"Waris!" "Old Man!" "Wars!" "Wars!" "Mom says, we have to move on." "Her name is Fattuma." "You can't call a sheep like Allah's daughter." "Says who?" "Waris, I don't want anything to separate us." "I'll never leave you alone!" "I Promise!" "LONDON, YEARS LATER" "Charming that is!" "Shop lifting is useless" "Excuse me!" "miss" "Right..." "I'm getting security" "If you're interested in saving 10% to-day you can take out a student card" "Aragh!" "........." "Jesus, fucking Nora!" "I'm calling the police, it's not allowed yea!" "I'm funny am I!" "Well watch me dial 999, and see how funny that is!" "Get out of here now never come back, and forget were we saw each other" "You out!" "I hide here" "I have nowhere else to go!" "I can't go back to Somalia!" "Oh yea!" "Oh yea, Somalia, yea I know" "How many years, you in London" "Do you understand me?" "Oh!" "6 years and you still don't speak English" "To day is your lucky day" "Is it?" "Good riddence" "See yea!" "........" "See yea!" "....." "Oop!" "How are you?" "Mummbles" "Security" "Look your out of there now yea.............." "OK." "Try and get yourself a homeless shelter or summink" "Homeless shelter yea!" "You bloody little stalker" "Stop looking at me with those big puppy dog eyes, right!" "Look I'm not saying you will be able to stay the night allright" "Can you tell the audience your name?" "Marylin McKeen and yours........" "Waris" "Marylin" "One night, yea!" "It's fine she's my sister and who am I your flaming aunt?" "See yea!" "See yea!" "Found her on the toilet at work give over" "She's just follwed me here" "Forget it" "This is a business I'm running not some charity centre for drop out's" "Right well that's just made my day has'nt it" "Royal Academy of Dance don't think I'm suitable for their tuition so does Royal Ballet School" "English National won't see me for an audition and they won't even take my calls at the Rembrant" "The Rebbie, the Rabbie" "The R...what ever it's fucking called supi fucking name any way" "Therefore I suck, so" "Sod 'em, there's plenty of other ballet schools you're a fantastic dancer plus you can .....bend in places I don't even posses yea well can I get rid of these" "There lovely ...or this......it's nice" "A ballerina's body is born not made" "So what am I meant to do with her then?" "Today 's weather sunny, showers" "What are you the BBC?" "Ah, I'm really sorry I just forget something" "Your ....sister can stay for one night only" "Great....which room?" ".." "I'll show her up" "Your room' your floor and no peeing on the carpet, or other trampy behaviour or you lose your deposit" "Oh!" "cheers Pushpa, you really know how to cheer a girl up" "Hey....hey, no familiarites and you.............." "Wolf girl" "You clean the room before you go and leave it exactly as you found it, allright" "Rember only death is completly free" "Mama" "Oh shit!" "the bloody alarm never bloody goes off bloody hell" "What you doing with" "I've never seen the floor before" "Cheers" "Not bad" "You've done this before" "Hold on" "I'll write down an address for you" "Some where you can go, yea" "Wait!" "Wait!" "OK. try this place, first they always need staff , that's where I first worked.....yea" "Work....." "You ...." "Work" "Alright ....... alright" "Yep that's right" "Sorry, but I can't walk you to the bus stop" "Neil!" "My radiator is still leaking ." "yea, so you're not going to introduce us then?" "I'm m m Neil so nice to meet you" "Ah get off 'er" "Why !" "because I'm just a caretaker" "I've got a degree you know" "What have you got ?" "Here yea, take this" "You'll freeze otherwise" "Watch it !" "When you're doing the mopping you've got to put down the yellow sign otherwise people could slip, right." "Its dangerous" "Now give me this, if you can do the tables up there" "Remember to smile" "Oh!" "......" "S,sorry,....sorry" "err!" "I don't know if you err speak any English but err look I'm" "I do a bit of photography and err" "I'm always looking for new faces and err take my card please and err" "If you feel like it just give us a call" "Thank you" "Oh!" "you might want to hold on to that actually" "[indistinct chattering ] alright ............ alright" "Alright darlin'?" "come here often ?" "nice jacket" "Very good quality, made in China, 35 pounds." "Just look at this face, do I look stupid, no I'll give you twenty, what about these ?" "For you special price" "Naw" "Twenty five but" "Twenty five!" "It's a bloody flip flop" "Very, very good flip flop........" "Might be a" "I would come again if you bought something." "What about my family?" "My vital operation?" "You're not even married" "Oh!" "I see you've brought your little friend back then nothing here for you Wolf girl" "Me money, money" "No room at the Inn" "Sorry" "She can share with me." "Just move in an extra bed." "Oh!" "where are you going to sleep, the window ledge." "One night here" "One night" "Please, Mama, please" "No one calls me Mama" "Clothes on" "Marylin................." "Marylin" "Open up" "Marylin" "Bed delivery" "Yep" "Do you want me to come in and fix it" "Just leave it there" "I cook excellent" "They'll be here in a minute, you better get a shifty on." "I cannot I have homework." "Don't argue with me, put this on for a change." "No!" "Week after week learning, working, sleeping" "We'll have some fun tonight methinks" "I have to fill form okay" "Okay" "Put last name first" "which name?" "Waris is your first name" "Dirie is your family name [speaks Somali]" "Englsh................please thank you" "Date of birth" "I don't know" "Day....month year" "Friend,..... sister" "Um!" "do you think you could bloody bovver to knock" "You what, you deaf?" "So err, what's for dinner" "Pasta with spinach and sardine" "I don't" "Go on" "ergh" "There you are that's for you" "No worries, maybe one day I could cook for you." "So do you like bacon and eggs" "I make a wonderful yea thanks Neil your contributions are greatly appreciated Thank you" "What,................ what, what is wrong what" "It's another rejection, I'll never be a dancer," "I'll be a bloody shop girl all my bloody life" "How you know it's a rejection" "Because an acceptance come in a big thick envelope [knocking on door ]" "What!" "erm you got some visitors" "I can't, send them away leave me alone er what am I your bloody butler?" "Get out" "We dance tonight" "Hi!" ".." "I'm Harold" "Harold is your first name?" "yea" "What is your last name?" "Jackson" "Harold Jackson yea I like the way you say it" "What's yours?" "[says name in Somali]" "Parents couldn't figure out what to name you hu!" "First name Waris, last name Dirie" "Dirie!" "So I should call you?" "Waris" "Waris" "Where are you from?" "Are you cold, with that err balloon jacket on?" "You want to dance?" "What does Harold Jackson make?" "What?" "In Somalia all names have a meaning" "So what does Waris mean?" "Desert Flower" "You're not African?" "No" "I'm from New York" "Waris" "Hmm" "I'm only here for a few weeks" "Alright" "Let's dance" "There you go" "You're a good dancer" "Gotcha!" "Wait!" "Okay, I'm sorry" "I feel guilty" "A respectable woman does not do that" "A respectable woman can have fun and still be respectable" "No a respectable woman does not do that" "Doesn't do what?" "Hey Waris you can say it you know" "Sex!" ".........." "Okay" "It's nothing to be ashamed of, what's so bad about it?" "Only a cut woman is a good woman" "Sorry, What a cut okay, now you're going to have to teach some English" "This is how she stays a virgin, yes?" "until her wedding night then her man opens her." "That's the way, isn't it?" "Waris I don't know what you're talking about" "You're not cut?" "What'cha mean?" "Did they cut something away from you?" "Can you show me?" "Maybe I can understand" "They cut" "They cut everything away and then sowed it up" "When did this happen?" "When I was three years old" "Same with my sisters" "Notfarma was eight, because they could not find anybody to do it earlier" "Women who cut" "Waris can you feel anything?" "What do you mean?" "Is that why you take time in the bathroom?" "That's what it is to be women" "No!" "I'm a women" "It's not like that for me" "Do you remember what you looked like before?" "like this?" "They did, they did not do it to you" "You're mother?" "They don't do it to anyone here" "Hey" "I knew you wouldn't call me" "Ah!" "it's alright ... it's alright in fact I think I might have been disappointed if you had" "I tell you you handle that broom exactly like my old mum used to" "err, you're right ......you're right...... you're right you shouldn't let strange men chat you up" "You know your lucky, you really have no idea how beautiful you are" "Oh!" "have you em have you still got that card I gave you?" "hm" "Oh!" "good" "Why eat goat food?" "I've got three months, yea!" "really crucial audition coming up, it's my last chance its the only bloody place that hasn't turned me down" "Jesus!" "where did you get this from?" ""Terry Donaldson"" "The Terry Donaldson!" "What do you mean?" "He's only famous the fashion photographer he did Diana" "Aunt Maryon said pictures are vice" "What she know" "Who'd want to take her picture anyway" "He's right you're gorgeous" "You can earn a bloody fortune" "Oo talking of gorgeous that hot Harold from the other night" "When you did your Cinderella trick wanted you to have that in-caae you're ever passing through