support. The mother only cared about whether the sheep ran or not, and the father blamed All the fault on Wallis. Think it's because Wallace hasn't been circumcised yet.
In order to prevent a similar incident from happening again, the father decided to let Wallis remove the "obscene thing" in advance, although Both of Wallis's sisters died of circumcision.
In this way, Wallis, who was only 5 years old, was pressed by her mother on a large rock, her eyes were covered with a black cloth, and without any anesthesia, she was "operated on" by a gypsy woman with a bloody blade.
Wallis fainted in pain and was in a coma for two full days before waking up. Although he saved his life, he had to endure the pain after the "operation".
Because of the small opening left by the circumcision, the rate of urine excretion becomes so slow that it takes more than 10 minutes to urinate each time. During menstruation, it is even more painful than death.
The tenacious Wallis survived the pain.
At the age of 13, a nearby 60-year-old man wanted to marry Wallis and offered a bride price of 5 camels. The father happily agreed to the affair and decided to make his daughter the man's fourth wife.
After learning this news, Wallis felt that she could not bear it any longer. She began to secretly prepare food and water, preparing to escape the house and go to her grandmother, who lived in the capital.
Along the way, Wallis kept hurrying. The determination to escape triumphed over the fear of a venomous beast and an unknown future.
On a long journey through the desert, she unfortunately encountered a lion. Perhaps the lion was not interested in the thin girl, turned her head and left, and she escaped the ghost gate again.
Finally, Wallis arrived at her grandmother's house. At that time, her uncle, as a Somali diplomat in Britain, was on a trip to England and needed a maid, so he hired Wallis and left Somalia.
Wallis worked hard, secretly hiding in the basement to learn English during breaks.
It was thought that such a day would go on smoothly, but four years later, a civil war broke out in Somalia. The uncle, as an embassy staff member, was urgently recalled.
Wallis did not want to return to the place of pain, so she secretly hid her passport and kept it. Without legal status, Wallis can only work as a black worker. It was hard work, but she was still happy. Such a day, no matter how much better, is still much better than being in that home.
At this time, Wallis was 18 years old, which was the age of youth, but there was a kind of suffering in her eyes.
Once she was working at a fast food restaurant when she suddenly bumped into her, photographer Terrance Donovan. The photographer was immediately captivated by the tall, deep-looking girl. He secretly asserted in his heart that this girl would become a superstar in the fashion industry in the future.
The photographer invited Wallis to shoot. After much deliberation, Wallace agreed. Who knows, she quickly took a series of wonderful photos with the help of a photographer and caught fire.
Chanel, L'Oréal, Levi's, Revlon... Major fashion brands handed out olive branches to Wallis, inviting her to endorse or participate in advertising shoots. Wallis's beauty and temperament amazed the world, and she later served as the heroine of the MV of Michael Jackson, the king of pop, and played the Bond Girl in the "007" series of movies.
Just when her supermodel career was in full swing, she chose to leave the catwalk and become a social activist for women's rights.
Although Wallis later lived a glamorous life, she always cared about her hometown and the girls in her hometown. So she bravely shared her circumcision with the world and became the first person to talk about it publicly.
She was appointed "anti-circumcision" ambassador by the United Nations. Thanks to her continuous efforts, 28 countries, including Tanzania, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and the Gambia, have enacted legislation prohibiting female circumcision.
Wallis is an amazing woman. She suffered a lot, but she never gave up her desire for life.
After living a good life, he still does not forget the girls in his hometown who are still suffering. Even against the threat of tenacious conservatives, bravely speak up for yourself and the girls, let the world know about this ancient vice, and let circumcision end.
She is brave, kind, tenacious, resilient and fraternal.
Those who have suffered not only did not destroy Wallis, but also made her have a stronger sense of empathy, on the road to safeguard women's rights and interests, all the way forward.
Hats off to this beautiful and tough woman!
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Author: Little Beni
