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As newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm 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 mutilation, which she experienced and is now determined to eliminate. it is an issue about patriarchy and po...

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. i'm 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 fem...

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?

You were back doing the modelling. so, i'm just wondering right now, what matters most to you? continue what i've been doing. continue living life on the right side. and your biggest fight of all, you did say once, "i am determined to see fgm completely eliminated in my lifetime." i'm not leaving this planet without this gone. waris dirie, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you for having me. hello there.

Somali-born model Waris Dirie on convincing her mother to stop relatives undergoing the practice.