New York" "His address" ""Harod Jackson"" ""Harod Jackson"" "Call him" "He sees I'm different .................and then?" "Who done it?" "Fuck!" "My watch" "Shit what's the time?" "I must get back to work" "Ten minutes" "Waris" "Waris" "Waris" "I don't have any money" "What you talking about money for, you don't need any money" "I'll get you help" "Go to work,..." "Go to work" "What you talking about work, I'm not going to work" "I'm getting you help, Stay there" "Is there nurses in this place?" "Anyone!" "Can I help you?" "yea it's my friend she's really ill" "Can you tell me where it hurts?" "It hurts" "Here I think" "We're get some help, what's your name?" "Waris" "Okay we're going to get you some help, don't worry" "Alright" "Can you help her yea?" "yea, let me just fetch someone okay" "Stay with her" "Thank you" "See" "Please try and relax" "Now if you can just lift your feet into these" "Come on luvee or doctor can't help you" "Here we go there we go" "I can't give you back what's been taken away but at least I can make sure it doesn't hurt, okay" "Can you get nurse Fatlma doesn't she speak Somali?" "Put...." "legs.....down now" "Fatima's off today but Omar said he'll do it" "Can you tell this young lady she was stitched up far to tightly a a real botch up I have to say can you say I want to operate as soon as possible" "Aren't you ashamed?" "Showing this white man your body ?" "Our tradition is of no concern to them." "Tell her she's doing the right thing" "It's amazing she's put up with this for so long she must be in absolute constant torment, but" "She musn't worry we can fix it" "Sure" "If you change what you are, then you are betraying your parents, your people and your heritage." "Does your mother know what you are about to do?" "Shame on you!" "She'll think about it" "Mommy, I am bleeding down there." "Good, it means you are a woman now!" "It's terribly painful." "All pain will pass." "okay" "Waris, this is Galool Mohammed." "Come closer my dear, come closer." "Do you like my watch?" "Waris, You will marry him to be his fourth wife." "I arranged the wedding for tomorrow." "Mom, I will not marry him!" "Galool Mohammed paid a lot for you." "You can't say no." "Where are you going?" " To grandmother." "Mogadishu!" "It's far away!" "I come with you!" "No!" "They need you here, little brother!" "Don't worry!" "In the city I earn lots of money and then I come back to get you!" "Mommy." "Mogadishu?" "Yes." "Hurry up." "Shut up!" "Mommy!" "I said shut up!" "Where is the mosque?" "Over there." "Mother, see what comes of living with goats and sheep!" "We can't afford to keep her." "She has to go back home!" "A girl who dares the long journey through the desert has a good reason." "She blamed our family!" " Enough!" "Go back to work!" "A miracle you survived!" "It was Allah's will." "You have the same lips as your mother." "I always called her Afyareh." "Grandma, why have we never seen you?" "Because your mother ran away through the desert to marry your father." "A man we did not approve because he was nothing but a nomad." "I wonder if it made her happy." "All that pain must be worth something." "Waris hey" "naa" "Quite comfy these beds, arn't they" "Aargh I have had such a day" "God" "been on me feet all day" "Hello do come in" "You don't look famous" "Fame yea....... right" "It's alright for getting you through passport control without any hassle , I suppose but grave yards are full of people You forgot" "Oh!" "You've kept it all this time" "Thank you" "So how much you pay to take my picture [he laughs] well" "I'm usually the one who gets paid for the picture [sniffs]" "So you really are interested in being a model" "I am in ........ interested in better life" "Try and look up thanks" "yea okay" "Ready how we doing?" "Good ...." "I've finished" "Ah!" "good okay here we go" "Just sit on the stool" "Change it back, will yea" "that's it just sit yourself down" "Thank you if you just swivel, ah that's" "just turn yourself round this way this way right just face that white thing there that's it okay" "Just do some err tests yea yup!" "Okay" "I don't know your name?" "Waris" "Waris" "Oki doke Waris here we go" "Okay and chin up a little bit" "It's not working is it" "I'm sorry I waste your time" "No no don't worry, please sit down please sit down" "face that way it's fine" "Okay" "So Waris!" "do you think about home a lot?" "your mum and dad?" "hmm" "brothers and sisters?" "no" "A typical Donaldson, he's only interested in your profile mind you he does say you have the most beautiful profile he's ever seen look at the wall" "hmmmm" "Oki dokie So....." "A straw!" "Why do we want to be a model then?" "and don't say