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? I just pray that one day no woman will have to experience this pain. It will become a thing of the past. People will say Did you hear, female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Somalia? Then the next country, and the next, and so on, until the world is safe for all women. What a happy day that will be, and that's what I'm working toward. In'shallah, if God is willing, it will happen.
Waris Dirie expresses a deep sense of loss and injustice regarding her experience with female genital mutilation. She believes that her body was designed perfectly by God, and the act of mutilation deprived her of her power and womanhood. She reflects on the pain caused by this practice and hopes for a future where no woman has to endure such suffering, envisioning a world where female genital mutilation is a thing of the past.
Dirie dreams of a day when it will be recognized globally that this practice has been outlawed, starting from Somalia and spreading to other countries. She yearns for a safe world for women, free from the horrors of mutilation, and expresses determination and hope for this change, believing that with God's will, it can become a reality.
