Stay Quotes by Waris Dirie

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not…

— Waris Dirie

We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will…

— Waris Dirie

Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

— Waris Dirie

I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never…

— Waris Dirie

In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really…

— Waris Dirie

I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know…

— Waris Dirie

My family is and will always stay the most important to me.

— Waris Dirie

I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

— Waris Dirie

Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it,…

— Waris Dirie

Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.

— Waris Dirie

I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.

— Waris Dirie

Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term…

— Waris Dirie

Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

— Waris Dirie

Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child,…

— Waris Dirie

I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.

— Waris Dirie