the money because I'm telling you now very few girls get rich or famous." "The ones that do are the exception." "Being model is better than being cleaning lady hm" "Can you walk?" "Trevor" "Yes I walk a long way to Mogadishu" "No no" "Can ....." "You Walk" "This the new girl I take it ?" "You trained her?" "Yes" "Oh no" "Oh who knew ... bye bye Lucinda take care" "Bye bye darling" "A sloucher and what a shame" "Nicole you're having a baby" "You look great" "Well done" "So walk to the couch" "Come on come on come on [sighs]" "No no no that's hideous hideous hideous, take them off" "Oh god what are you hiding under that tent fat!" "cellulite!" "can't send them bubble wrap, they'll never book one of my girls again lift your dress" "You have a casting session in half an hour from now, if you don't want it to be you're last one lift your dress!" "[sniffs]" "You work in a burger bar or something/ you did" "Oh!" "you have a bum right you'll have to get rid of that" "Oh!" "my gosh what have you done to your feet?" "Oh!" "Marcel!" "are they scars?" "We'll have to do something to hide" "Oh god!" "Well" "Okay good job Donaldson is salivating for you here's the address take a taxi" "I cannot take taxi" "Darling!" "there isn't going to be a limousine to pick you up, us ordinary mortals have to take cabs" "No I mean have no money" "I walk?" "Bertrand" "I want that back [speaking French]" "Okay, now..... umm [speaking French]" "Waris?" "you're next" "Spot!" "No" "I go" "Now hold on so you're Donaldson's girl?" "Yes er hang on, come back" "Yes" "Relax turn around" "Waris my darling you are going to travel the globe" "I have booked you into all the big shows" "Everywhere from the deserts of Africa to the catwalks of the world, I'm a genius" "So first stop Paris you're going to travel with Naomi and Christina [speaks French]" "Then you are going to meet all the French photographers introduced by moi (me) of course and then my darling, thanks to my brilliance we've got two major campaigns in America" "That's where the big money is darling" "In America" "So hand over your passport" "Mary called again" "Yup yes" "This is the third time she's called" "To bad!" "Fresh water" "C'mon ..... give it to me otherwise how can I organise all those visas" "Oh my god, a Somali relic" "Marcel!" "Gonna cost us a fortune in visa fees but you're worth it" "you look amazing by the way you having sex?" "What!" "Next please" "Next please" "You didn't get into it?" "They all look like their better than me" "I don't care that's my move, it happens" "What" "For you" "to say thank you" "This fall off the back of a lorry or what!" "you can't afford this" "They want me to go to the big fashion shows it's lots of money [gasps] yea!" "But you need to teach me to walk" "Waris!" "Wari!" "sorry" "I wasn't" "I wasn't watching there's a lady downstairs to see yea" "You are fired!" "you have made me look like a complete idiot" "Oi!" "easy" "I have spent days getting you bookings all over the globe and then I discover your illegal" "This pathetic little passport of yours is a historic document it is six years out of date" "You're going to get yourself deported back to you're dreary little desert and I'm going to lose every penny I've invested in your skinny little arse" "What do you mean she's getting deported" "Err!" "excuse me m'lady, could you mind those stilettos on my floor you make any marks and I'll bill you for the damage" "I have got a car waiting" "Alright" "Marry me" "Oh!" "get up Neil." "We haven't got time for your love sick tomfoolery" "I mean it" "You know we....we just get married on paper" "Waris gets a passport job done" "I don't have time for this we fly out on Tuesday" "Children children can we just use a bit of lateral thinking here" "Do you know somebody?" "Might do" "How much?" "Three thousand" "Two" "Two 'n half" "Better be good?" "He is" "No, no, no I have no money" "Take this back then" "No no Waris my people have caused yours so much suffering and subjugation over the years" "just seems the least I can do er!" "thank you darling we won't be needing any noble sacrifices very sweet take these?" "Prefer cash" "Oh please" "Alright ten 'n half percent surcharge" "Make the call" "Don't worry they'll fix it." "It's fine" "Okay , now listen up everybody" "We get to Paris and Jean Luke from Claude management will take us to a darling little hotel in Saint Germaine" "From there it's straight to the Vogue party at the Ritz qui j'adore [which I love]" "Then you sleep for six and a quarter hours" "Tomorrow it is fittings" "Givenchy in the morning and Chanel and Dior in the afternoon and I don't want to see any alcohol and I do not want to see any drugs" "Do