Author: Clouds in coffee
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > introduction:</h1>
No other movie has shocked and angered me like Desert Flowers.
Poster for the movie "Desert Flower"
After watching this film, the 3-year-old Waris cried out in pain and helplessness when he was circumcised. The face of the young and lovely girl was full of panic.
As a mother of a child, my heart ached to the extreme.
I have been unable to sleep, and my mind has jumped from the long shot of circumcision, the circling birds, the desolate stone field, jumping to 2012, to the crop circle... Very messy.
"My name is Waris"
"What do you mean?"
"The Meaning of Desert Flower"
Purely from a cinematic point of view, the chronological order of this film is a bit chaotic, with reality and memories intertwined. But those fragmentary memories are interspersed just right.
Didn't her mother love her? No, she felt that circumcision was the one who truly loved her.
When religious beliefs are misunderstood and exploited, ignorant people, instigated by wrong religious views, sacrifice, fight, mutilate, self-harm, disregard for life, disregard for human nature, and whine and mourn!
The film Desert Flowers is based on the autobiographical bestseller of Somali-born black model Wallis Diri.
The film, as in her autobiography, tells the story of a Somali girl who goes from an ugly duckling to a swan and then from a star-studded world supermodel to a female fighter and a United Nations ambassador who attracts global attention.
Among the thirty global women selected by Forbes, Wallis Diri is among them.
As the world's top supermodel and the first black model to appear on the cover of a magazine, her life experience is legendary.
When her story was put on the screen by the director, the tragic experience of Somali women and the destruction of women's bodies by the custom of circumcision began to attract worldwide awareness and attention.
She won the respect of the whole world, not because of her looks, but because of his courage to stand up and make the painful personal secrets known to the world, and at the same time, to declare war on the evil customs that have afflicted countless women.
Stills from the movie "Desert Flowers"
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01.Wallis Diri – a desert flower that amazes the world</h1>
It is recommended that you calm down and understand this true legend.
Waris' name means "flower of the desert" in Somali, and her will, like this name, is stronger than any plant in the desert!
Wallis Diri was born in 1965 in a herdsman tribe in the Somali desert.
"Somalia" has become synonymous with "terror" due to rampant piracy, but for Wallis Dilly, it has a special meaning, both warm and painful.
Her parents had twelve children, but only six survived. In order to compete for a mouthful of white rice, she plunged a knife into her brother's thigh, and his brother also pulled out a knife and plunged it into her thigh.
When she was 4 years old, a good friend of Wallis's father forced her in the name of helping to herd the sheep, and when she rushed home in horror, one of her mother's more concerned questions was: Where did the sheep go?
At the age of 5, Wallis was circumcised like many Somali girls.
This ancient ritual, with its mysterious colors, has devastated countless women.
At the age of 13, Wallis's father promised her a 61-year-old man a fourth wife in exchange for five camels.
But Wallis did not give in, she chose to run away from marriage, and thus almost fell into the mouth of the lion.
After Wallis left home, she first went to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to join her aunt, and then followed her aunt's family to Britain.
He worked as a maid and a McDonald's cleaner until he was discovered by a discerning photographer in 1987 and embarked on the road to modeling.
Subsequently, Wallis's stage became more and more expansive, walking the catwalk for Chanel, shooting commercials for cosmetics companies such as L'Oréal, and frequently appearing in top fashion magazines such as Vogue and Elle.
Through arduous struggle, Hualisi has become a world supermodel and has traveled all over the world.
She also starred in the 007 series of films "Killing By Dawn".
Wallis soon became the hot "black pearl" in the white world.
In 1995, a documentary titled "A Nomad in New York" was filmed by the BBC depicting her modeling career.
Wallis then found her true love and, after getting married and having children, made an amazing choice.
She ended her modeling career, chose to fight against the ugly secular and patriarchal society, challenged the centuries-old female circumcision, and told the tragic story of "circumcision" in front of the world.
So far, Wallis has received worldwide attention.
In 1997, the United Nations Population Fund invited Wallis to participate in their anti-femino-circumcision campaign, and she gladly agreed.
Based on her own suffering experience, she boldly rebelled against the bad habit of circumcision against African women, and became a Special Envoy of the United Nations, founding the Desert Flower Foundation to advocate for the rights and interests of African women.
That year, then-Un Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Wallis as Special Ambassador to the United Nations to combat the cruel practice of "circumcision."
Since then, "circumcision" has been officially prohibited in many countries.
In 1998, Wallis published her first book, Desert Flower, an autobiography that quickly became an international bestseller.
Wallis Diri, from an ordinary shepherd girl in Africa, to an international supermodel, to the United Nations envoy, her life is full and legendary, she is a beautiful and proud miracle in the Somali desert, a burning and strong desert flower.
Got to know Wallace. After Dirie's life story, while you hate the backward customs and systems that brutalize women, you have to use unimaginable courage and strength to fight against your fate to the end, and finally save 130 million women around the world.
Her life is legendary, inspiring and inspiring everyone.
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The name "Wallis" was taken by her mother, and the meaning in the local Somali language is "Flower of the Desert", and her mother hopes that Wallis can grow up healthily in the future, as strong and beautiful as the flowers in the desert.
The barrenness of Somalia gave Wallis a tenacious will to live and taught her gratitude.
And the nomadic years nourished her unfettered personality and full confidence.
Later, in her modeling career, she was homeless and wandering around because of her work, which taught her independence and tenacity.
Later she met true love and had a baby.
The arrival of a new life is another new watershed in her life, and it also stimulates the indestructible courage and faith in her heart.
If suffering awakens Wallis, then love makes her life more fearless.
In the opening chapter of her autobiography, Wallis writes: "Walking on the path of life, you will suffer wind and rain, you will enjoy the sun, and you will be caught in the storms of countless hurricanes." The survival of the individual depends entirely on the strength of the will. ”
The poet Tagore once said: "The world kisses me with pain, and I still sing with joy", which is most appropriate for Wallis Diri.
All the hardships and hardships along the way are extremely tenacious and optimistic, and the spirit of giving back to the society is like the fragrance of flowers, which pervades every corner of the world.
Wallis Dilly
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
There are still some beautiful and warm shots in the movie:
Tears in Her mother's eyes as Wallis ran away.
Wallis's grandmother said, "Suffering must be for something worthwhile." ”
The phrase "Today is your lucky day." ”
A small affection between Wallis and Jackson.
Marilyn pointed to The picture of Wallis and said happily, "This is my sister."
......
Thank you for the shock and beauty.
Wallis is unlucky, but she is also the lucky one Chosen by God.
The world never treated her gently, but she always responded with a smile.
Wallis Dilly, not only has a beautiful appearance, but also has the fortitude to break the stereotype, like a desert flower, stubbornly blooming in the desperate desert of Africa, giving this land new hope.
thanksgiving!
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