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but she chose campaigning over the catwalk, speaking out against female genital mutilation, which she experienced and is now determined to eliminate. it is an issue about patriarchy and power, so is this a fight she can win? waris dirie, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yours has been a life of extraordinary change and extraordinary contrasts. i just wonder, now you look back on your childhood, does it seem a very great distance away or does it still feel close and intimate? i would say...

intelligence in a bid to challenge google�*s dominance of search engine technology. the tech giant says it could change the way people use the internet by providing quicker, more specific a nswe i’s. its just gone liz30am. sally is here at 5am. she will take care of you. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest tod...

as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today — waris dirie, the somali—born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse of fashion houses in new york and paris, but she chose campaigning over the catwalk, speaking out against female genital...

parties to discuss proposals intended to make it easier for businesses in northern ireland to trade with great britain. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today — waris dirie, the somali—born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse ...

"im the police." she said, "yeah, 0k." but...i explained... has she in any way changed her mind? of course she did. yeah? she had no... she had no choice. and in the end, she gave up, opened her hand and said, "forgive me, i dont know, i didnt know." what happened to you was in no way unusual. indeed, it was the norm and it remains the norm in somalia. the vast majority, maybe you would say pretty much all... all. ..somali girls experience one form or another of female genital mutilation. absolu...

So im just wondering, what turned you, that child who went through this normalised experience in somalia, into a young woman who was determined to confront it and try to eliminate it? two reasons. one. . . it was unjustifiable. it was unimaginable. i dont know who and what and why would you do such a thing. how did it exist? itjust didnt make no sense to me — this business, torture, what women have to go through — and i just thought... while i was lying there — this is the truth — i say ...

Form or another of female genital mutilation. absolutely the truth. so im just wondering, what turned you, that child who went through this normalised experience in somalia, into a young woman who was determined to confront it and try to eliminate it? two reasons. one... . . it was unjustifiable. it was unimaginable. i dont know who and what and why would you do such a thing. how did it exist? itjust didnt make no sense to me — this business, torture, what women have to go through — and ijus...

Absolutely the truth. so im just wondering, what turned you, that child who went through this normalised experience in somalia, into a young woman who was determined to confront it and try to eliminate it? two reasons. 0ne. . . it was unjustifiable. it was unimaginable. i dont know who and what and why would you do such a thing. how did it exist? itjust didnt make no sense to me — this business, torture, what women have to go through — and i just thought... while i was lying there — this i...