you understand me girls ?" "Okay" "Thursdays Donatellas birthday party and rumour has it that Johnny Depp is going to be there" "Monday Madonna is opening Gaultier so I've booked you all for that go on qqq quick there we go there we go and you are now my darling" "Waris O'sullivan" "Thank you" "Who's Johnny Depp?" "Mrs Waris O'sullivan we have to ask you to come with us" "No,no,no there's a mistake there's some mistake here excuse me she's a legitimate UK citizen she's a legitimate UK citizen" "Get up get up, I'm calling my lawyea" "I'm calling my lawyea" "Your father beats your mother, because she let you go." "But mothers never stop loving their daughters." "Your father will never forgive you." "But you can't stay with us." "I can't go back home, grandmother." "Marium, a sister of your mother, is the wife of the Somali ambassador in London." "She s looking for a maid." "It's Allah's will that you move on." "There will be war in Somalia." "In Europe you are safe." "Don't come back." "They will try to change you there." "Never forget where you come from." "Here is your passport." "It tells people who you are." "Without it you are no one." "May Allah protect you, Afyareh." "Go in peace." "Go in peace." "Go in peace." "There s a Coup d'Etat in Somalia!" "[indistinct talking in Somali]" "[indistinct talking in Somali]" "[on television] Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to this is your lucky day" "Today is your lucky" "day" "[indistinct talking in Somali]" "[indistinct talking in Somali]" "The president is deposed." "The embassy staff has been recalled!" "Waris, pack your belongings!" "I can't go back!" "You've got some good friends, they've just paid your bail you're free to go" "After your Embassy closed down there was a six month period during which you were automatically granted asylum as a political refugee" "all you had to do was extend your passport one stamp that's all it would have taken" "I didn't know" "We're granting you a limited permit to remain in the UK you must report to immigration once a week any infringements and you will be deported" "and do you know why you're still sitting there?" "and not back with you're camels in some miserable hut without water or broadband 'cause I hired the best lawyea in town which I should have done in the first place instead of trusting that your low life associates could organise a piss up in a brewery" "You've cost me thousands my darling thousands and I will have it back every penny" "You will do every job I send you're way and you will not complain and you will do it before the immigration authorities send you back!" "So you are indebted" "Marcel" "Marcel" "£10,745.23p that is the lawyea that's the travel costs and that is what you owe her in lost commission for all the jobs you didn't get to do" "Hurry up .....here you go" "What about the bail that you paid?" "I don't need that back" "I should have double checked that dodgy passport" "I mean I'm the one that knows about this stuff not you" "This is erm my fault" "You were just trying to help" "So what are you going to do then?" "I need a work permit" "Oh no!" "Waris you cannot be serious?" "No" "What?" "I'm so sorry" "I had a right nightmare first bus wouldn't let me on, it was full had to get some flowers here" "Thank you" "You are sure you want to do this?" "remember I have no money" "I don't want your money" "And you can't touch her" "What!" "I've got a girlfriend actually" "Oh!" "...yea" "She's Polish blonde beautiful" "Where is she then?" "Marylin that would be strange yea" "Right shall we do this?" "c'me on" "See there's only one way to fox 'em and that's if we live together as man and wife so" "Oh!" "Whoa!" "tradition" "O" "Okay there" "What about your girlfriend?" "She'll be fine" "She works for Amnesty International here" "smile" "What are you doing?" "Well we have to take photographs err proof of our love here ...... right ...... so" "Would you prefer to sleep?" "on the left or on the right 'cause I'm easy" "I don't mind" "On the sofa yea see thing is the immigration boys they'll be popping round for surprise inspections" "We need to keep one step ahead of them you know?" "it has to look real yea okay yea sorry about that maids day off" "That's okay" "Neil thank you for everything really [doorbell rings]" "Ah!" "okay best behaviour no officers of the law sweeping in to make arrests" "£2000 yes?" "You betcha!" "straight into my bank account" "So!" "everybody, may I present Waris Dirie" "Where are the car tyres?" "Car tyres?" "Oh!" "[laughs]" "Ah!" "Pirelli is a calender darling run along to make up" "Where is Donaldson?" "isn't he talking the pictures?" "You don't need a leader" "So what do you think?" "Okay" "Is he here yet?" "Oh!" "you know Terry" "So!" "did we do the body , yea, and the feet" "She doesn't need anything" "Afternoon, hello, hello, hello, hello Lucinda" "Maestro" "Hello darling .......... hello" "Sorry I'm late apologies Waris I picked my daughter up from school" "Look I found this look" "I thought you might like it?" "Thank you" "How are you" "Oh!" "great yea hm hm" "She'll be fine with me" "Thank you" "Oh!" "okay could you leave please thank you there off" "it's a duck feather look ringing on it quack quack" "We all set Spike" "Yes boss" "Here's your mark my love" "that's it now" "Hey!" "don't think about the money they never made anybody more gorgeous" "Right, let's do err a polish err Spike" "right" "I'm just gonna do the one" "Ah!" "Spike guess I'll have a cup of tea now yea" "Waris" "You're gonna have to take your clothes off" "Waris you're a lovely person you know the inside as much as much on the outside if we get this right" "it'a change your life so its all got to come off" "right?" "You are aloud to breathe you know right here we go" "right chin up" "No not at once,ah, that's it lovely" "okay chin up again mouth that's it" "up to your right, that is lovely" "Okay just turn to the right side a bit open your mouth a bit bit more no not that much, close it, that's it, that's it that's lovely" "that's good" "it's great its good" "I made chicken soup you like that, no?" "So where have you been?" "hell I was worried about yea you know London can be a dangerous place" "I need my wife to be safe" "No I'm not your wife" "Do you know what?" "it's exactly what you are and you better not be cheating on me" "But you have a friend called Anishka" "You certainly nag me like a wife don't yea do you know what a nag is?" "You said you would introduce me to her" "it's a waste of water" "Don't you tell me what to do in my own flat yea" "I helped you out you're not in the desert now" "grow up" "I'm sorry" "sorry look we shouldn't get at each other like this, should we" "I don't want to fight either" "They all desire you, don't they but I have yea" "and your a bloody 'orrible cook" "[door buzzer] [door buzzer] [knocking on door]" "Home office open the door please" "[door buzzer] [knocking on door] it's a raid" "[door buzzer]" "Mrs. Waris Phillon yes" "Home office" "bathroom lounge" "You do know it's five in the morning?" "this is out of order" "Mr. Phillon well down child" "would you like some tea?" "No thank you" "Can you confirm this is the marital bed?" "Yes" "Utised by both of you?" "Yes" "Why" "Wanna know what we do in it?" "That won't be necessary sir" "We're not ashamed you know" "Oih" "Yes alright love birds" "You'll be seeing us again no doubt" "Excuse me" "Yep" "Do you have these in a five?" "I let them deport me" "Shit" "One minute, sorry" "What are you talking about?" "Waris" "Miss my mother miss my brother, I want to go home" "Hey no" "Your marriage only has to last a year, you haven't long to go and then you can get divorced and then you never have to see that plonker again listen" "Waris" "Oh!" "Neil please" "I love you" "Why can't you give it time?" "you will grow to love me" "What about your Polish girlfriend?" "There is no girlfriend how could there be any woman but you?" "I'm sorry" "I'm sorry" "No" "You just don't know what it's like?" "to be crazy about a woman" "Please" "No" "Please" "I'm not a saint every night I'm in bed with the most beautiful woman in the world she won't let me touch her" "Yea it's no different with you primitive race's is it?" "Indefinite leave to remain" "Thank you" "This is my sister isn't she nice?" "that's my sister true it is" "ain't she good my sister my sister" "could be your lucky day, discovered her on the loo honestly" "Harold Jackson yea" "I'm sorry I" "London" "Down jacket you look great, what, what are you doing here?" "erm I err" "Hey" "Hey err coincidence my err friend lives on the same floor yea" "Open the door" "I can't remember her name" "She's pretty" "Well she's outrageous she's just dropped everything and gone back to bloody Africa" "The wretched BBC are making some film about her the day that changed my life or something" "I mean I'm the one who changed her life darling they should be making a film about me" "Waris so good to see you you look great what are you wearing?" "Err Um do you want something to drink coffee, tea, water, still, sparkling, coke?" "Water please err another water please" "Yes mam" "So" "I err watched the BBC fim thought it was amazing so tell me how do you err, feel about seeing your mother?" "you haven't seen her in how long?" "20 years" "Wow!" "20 years god" "I would love not to see my mother for 20 years you really are a nomad girl now look at you you're you're a top model everybody adores so erm tell me erm how you got discovered?" "tell me about the day that changed your life" "You just walked into a fast food restaurant and there was this photographer, right" "That's not the day that changed my life" "What!" "Well" "What do you mean" "I don't want to do any more of this, nomad girl to top model stories" "Well that's what we arranged, that's what our readers want" "If I tell you a story you guarantee me it will be published?" "Look I, I can't guarantee you anything you know, we're we're one of the top magazines we've got readers all over the world" "Okay okay" "tell me tell me about the day that changed your life" "I was 3 years old" "and the night before I was given an extra portion of rice" "didn't know why" "[speaking Somali]" "[speaking Somali]" "I am one of twelve children so my mother had to get back to the others" "my wound became infected and" "I developed a high fever" "the clitoris is removed and the inner and outer lips of the vulva are cut away" "and the wound is sown up only scaring remains where the genitals once were" "The medkhan left a hole the size of a match head" "I went back to the rocks once" "everything was gone" "it was eaten by the birds" "[sniffling] [weeping]" "So I'm headed home, and she shows up out of no where" "She sees my room mate freaks out, runs away." "No phone number, no address" "I don't even remember her name" "Sounds like a great story, man" "Tom" "Will you get some better magazines man!" "I've been asking you that since I started coming here." "Hey could someone bring some sugar to the front and err, get over to table number six and see what they want." "Oh!" "This is her, Desert Flower, this" "This is the girl, this is this girl I'm talking about" "This is the girl I just met" "Yea!" "what about the other girl, the other cover, the other magazine" "No!" "I'm serious okay" "UN HEADQUARTER, NEW YORK" "It's time!" "[knocking on door]" "Darlin'" "Waris!" "Christ!" "Don't think about doing this cinderella trick, 'cause I have every exit covered" "Missy!" "You know take your time" "I mean people have only flown half way across the world to hear you speak but you know that" "You ready?" "Yes err umm," "Yes I'm ready, I've been sat there for half an hour" "I was begining to think you had done something" "Thinking of calling security" "Security [mimics Warisa]" "You'se look great, is this how your waking now, is it?" "Thinking of showing me up in there?" "or something" "I mean I teach you everything I know." "Do you remember?" "I missed you" "Happy your here" "[tannoy] Ladies and Gentleman please take your seats." "Our speaker today will be Ms Waris Dirie from Somalia [audience applause]" "I love my mother" "I love my family and I love Africa" "For Over three thousand years the family truly believes that a daughter who is not circumcised is not clean" "because what exists between our legs is unclean." "So it must be removed and sealed up," "as proof of viginity and virtue and in the wedding night the husband takes a blade or a knife and cuts it open before he forces himself into his bride" "An uncircumcised girl cannot marry consequently she is expelled from her village and put on the same level as a whore." "This practice continues even though it is not written in the Koran." "It is accepted that as a result of this mutilation, woman are sick, mentally and physically, for the rest of their lives," "The same women who are the back bone of Africa" "I survived, but my two sisters didn't." "Sofia bled to death after being mutilated" "and Armina died in child birth with the baby in her belly." "How much stronger would our continent be if this senseless ritual were abolished." "There is a proverb in my country," "The last camel in line walks as quickly as the first" "What ever happens to least of us, has an effect on all of us." "When I was a child," "I said I did not want to be a woman why?" "when it is so painful nd so unhappy," "but now that I am grown" "I am proud to be who I am" "but for the sake of all of us let us try and change what that means to be a woman" "130 million girls and women worldwide suffer from the impact of circumcision." "Aso in Europe and the USA immigrants continue this cruel tradition." "Waris Dirie was the first woman to bring the practice of female genitital mutilation to world public attention." "In 1977 she was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to be the ambassador in the fight against this terrible ritual." "Since then female genital mutilation is officially forbidden in many countries." "Never the less six thousand girls are maimed daily."